Amen
Amen, okay
We're in first corinthians chapter number six this morning
And the title of my sermon this morning is the sin of being effeminate the sin
Of being effeminate and what is effeminate feminine is a way of describing a male who possesses characteristics?
That are proper for a woman to have but unnatural for a man to possess
And this is basically these are qualities that would be considered feminine
And in fact, they display habits emotions body language that would be soft and delicate and again appropriate for women to have
Now this is sinful according to the bible for a man to have because effeminacy
Is something that is actually obviously strictly condemned in the bible and should be rejected by us as christians
and discouraged and spoken about
In order to cause people to avoid being this way look at first corinthians 6 verse 9
It says knowing not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of god be not deceived neither fornicators nor idolaters
Nor nor adulterers nor effeminate nor abusers of themselves with mankind
Nor thieves nor covetous nor drunkards nor revilers nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of god now
Let me explain before I get into the actual topic here of being effeminate
Let me explain what this particular passage is referring to because a lot of people will twist and pervert the scripture
to mean a lot of different things
First and foremost, this isn't saying that if you are guilty of these particular sins
That you can't be saved or something like that, right?
Obviously, we understand that this is referring to just general sins
And in fact, these aren't the only sins mentioned in the bible
There's plenty of other sins in the bible that are mentioned
And if we read on here it says in verse 11 and such were some of you
But you are washed but you are sanctified but you are justified in the name of the lord jesus
And by the spirit of our god
so the first thing that I want you to notice is the fact that
he's addressing the corinthian church and the christians in the corinthian church and he's telling them that
Some of them were guilty of these particular sins fornication being effeminate being an idolater
uh being an adulterer
Uh, so on and so forth being a drunkard a reviler. These are things that they struggle with
These are things that sins that they partook in but obviously they're saved now now this isn't saying
That they no longer struggle with these particular sins, you know
We don't believe in this deliverance doctrine where as soon as you get saved you just no longer struggle with the with the sins
Of the flesh obviously, that's a daily battle that we all have as soon as we get saved
It's not like we come with batteries included, you know, we'll no longer struggle
We have the flesh that we have to fight every single day we have to die daily be a living sacrifice
Crucify the flesh on a daily basis. Okay
This is simply saying that some of the people in the corinthian church were guilty of these sins
But obviously they're saved now
They are going to inherit the kingdom of god not because they cease doing these sins
But because they believed on the lord jesus christ, okay
so that's one thing that I want to get out of the way first and foremost secondly
Is this perversion?
Of this interpretation that people will get from this and that is that effeminate means like a sodomite or something like that
Okay, and they'll often say that verse nine the latter and a verse now where it says nor effeminate nor abuses of themselves with mankind
This is referring to two homosexuals. Okay, they'll say that you know, the abuser of themselves with mankind is referring to the dominant
male
In the sodomite relationship and the effeminate is simply the passive person in that particular relationship
Now if you go to the modern versions of the bible, they will actually change this entire wording here and just put homosexuals
Okay, they'll completely remove effeminate and they'll just put sodomites or they'll put homosexuals or if they leave it
As it says here in the king james bible, they'll place a footnote at the bottom saying this is referring to
Homosexuals this is referring to sodomites, etc
Now that is a false doctrine. Okay, and you know the the the group out there that you know
The christians out there that want to prove that reprobates and sodomites can be saved. This is the only text that they have
You know to to to try to prove that okay now obviously we're not teaching on sodomites this morning
But folks whenever you teach a doctrine you got to go to the clear scriptures first and foremost
And let me give you a really clear scripture on that. It's romans one
Okay
I mean god gave us an entire chapter in the book of romans to help us to understand the subject
And of course we have genesis 19 judges 19 and we'll save that for the month of june
Okay, and if you're interested in that make sure you come back and visit
abuser of themselves with mankind has nothing to do with sodomites, okay, and people want to claim that that's what it's referring to
But the reality is this is that in context it's simply referring to someone who is simply sleeping around. Okay
It's just another way of saying a fornicator
And in fact in context we look at here look what the bible says in chapter six and verse number 13
This is still in context. It says meats for the belly belly for meats
But god shall destroy both it and them
Now the body is not for fornication but for the lord and the lord for the body
And god hath both raised up the lord and will also raise us up by his own power
Knowing not that your bodies are the members of christ shall I then take the members of christ and make them the members of in harlot?
God forbid
He says what know you not that he which is joined into in harlot is one body for to sayeth
He shall be one flesh now
Another thing that I want you to notice is the fact that they'll often say that effeminate means the passive person in a sodomite relationship
But effeminate doesn't mean that at all
And in fact if we're to go to anybody in this room or anybody on the world and explain and ask them
What does it mean to be effeminate? Probably the first thing they're going to say is this it means to be what?
Soft right to be feminine simply means to be soft, okay
Now this is why I think that you know, obviously these people who are interpreting this are very wicked
It's because of the fact that you know, they'll take the greek word here for effeminate, which is melakis
And they'll say well that means sodomite, you know, but no it doesn't mean sodomite. Okay
And what melakis literally means is soft and the proof of that is actually found in matthew 18 verse 11
Where jesus is talking about john the baptist and he says but what we opt for to see a man clothed in soft raiment
And the word there that's used for soft is melakis
Which is the same exact word that we see in first corinthians 6 verse 9 used for effeminate
In other words referring to a man who's simply soft delicate effeminate having feminine traits, okay?
And a person who is effeminate is not the same as a person who's a sodomite
Sodomite is a reprobate
Beyond the hope of salvation according to the bible
Whereas someone who is effeminate is someone who's just a man who has just feminine qualities. They're a little soft
They're a little delicate, etc. Okay. Now go to second samuel chapter number one if you would second samuel chapter number one
Now although we explained that effeminate is not as bad as being a sodomite
We don't want to undermine the fact that god is still saying that this is sinful, okay
It's very sinful in the eyes of god
And we're going to explain why in just a bit
Uh, but let me go over the fact or let me go over the qualities
That are not effeminate. Okay before I get into the qualities that are it's important that we address virtues that are not effeminate
But can be considered as such and we need to make sure that we don't cross the boundaries of god's word
And try to impose our own definition of what it means to be feminine just because we don't like something, okay
It's like oh, I don't like a specific color. Therefore. It's effeminate or something, you know
Well, I don't like the way he says this so there he's just being effeminate
You know
We got to make sure that we don't cross that boundary
And and start getting into things that where the bible actually says that that's not effeminate. That's not soft, etc
Okay, let me give you number one and this is going to blow your mind, okay?
