WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.400 Tonight's topic is a man is strong and I'm going to say it man is strong and courageous. 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:15.599 ! God calls men to be strong and courageous or you can even say mighty men of valor. 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:23.199 ! 1 Kings 2 verse 2 says when David's time to drop to die drew near he commanded Solomon his son saying 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:28.400 I'm about to go the way of all the earth be strong and show yourself a man. 00:00:28.399 --> 00:00:35.600 Okay be strong and show yourself a man. When you're a man it shows. How does it show? It shows with strength. 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:46.799 Men are to be strong. Be strong and show yourself yourself a man. 1 Corinthians 16 13 says be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 00:00:46.799 --> 00:00:54.000 Okay 2 Samuel 23 verse 8 talks about David's men that were around him and they were called mighty men. 00:00:54.000 --> 00:01:00.799 Joshua 8 verse 3, Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out. 00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:09.599 The definition of valor is strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness or courage. 00:01:09.599 --> 00:01:12.400 Okay you can't separate courage from strength. 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:18.400 Deuteronomy 31 6 says be strong and courageous. You see this all throughout the scriptures. 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:24.400 Be strong and courageous. 1 Samuel 4 9 says take courage and be men. 00:01:25.440 --> 00:01:34.240 2 Samuel 10 12 in the KJV says be of good courage and let us play the men for our people and for the cities of our God. 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:38.080 So basically courage is strength in action. Okay. 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:42.159 If you have strength, but you don't have courage, you really aren't that strong. 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:45.519 The way that strength plays itself out is courage. 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:47.120 Courage is strength in action. 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:53.120 Courage is brave action in the face of danger, adversity, sacrifice or risk. 00:01:53.120 --> 00:02:00.640 The more danger, the more adversity, the more risk or sacrifice involved in the action, the more courageous it is. 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:08.800 Aristotle said courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality with which guarantees the others. 00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:13.840 And this is why we all love in the movie gladiator when they say strength and honor, right? 00:02:14.159 --> 00:02:18.960 Because that is quintessential man characteristics, right? Strength and honor. 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:23.199 There's, but there's a difference between masculine and feminine strength. 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:25.840 We're not just saying men are only strong. Women are strong as well. 00:02:25.840 --> 00:02:32.560 Strength isn't distinctly masculine, but there is a difference between masculine strength and feminine strength. 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:33.200 Okay. 00:02:33.200 --> 00:02:39.199 One of the most definitive differences between men and women is actually physical strength. 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:39.599 Okay. 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:45.039 Jack Donovan says strength is not an arbitrary value assigned by human cultures. 00:02:45.759 --> 00:02:50.240 Increased strength is one of the fundamental biological differences between males and females. 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:55.360 Aside from basic reproductive plumbing, greater strength is one of the most prominent, 00:02:55.360 --> 00:03:01.440 historically consequential and consistently measurable physical differences between males and females. 00:03:02.320 --> 00:03:03.200 He goes on and say, 00:03:03.760 --> 00:03:12.800 It is fashionable today to put the word weaker in quotation marks to avoid offending women when they are referred to as the weaker sex. 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:21.600 Quotation marks will not alter the basic human truth that men are still on average significantly physically stronger than women. 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:22.239 Quotation. 00:03:22.239 --> 00:03:28.240 Serious people should be able to admit that something is generally true when it is a verifiable fact. 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:30.240 There is no good reason to be coy about it. 00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:31.199 He says, 00:03:31.199 --> 00:03:39.120 There is no human culture where men who are weak are considered manlier, while women who are muscular are considered more womanly. 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:39.759 Okay. 00:03:39.759 --> 00:03:47.120 It is almost inconceivable actually to mistake an extremely muscular man for a woman. 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:51.759 And extremely easy to mistake an extremely muscular woman as a man. 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:56.239 God has very obviously made men overall to be characterized by strength. 00:03:56.799 --> 00:03:58.319 This points to his role. 00:03:58.319 --> 00:04:02.159 That's why 1 Peter 3.7 refers to women as the weaker vessel. 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:04.239 This is referred to that for a reason. 