Gay Man Saved By Christ After 10+ Years of Homosexual Lifestyle I Charlie Kirk

Folks, we're in a spiritual battle. Right now, all across the globe, our Christian brothers and sisters are being targeted because they stand firm in their faith in Jesus Christ. God's word calls us to remember them. We've got to stand with those heroes of the faith. In the powerful book, When Faith is Forbidden, Todd Nettleton and the Voice of the Martyrs bring you 40 gripping true stories of believers who said yes to Christ, even when it costs them everything—freedom, family, and even their lives. As a special gift to my listeners, you can get a free copy. Just Hi, what's up, Charlie? My name is Roderick, and so for over 10 plus years, I identified as a gay man, and then I gave my life to Jesus and left the LGBTQ community. And my question to you is, what is your response to those who say that conservatives and God hates everyone in the LGBTQ community? Well, I think it'd be actually better for you to respond to that because you've received it, and you're no longer of that. Here's the true but more provocative answer, that your identity should not be in your sexual proclivity. It should actually be—your identity is much greater than just what you do in the bedroom. Being gay is a behavior more than anything else, and you, I guess, are evidence—and I'd love to hear your story—that you could stop acting on that behavior. So tell the audience more about you would identify as gay and as not. Tell us about that path and that journey, because I'm told that can never happen. Yeah, so I mean, a lot of people tell me that you are what you feel. You are your attractions, you know, you're quote-unquote born with it. There's just many reasons why you have same-sex attraction that will never leave you, and that is who you will always be. And I believe that lie for almost 10 plus years of my life. I slept with men many times, watched a lot of porn, dwelt in a lot of sexual sin, and just gave my body up because that's what I thought love was, and that's what I thought it looked like until I met Jesus. And he helped me to see that I was never meant to identify as a gay man, but I was always meant to be a son of his and have a new identity and a new life in him. And I walked away from that lifestyle for over five plus years now, and I have never looked back because Jesus is way better than the sexuality that I was partaking in. Praise God. Are you happier and more joyful that you're no longer participating in a homosexual lifestyle? Oh, 100%. Like, before I met Jesus, I was filled with so much depression, anxiety. I wanted to kill myself multiple days of the week, but Jesus came and healed all the brokenness inside of me, and I love being a son of his rather than identifying as a gay man. Well, and so to answer your question, there is not hatred. What we have as conservative Christians is a simple understanding that God has a certain sexual ethic that we should try to abide by. Everybody has temptations that you have. They have proclivities that you have. Some people are more likely to gamble. Some people are more likely to be compulsive liars. You don't have to act on those temptations. I am curious, though. So in your own sexuality right now, do you still feel attracted to men? And I'm asking because just because you feel an attraction doesn't mean you need to act on it. Is that correct? Yeah. So, yes. I would say that I still do have attractions towards men. It's not as much as it used to be five years ago, but I've learned that it's not really about whether or not I have attractions towards men still. It's more so about whether I have a relationship with Jesus, which I do. And that relationship with him far exceeds any attractions that I acted on in the past. And yeah, my life with him is so much better. And just because you become a Christian, leaving the LGBTQ plus community, that doesn't mean that your same sex attractions will go away. But it does mean that you will have a God who loves you, who will walk with you, and who will give you eternal life through him. And let me just say one other thing. Very important thing. We want people to be free from sin because sin means suffering. And then when you are captive to sin, for example, I, like many men in this audience, struggled with pornography, you know, 10 years ago, whatever, getting through that. We all have something we struggle with. You should never affirm the struggle. You should try to break free of the struggle. And only Christ Jesus is able to do that. Thank you so much for your time today. Can I get a hug? Yes, thank you. Yes, let's go. Thank you. Thank you.