Embracing or kissing another man is not effeminate now before you fall out of your seats and just die right then and there
Let me explain to you what I mean by that. Okay
And I am talking about two men. Okay, you say what in the world?
Well, look at first sammy chapter 20 if you would
In verse 38 it says here and jonathan cried after the lad make speed haste. Stay not first sammy 20 verse 38
And jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows
And came to his master but the lad knew not anything only jonathan and david knew the matter
And jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad and said unto him go carry them to the city
And as soon as the lad was gone
David arose out of a place toward the south and fell on on his face to the ground and bowed himself three times
And they kissed one another and wept with one another until david exceeded
Jonathan said to david go in peace for as much as we have sworn both of us in the name of the lord saying
The lord be between me and thee and between my seed and thy seed forever
And he rose and departed and jonathan went into his city turn with me if you would to
Second samuel chapter number one if you would second samuel, so here we see an example
Of david and jonathan now
We're not going to get into the story of david and jonathan, but in modern terms
We would say that they're just like best friends. Okay, they're really close friends and you know, they're very close brothers
They're obviously they're not related but they treat each other as brothers they have a deep love one for another they have a camaraderie
and
We obviously understand that jonathan's father saw was seeking to kill david
And jonathan so loved david
It was it was like his best friend and so it it broke his heart that his father
Sought to murder and slay david even though david was an innocent man, you understand and so, you know
Jonathan creates this kind of uh, uh diversion here and he's trying to explain to david
Hey, you know if if the error goes such and such this distance, you know, my dad wants to kill you
If not, you know stay or whatever. So he does this and david realizes. Oh man. Saul does want to slay me
So this meant that he wasn't going to see uh, he wasn't going to see jonathan for a very long time
So this broke david's heart this broke jonathan's heart because they're in a difficult situation
And what do they do they come to each other and they kiss one another now?
This doesn't let me just explain something when someone kisses you. It's not always on the lips. Did you know that?
Right
When people kiss one another it doesn't always have to be on the lips
Okay
So, you know before you know, you you read that into this text. It's not what it's saying. It's not kissing them on the lips
Okay
You know the bible would actually say in first corinthians 16 20 when when the apostle pawn various various other places in the new testament
Says all the brother greet you greet one another with an holy kiss
So what is the holy kiss? It doesn't mean they put holy water on their lips and just like, you know
Holy kiss just simply means something that is wholesome
okay, and
This is something that's actually foreign
Here in america, but it's not foreign everywhere else in the world. Okay, and even in central america where my uh families from
Men and women greet one another like this
They'll they'll kind of kiss the air when they kind of hug each other
Or they'll you know, they'll kind of put cheek to cheek and they'll kiss the air
That's just a form of what they do other people kiss the forehead. It's simply referring to a greeting of you know
Just something that endears one to another there's nothing perverted about it. Okay
It's just a holy kiss now, you know
I'm not saying we're going to put this into practice in our church either. Okay, right
You know, let me see if I want to give a holy kiss to you real quick
But you know, you know a lot of people who hate the word of god
You know and hate what we preach
Will point to stories like david and and jonathan and say oh, they're exonymized because they kiss one another
Well, you know what the bible says unto the pure all things are pure
But unto them which are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure but even their mind and their conscience is the file
So they can't view something wholesome or read something wholesome without perverting the story and say oh, yeah, they're sodomites or something
They're just like us, you know, no, you know
How did david and jonathan kiss? I don't know maybe on the cheek maybe on the forehead. We don't know
Okay, look at second samuel 125. It says how are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle?
Oh, jonathan that was slain in nine high places at this time. Jonathan and his father have been killed
So david is grieved over this he says I am distressed for thee my brother jonathan
Very pleasant hast thou been unto me thy love to me was wonderful passing the love of a woman
How are the mighty fallen and the weapons of war perish now?
Again, those who are to have the filed consciences will look at that and say see
He he was a sodomite. He loved jonathan more than he loved women
He's simply saying that he had a deep love for jonathan and it wasn't
A physical love the way he would have for a woman a wife. It's a friend a brother
Okay, and I would say this, you know me and my brother would share a love
That I wouldn't share with a woman because he's my brother
Okay, he's someone who's my brother. He's someone who's close to me someone who I love deeply
So this is simply showing the deep love that david had for jonathan. Okay now
Here's the thing folks is that there's people in our church. Okay, i'm not gonna say who it is
You'll find out one day
They become so sometimes we're talking about a doctrine
Or you know something wonderful that's happened and they'll become so overwhelmed with joy and happiness
They'll literally grab one of the guys and give them a huge hug grab their head and kiss them on the head
You're like what tell me who it is because I want to avoid this as much as possible
Okay, i'm not gonna say any names okay, uh, but it's moses, okay
And you know what I appreciate the men in our church who he's done it to he's never done it to me
I'm, just kidding. I appreciate the men in our church who he's done it to because they recognize he's not being weird
He's not being you know, effeminate or anything like that
It's just he's so overwhelmed with joy
Sometimes when we talk about certain things when we you know share memories or he's just over overwhelmed with joy
He can't help but just kind of embrace one of the men and just give him a hug and give him a kiss on the
Head or something like that, you know, and sometimes it's awkward for the guys. They're just like
They're just kind of like, uh, all right, you know
But you know, obviously he doesn't mean anything by obviously he just shares a deep love for the men in our church
You understand it's just simply an expression of his deep love and and here's the thing
He's not the type to come to you and say hey, I love you
You understand so he doesn't express he doesn't express his his love by words he does it by you know
Embracing and kissing them on the forehead or something. Okay
So what i'm saying is this is this is not an isolated incident. It's happening in our church. Okay, and and you know it happens
And let me just say this it's not an effeminate trait, okay, it's not any feminine trait at all
Uh, and and look i'm not saying that, you know, if you don't do these things you should probably start
You know what I mean? Just to show your love
It's obviously based upon how someone is wired, right?
