Are today's cultural trends diluting the essence of biblical manhood? I am back continuing our enlightening series on real Christian masculinity, addressing the critical need for a life vision and examining how current societal views, such as the rise of effeminate men and the influence of feminism, are impacting the traditional understanding of what it means to be a man of God. With heartfelt appreciation for the support and feedback from our community, I'm also thrilled to share upcoming resources aimed at strengthening your resolve to lead in accordance with our God-given roles.
In this dynamic discussion, we're calling on the legacy of men of vision to showcase the power of living with intention and action. We'll navigate what it means to be a 'prisoner to Christ' and how surrendering to His will leading to profound service, emphasizing the virtues of physical resilience, spiritual discipline, and the pillars of wisdom and knowledge in cultivating manly character. Prepare for an empowering journey that defines true manliness through truthfulness, hard work, and righteous anger, as we seek to inspire leadership and strength of character in a world that often seems to stand in opposition.
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Are today's cultural trends diluting the essence of biblical manhood? I am back continuing our enlightening series on real Christian masculinity, addressing the critical need for a life vision and examining how current societal views, such as the rise of effeminate men and the influence of feminism, are impacting the traditional understanding of what it means to be a man of God. With heartfelt appreciation for the support and feedback from our community, I'm also thrilled to share upcoming resources aimed at strengthening your resolve to lead in accordance with our God-given roles.
In this dynamic discussion, we're calling on the legacy of men of vision to showcase the power of living with intention and action. We'll navigate what it means to be a 'prisoner to Christ' and how surrendering to His will leading to profound service, emphasizing the virtues of physical resilience, spiritual discipline, and the pillars of wisdom and knowledge in cultivating manly character. Prepare for an empowering journey that defines true manliness through truthfulness, hard work, and righteous anger, as we seek to inspire leadership and strength of character in a world that often seems to stand in opposition.
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On today's podcast. I'm going to speak to you about real Christian masculinity. This is part three. We're gonna look at some quotes about having a vision for your life and we're gonna speak about the effeminate men that has gained in so much popularity in today. But is God's way? Greetings. Thank you for tuning in to listen to Equipping the Bride podcast.
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I'm Brother Jason DeMars from Beaufort, South Carolina, a minister at Bethel Tabernacle. New episodes of this podcast are posted every Friday. You can watch this podcast on YouTube and listen to it on Apple podcasts, google podcasts, and Spotify. If you have any questions, testimonies, or prayer requests, please let me know at jasondemars. com. I also have free books and tracks available at my website and shipping is free as well. May the Lord richly bless you.
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All right, let's go to our topic real Christian masculinity. This is part three and I'm hoping that I'll finish it up this time and my desire is to start to go into some courtship, moving forward, at some point in time I'm going to revisit my topic. What is the message? Looking at all the scriptures that are fulfilled in this day, also want to spend some time looking at the cloud that appeared in 1963 and showing how that in fact was most definitely a supernatural cloud, but we'll be getting to that as the year goes along. All right, my scripture, my topic first Corinthians 6.9.
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Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived, neither fornicators nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate nor abusers of themselves with mankind. So it's very critical, it's very important, especially in our day where feminism has given rise to the effeminate man. There's such a. Women have been taught to resent men, and so men in this environment, and so you know, we have women resenting men and we have this situation where women are wanting to control men, and so what men are now trained to do in the world is to become effeminate. They are under the control of a woman.
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We have this terminology. This rude terminology is what they call a simp. It's in a slang term for someone who shows excessive sympathy and attention toward another person A silly or a foolish person. They're pursuing affection from someone who doesn't have affection for them and they're continuously doing this and in this process, and we have this absolute, sad and pathetic condition in the world today that this is what men are encouraged to be and women they empower themselves, or they think they empower themselves, by exposing their bodies and being sluts, and that men are pursuing the women who do that and they're sort of this lordly object of worship, in a sense, and it's sick and it's disgusting and men should be men. God designed men to be leaders, not to be followers of women, and the thing is is when women control men and manipulate men, what ends up happening is the women don't respect them. They don't respect those men who are under their thumb. See, women who, when men abdicate leadership, women will fill it, but they'll do it with resentment and scorn. That's what we're living in any feminine age.
