Ezekiel 22.30
God say: I am looking for a man.
The man is not a generic term. GOD is not speaking generally about mankind.
The man generally means a male, a husband and a father.
God is always looking for better man, while man is always looking better strategies, techniques & methods.
Why do we need strong man in our church?
We are not saying that man is better than woman.
There is 5-result reason why we need strong man.
1. If we don't have strong man there will be evangelistic sack back.
A church full of women in leadership or membership will only attract women.
A church with both men in leadership & membership will attract both men & women.
The reason is this guys don't like to attend church with more women.
In the world for every 4 women, we have 1 man in the church.
In Singapore for every 3 women, we have 1 man in the church.
So most church were women churches.
If we are women church, the women in church will have problem finding husband.
2. Relationship sack back.
A Christian man whom marriage his leader in the church will find very hard to relate with her.
who is going to be a leader when, Is he going to be the leader at home.
When in church she is the leader. On the dinner table man is the leader until the members came in. There will be confusion.
That is why many female ministers have weak marriages, unless their husband are holding more senior role in church. Otherwise many simply stay single and don't get marriage.
3. Marraige sack back.
A women in leadership who is unmarried will find it hard to get attach to a guy.
Guys will find them too bossy, too strong.
4. Ministry sack back.
A woman after give birth to child, she will normally leave the ministry to be a full-time housewife.
5. Destiny sack back.
A woman cannot step into their destiny before their man gets into their destiny.
A woman is never really free to be the woman that God have created her to be, until the man is maxims our manhood.
Genesis 2:15
God put Adam in the garden with a job.
Men have a job before he has a wife.
NO job, NO wife!
God give Adam responsibility
1.To guard
2.To guide
3.To govern.
Be the priest to guard, to protect God’s creation.
Give the vision, and disciple his wife.
Given the responsibility to govern, the king, the leader and to be decisive.
Adam is to protect God creation, and to disciple eve, and to be the king over the earth.
To be a king, a prophet and a priest.
They lead by their ability to serve.
2 kind of sin in the world:
1.Sin of commission
2.Sin of omission
If you know what is right, but you did not do it.
People go to hell because they fail to do right. They fail to trust Jesus, confess Him as the Lord and Savior.
What is the sin of Adam? How come sin came into the world?
1 Timothy 2:13-14
When devil came to deceive Eve, Adam known what was going on. He known all long the devil was up to.
Where was Adam when devil came to deceive?
Genesis 3:6(NIV)
What should have Adam do?
Adam should have loved her, just like Christ love the church and protect her.
Adam failed in his responsibility.
Sin came into the world not because of the eating of the fruit, if sin came into the world because of the fruit then is the one that brought sin into the earth.
Is the responsibility!
Roman 5:12
Sin came into the world because Adam failed to take responsibility.
We don’t live by the failure of the 1st Adam, but the 2nd Adam came and takes responsibility to give us peace and joy.
Which Adam is you pattern your life after?
To be a real man is not just cool or macho.
Manhood and Christ likeness are side by side.
We want to declare a standard for manhood in society today.
Many man call himself a ‘man’ only after the day he married.
The bible pattern is 1st become a man then you get married.
Ladies want man to be decisive.
Man not playing their row in society.
Manhood training must started when we are young.
New construction is always easier than reconstruction.
Luke 2:46-52
1. You don’t have to be old to be strong in the word.
2. You don’t have to be old to be spiritual intelligent.
Male by birth, man by choice.4 things
1. Jesus grow in spirit
2. Jesus grow in wisdom
3. Jesus grow in grace (Grace of God)
4. Jesus grow in favor (Good in human relationship)
Why youth waste their important years of life?
1. Bad example of friends.
2. Fatherless ness in the family.
True Stories
After World War 1 many fathers died in the war. Hitler rose up and said Germany will be a new fatherland, and he will be their father. He promise them 3 things, 3 fold of men I will guard, I will guide and I will govern. In this result many men willing to lay down their nation.
The same things happen in china, millions of youths join Mao Red Guard.
To them chairman Mao is a father to them they never had.
Chairman Mao have vision and decisive.
Judge 19: 22(TLV)
Youth join gang because of fatherless ness.
1 Corinthians 4: 15 "For you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel."
Paul said: you can have many teachers, but it can never compare with 1 father.