Okay
And so let me give you another one go to john chapter 13 if you would john chapter 13
And there's plenty of examples in the bible of men kissing other men on the head
They kiss them, you know, they they just embrace them and and kiss them. It's not nothing that's perverted
It's not anything that's effeminate
It obviously it's a cultural thing that we see in the bible
But even today in today's day and age we see that as well
And so, um not effeminate at all, let's not look at that and say well that's kind of queer
You know what I mean or something like that's not not according to the bible
Uh, look at john chapter 13
And on that same note just physical affection in general
Is not an effeminate trait. Okay, look at john chapter 13 verse 21 when jesus had thus said
He was troubled in spirit and testified and said verily verily I say to you that one of you shall betray me
Then the disciples looked one
On another doubting of whom he spake now there was leaning on jesus's bosom one of his disciples whom jesus loved
Now this is referring to john right the apostle john
Now i'll be honest with you when I first got saved and I read this. I was like, this is weird. What?
What do you mean? He's like leaning on his bosom means chest. So he's just kind of like, you know
I
Thought it was weird, you know, I was a babe in christ
I didn't really understand much and so it was kind of odd to me at first
But I just thought maybe he's just physically affectionate. That's just how he is. It's just kind of weird but you know
Viewing this later on and kind of thinking about this. I understood
Why is it that he did this now first and foremost we obviously understand that jesus was the manliest man that ever lived
He is the lord jesus christ. He's the epitome of masculinity, right?
And he's obviously not rebuking john for this he's not like hey dude
Be a man. Stop doing that
No, he's permitting this obviously and he's doing it for a purpose now
Why is john leaning on his breast?
Obviously he's referring to the fact that i'm not gonna have anybody to it right now
But you know, he's sitting down and maybe you know
You're leaning back or something and then he just comes and leans on his breast. Okay
Now, how can we explain this?
Why is he doing this? Why is he so physically affectionate? Well, I think of my son
Okay
My son will often if i'm sitting on the couch
He'll come sit on my lap and he'll literally rest his head on my bosom
Okay, and he'll just kind of just be on my bosom on my chest and he'll just want me to hold him
Put my arm around him and he'll do that. Okay. Now why well because i'm his father
So he shares a deep love for his father. He shares a deep connection with his dad and he feels security
With being in the bosom of his father, right? So this is basically how john is feeling towards the lord
Jesus christ
Jesus is john security as he should be for all of us, right?
So spiritually speaking, you know when there's when there's unrest like as we see here he's talking about unrest something that uh,
chaotic that might take place, you know, we
Spiritually speaking should rest in the lord
You understand rest in the bosom of the lord. Jesus christ and recognize that you know
We cast our care upon him for he cares for us
You know when we are distressed when we have anxiety when we're fearful
We can simply rest on the bosom of the lord. Jesus christ and recognize everything's gonna be okay
But this is simply showing the deep love that john
Had for jesus christ that he was even comfortable enough to rest his head on his bosom. Not any feminine thing at all
Now again, we don't have to put this into practice in our church
Okay, if you guys are sitting one with another but I will say this, you know embracing is nothing there's nothing wrong with embracing
You know every once in a while if if there's something emotional that's taking place or maybe you know
Brother in our church is going through a difficult time. He needs a hug. I'll give the man a hug
I have no problem with giving a man a hug
But you know what? Most of the time the men in our church will will do something like this. Come here geo
You don't have to step right here because you're too tall, you know, we'll do something like this
We'll do that right and that's like a that's a wait stay up there
You know, that's like a that's like a man hug or sometimes, you know
sometimes if i'm if I feel real affectionate towards one of the men in our church if i'm like
There's there's some sort of emotional bond that I have with them. I'll literally do something like this
I'll often give them like a side hug and that's my way of kind of showing them like hey brother
I love you and i'm proud of you. You're doing a good job. You can have a seat now brother for the geo
That's that's that's your hug for the day, right?
I'm just kidding
You know those things are normal. Okay, and it's normal for a man to go to another man
You know, especially if they're going through a difficult time to embrace them to hug them. These are not effeminate qualities at all. Okay
And and here's the thing people can go a little overboard on what is effeminate
and it kind of makes you wonder like are you struggling with being effeminate here because you seem to
Impose being effeminate on everything that you see
Whereas men we should just be secure in what the bible says and it's not wrong to embrace
It's not wrong to to kiss on the head if you want, you know
That's on you
What i'm saying is that these are not effeminate qualities how about this meekness and humility those are not effeminate qualities at all
Meekness is not weakness meekness is strength under control
Okay
And so to be meek and to be humble
Or to speak at a low tone or whatever it may be or to not think highly of yourself
This doesn't mean that you are
An effeminate person you don't have to be a giga chad type of a person in order to be a man or to be masculine
You can simply be someone who doesn't want to be in the limelight. Okay, you're just kind of like you're meek and you're humble
You don't want the spotlight. You don't want the attention that is not effeminate. Okay, how about this weeping is not effeminate either
One of the shortest verses in the bible jesus wept
Right, he wept and so sometimes men have a tender heart. Maybe they hear about
Some difficult thing that someone is experiencing they have empathy towards that individual or they're feeling they're feeling pain themselves and they weep
That's okay, you know weeping is not some some expression of weakness, okay, you know if you
Hit your uh thumb with a hammer or something you start crying, you know
It's not you feel pain. Okay
All right, and I don't know any man who can take a punch to the nose and not weep a little bit
You know what? I mean? You guys know what i'm talking about when someone punches you in the nose and then you kind of
It's normal right, but i'm just saying just in general if you feel some sort of deep emotion
And let me say this sometimes i'll see one of the hymns
And and i'll get like that frog in my throat and i'll begin to tear up
Because of the fact that i'm overwhelmed with joy of the goodness of god of my salvation
The fact that you know, we have a wonderful church
Thinking upon that the goodness of god causes me to weep a little bit. This is not an effeminate trait
This is something that god wants us to do. He's in fact, he says weep with them that weep
It's actually a command okay, so don't see weeping as being an effeminate trait having a tender heart kindness
It's not an effeminate trait
Don't think well, I gotta just be mean to everyone to show how masculine I am or something like that. You're an idiot
Get over yourself
Kindness is a christian trait my friend the lord shows us listen to this loving kindness
Okay, so it's actually masculine it's it's christian to be kind one to another forgiving one another
Etc. Okay
Gentleness is not effeminate either
Okay to be gentle with people is not effeminate. You said well, I just like to be rough with everyone
Well, then you need to grow in your christian life. Okay, and you need to grow in your knowledge of god's word and you say well
You know, what do I know how do I know the boundaries?
Like how do I know who to be gentle with who not to be gentle with?
