Be a “ Man of God”

^“At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit” (Titus 3:3-5). If you look at a big part of the world today you will see hate, greed, pride, arrogance, envy, sexual immorality, a thirst for power, wealth, and “god complexes”. The problem is the world has told us that indulgence is harmless and we should pursue it. Ironically, one of the commandments of the satanic bible is the same, indulgence instead of abstinence. “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms” (Ephesians 6:12).

As men, if we say that this is not the case or it is not our fault, then we are deceiving ourselves. As a man, God created you to be a servant leader but in saying that, you are not a true leader until you follow a greater authority which is above all creation and is the one true God, Jesus Christ. You have to surrender your life to him before you can understand how life truly was meant to be. If you look at nearly all crime including blue collar and white collar, it stems from sin and an absence of Godly love and surrendering to Jesus Christ.  If we worship idols (money, fame, power, lust) then we will put our faith and trust in them and they will become our gods. When they fail us we blame God or others and fail to take responsibility. Because of pride a good number of men act like a god of their own universe. “Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall” (Proverbs 16:18).

When we say there is no objective truth and the truth is all relative then we become our own gods and truth becomes what we define it to be. God gave us the truth and that truth is Jesus. Jesus is and was the best example of how to live truth by loving and leading while surrendering. He is God and yet he surrendered his life to save us from hell. Now that is a “real man”!