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Scripture Reading
1 Cor 15:45-47
Intro
Societies Epidemic = Sin Epidemic > Man Sin Epidemic.
A plague of...
Passive men - insecure, scared, defeated, content to let the women in their lives do what God has designed and called them to do.
Irresponsible men - denying, blame shifting, sulking
Cowardly men - judgmental, demanding, disengaged.
Worldly men - with misplaced priorities and no vision for eternity, focused more on building their own kingdom on earth rather than seeking first the kingdom of God
The Call to Authentic Biblical Manhood
Is a call to:
Understand
Reject Passivity
Take Responsibility
Lead Courageously
Invest Eternally
The Beginning of Manhood
Jesus
Jesus
Disclaimer: To be an authentic man means to be the man that God (as your creator intended you to be), which begins by coming into a right relationship with God by faith in the saving work of Jesus Christ.
You have no capacity or power to be the man you are supposed to be without the life giving spirit of Jesus/the Holy Spirit indwelling you, teaching and guiding you, and empowering you!
Man’s Design
A Work to Do
A Will to Obey
A Woman to Love
Man’s Responsibilities
Gen 2:18-24
The First Adam vs.
The Second Adam
Every man will walk in the shadow of one of these 2 men, as Shadow Cowards or Shadow Warriors
Rom 5:17-19
One man [Adam’s] Trespass
Failed to pursue the work he was given to do - to create and to cultivate
A Rejection of, and failure to be the man God designed and called him to be
Adam
Manhood Definitions/Traits - Reject Passivity, Accept Responsibility, Lead Courageously, Invest Eternally
1. Reject Passivity
Adam was passive in the garden
Adam was there the whole time!
He was not deceived, he heard God’s command first hand
Since he was there he could have and should have protected Eve and stopped her from eating the fruit!
Men today
How do you follow in the shadow of Adam?
What are you passive about?
Jesus Rejected Passivity
Phil
He was proactive
He was assertive
He was assertive/aggressive
He was resolved
How can you better follow in the shadow of Jesus?
How can you be more proactive?
What spiritual resolves do you need to develop?
2. Take Responsibility
Adam Failed to Take Responsibility
Adam Failed to Take Responsibility
Didn’t pursue the work he was given to do
Disobeyed God’s will, not to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
Did not protect the woman God gave him to love.
Gen 3:8-
How do you follow in the shadow of Adam?
How are you not pursuing the work to create and cultivate?
Gen 3:10-12
Is it your will or God’s will that you’re obeying?
Are you still obeying your will?
Are you still hiding, making excuses, blame shifting?
When you fail to do
Jesus Accepted Responsibility
For a work to do
For a will to obey
For a woman to love
How can you better follow in the shadow of Jesus?
What work do you need to start doing, or be more focused on?
What can you do to be seeking and following God’s will more?
What more can you be doing to love your wife as Christ loved the church?
3. Lead Courageously
Adam failed to Lead Courageously
Adam had the opportunity to:
Provide direction declaring God’s command and goodness to Eve and the serpent, and telling Eve to follow him in following God.
Provide protection by having the courage to lop off the serpents head or taking Eve away from the serpent or tree.
Provide life for others - the human race would not know corruption and death had he lead courageously
How do you follow in the shadow of Adam?
How do you follow in the shadow of Adam?
Are you confused, influenced by the world, or afraid to lead your family in following God?
First, do you know how God calls you to lead?
Have you spent time getting to know God so that you can lead?
Jesus Lead Courageously
By providing direction
by example
through grace
through grace
Matt 11:20
By providing protection
John 10:11
By providing life for others
How can you better follow in the shadow of Jesus?
Do you lead by dictatorship or by example?
What specific ways can you lead by example more?
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