Well, how about this a baby you're gentle with that's right. Okay
women you're gentle with right the way you speak to them the way you you you know,
Don't when you shake a woman's hand in our church. Don't like
Tear their arm off. Okay
You shouldn't be like
You know
Be gentle, okay
Don't grab their hand like
Can you can you tell i've been working out, you know
Gentleness is a good quality. It's not any feminine quality at all. It's showing the
In spite of your strength you're able to constrain that strength and and allocate it in its proper place at the right time. You understand
You know you think of like a lion for example how the lion could literally carry
Uh, it's it's it's young in its mouth the mouth can be used the lion's mouth can be used to just tear animals apart
But yet it can be gentle enough to just carry its young from one place to another. Okay, and so
That's a good quality to have it's not effeminate at all. Empathy is not an effeminate quality at all
What is empathy the ability to feel what another person feels if they feel sorrowful?
Empathy is the ability to put yourself in another person's shoes. Okay, you know
Don't be a cold-hearted person
Don't be a callous cold-hearted person where you just can't put yourself in another person's shoes. You can't feel their pain
You know the bible says that jesus christ is acquainted with grief
He he was touching all points like as we are yet without sin the bible says
And so he's definitely empathetic towards us
He feels our pain and in fact when lazarus dies and the bible says that jesus wept he wept because he loved lazarus
He wept because he loved lazarus and he knew the pain that his death caused for his for lazarus and sisters
You understand and so that is not an effeminate quality empathy is very much needed
We need to be empathetic and have sympathy for people as well
Now this is go to matthew chapter 6 if you would matthew chapter 6. Here's the last one
Okay, there's probably other ones that I have not mentioned if I if there's one that I that I missed you can tell me after
the service
Being well groomed is not effeminate either
That's right
Now being being all metro is okay
But being well groomed is actually not effeminate at all. What is being well groomed? It means you're just well kept. Okay
Let me show you matthew chapter 6 verse 16 says moreover when you fast
Be not as the hypocrites of a sad countenance for they disfigure their faces that they may appear into men to fast
Barely I say to you they have their reward but when thou fastest anoint thine head and wash thy face
Okay, now why is he saying anoint your head and wash your face because when people fast they look like they just got out of bed
They're just like their hair's all messed up and they're god is saying no anoint your head
Wash your face, you know be appropriate. There's nothing wrong with you know wearing articles of clothing in an appropriate way
Being sharp being in place. Nothing effeminate about that. In fact, it's orderly is what it is
Okay, it shows that you actually are a good steward of the things that you have understand
And so that's not effeminate effeminacy is when a man displays
feminine attributes
And the reason it is a sin in the bible is because it's basically man rejecting god's design to be masculine. Okay
Now go to first peter chapter number three if you would first peter chapter number three
Now let's talk about the attributes that are exclusive to women. Okay. Now we're going to talk about
You know the things that men should not do that would be considered effeminate
You say why preach on this well because we live in such a sissy generation. That's why
Where you know men are being raised to act like women
to to feel like women to act like women and it's it's it's it's wicked folks and you wonder why
Uh, you know what? I mean? There's so many passive men out there who just don't want to do anything
They're just kind of being walked all over and they don't they don't have any desire or drive to serve god
It's because they're not allowing themselves to be masculine
Being effeminate, okay
There are characteristics that are exclusive to women
Uh that men should not possess now, obviously there's characteristics that both men and women should possess, right?
You know to be chaste, okay to be holy
To be meek there's all of those they obviously they intertrying one with another but there are also other characteristics that god
Exclusively reserved for women that he does not want men. He does not want men to have. Okay. Look at first peter chapter three
I'm going to read to you from deuteronomy 28 verse 56. It says the tender and delicate
Among women among you which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness
Her eyes shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom and toward her son and toward her daughter
This is talking about a woman who is delicate now, this is
Completely biblical right for a woman to be delicate
She's so delicate. She wouldn't set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness
You know, she's very soft and delicate. You know, this is this is good. Amen for a woman to be this way, okay
This would be considered in the new testament as being a weaker vessel
Look at first peter three verse seven
likewise
He husbands dwell with them according to knowledge giving honor and to the wife listen to this
As unto the weaker vessel now, did I mispronounce that phrase right there?
Did I did I you know, does it say something different?
Okay, you know someone needs to uh, write to fox news
And and tell them hey that hit piece you made on pastor mohia
When he said that women are the weaker vessel that's in the bible
He's simply reading what the bible says, you know, someone needs to write to that effeminate la times journalist
That yellow belly journalist and say hey when he said that women are the weaker vessel he's simply quoting the bible
Okay
He says as unto the as unto the weaker vessel and as being heirs together of the grace of life that your prayers be not
Hindered so what is the bible telling us? It's literally saying that women are weaker than men
Now if that bothers you it's because you've been influenced by this feminazi agenda in 2022
You've just been watching too much television
Too much billy eilish
Too much music of women, you know all for women's rights and all these things folks. Let's stick with the bible
That's what the bible says. I'm not gonna make apologies for what god's word says
And if it says that women are the weaker vessel, i'm just gonna believe it now what people fail to understand
Is the fact that when he says that when god says that women are the weaker vessel, he's not degrading them
He's not like disrespecting them like you're weak
You're weak
He's saying they're more delicate and special and in fact he says this giving honor
He says they're giving honor unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel
So what is he saying specifically he's saying you need to treat women more specifically, of course your wife more delicately
Honor them by not being so rough with them
Why because they are the weaker vessel. That's why
Okay, so you need to honor them, you know
Don't allow them to participate in mma and sparring with them and beating them up. Why because that's not giving honor to them, right?
Don't slap box with them
Don't slap box with your sister
Why because the bible says you're not giving honor to them if you do that, that's right
Why because they're the weaker vessel
Don't push them around and treat them like one of the boys
Why because at that point you're not giving honor to them as into the weaker vessel now given there's ladies out there
Who kind of like that kind of stuff, but you know what i'm still going to stick with the bible
And and not partake in things like that. That's right. Okay. I'm not going to go to my wife and be like, what's up, bro?
