building a marriage, part 7 - embracing masculinity
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Embracing MasculinityBuilding a Marriage
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Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, "Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us" …. 27 So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male (zakar) and female (neqebah) he created them.
The Gendered _____.heart
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Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, "Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us" …. 27 So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male (zakar) and female (neqebah) he created them.
“Zakar”
Made for impact.
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1 Kings 2:2 … "Be strong and show yourself a man."
Moving with strength
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Ephesians 5:25, 28 Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her…. He nourishes and cherishes …as Christ does the church.
Sacrificial love.
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Exodus 2:23 During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out for help because of their slavery went up to God.
Reflecting how God relates to people
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Exodus 2:24 God heard their groaning and He remembered (maled) His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them. (it was time to act).
Reflecting how God relates to people
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Exodus 2:24 God heard their groaning and He remembered (maled) His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them. (it was time to act).
Reflecting how God relates to people
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Genesis 3:17 “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life…
What derails masculinity? ____fear
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Genesis 3:18 “It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
v. 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”
What derails masculinity? ____fear
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Romans 7: 21, 24 “I’ve tried everything and nothing helps. I’m at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for me? Isn’t that the real question?”
The weightless man.
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a. S hallow Man.
b. S ecular Man.
c. S elfish Man.
Counterfeits of manhood:
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Romans 7: 21, 24 “I’ve tried everything and nothing helps. I’m at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for me? Isn’t that the real question?”
The sincerely struggling man
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"I know nothing about the wonderful experience of freedom from conflict and complete deliverance from every evil tendency. I have never won an inch of the way to heaven without fighting for it. I have never lived a day but I have had sorrow over my imperfection. I sometimes get near to God but at that time I weep most for my faults and failings."
The sincerely struggling man
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2 Cor. 1:8 “We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life."
The sincerely struggling man
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Ephesians 6:13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
The sincerely struggling man
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• Longing• Disappointment• Hunger• Encounter• Reflect• Longing
Cycle of internal and relational change
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When we know Jesus enough to value nothing greater than to enjoy Him and reveal Him to people by the way we relate, we will become more alive as masculine men
and feminine women.
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