What You'll Hear: S First, update on my last Selah episode briefly, then talk about Being a Man Hebrews 12:2 - "looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." Proverbs 24:17 "For a righteous man may fall seven times And rise again, But the wicked shall fall by calamity." From Toby Mac "Get Back Up", "We lose our way, We get back up again It's never too late to get back up again, One day you're gonna shine again, You may be knocked down, But not out forever" Several events contributing to me choosing the theme of "Being a Man" for this week Last week Parashah 1 - Genesis 1-6 - creation week, talking the creation of man and woman Interview with Terrance McLane last week - Delivered from Homosexuality, rasied issues of gender 2nd debate - Joe Biden asked by a woman who had 8 yr old transgender daughter, his affirming response Then got an email from AFA with a link to a free movie, documentary called "In His Image". I watched it with my wife and youngest daughter, then I posted it on Facebook and forwarded it to my pastor who suggested they show it to the youth in our church. I strongly encourage you to watch it and if you agree with me on its value then to share it with others. Highlights from the movie on the topic of manhood men were made made as men and women as women to bear witness to the story of God Rom 1:20 "For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made" The pinnacle of God's creation is male and female humans Human beings uniquely reflect God the Creator in the way we were made, including creativity, ability for higher order thinking, higher order emotions Gen 1:26 "Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness" then went on to create man as male and female, illustrates the fellowship of the Trinity 3 person nature of God created man and woman in fellowship Genesis 2 is like a slow motion description of God's creation of man and woman, I encourage you to read this Chapter 1. First Man was created first first born son in a Hebrew family had accountability and responsibility, you may have seen this play out in your family that the oldest son was responsible to look after their siblings, in same way Adam carried the responsibility for bringing whole human family into sin even though Eve actually first ate the fruit in disobedience, and Christ, the 2nd Adam, carried the responsibility for bring the whole human family back into fellowship with God' 2. Work - Gen 2:15 "Then the Lord God took [a]the man and put him in the garden of Eden to [b]tend and keep it." He had responsibility to provide and protect, Men are hard wired to be providers and protectors God wants men to be the heros for their families, to man up, to take initiative The command in scripture is not for women to sit down, but for men to stand up God gave instructions for the garden to man and expected the man to pass along those instructions to woman Man is called to be a gardener not just a grass cutter - Eph 5 spiritually cultivating your wife, spending time in studying scripture and praying together Hebrew word for work in Gen 2:15, "Abad" means to work for someone. New T command for wife to submit to her husband, the greek word Huppotaso which is transliterated to submit from a compound of 2 words, sub and mittere, with mittere meaning vision, so a wife is to submit to the vision of her husband, which means it's also commanding us to have a vision for who he is personally and what God has called him to for creating a vision for his family Woman is called to be helper, in NT Holy Spirit is called the Helper, so we as men should honor the vaulted position our wives are given to be a helper E Prayer for healing L Gen 2:15 "Then the Lord God took [d]the man and put him in the garden of Eden to [e]tend and keep it." A www.InHisImage.Movie H Pretend the reply all doesn't exist, or at least should be rarely used - Stop the multi-person email train from getting off the rails - follow-up directly with individuals and then get back to everyone once you have something to say