You know, that's not appropriate for me to do that to my wife
You know to kind of shove her around and and and slap box with her or whatever and
That's not giving honor unto my wife as unto the weaker vessel
Okay, a woman is more delicate more special. Let me say this a woman should be coddled
Right
You guys don't agree is it's true. They need to be coddled sometimes women, you know, they go through difficult
They have uh a different different levels of hormones and they're out of whack throughout the months and years
And so they need us as men who are more stable in our hormones, right to coddle them and care for them
And take care of them as unto the weaker vessel that's giving honor unto them. Okay
So this is appropriate for a woman to have, you know, it's appropriate for a woman to be emotional
That's appropriate. That's just how god made them. Okay, it's appropriate
Uh for a woman to to be emotional or to need this this emotional support from her husband
It's it's appropriate for a woman to to to kind of weep excessively sometimes
Okay, you know because they're emotional and and they're kind of soft and delicate that's appropriate
It's not appropriate for a man to be that way though. That's right
It's not appropriate for a man to be coddled
Because you're supposed to be doing the coddling
Not being the one who's being coddled, okay
A woman is emotionally physically and mentally weaker than a man prove it. Well, how about uh eve?
Why do you think we're in the situation we're in folks
Why do you think satan went for eve and not adam
Because he's not going to go toe to toe with someone who is
Uh stronger right he's going to go for the one who is weaker who he knows he can probably defeat
Okay, which is eve go to first kings 21 if you would first king chapter 21
First king chapter 21
Now this means when it says weaker vessel, it does mean physically weaker
Obviously you have women out there take steroids and stuff like that
But we're saying in general women are
weaker than a man
And they're weaker emotionally now, here's the thing is that people say they're like, oh, that's so sexist, you know
You're just saying what you they're just weaker emotionally. Well, actually god made them that way for a particular purpose
This isn't degrading them. Okay. Why did god make women weaker emotionally?
I'll tell you why because they're supposed to be keepers at home and they're dealing with children all day long
you know
Sometimes if I have to stay home because my wife has to go run an errand with bruce take them to the dentist and stuff
You know, it drives me kind of crazy, you know
even with all the kids and they're just like i'm just like
You know eat this and you know, i'm not that's not my role. It's not my role
Okay
And you know men have a tendency to be a little more rough
Where the you know, a kid gets hurt. It's like he's fine. It's like he broke his leg. He's all right
He's cool. Don't worry about it. You know, just put it pop it back in place or whatever
I remember at the old building, uh little zaias
He stuck his finger in in the in the ac thing or whatever and he just sliced his finger
And it went to like to like the bone, right?
And my wife grabbed him and was like bleeding and she's like she grabbed me and she came up to me
He's like we need to go to the doctor. I'm like chill out. Relax. Relax. Relax. It's not that bad and she went like this
is like
I'm like, all right, let's go to the hospital
Let's go
You know
I understand now, you know
But women are more weaker emotionally because they're supposed to have an excessive amount of empathy for their children
You know when they fall and you know, they they coddle them they take care of them
They they're like, you know, they're just they're being motherly. You understand men are not motherly. They're not supposed to be motherly
You understand obviously
We show affection towards our children, you know, and especially if they're babies, you know, the zaias is they're still babies two years old
I treat them like a baby. I hold him like a baby and talk to him like a baby because he's still my little boy
But you know what? It only goes so far though. You understand, you know, obviously there's a limit for a man
Because a man doesn't have it built in him to become motherly he's supposed to become fatherly
Okay
And so we are emotionally supposed to be stronger
Because we have to deal with the stresses of life
You understand we have to work bring home the bacon take care of the bills, you know
We have lives that we are responsible for
and so on and so forth and not only that, you know, because a woman is is is weaker emotionally because obviously her hormones
They have to go through an ebb and flow throughout the year in order to nurse in order to bear children
So those those those hormones have to be at a certain level each year. We as men we're just like
So then when your wife gets out of whack off kilter because of her hormones we are there to stabilize them
Now there's a problem if a man has a lot of estrogen
And then the wife is like off kilter and she's crying and then he's like crying too. I don't know what we're gonna do
That's bad
That's a recipe for disaster
We're supposed to be in god's stead the stabilizing force in the life of our wives
Where when the world's falling apart for them, we just come and say it's okay
Aren't I not better than until 10 cents? You know, everything's gonna be okay, you know, we're gonna be all right
You know, we just kind of stabilize our wives. That's how god designed it folks
Okay, and so they're weaker
Emotionally physically
Mentally, we have to help them to cast down imaginations
You understand women have a tendency to to kind of get off kilter in their imaginations
And so we're there to stabilize them and help them with that. Okay, the problem is when a man takes on these qualities though
Okay, that's a problem because you're supposed to be a leader
Not a weaker vessel
Now
For sure, not physically weaker, okay
Now i'm not gonna you know, tell you go do power lifting although, you know, it'd be good if you did though
You know if you feel like you're weaker and you're just like I need some strength
Well, you know, that's a good that's a good way
I'm, just saying you don't have to do much to be more stronger than your wife though for sure
Go do like 10 push-ups or you know, whatever a day or do something. Okay, it shouldn't be that you're weaker than your wife physically
Okay
And put you know youtube can give this to fox 11 news if you want
Pastor continues just tirade against women or whatever, you know
Who cares?
Let me give you an example of an effeminate man
In the bible look at first kings 21 verse 1. It says it came to pass after these things
That naboth the jesralite had a vineyard which was in jesrael
hard by the palace of ahab king of samaria and ahab spake unto naboth and said give me the
Thy vineyard that I may have it for a garden of herbs
Because it is near into my house and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it
Or if it seemed good to thee I will give thee the worth of it in money. So ahab wants naboth's vineyard. Okay?
Ahab is a gardener. He likes to you know, he's coveting this this this vineyard here
So he's trying to barter with him to try to get it verse three says and a about said to ahab the lord forbid me
Forbid me that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee and ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the
Word which naboth the jesralite had spoken to him for he had said I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers
And he laid him down upon his bed
Turned away his face and would eat no bread
So, what do you do he's he throws a fit
Naboth says no because this is part of my inheritance and what is what does ahab do?