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I came across 33 Proverbs written by someone I enjoy reading, foundation Father, and he writes there on X to be an effeminate man is to be an evil man. All men have some effeminacy to root out, but how do you recognize it in yourself? Now I want to talk about that. To be effeminate is to be evil. We think that's crazy, because someone who's effeminate is trying to be nice constantly. They're trying to be kind and giving and caring. But the truth is, when a man becomes effeminate, he is committing a sin against the Lord because he, god, didn't make him to be effeminate. So let's look at masculine traits and contrast them with these 33 Proverbs by Foundation Father.
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The masculine man embraces responsibility. The effeminate man blames others. The masculine man loves his wife. The effeminate man is jealous of his wife. The masculine man does great work. This is number three. The masculine man does great work no matter how he feels. The effeminate man creates excuses. The masculine man is disciplined. The effeminate man hopes he gets lucky. The masculine man is competitive. The effeminate man pretends he doesn't care. The masculine man tells his children the truth. The effeminate man treats his children's feelings as more important than the truth. The masculine man does not let his left hand know what his right hand is doing. The effeminate man parades his righteousness. The masculine man understands masculine style.
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The effeminate man is pretty. The masculine man asks how can I improve this situation? The effeminate man asks what about me? The masculine man does. The effeminate man talks. The masculine man is humble. The effeminate man is insecure.
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The masculine man is intentional. The effeminate man always chooses the default. The masculine man respects the strength of other men. The effeminate man is afraid of it. The masculine man confronts. The effeminate man gossips.
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The masculine man takes his life seriously, but never himself. The effeminate man takes only himself seriously. The masculine man has responsibility thrust upon him or he seeks it out. The effeminate man waits and waits and waits and waits. Then he whines. The effeminate man takes pride in his principles. The masculine man takes pride in his actions. The masculine man is not afraid to fail to meet a high standard. The effeminate man ridicules the standard. The masculine man waits with patience. The effeminate man waits with timidity.
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The masculine man controls his own feelings. The effeminate man is controlled by his feelings. The masculine man is resilient. The effeminate man complains. The masculine man pays attention to everyone around him. The effeminate man makes sure everyone around him is paying attention.
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The masculine man shifts his priorities. The effeminate man complains about not having enough time. The masculine man controls his internal self, no matter his internal external circumstances. The effeminate man is defined by his external circumstances. The masculine man fights because he loves people. The effeminate man fights because he loves to fight.
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The masculine man trusts himself with power because he's humble. The effeminate trusts no one with power because he doesn't trust himself. The masculine man is silent and listens. The effeminate man is silent and seething. The masculine man is modest. The effeminate man is flamboyant. The masculine man controls his own feelings. The effeminate man tries to control the feelings of others.
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The masculine man seeks out adventure. The effeminate man seeks out certainty. Before making a decision. The masculine man does the work. The effeminate man lets masculine men do all the work. The masculine man admits his mistakes.
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The effeminate man proclaims his excuses. The masculine man understands hierarchy and submission. He will gladly submit to a competent leader. The effeminate man always rails against authority. He secretly thinks he should be the leader, but never takes more responsibility. He always undermines those above him. Bonus the masculine man roots out his effeminacy, burns it with fire and repents. The effeminate man is proud of his effeminacy. He displays it like a trophy. What a sad place and a sad condition. Now I want to start talking about this man of vision. How number one is. A masculine man understands that he is under the leadership of the Holy Spirit, so that when he leads he is a steward of the leadership of the Holy Spirit.
