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NASB | Luke 22:26 "But it is not this way with you, but the one who is the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the servant. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 22:26 "But it is not to be this way with you; on the contrary, the one who is the greatest among you must become like the youngest [and least privileged], and the [one who is the] leader, like the servant. |
Bible Question:
Is my pastor wrong to teach on a Sunday morning in front of men, women, and teenagers about what a real man is? He mentioned that Hollywood and renown painters show men and Jesus as soft and effeminate. He intimated that he's a real man because he hunts, skiies,deals with his horses, cattle, and "passes gas". He said real men do not help w/dishes, change diapers, cuddle all the time, or go shopping w/the wife. He counselled some woman if that's what she wanted in a husband...she should marry a woman. Such men, he said, are wimps. He also told all the men in the church to say "We have tes------" (a man's body part). I almost came unglued! My husband does not like hunting deer, fishing, etc., but he does like to cook. So he was squirming during the sermon. My pastor is white, (I'm Black)we have "one church...two locations". The "church" I attend is predominantly Black. I felt the pastor was being myopic and insensitive to the Black congregation, as many cannot afford to hunt at deer leases, go skiig, deal with horses, cattle, etc. My pastor does not like for anyone to critique him...do you think I should speak to him to at least help him understand how he may have offended some of the men? Or, do I just continue to pray that God speak to him about what he should preach. He tells us that he does pray and feel "led" that this is going to be a 6 week series. I just hope it is not as graphic. Bereaniam |
Bible Answer: I believe that you should pray for him, because it seems that he's dealing with a personal issue. Nevertheless Satan has surely gotten a foothold in the man's life. Paul wrote much about a REAL MAN, "Husbands love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church and GAVE HIMSELF for it, so ought men to love their wives as THEIR OWN BODIES. He that loves his wife loves himself, for no man ever hated his own flesh; BUT NOURISHES and CHERISHES it, just AS THE LORD does the church (Eph 5:25,28,29). Now, if a man's love wills him to give his own life for his wife, than surely washing dishes, changing diapers, holding his wife etc. should easily flow from that Love through that man. He might as well call God himself a wimp, because He said He would wipe Jerusalum as a man wipes a dish (2 Kings 21:13). Since Satan couldn't get Christ to sin against God, he tries to get man to sin against Christ. If I were to treat my wife that way, than what I've done is opened a door of my home to Satan. But I am not ignorant of his devises (2 Cor 2:11). This is the very reason we need discernment in the church, we should not believe every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God (1 John4:1). Your church should deal with this NOW! The next 6 weeks could effect eternity for many. THE TRUTH IN LOVE JAYELL |