He goes lays down turns his head puts his thumb in his mouth
Doesn't say that but i'm assuming that's what he did
And he's throwing a fit
now
This is not a good this is of any feminine quality to have
To throw a fit for a man to throw a fit. They're just emotionally unstable something doesn't go right in their day
And they just shut down
You understand
Folks, man, we do not have the luxury
To just shut down just because something doesn't go right in our day
If you can't get the vineyard go get it somewhere else
If you can't get the vineyard say, all right, whatever vineyard sucked anyways, I don't really want it
You know and go do something else
But what you don't do is throw in the towel and just go sit lay to yourself to sleep
Look at the wall and just be sad and depressed
Go do something else
You would even eat bread
But jezebel verse five his wife came to him and said why is that spirit so sad that thou eatest no bread
And he said because that's because the name of the jesri light
And sent him give me that vineyard for money or else if it please thee
I will give thee another vineyard for it and he said and he answered I will not give thee my vineyard
And jezebel's wife said to him dost thou not govern thy king
the kingdom of israel
Arise and eat bread and let thine heart be married. I will I will give thee the vineyard of naboth the jezra light
This is embarrassing folks, this is so this is in the bible this is forever in the bible now, okay
Jezebel's like i'll solve the problem for you. I'll make it happen
And you know what at that point ahab should have been like, you know, forget it i'll do it, you know because he's a king
But he allows her to do it
Verse eight says so she wrote letters in ahab's name. Oh, man
And sealed them with with the seal and sent them sent the letters unto the elders into the nobles that were in the city
dwelling in naboth and she wrote in the letter saying proclaim a fast and set naboth on high among the people
And set two men sons of belial before him to bear witness against him saying thou didst blaspheme god and the king
And they then carry him out and stone him that he may die. So basically she nefariously conspires
To kill naboth by railing against him saying he who's blaspheming in the name of god and she hired these
Reprobates known as sons of belial to basically carry this out. Okay
Uh, let's skip down to verse number look at verse number 14
Then sent they sent to jesabel saying naboth is stone and is dead and came to pass when jesabel heard that naboth was stone
And was dead that jesabel said to ahab arise take that possession of the vineyard of naboth
The jesraelite which he refused to give thee for money for naboth is not alive
But it's dead and it came to pass when ahab heard that naboth was dead
The ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of naboth the jesraelite to take possession of it
It's like he's not like oh man this one this cost someone's life he's like yeah get my vineyard
This is an example of an effeminate man, yeah, because he's allowing his wife to fight his battles
He's allowing his wife to comment on the youtube to defend
To fight his battles my friend
You understand
And and here's the thing is that you know
This is not her job
First of all jesabel in the bible is just a wicked person anyways, she's extremely wicked in the bible, but just
You know take away the fact that she is a wicked person. She's she's his wife, you know ahab
Should be emotionally stable enough to just not, you know, throw a fit and by the way, he's a king
The guy is the guy is a king
How does this look when the king goes and just is depressed and his little thumb sucker and and it's sad that he's not getting
The vineyard and then his wife's doing his job for him. Okay, not good enough
Go to first corinthians chapter 11 if you would first corinthians chapter 11. It shows that he is the weaker vessel
Which is an effeminate trait, okay
Now, please don't misunderstand me, you know
God doesn't want men to just be these macho men
Like macho men we never hurt we never have pain
And you know, we're just gonna rule and all this stuff. No, obviously there needs to be a balance folks
Understand we need to reflect the lord. Jesus christ
And the lord jesus christ is a perfect balance of what it is to be a man to have masculinity
Etc. Okay, but do not be the weaker vessel physically go do some push-ups go do some power lifting go do something
With your body which will increase your testosterone which in turn will cause you to be more manly just in your emotions period right?
Okay, and so if you feel like you're a very emotional person
One, you know check your diet. Maybe you're consuming some soy and there's some soy in your diet. I'm not joking. I'm being serious
Okay, you need to check your diet and two go lift some weights go get active go run
go go play some sports or something get physically active because
Not being active is causing you to be emotional
Okay, you should have the ability to stabilize your emotions and look doesn't mean that men can't get upset
We don't get sad we don't get frustrated but our world doesn't fall apart when we do
Okay
We still have a job to do
We still have to bring home the bacon
And you know what in spite of what hard time we went through at work or whatever
We still have the responsibility to go home and bear the burdens of our wife
and of our children
That's our job
And so don't be effeminate don't be the weaker vessel
Okay, secondly is this is that women desire to be led not necessarily to lead
You're in first corinthians 11. I'm going to read you from genesis 3 16 says unto the woman
He said I will greatly multiply thy sorrow in that conception and sorrow thou shall bring forth children
And thy desire shall be to thy husband and he shall rule over thee the bible says so women have
An innate desire to want to be led by a man
Okay, that's why they want a husband they want to be loved by a husband
But they also want to be led it's not in their nature to want to lead their husband
Understand and so an effeminate trait would be when a man doesn't want to lead at all
He just wants to go according to what his wife says
Which is not a good trait
And in fact, it's it's against god's order
Because look at the bible says in first corinthians 11 verse 1
Be followers of me even as I am also I also am of christ now
I praise you brethren that you remember me in all things and keep the ordinances as I delivered them to you
But it would have you know that the head of every man is christ
And the head of the woman is the man and the head of christ is god
Notice it doesn't say that the head of the man is the woman
And uh
I remember there's a joke back in the day amongst pastors and I used to hate this joke hate it all the time
You know, we would quote this verse and talk about how the man is the head of the home
And they would say yeah, but the wife is the body that moves the head
Is that this is a personal testimony
Are you projecting something that's going on in your home? That's what they would always say
It's like man is I don't see that in the bible by the way
Amen
I don't see that in god's word. There's no verse in the bible that says that
That's your personal testimony saying that your wife rules you
And moves you and now again there needs to be a balance, right?
Because this doesn't mean that we just do we just completely disregard the opinion
The advice or the counsel of our wives
Not so at all because our wives have a lot of wisdom
They have a lot of prudence. And in fact the bible says a prudent wife is of the lord
And this doesn't mean well, I make all the decisions at the exclusion of my wife's wisdom and prudence and advice and counsel
No, what this means is that
At the end of the day you are the decision maker
And you don't just forfeit that to your wife
And say I don't know what to do. You just you just choose or whatever
Obviously if it's like a matter of like where we're going to go eat or something like that
Whatever i'm just saying in major decisions in general in your marriage in life
You know man should be the one who's making the decisions and to lead spiritually
Do not leave that up to your wife
I don't agree with that then just say you don't agree with the bible. This is what the bible says
Okay
Now if you say well i'm not a good decision maker
Then you better get yourself some smarts and some wisdom and start reading the bible and start being in church
And start learning from the preaching of god's word and learning these characteristics and these attributes because you have no choice
You need to just do it
And stop coming up with excuses as to well, you know, I didn't have a good example as a father. We'll join the club
But now you do we have a heavenly father
We have the bible we have christianity
We have everything available to us to make us what we need to be
We need to stop coming up with excuses and just learn these things
You don't know what i've been through. I live with my mom. I mean all of us
Live with our mom. So I mean
For the most part
Okay, and so stop coming up with these excuses, you know man up be a leader
It doesn't mean that you have to be a pastor a missionary. We just exert leadership qualities though
Okay
Go to go to first timothy
Chapter five
You know, it's another quality that women have according to the bible is that they're keepers at home
Right, they're keepers at home. That's what the bible says
Titus 2 verse 3 says the aged women likewise that they be in behaviors become with holiness not false accusers not given to much wine
teachers of good things
That they may teach the young women to be sober to love their husbands to love their children to be discreet chased keepers at home
Good obedient to their own husbands that the word of god be not blasphemed according to the bible
It's a woman's responsibility to take care of the affairs of the home
Okay, what are the affairs of the home raising the children?
