“BE A MAN” What the Bible says about manhood.

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love. -1 Corinthians 16:13-14, ESV

MANHOOD IS NOT DOMINANCE

Elliott Rodger, UC Santa Barbara shooter, wanted to prove he was the ultimate “alpha male.”

22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. -Ephesians 5:22-24, NIV

MANHOOD IS SERVING

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. -Ephesians 5:25, NIV

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. -Ephesians 5:21, NIV

12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you under- stand what I have done for you?” he asked them. 13 “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. 14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. 15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. 16 Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a mess- enger greater than the one who sent him. 17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. -John 13:12-17, NIV

MANHOOD IS NOT PERFECTION

My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father- Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. -1 John 2:1, NIV

MANHOOD IS REPENTANCE

After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’ -Acts 13:22, NIV

Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. -Psalm 51;10, NIV

MANHOOD IS NOT YOUR POWER

THE STORY OF SAMSON Judges 13-16

The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him so that he tore the lion apart with his bare hands. -Judges 14:6, NIV

Then she called, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” He awoke from his sleep and thought, “I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him. -Judges 16:20, NIV

Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. -Zechariah 4:6, ESV

MANHOOD IS GOD’S POWER

How could one have chased a thousand, and two have put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had given them up? -Deuteronomy 32:30, ESV

One man of you puts to flight a thousand, since it is the Lord your God who fights for you, just as he promised you. -Joshua 23:10, ESV

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -Philippians 4:13, NKJV

If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. -Romans 10:9, NKJV

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love. -1 Corinthians 16:13-14, ESV