Caitlyn Jenner and the Transgender Issue
I enjoyed watching the Netflix documentary “Untold: Caitlyn Jenner”. Bruce/Caitlyn has had an interesting and remarkable life even without the transgender issue. I feel sorry for him; he became the “best athlete in the world” yet, like so many of us, he found that success was “empty” and did not fill the void!
In his self-centered quest for identity, he has left behind three ex-wives and several children, all who have been severely hurt and damaged by him. He rationalizes, at the end, that he has been a good parent and hopes that God will be pleased with him. He now considers himself a fiscal, conservative, and a social liberal.
He obviously knows there’s a God and deep down he knows right from wrong. He even seems to realize that God will clearly hold him responsible for his choices.
See: Romans 1:18-20:
“18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.”
Let us pray, for him that he will find his true identity in Christ through repentance and faith. Only through a personal relationship with Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit can he die to self and truly love and serve others for the glory of God. The paradox of Christianity is that true fulfillment only comes when we find our identity in Christ; only then can we also truly love others and treat them as more important than ourselves.
“No matter if the gender distortion has a genetic, hormonal, physiological, psychological, or spiritual cause, it can be overcome and healed through faith in Christ and continued reliance on the power of the Holy Spirit. Healing can be received, sin can be overcome, and lives can be changed through the salvation that Jesus provides, even if there are biological/physiological factors. The Corinthian believers are an example of such a change: “And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God” (1 Corinthians 6:11). There is hope for everyone, transsexuals, transgenders, those with gender identity disorder, and transvestites included, because of God’s forgiveness available in Jesus Christ.”
See: GotQuestions.org: https://www.gotquestions.org/transsexualism-gender-identity-disorder.html
SEE ALSO: Born this Way! By John Stonestreet
DAVE SEIVRIGHT is a former lawyer from Jamaica, is a graduate of the University of Liverpool, UK, and Westminster Theological Seminary, USA. He also did graduate studies at L’Abri Fellowship in Switzerland, and Trinity College in England. He has been married to PAULINE for 58 years. They have 4 children and 11 grandchildren.
Dave had the privilege of being personally mentored by the late Dr. Francis Schaeffer, and also by Dr. J. I. Packer. Dave was also mentored by the teachings and writings, and by personal interaction with the late Dr. John Stott. Dave attempts to pass on to others the things he learned from these great men of God. Combining his studies of interpretation and evidence as a lawyer with his studies of philosophy, apologetics, and theology, Dave has taken a special interest in the subject of “Worldviews” and the influence of Christianity on the culture of Western civilization. Dave has devoted his time to teaching the Christian worldview worldwide, and mentoring and discipling very intelligent young professionals, particularly in Miami, and in Germany.