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Real manly men. Brother Adams says a man is not measured by the size of his muscles, but by them, by the bags in his pants from the time that he spent in prayer. A Real manly man that's not the only thing, of course, but that's the starting definition is a real manly man Seeks his father in heaven first and he lets his father in heaven Define what it means to be a man and he lets his father in heaven lead him in the path that he personally Knows that he must go in. Now there's some things that we know by scripture that we must be doing and that there isn't a question about it. We don't have to ask God about it. We do it Providing for our families, leading our homes and worship, bringing our family to church, ministering the gospel to our children, making love to our wives. See, the Bible says don't, don't, don't deprive one another right, unless it's be by season, for the purpose of fasting, but then come back together. So again, so that you don't burn. See, the Bible is clear about certain things. Is you, you love your wife? You don't have to pray about loving your wife. You love your neighbor as yourself. You live unselfishly. See, these things you don't need to ask God about now. But then there's particular things that God leads you and where you're gonna live, what job you're gonna do, what Young man to accept and give to your daughter, give or give your daughter to, I should say that's the right way to say it. These things we pray and seek the mind of the Lord on. But we understand that we are the one responsible. We have to have a bit. We have to go to God in prayer and have a vision for our lives and move forward with it. No father is gonna want to give his Daughter to a man that doesn't know what wants to do, doesn't know what direction he's wants to take in life and Is just being carried along by the stream of life. No, let's look at what brother random says in in a few different quotes doors in door 1965.
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Some time ago, I read a story of the days. One of the greatest presidents I think the nation ever had was Lincoln. Not because he come from Kentucky, but because he was a great man. He was deprived of an education but yet he was. Something is in his heart some purpose, like a man of vision. I like people that's got something they're fighting for, not just lay around well, ever what comes along will be alright. Oh, be up and at it. And Lincoln never let his education stand in the way. He had something to do. I think every Christian Out to be that way. Find your purpose and go do it.
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Every member of this chapter speaking of the full gospel businessman, just not. Well, we have a breakfast once a month, that isn't it. Or once every Saturday I have a purpose in life, something you're going to do. Let's God has placed you here. Do something about it. Every member of every church. There was a revival in town. That revivals there for a purpose. Let's get something out of it. Let's do something about it. Find out what you're supposed to do and go do it. Young men, find out what you're supposed to do and go do it. Parents teach young men To have a vision for their life. In the as the Eagle stirs up her nest.
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In 1957, brother Bannum says when I hear of a church that hasn't got any ambition to grow, there's something wrong with that church. The church of the living God has a high ambition. And another thing the church of the living God is built high because it's got high anticipation and Expectations. Say, well, we belong to the church, our father's church years ago. That might be fine, but the church of the living God can't sit still. Its ambitions is to go higher, farther. We see the blind healed today. We're watching, tomorrow, for the dead to be raised when we see nature obey his voice. We're looking, then, for the coming of Christ. Its ambitions is high, its Anticipations is high. Its expectations is high. It's built high. It's set up as a memorial.
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The Christian, at his work, is set on a hill, has at. His ambitions is high to win his boss or somebody else to Christ. That's right. His expectations is high somewhere that God will give him a chance to speak to some somebody. God wants men, Manly men, with high ambitions, high Expectations, with a vision of what they're supposed to do, and that he goes and does it. He's not waiting for someone else to make it happen, he knows that he Must, under the leadership of the Lord, go make it happen In a prisoner.
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In 1963, brother, brother random, says before I say about Moses, I'd like to make this statement that God always has to take any man that will serve him truly to be his prisoner. A man has to surrender every ambition he's got, everything that he is, everything his life, soul, body, will, ambitions and everything else, and become a complete, a prisoner to Christ, who is the word to serve God again, perfectly in line with what I'm trying to tell you is first you go to the father. You get those bags in your knees Seeking his will about what you're supposed to do. Then you go and do it. You first become a prisoner. Find out what he wants done and Go do it. That is the definition of a man. Right, we talked about it before, we went through it before, but I think it bears record.
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A man is strong. He has strength in body, soul and spirit. You say well, I'm small, I'm weak. You don't have to stay that way, you Don't have to stay in a condition of weakness. Maybe you've grown up and you spent. You're a kid, a young person that wants to spend Time inside. You've spent so much time inside. Get outside, learn to get some projects. Do something with your body. Lift, at the very least, lift weights.
