These are men who are worthy of being imitated. Jesus Christ was, and still is, forever the perfect man, who is infinitely more worthy to be followed and imitated than all other men.The supreme reason why God gave us His Holy Spirit is that we will be conformed into the image of His son. Romans 8:29 says: "For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren."
The Apostle Paul was called by Christ to be an example. Acts 9:15 says: "He is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel." Paul himself stated in 1 Corinthians 11:1, "Be ye therefore followers of me, even as I also am of Christ."
In this desperate hour in our nation, we need Christian men who will not be content with the status quo. We need men who will refuse 21st century normality. We need men who will be an example for others to follow.
Be encouraged.
Colin Campbell
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This nation needs men who will not compromise their moral values, even under extreme pressure. It needs men who will not compromise truth, even if it financially advantages them to do so. Some men will say anything to get what they want, whether it be in marriage, promotion, election to public office, or even government hand-outs. The list is never ending.
God is looking for men who will not compromise, no matter what! Uncompromising men are few and far between, but thank God, there are some.
One of the greatest acts of courage in the Bible (and of course there are many) was displayed by Jonathan, King Saul's son in 1 Samuel, chapters 13-14. In 1 Samuel 13:5-7 we read, "And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horseman, and the people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude . . . When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits."
Men, if we are going to be men of courage, we must speak up for what's right when the opportunity presents itself. If you have got any truth in you, for goodness’ sake, SAY IT! Do not hide truth behind closed doors.
“Where lies the strength of a people? Not in its arsenals, not in its army or navy, but in its men. The supreme need of a people is something higher than the making of wealth; it is the making of men. The highest of all social necessities is the making of new men, possible only by the preaching and the teaching of the gospel of Christ.”
Where, oh, where are the true fathers? Oh, how the world is desperate for men to take up the mantle of biblical fatherhood.
Barna Research found that only 33 per cent of adults now say they attend church service during a typical week which shows a decline representing the loss of about 15 million church-going adults each week.
“If the church is not in possession of truth, truth as an understanding that corresponds exactly to what is in reality, and corresponds exactly to what is in the will and character of God, then it has been left speechless. It has nothing to say. . . . Why, then, has the evangelical church arranged itself around the marketing dynamic rather than around the truth which it is its birthright to proclaim?
Men who do not have "spark" are bland and boring. Their eyes are dull and lifeless. They have no oomph in their personality or spring in their step.
It was a sad day for me last Saturday as I protested with a small group of believers at the entrance to a local drag queen celebration in Franklin, Tennessee.
God is looking for men who will deny themselves the easy road, especially if the easy road includes the lusts of the flesh and yielding to temptations. Everything is acceptable on the easy road as long as it makes you feel good and requires no moral resistance.
God is looking for men who will stand out from the crowd. Men who will not be crowd lovers, crowd blenders, crowd pleasers, or crowd followers, but men who will dare to be different.
God is looking for men who will deny themselves the easy road, especially if the easy road includes the lusts of the flesh and yielding to temptations. Everything is acceptable on the easy road, as long as it makes you feel good and requires no moral resistance. Homosexuality is okay on the easy road, as is abortion, drugs, sex, alcohol, and witchcraft.
When a real man of God goes to work, he rolls up his sleeves, gets stuck in, and does his very best. And he does this consistently.
Proverbs 28:1 says: "The righteous are as bold as a lion." God is bold and He despises fear and cowardice.
Acts 4:13: "Now when they saw the BOLDNESS of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus."
What does it mean to be alert? To be watchful, vigilant, guarding against surprise or danger.
A message to all fathers and mothers on the VALUE of a godly home: