So what does it mean to be a man?
Because when you're thinking of men,
you think of someone who's tough, someone who's strong.
So when David tells his son Solomon,
hey, I want you to be a man,
what are the instructions he gives him in verse three?
Obey God's commandments.
I mean, he says it like 50 different ways in that verse.
Obey what God says.
As a guy, I think we ought to be strong.
We're the protectors of our family.
That is a small part of what it means to be a man.
Actually being a man is obeying God's commandments.
Doing what God says, here's why.
Because there's a lot of really strong people
that just bow down before the statue of Nebuchadnezzar.
Men that were physically strong.
Men that probably could have beat up Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego.
But does being a UFC champion, does that make you a man?
Being a boxing champion, does that make you a man
according to the Bible?
Because here's what you have to understand.
Doing what's right is the hard thing.
But if you want to be a man,
you stand up for what's right.
And they said, no, I'm not going to bow down.
You say, why?
Because they wanted to obey God's commandments.