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I, I encourage and I encourage young men. You want to learn how to take care of a home. Well, if you're a young man, you're working save up your money and buy a beat-up home. Buy a home that's falling apart, and spend your time on the evenings and on the weekends Working with your hands to make that a nice home. Maybe you'll get married and maybe you'll move into it. Maybe you won't, and you sell it and Make a nice profit for your work. See, as men, we can always have these kinds of side projects. It will teach us to be strong. It'll teach us to be tough. It'll teach us to be resilient.
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Now you say what does that have to do with being godly? Well, god has made us to be strong and we have to exercise that strength. We have to exercise spiritual strength. It takes discipline to exercise spiritual strength. How do you exercise spiritual strength daily? Build daily habits of reading the word, praying, having quiet time, listing to the message, sitting quietly. We sing the song sweet hour of prayer. How many of us spend an hour of prayer in the morning. I Sad to say it, probably very few.
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Proverbs 24, 5 says a wise man is strong. Yeah, a man of knowledge increases strength. He increases bodily, spiritual and soul strength. If you're wise, you're strong. Keep your body strong. As we get older, you start to deteriorate. We, just the other night, we were helping someone move. I started out strong, but as we moved, and as we move, man, my back got weaker, my arms got weaker and I've been sore for days at the young, younger men in their 20s started working. My goodness, they kept going all night. Sure, they got sore too, but it took a lot longer. But that's why I'm going to work out, that's why I'm lifting weights, that's why I'm trying to, that's why I'm striving to be strong.
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God wants to keep us strong. If we don't exercise that strength, whether it be spiritual or physical, our Level of strength starts to go down. We don't want that. The glory of young men is their strength. The beauty of old man is the gray head. But but a wise man is strong whether he's young or old. See If you're wise. So the beauty of old men is this gray head. It's not just merely speaking of a gray head. It's speaking of the wisdom that comes from having a gray head. So if you're wise, you stay strong, keep moving, working your body.
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If you're 50, 60, 70 and You're feeling yourself getting weak, we don't have to be jellyfish. We don't have to get fatter and fatter. Exercise your body, especially ministers. We get in this position where we spend a lot of time sitting and if you're a pastor, you might spend a lot of time in a vehicle or in an airplane and we don't move our bodies and we get fat and we get weak. God's not intending us to be that way. We have to take steps to make sure we're moving our body, lifting weights, working out. God wants a strong standing in the pulpit.
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For many, whether you do that well when you get older or whether you do that poorly has much to do with what you do now To build strong habits to eat healthier. Not just eat everything fried food and all that, things that comes in front of you, but to eat Well. We won't get into what, what you should eat, but eat healthy. Whatever you think that might be, eat healthy. But I encourage men to Eat. Eat meat, eat red meat. That's the highest concentration of Nutrients in. It is red meat and Especially if it's grass-fed. It's not what the world tells you that it is, that it's dangerous. It's unhealthy. Sugar is dangerous and unhealthy. Fried foods, foods fried and seed oil is dangerous and unhealthy.
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I want to get sidetracked by that too much, but again, again and again we're told men are to be strong. Act like men, which means act with strength. Men are to live an honorable life. Honorable speaks of Having respect or high estimation because of your words and act. Actions. You behave in a godly way, regardless of whether others think it should be done. You speak the truth. You're honest. You have a good Reputation because you're always honest. You don't overestimate what you can and can't do. Many people End up telling lies because they think I can do this and I can do this and I can do this and they'd end up not doing it. And people take their word and value their word very low.
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If you're a manly man, when you speak something, that that is it. Your word is your bond, proverbs 8-7. For my mouth shall speak truth, and wickedness is an abomination combination to my lips. God wants us to speak the truth, no matter what, no matter how hard it is. Now we speak the truth in love, with the heart of motive, motivation of love. We don't just blab out. That's the other part of it is we don't gossip. We don't speak behind other people's backs as as man. That's a. That's a sissy approach To go and talk behind someone's back. If you have a problem with someone, be a man and speak to them face to face. Don't gossip behind their back. A manly man is hard-working.