Was it your responsibility to raise the children? Yes, obviously by like going out and paying for a roof over their head
Making sure that there's food in their stomachs and providing a male example in the home that they can emulate as they grow. Absolutely
Okay
But at the end of the day biblically speaking the woman is the one who spends the most time with the children
Who's taking care of the children teaching the children?
You know, etc. Okay, they're gonna be keepers at home. They're supposed to be doing the cooking and cleaning
Oh, this is I can't even you know, what did you just say?
Uh, yeah, you heard right
Cooking cleaning and in fact look at first timothy 14
I will therefore the the younger women marry bear children
Guide the house give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully talk about a sexist verse
Good
He just said they need to have babies
But what about their careers
I will therefore that younger women have careers. I don't it's not in the greek either
Marry we said what is the career the career is to marry
Get married bear children guide the house and don't think well, you know
Oh, you're a stay-at-home mom
Oh like you must have all kinds of free time or something like that what
You must not know what a mom does at home
There's always more than enough to do when you're staying at home taking care, especially if you have little ones
And then you have your husband
There's plenty of people think that a stay-at-home mom just sits home and just watches like soap operas or something like that
Or not soap opera people don't do soap operas anymore, right?
They're like on instagram and they're just like on social media all day. They're not doing anything
Keeping the home takes a lot of work that is work
And it's like no you need to get yourself a career
And and and be an independent woman and you need to can't have your husband telling you what to do
What you need to do is be a waitress
That way someone else some stranger can tell your wife what to do and she'll smile at him and give him
Give her a lame tip or something
So it's okay for the wife to go out to work in the world to work under another man
To tell her what to do
Right and to may I fill your cup?
You know and and serve a stranger but it's not okay for her to do it for her husband you're out of your mind
Hey, at least I don't have my wife wear a uniform
She don't have to do it. She could wear whatever she wants at home, right?
And you know what the tip stays in her wallet because she has like my debit card too so
Tip yourself, whatever you want
Go get yourself, whatever you want
So according to the bible this is supposed to be a sermon about to be feminine, sorry, okay
Women are supposed to be keepers at home. Here's the problem when the man becomes the keeper at home
Now, let me just make something very clear. I'm not saying that if a man works from home
That's being a keeper at home. That's not what i'm saying at all
Because in the age in which we live some sometimes men have to work from home
Right or they have the privilege to work from home
They don't have to go somewhere. They can have their office at home or something like that
I'm talking about the responsibilities
Okay, and now you have stay-at-home dads right now
And these are dads who are trying to encourage their wives in their careers
And so they stay home and take care of the kids and you know do all that that is unbiblical
It's sinful according to the bible
Okay
Men get a job
You say oh, I can't find a specific go work for pizza hut
It's a job, isn't it? Who cares?
Go work for little caesars go work for chick-fil-a. I heard it's a christian restaurant. It's lord's chicken, apparently
Go work anywhere
Go do something with your life
because now you have um
They're not stay-at-home dads anymore. They're called
instagram dads
right
Where you have like a wife who becomes so successful on instagram because of her homesteading then now the husband can come home
And just help her with her enterprise
Yeah, it may sound all nice and oh it sounds wholesome working on a farm and everything like that and making your wife successful
But here's the thing. That's not biblical though
Now again, let me make another disclaimer. I'm not saying that a wife can't have her own business either
Because proverbs 31 shows us a woman who had a business from home. She's putting in work
She's a hard worker. She is
assisting with the income in the household
You understand nothing wrong with this, but it's the order
It's like well now the husband could just quit his job and just come home and just be a couch potato
Honey, what do you need?
You know
This is not biblical folks something wrong with both working
From home nothing wrong with that as long as it's under the administration of the of the husband though
What happens if you don't then you give occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully that's what you do
Yeah, but then my parents are going to think i'm weird and who cares
And my family my friends are going to think i'm weird. Who cares? What does the lord think?
What does god think?
We need to stop worrying about the what the world thinks the world is weird folks, haven't you watched tick tock
The world is strange my friends
Stand with god and his word who cares how old-fashioned it looks if it's right it's right
And look folks 10 years from now people are going to start catching up to what the bible says
And if you were, you know grandfathered in you're going to be like i've been doing this from since before it was popular
Because i'm a christian
This is what I believe is what we've always done
Men are not to be keepers at home guiding the house
You know, and again, i'm not saying that men you not teach your kids the bible. I teach my kids the bible
I spend time with my kids
But you know what? There's always this itch when i'm home that I want to go and work
I have to fight the itch all the time ask my wife. It's just like
I need to go do something work more
Because that's just it built in me to do that
To just work be productive accomplish things achieve things understand and so
That's an effeminate quality
Go to first timothy chapter two
I must hasten here, but i'm upset
And I need to get this off my chest. I'm just kidding women are often gullible and easy to persuade
Yeah, it's true right look what first timothy two
Uh, let's see here first timothy chapter two
And verse number 12 says but I suffered not a woman to teach nor to usurp authority over the man but to be in silence
For Adam was first formed then eve and Adam was not deceived
But the woman being deceived was in the transgression
So what is this telling us? It's telling us that women are easily gullible
They're easy to be persuaded
Therefore they need an authority to watch over them to kind of filter in these things so that they're not deceived
Now here's the problem when men are easily gullible and easily persuaded and very much deceived
We've got to have a head on our shoulders folks
The bible says that you be not children tossed to and fro carried about with every wind of doctrine by the sleight of men
And cunning craftiness whereby they lie in wait to deceive
Okay, so you got to have a head on your shoulders and have discernment have wisdom
And not be easily deceived or gullible, okay
Don't buy into all these conspiracies out there on on tick tock land
Gravity doesn't exist and NASA this and NASA that
We need to make sure that we we are able to filter these things and understand we stick with the truth, okay
You're in chapter two. Here's uh
Here's the last thing women can be passive and do not possess an aggressive disposition, which is good
Right
Why is that? Why is that good? Well because of the fact that they're leaving up the aggressive leadership to the male
The husband to make those decisions men are supposed to be decisive
Not passive
Okay
He says in verse 9 of second tim or first timothy 2, excuse me
In like manner also that the women adored themselves in modest apparel with shame facingness and sobriety not with broided hair of gold or pearls
or costly array
He says but which becometh woman professing godliness with good works let the woman learn in silence with all subjection
But I suffered not a woman to teach nor to usurp authority over the man but to be in silence
So he says, you know a woman's disposition should be that she's in subjection in the house of god, right?
