Building a Marriage, Part 7 - Embracing Masculinity

Embracing Masculinity
Building a Marriage

Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, "Let us make human
beings in our image, to be like us" …. 27 So God
created human beings in his own image. In the image
of God he created them; male (zakar) and female
(neqebah) he created them.
The Gendered _____.heart

Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, "Let us make human
beings in our image, to be like us" …. 27 So God
created human beings in his own image. In the image
of God he created them; male (zakar) and female
(neqebah) he created them.
“Zakar”
Made for impact.

1 Kings 2:2 … "Be strong and show yourself a man."
Moving with strength

Ephesians 5:25, 28 Husbands, love your wives as Christ
loved the church and gave Himself up for her…. He
nourishes and cherishes …as Christ does the church.
Sacrificial love.

Exodus 2:23 During that long period, the king of
Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and
cried out for help because of their slavery went up to
God.
Reflecting how God relates to people

Exodus 2:24 God heard their groaning and He
remembered (maled) His covenant with Abraham,
with Isaac and with Jacob. So God looked on the
Israelites and was concerned about them. (it was time
to act).
Reflecting how God relates to people

Genesis 3:17 “Cursed is the ground because of you;
through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of
your life…
What derails masculinity? ____fear

Genesis 3:18 “It will produce thorns and thistles for
you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
v. 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food
until you return to the ground, since from it you were
taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”
What derails masculinity? ____fear

Romans 7: 21, 24 “I’ve tried everything and nothing
helps. I’m at the end of my rope. Is there no one who
can do anything for me? Isn’t that the real question?”
The weightless man.

a. S hallow Man.
b. S ecular Man.
c. S elfish Man.
Counterfeits of manhood:

Romans 7: 21, 24 “I’ve tried everything and nothing
helps. I’m at the end of my rope. Is there no one who
can do anything for me? Isn’t that the real question?”
The sincerely struggling man

"I know nothing about the wonderful experience of
freedom from conflict and complete deliverance
from every evil tendency. I have never won an inch
of the way to heaven without fighting for it. I have
never lived a day but I have had sorrow over my
imperfection. I sometimes get near to God but at
that time I weep most for my faults and failings."

2 Cor. 1:8 “We do not want you to be uninformed,
brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the
province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far
beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired
even of life."

Ephesians 6:13 Therefore put on the full armor of
God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be
able to stand your ground, and after you have done
everything, to stand.

• Longing
• Disappointment
• Hunger
• Encounter
• Reflect
• Longing
Cycle of internal and relational change

When we know Jesus enough to value nothing greater
than to enjoy Him and reveal Him to people by the way
we relate, we will become more alive as masculine men
and feminine women.

Building a Marriage, Part 7 - Embracing Masculinity

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