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:10.259 So basically, that's kind of the backdrop for this, but I would like to talk to you about basically the tale of two men. 00:04:10.799 --> 00:04:11.060 Okay. 00:04:11.359 --> 00:04:12.959 The weak man and the strong man. 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:19.199 And I want to describe to you what a weak man is, and then we'll look at what a strong man is. 00:04:19.439 --> 00:04:21.060 I got a little cold here, so I apologize. 00:04:21.060 --> 00:04:25.139 But we'll look at a weak man and a strong man. 00:04:25.139 --> 00:04:31.139 And when we look at these, I want you to think about, am I a strong man or am I a weak man? 00:04:31.620 --> 00:04:35.040 Are there areas where I am weak that I could grow stronger in? 00:04:35.079 --> 00:04:45.620 Are there areas that, as a man and what I'm called to be as a man, I'm weak because I'm not showing the strength that is quintessentially masculine? 00:04:46.100 --> 00:04:46.319 Okay. 00:04:46.740 --> 00:04:48.060 So let's look at a weak man. 00:04:48.060 --> 00:04:51.319 The weak man can't handle much. 00:04:51.660 --> 00:04:51.819 Okay. 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:56.720 He can't carry his own weight, can't carry the weight of others, and can't handle more. 00:04:57.019 --> 00:04:57.199 Okay. 00:04:57.240 --> 00:04:58.699 He says things like, I can't. 00:04:58.740 --> 00:04:59.500 I'm really tired. 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:00.439 All right. 00:05:00.860 --> 00:05:02.780 He collapses under weight in general. 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:03.560 All right. 00:05:03.560 --> 00:05:07.340 We don't want to be a weak man who can't handle much. 00:05:07.740 --> 00:05:08.699 The weak man is fragile. 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:10.199 He can't take a beating. 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:11.819 He can't take a hit. 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:13.519 He can't take a joke. 00:05:14.019 --> 00:05:14.939 He's thin-skinned. 00:05:15.340 --> 00:05:15.600 All right. 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:18.960 We know men like this who, it's like super sensitive. 00:05:19.140 --> 00:05:21.840 You can't even tell a joke because they can't take it. 00:05:22.520 --> 00:05:23.460 A weak man is fragile. 00:05:23.879 --> 00:05:25.340 A weak man is weak in adversity. 00:05:25.900 --> 00:05:27.480 He runs from hard things. 00:05:27.860 --> 00:05:29.439 He can't handle hard things. 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:35.180 Proverbs 24, verse 10 says, if you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small. 00:05:35.760 --> 00:05:36.020 Okay. 00:05:36.460 --> 00:05:37.580 How is your strength? 00:05:37.860 --> 00:05:39.560 What do you do when it comes to adversity? 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:42.360 How are you when adversity comes your way? 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:44.000 Do you run from hard things? 00:05:44.080 --> 00:05:45.240 Do you run to hard things? 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:48.080 Can you handle hard things when they come into your life? 00:05:49.139 --> 00:05:56.020 Theodore Roosevelt said, never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering. 00:05:56.900 --> 00:06:04.740 He also said, a soft, easy life is not worth living if it impairs the fiber of brain and heart and muscle. 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:05.780 Okay. 00:06:05.779 --> 00:06:08.239 The weak man is weak in adversity. 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:09.959 The weak man is effeminate. 00:06:10.339 --> 00:06:10.479 Okay. 00:06:10.479 --> 00:06:11.599 What does it mean to be effeminate? 00:06:12.339 --> 00:06:17.599 Characterized by excessive softness, delicacy, and self-indulgence. 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:21.140 The weak man is not effeminate. 00:06:21.240 --> 00:06:22.300 He's not a metrosexual. 00:06:22.520 --> 00:06:29.060 He's not obsessed with personal appearance, fashion, style, grooming, and what people think about how he looks. 00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:29.580 Okay. 00:06:29.579 --> 00:06:46.099 This has, weirdly enough, become a thing where young men are obsessed with how they look, even pounding their face with hammers to try and make their jaws grow more beefier, I guess. 00:06:46.180 --> 00:06:47.120 I don't know what would be the word for that. 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:57.860 But, I mean, it's effeminate that you'd be so obsessed with your looks and so obsessed with what other people think of your looks and really so obsessed with what other men think about your looks. 00:06:58.459 --> 00:07:04.259 I mean, essentially, it's kind of homoctual when you think about it, that that would be the focus of these men. 00:07:04.600 --> 00:07:05.639 But this is the world we live in. 00:07:05.899 --> 00:07:06.060 Okay. 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:06.800 It's weakness. 00:07:07.160 --> 00:07:07.879 It's weakness. 00:07:08.019 --> 00:07:08.800 It's not strength. 00:07:10.300 --> 00:07:13.920 Weak man is a complaining, whiny victim who blames others. 00:07:13.920 --> 00:07:14.439 Okay. 00:07:14.699 --> 00:07:17.520 He sounds like an undisciplined, spoiled little girl. 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:22.819 He gives voice to and is led by what some would refer to as your inner little you-know-what. 00:07:23.080 --> 00:07:23.280 Okay. 00:07:23.640 --> 00:07:26.939 That fleshly internal voice that always wants to whine and complain. 00:07:27.540 --> 00:07:30.939 That whiny little voice inside of you that needs to be silenced and put to death. 00:07:31.280 --> 00:07:32.340 Every one of us has that. 00:07:32.819 --> 00:07:32.960 Okay. 00:07:32.960 --> 00:07:42.500 You're trying to do something and you can sense that inner whiny voice that's inside of you that doesn't want to do things or wants to make excuses or wants to avoid responsibility. 