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THINK BIBLICALLY

THINK BIBLICALLY. About Masculinity “Male and Female He Created Them”. Introductory Words. World Magazine (July 28, 2012) – What Ails Us – Big Concerns About Our Culture 1 – Secularization – rejection of a Creator God … evolutionary thinking

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THINK BIBLICALLY

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  1. THINK BIBLICALLY About Masculinity “Male and Female He Created Them”

  2. Introductory Words • World Magazine (July 28, 2012) – What Ails Us – Big Concerns About Our Culture • 1 – Secularization – rejection of a Creator God … evolutionary thinking • 2 – Loss of identities of men and women – misunderstanding of marriage and family • 3 - Abortion • 4 – Obsession with sex

  3. 1A.Present Issue(Contemporary Culture) • Equality is stressed; uniqueness is minimized • Confusion instead clarity because authority is looked down on

  4. 2A. Passages from the Bible • Genesis 1:26-31 “God created man … male and female He created them” • Genesis 2:15-25 “… she shall be called Woman (ishshah), because she was taken out of Man (ish) ….”

  5. 3A. Possible Implications from the Genesis Texts • 1B. God is the Creator • 2B. God is the Designer of Marriage • 3B. God is the Marriage Planner • 4B. God blesses Sexuality • 5B. God calls for Procreation

  6. 6B. God is the Designer of the Roles and Responsibilities of Manhood • As a Leader • As a Lover • As a Protector • As a Provider …all for the glory of God…

  7. 7B. God is Truly a Good God • 1:31 “very good” • 2:18 “not good”

  8. 4A. Problem of Disobeying God’s Design of Masculinity • Genesis 3:1-7 “hiding, cover up” • Genesis 3:12 – blaming, accusing • Genesis 3:17-19 – “to Adam he said … “ • Jeremiah 17:9 “heart is deceitful…” • Proverbs 4:12 “a way that seems right to a man, but its end … death”

  9. Closing • Just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to all men because all sinned … much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many … therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men…” Romans 5:12, 15, 16

  10. I Corinthians 15:21-22,45“For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive … The first man Adam became a living being; the last Adam became a life giving spirit.”

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