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The missing man seems to have become the crisis of the day.
It is being asked by the child that has to grow up with either a physically or emotionally absent father…it is asked by the mother who has been abandoned to raise her children on her own…but, worst of all it is being asked by God, “where are you?” So the desperate need of today is to call males back to being men…as God defines being a man…not as the culture defines him.
Ezekiel 22:30 (King James Version) 30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
Jer. 5:1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
There's a disconnect between men and church. And what's amazing is this is not true in other religions. Men outnumber women in the Buddhist religion. Men outnumber women in the Hindu religion. Men greatly outnumber women in the Islamic faith. Only in the Christian faith do women outnumber men in the church. What's going on? There is an absence of men in the church, real men. Somehow there's a disconnect between men and wanting to be in church. Why is that? What's going on? Is that how it was in Jesus' day, in the first-century church? Something is happening with the men.
I want to use the word REAL as an acrostic and discuss with you why R.E.A.L. men matter
1. Responsibility
1 Tim. 2:13 “Adam was first formed, then Eve.
Adam and Eve were not created at the same time…God spends an entire chapter of Gen. (chapter 2) discussing his creation of Adam before Eve even comes into the picture. WHY? Because it would be the man that would be responsible.
Even though it was Adam and Eve hiding in the garden at the same time, God didn’t say, “Adam and Eve where are y’all?” Because Adam was the one that God would expect to take responsibility. If you are going to be God’s man you must be ready to take a position of responsibility…responsibility (m-w.com) is accountability, blame. You must take the “mindset” …”If I don’t do it, who’s going to?”
So, if your culture is declining…while we can discuss all the peripheral social, cultural, socio-political reasons why, God stands up in the middle of it all and asks, “Men, where are you?”
Because the man was first, he must function as the foundation…and the one where buck stops!
The buck stops here.
—A sign on the desk of President Harry S. Truman
If you’ve ever played or watched sports, you know what I mean by the “loser’s limp.” It’s what happens when an outfielder misjudges a fly ball and misses the catch, or when a wide receiver drops an easy pass. The player falls to the ground and gets up limping.
He’s not really hurt. The purpose of the limp is to camouflage his failure. He wants his teammates and fans to think he missed the ball because of a cramp or pulled muscle or another injury— anything besides his own mistake. It’s the athlete’s excuse. Adam tried his own loser’s limp way back in the garden. Despite what you learned from a Bible storybook, Eve was not alone during her conversation with the serpent. Genesis 3:6 describes “her husband with her.” The whole time the serpent was talking, Adam was there. Silent. And by his silence, Adam relinquished his God-given right to leadership. The silence of Adam is still a problem among men. But Adam—and you and I—are still accountable. While Eve bore responsibility for her part, Adam was held responsible because of his leadership position.
Men, you are responsible for that which falls within your realm of influence: your family, m
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The missing man seems to have become the crisis of the day.
It is being asked by the child that has to grow up with either a physically or emotionally absent father…it is asked by the mother who has been abandoned to raise her children on her own…but, worst of all it is being asked by God, “where are you?” So the desperate need of today is to call males back to being men…as God defines being a man…not as the culture defines him.
Ezekiel 22:30 (King James Version) 30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
Jer. 5:1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
There's a disconnect between men and church. And what's amazing is this is not true in other religions. Men outnumber women in the Buddhist religion. Men outnumber women in the Hindu religion. Men greatly outnumber women in the Islamic faith. Only in the Christian faith do women outnumber men in the church. What's going on? There is an absence of men in the church, real men. Somehow there's a disconnect between men and wanting to be in church. Why is that? What's going on? Is that how it was in Jesus' day, in the first-century church? Something is happening with the men.
I want to use the word REAL as an acrostic and discuss with you why R.E.A.L. men matter
1. Responsibility
1 Tim. 2:13 “Adam was first formed, then Eve.
Adam and Eve were not created at the same time…God spends an entire chapter of Gen. (chapter 2) discussing his creation of Adam before Eve even comes into the picture. WHY? Because it would be the man that would be responsible.
Even though it was Adam and Eve hiding in the garden at the same time, God didn’t say, “Adam and Eve where are y’all?” Because Adam was the one that God would expect to take responsibility. If you are going to be God’s man you must be ready to take a position of responsibility…responsibility (m-w.com) is accountability, blame. You must take the “mindset” …”If I don’t do it, who’s going to?”
So, if your culture is declining…while we can discuss all the peripheral social, cultural, socio-political reasons why, God stands up in the middle of it all and asks, “Men, where are you?”
Because the man was first, he must function as the foundation…and the one where buck stops!
The buck stops here.
—A sign on the desk of President Harry S. Truman
If you’ve ever played or watched sports, you know what I mean by the “loser’s limp.” It’s what happens when an outfielder misjudges a fly ball and misses the catch, or when a wide receiver drops an easy pass. The player falls to the ground and gets up limping.
He’s not really hurt. The purpose of the limp is to camouflage his failure. He wants his teammates and fans to think he missed the ball because of a cramp or pulled muscle or another injury— anything besides his own mistake. It’s the athlete’s excuse. Adam tried his own loser’s limp way back in the garden. Despite what you learned from a Bible storybook, Eve was not alone during her conversation with the serpent. Genesis 3:6 describes “her husband with her.” The whole time the serpent was talking, Adam was there. Silent. And by his silence, Adam relinquished his God-given right to leadership. The silence of Adam is still a problem among men. But Adam—and you and I—are still accountable. While Eve bore responsibility for her part, Adam was held responsible because of his leadership position.
Men, you are responsible for that which falls within your realm of influence: your family, m