Be the man

Introduction

Fathers’ Day 2025

For the women:

King Solomon - Wisest man in the world.

700 wives

300 Concubines

Proverbs 21:19 NASB95

19 It is better to live in a desert land Than with a contentious and vexing woman.

Proverbs 27:15 NASB95

15 A constant dripping on a day of steady rain And a contentious woman are alike;

Proverbs 18:22 NASB95

22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing And obtains favor from the Lord.

Hebrews 3:13 NASB95

13 But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

Be on alert

To watch (be awake-metaph-being alive)

Matthew 24:42 NASB95

42 “Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.

Stand firm in the faith

“You stand firm in something you believe in!”

1 Corinthians 15:1 NASB95

1 Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand,

Philippians 1:27 NASB95

27 Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

Galatians 5:1 NASB95

1 It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

Act like men

1 Samuel 4:9 NASB95

9 “Take courage and be men, O Philistines, or you will become slaves to the Hebrews, as they have been slaves to you; therefore, be men and fight.”

Ezekiel 22:30 NASB95

30 “I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.

Be Strong

“Everyone wants to get strong, but nobody wants to be sore” - Joby Martin

Ephesians 6:10 NASB95

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.

2 Corinthians 12:9–10 NASB95

9 And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 10 Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

Let all that you do be done in love

1 Corinthians 13:1–8 NASB95

1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing. 4 Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, 5 does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, 6 does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails...

John 15:13 NASB95

13 “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.

Conclusion

1 Corinthians 13:11 NASB95

11 When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.

Ephesians 4:1 NASB95

1 Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,