That's what the bible says
Okay
now
Obviously we are all to be in subjection, right?
But there for a woman it's more natural to be this way
A man has to like teach himself to be this way too though
Like we have to learn how to be in subjection
But so there's a problem when a man is just kind of lets everyone just walk all over him
You understand?
When they're just like
Easily just I don't know bullied or whatever people just walk all over them
They just can do whatever they want with them. They just don't put up a fight
They just kind of you know, and you may think to yourself well, you know, that's good
You know, that's good, you know, they're not that aggressive and you know
That isn't that good. No because when there's when sin abounds men are to stand up and fight against it
When sin abounds when false prophets abound when wickedness abounds it's our job as men to stand in the gap and say no
This is wrong. This is not going to happen
I'm, not going to let this take place in my church. I'm not going to let this take place in my house
Not happening the passive effeminate man will say well, you know, I guess you know
We shouldn't do that though, but it's okay if you do, you know
It's like they're very passive. That's an effeminate quality
And i'm not saying you have to scream and yell like I do or something like that
I'm, just saying don't let the world walk all over you
Don't let the world and the world systems and the world's ideologies
And your family just walk all over you and just put you down, you know
For me, you know, I love my family. I'm talking about my extended family. I love my extended family
You know, but but here's the thing if they get out of hand in my presence in regards to like things
That that pertain to christianity. Oh, we're shutting it down. I'm not i'm not dealing with that
You know if they start
Speaking blasphemous things or taking the lord's name in vain in my presence
I immediately stop them and say we're out of here. I'm not dealing with this
Oh, who do you think? Well, you think I used to like change your diapers
So what
Yeah, but now diapers is coming out of your mouth
You know and I don't care here's the thing I don't care if i'm the youngest in the family
Or whatever at the end of the day we need to stand for righteousness sake
And be able to put our foot down and not just say well, you know
Just i'm just gonna let them just kind of bully me around and just walk all over me
And just say all manner of evil just test the waters around me
And and make perverted jokes about the lord jesus christ or something like that no
Don't be a passive person where it's just like, you know, we need to make sure that we stand for writing and say
You know what? I don't accept that kind of language around me
I don't accept that language around my children and if you ever want to see my family again
It stops now
Oh, who do you think you are let's go kids we're out of here we're going to chick-fil-a, you know
Let's go do something else that's how we have to be
Being passive
And and it is an is an effeminate quality and having an aggressive disposition is okay if it's controlled
Okay, it needs to be controlled obviously it needs to be led under the holy spirit
But we need to make sure that we reject that go to we reject being passive go to job chapter 40
This is the last verse here
Moms discourage this in your children
Okay
And moms need to make sure
That they are able to identify this when they see this in their kids
now
Let me help you understand this i'm not referring to your five and unders, okay
Okay, kids who are five and under you know
They're mama's boys and that's okay
Right kids can be mama's boys
Because they're still children my friend
You know even up to 10 years old or whatever, but here's the thing. We need to make sure that we
identify
When the kids are getting older and you know, they're hanging around their sisters too much or something like that
You know, we need to make sure that they get around
uh
Men in the church and around their brothers around be around their father more
It's okay for little kids to be this way, but it's not necessarily okay for a teenager to just continue that way
You understand because that's going to affect them for the rest of their lives
Okay, and and you know what moms it's your responsibility
We obviously understand that you're empathetic but it is your responsibility to teach your boys to be men
It's the dad's responsibility too, but remember you're the one spending the most time with them as well
So you need to take this to heart and understand you know what I need to make sure that my boy
Is it loves the lord and and he he has gentleness. He has meekness and humility, but he also has masculinity as well
Okay
And what are some practical things?
You know, i'll tell you after service
But you know one of them could be this, you know, you don't have to like coddle
Your your teenager every time he gets hurt or something like that
If he slices his finger or you know scrapes his knees folks when I was a kid
Scraping your knees and breaking your your bones was just part of I mean, that was cool
Playing football on tackle football on asphalt was cool coming home with cuts and scrapes and bruises. That was like the thing
You know now it's just like a band-aid for everything
You understand
We need to make sure that we don't uh coddle them so much that it's just we
They're just like in this bubble this this entire time. You understand?
And so look at joke 40. Here's what i'm saying at the end of the day. This is what god's message is for men right here
Gird up thy loins verse seven gird up thy loins now like a man
And I will demand of thee and declare thou unto me
This is what god said to job
Pull up your pants like this verse needs to go to every every uh, you know
Watts and and compton plays out there gird up your loins like a man pull up your pants
And this is what he this is what god is telling job because god's about to let job have it right now
And he's just like now you're dealing with god pull up your pants like a man because i'm gonna demand of you right now
Pull up your pants like a man because i'm gonna demand of you right now, what is job's like
Because he's saying you you better take this like a man
What is this telling us? It's all that god expects for us to be a man
Gird up your loins like a man be a man reject effeminacy
Be a man, let's pray father we thank you so much for your word
and thank you for the qualities that we not only see in the word of god, but even the qualities that
Of examples that we've had in our personal lives whether it be our fathers our brothers
men in the church
pastors we're so thankful for
The characteristics that they displayed that we can emulate help us lord to fulfill our god-given roles as men
and and reject
this modern acceptance and embracement of being effeminate and
Unfortunately, it's it's even popular now. It's it's it's almost accepted to be effeminate
And it's something that christians should not partake in or allow we love you and we thank you pray this things in jesus name