Phil Johnson: Regarding "Sexual Orientation," Evil Desire, and the Question of Moral Neutrality By Jim on Thu, 05/31/18 Body Far from “supporting, encouraging, and empowering” people with perverse sexual desires, Scripture repeatedly urges us to repent of all sinful desires—especially those wicked sexual passions that so easily entrap young minds (2 Timothy 2:22; 1 Peter 2:11). All of us—not just LBGTQ folk—are commanded to renounce and mortify every desire for anything God has forbidden.