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All right , welcome back to the Daily Blade . Gentlemen , this is week 40 of the Daily Blade . That is a really , really big deal , and in two weeks from now , I will be releasing a discipleship material , also known as a book , called Stand Firm and Act Like Men Becoming the man you were created to be instead of who the world says you are . And I think you will agree with me that something has gone horribly wrong , and the think you will agree with me that something has gone horribly wrong , and the reason that I write books is for one reason , and one reason only . It's the same reason that I do the Daily Blade , which is simply just to make disciples . So the content really over this next season is going to be specifically aimed at men to stand firm and act like men . A lot of the content that I'm going to cover
is kind of a taste of what's going to be in the book . So if you find it helpful , then I would love for you to go grab a copy . If it helps you walk closer with Jesus . We're going to look at this entire week . We're going to look at Genesis , chapter 2 , because when something is as screwed up as manhood is today , I think you've got to go all the way back to the beginning to see what God's intention for manhood is . And so Genesis , chapter 2 , beginning in verse 5 , says this when no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up , for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land and there was no man to work the ground . The Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land and there was no man to work the ground , and a mist was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground verse 7 . Then the Lord God formed the man of the dust from the ground . By the way , that word dust in Hebrew is adamah , it's where we get the name Adam . Then the Lord God formed the Adamah of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life , and the man became a living creature . There's a lot going on here . That word for breathe
is ruah , which means breath or spirit or even life , and so what I want you to understand here is all of Genesis , chapter 1, .
Speaker 2The Bible says that God has spoken everything into existence . God says light , let there be light , and light shows up . He speaks the earth into existence , he speaks animals into existence . But when it comes to his own image bearers , the very first human being that God makes , he uses his hands and he forms the man of the dust of the ground . Well , why ? Why does God even create us ? Well , it's really because of his grace . It's not because God needs us , but out of an overflow of God's love for God's self . You see , one God in three persons God the Father , god the Son and God the Holy Spirit are in a perfectly submitted love relationship with himself . And out of an overflow of God's love for himself , he creates image bearers .
Speaker 2Up until this point he says everything is good , good , good , but yet it's not complete until God has image bearers . And what I want you to see here is is that when God forms the man from the dust or the dirt of the ground , he is not yet a living creature . It is not until the man has received the breath of life and again , it doesn't just mean air , but it's not until he receives the ruah , the spirit of God . Then the man becomes a living creature . You see , I know that there's a bunch of men listening to the daily blade and you are the shell of a male , but you have not received the spirit of God and you are not yet the man that God has called you to be .
Speaker 2You see , the Bible also wants us to know that when God breathed the breath of life into Adam , he was face to face , he was nostril to nostril . This is not like God from the third heavens , a long ways away , but God was face to face , he was nostril to nostril . This is not like God from the third heavens , a long ways away , but God was face to face with Adam . This means that when he breathes the Ruach of life into Adam and Adam opens his eyes , the very first man , the very first thing he sees is the face of his heavenly father , and this was imprinted on the heart and soul of every single man . And that's what we have been created for .
Speaker 2You and I have been created for the glory of God , to be in that right , face-to-face relationship with our Heavenly Father . By the way , this is why the temporary things of this world will never fully and finally satisfy . This is why some of you men are living in your dream house
, married to your dream girl with your dream job , in your dream house , married to your dream girl , with your dream job , driving your dream truck , and you lay your head on the pillow at night and you think is this it ? And brother , this isn't it . You see , man was created for the glory of God , to be in a face-to-face relationship with him . You were created by God and for God and you are not yet being the man you've been called to be . Until you receive the Spirit of God . Come back tomorrow as we do a deeper dive into what it means to be a biblical man .
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