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Colossians 322. Servants obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eye service as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing of God. Well and whatsoever you do, do it hardly as to the Lord and not unto men. Ephesians 428. Let him that stole steal no more, but let him rather, rather, let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good that he may have to give to him that needeth. Manly man is a giver and he doesn't do it to be seen, he does it to be a blessing, to show the love of Christ. God says don't steal, work with your hands, work hard, work hardly as to the Lord First. Thessalonians 4, 11 and 12. And that you study to be quiet and to do your own business. That's where the term mind, your own business comes from and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you, that you may walk honestly Toward them that are without and they mean you may have a lack of nothing.
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All right, I, the Bible says be angry. Be angry and sin not. Let not the Sun Go down upon your wrath, neither give place to the devil. It's. There's an aspect of being a man when anger, rightly applied and balanced by wisdom and ultimately, love, helps us to the be the means of God's correction. Anger should come when we see God's word or women or children or the weaker or the vulnerable prayed upon.
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Anger leads to confrontation. It's not bad to be angry, but it let it be righteous anger, not the anger of men. James 120 says the wrath of Ben works not the righteousness of God, of God, but the, but the wrath of God, the anger of God, works the righteousness of God. So true, godly Anger comes when the depths of God's word has been violated and you have a zeal for the truth. You understand, though it's not all up to you to fix everything, though it may be up to you to confront the error. If true manly men don't confront errors, even in their pastor, and they're in their leaders, elders in the church and the ministry at their church, the. They are doing themselves and they're doing the church a disfavor. Manly men, confront with love. You can be angry and not sin.
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The next steps, after zealous anger comes, are important because the true zeal for God will lead you to follow God's word. It won't lead you outside of God's word. The problem is we've gotten into such a sysified version of the gospel when we can't confront each other and we've exalted kindness above truth. And A true man of God now is he's kind, he's just kind, he's sweet and nice, but a true man of God. When he sees Evil being done, he becomes angry against that. But then he sins, not Because his anger is rightly divided, rightly apportioned, it's not perverted by the devil into screaming, shouting, angry fits, fighting, punching, becoming harsh, rude Speak, talking down to people. Know when the confrontation takes place, it's done with love and patience, see, but without anger. That that, that anger that rises up against unrighteousness, that is something that's from God. The next step is when sin or righteousness happens.
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A true godly man is courageous. True godly man is not harsh. The Bible says husbands love your wives and do not be harsh with them. Don't be tyrannical in your leadership. Don't be. Don't speak with harshness and hardness. Be tender hearted, but lead. Sometimes you have to say no, this is wrong, no, you can't do that.
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A True godly man is a provider. He was. He's told to labor with his own hands and provide For his own. He's told to sacrifice himself for the safety, comfort and spiritual growth of life. A man, the true gentleman, does it matter what position, position he is. He opens the doors, doors for lady, ladies and Children. He's consider of others. He's polite, he's gracious, he's proper. He doesn't expose himself to, to being in a position where he is in a Compromised place, where he goes into a private room with a woman that's not his wife or daughter. We're all in different positions in life, but we're all called to be real man, godly character and a true Christian gentle.
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Major foundation of leadership and manly is character. Without character, leadership is becomes, say, satanic. True godly leadership as character, in other words, it has the nature, the fruit of the spirit in it love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. Amen. When I look at all of these things, generosity, charisma. Charisma means that you think about others More than you think about yourself. That's what real charisma and leadership is.
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A godly man is consistent. The bible says to be steadfast and unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord. True manliness is correctible, teachable. Pride goes before destruction, a hotty spirit before a fall. You're able to be taught and corrected, and quick to repent Again. The foundation of leadership is knowing who your god is, knowing who your father is, knowing his voice, following his leadership and implementing that in your family, in your work, in church, in your life. And you're not afraid to stand up against what is wrong, but you do it with Character and as a gentleman. Amen. Well, god bless you. I think this concludes our time of Looking at real Christian masculinity.
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