There are few things that we get to sovereignly control. We don’t get to choose when or where we’re born, who our parents are, our gender, ethnicity, or biological siblings. God chooses all those things. And since we are not God, we don’t get to usurp His authority.

Rarely do we even get to know our divine purpose except for glimpses in hindsight. We don’t get to demand or bargain for the spiritual giftings, anointing from God, or rewards from God. We don’t get to decide for God when it comes to discipline and punishment. Our true identities are largely dictated by all those things outside of our control.

So why do some try to pretend that they aren’t who God created them to be? Why do some males want to be females,  females want to be males, and others want to be gender neutral or binary? Is their confusion exclusively a mental illness known as gender dysphoria or is there an underlying spiritual problem?

Why would anyone want to oppose God’s choices on such a basic tenant of their identity? The adversary wants to confuse people about their gender to manipulate their spiritual well-being. Evil can find a way to permeate itself into the minds and hearts of unprotected, naïve, and wayward souls. Should we help them or ignore them? Should we pretend that the devil doesn’t have them in his clutches?

Male and female are vastly different in many ways. The divine architect chose for men and women to function in specific roles. For example: a woman cannot be a substitute for a man and a man cannot be a substitute for a woman when it comes to their roles in creating offspring.

The adversary wants to oppose God’s choices. With the obvious God-chosen physical differences in the male and female genitals it would seem unlikely that the devil could succeed in gender deceptions. However, he uses psychological warfare to manage his schemes against humanity.

What is the Church’s responsibility to help restore proper identity? Are we even allowed to discuss this issue from the pulpits? Has the devil, armed with political correctness, made It impossible for us to help those who have been deceived?

“So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27 NIV)