00:07:42.500 --> 00:07:46.819 And every single man in the course of his life has to silence that voice. 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:51.879 If we gave way to that voice, all that comes out of it is weakness. 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:55.019 The weak man is mentally weak. 00:07:55.339 --> 00:07:57.300 He refers often to his mental health. 00:07:57.779 --> 00:08:00.199 But what he really means is mental weakness. 00:08:00.579 --> 00:08:00.740 Okay. 00:08:01.339 --> 00:08:04.779 We live in a day and age where mental health is constantly being spoken of. 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:06.519 And that's what's appealed to. 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:09.180 And there definitely is real chemical imbalances. 00:08:09.359 --> 00:08:12.159 But the weak man uses mental health as an excuse for sin. 00:08:12.419 --> 00:08:13.159 Which is not. 00:08:13.259 --> 00:08:14.419 There is no excuse for sin. 00:08:14.799 --> 00:08:18.079 Each and every one of us has to take responsibility for our sin. 00:08:18.259 --> 00:08:20.319 There might be things that make it more difficult. 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:22.479 But God's grace is sufficient for all of us. 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:25.799 And at the end of the day, most people aren't mentally sick. 00:08:26.339 --> 00:08:27.299 They're mentally weak. 00:08:27.300 --> 00:08:36.100 Really, what it used to be is what we call mental sickness a lot of times now is just what the old-fashioned men who are our grandparents used to just call weakness. 00:08:36.740 --> 00:08:36.879 Okay. 00:08:37.379 --> 00:08:38.019 Mentally weak. 00:08:38.060 --> 00:08:41.299 We've just diagnosed mental weakness and given people an excuse for it. 00:08:41.659 --> 00:08:48.779 It used to just be that we would encourage people to actually get strong and learn how to get through adversity and learn how to handle things. 00:08:49.100 --> 00:08:50.680 But now men can't even. 00:08:51.159 --> 00:08:51.440 Okay. 00:08:51.440 --> 00:08:56.840 And that's not what, that's not the kind of, that's not the kind of men we're called to be. 00:08:58.220 --> 00:09:00.120 The weak man is emotionally weak. 00:09:00.420 --> 00:09:00.600 Okay. 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:05.040 He's overly emotional, led or controlled by emotions and how he feels. 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:05.980 All right. 00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:09.760 If you're one of these guys, you are not called to be led by your emotions. 00:09:09.760 --> 00:09:10.760 You can be emotional. 00:09:10.880 --> 00:09:11.800 You can have emotions. 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:16.680 That's, there's some weird stoic version of masculinity that says you can't have emotion. 00:09:16.760 --> 00:09:17.820 I'm not talking about that. 00:09:17.820 --> 00:09:23.140 But when you're ruled by your emotions, led by your emotions, controlled by your emotions. 00:09:23.720 --> 00:09:24.120 Okay. 00:09:24.160 --> 00:09:24.840 This is weakness. 00:09:25.200 --> 00:09:27.360 This is not what you were called to do or to be. 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:31.980 And what ends up happening is we end up only doing things when we feel like it. 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:37.640 If I only did things when I felt like it, most of the things that I would be supposed to do, I wouldn't do. 00:09:38.480 --> 00:09:41.280 Oftentimes my flesh doesn't want to do what I'm supposed to do. 00:09:41.280 --> 00:09:45.380 Oftentimes my flesh doesn't want to do what a responsible man is called to do. 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:47.420 I can't be led by my feelings. 00:09:47.419 --> 00:09:52.979 My feelings need to be underneath the rule of myself, not me underneath the rule of my feelings. 00:09:53.479 --> 00:09:55.599 It's a weak man who's ruled by his feelings. 00:09:55.779 --> 00:10:01.059 It's a weak man who, you never know what you're going to get because he's so weak and controlled by his own feelings. 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:04.219 The weak man is physically weak. 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:04.919 Okay. 00:10:05.719 --> 00:10:09.639 Wasting testosterone on the broad shoulders that God gave us. 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:10.099 Okay. 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:12.799 He doesn't care why God made him physically stronger than women. 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:13.959 He's lazy. 00:10:14.039 --> 00:10:15.099 He doesn't want to put in the work. 00:10:15.100 --> 00:10:18.480 Look, don't waste the strength of your youth. 00:10:18.659 --> 00:10:22.840 Proverbs 20 verse 29 says the glory of young men is their strength. 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:25.680 But the splendor of old men is their gray hair. 00:10:26.580 --> 00:10:28.240 Men, God made you strong for a reason. 00:10:28.800 --> 00:10:28.899 Okay. 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:30.220 God made you strong for a reason. 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:33.920 We could choose to use that strength for the greater good, for God's glory. 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:35.799 Or we can waste it. 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:37.939 Or we can be fine with just being weak. 00:10:38.019 --> 00:10:46.079 But the fact that God gave us the ability to be strong and to have stronger muscles is for God's good or for men's good and God's glory. 00:10:46.539 --> 00:10:47.740 What are you doing with it? 00:10:48.439 --> 00:10:49.519 Weak man is a consumer. 00:10:49.979 --> 00:10:51.679 He has nothing of value to give. 00:10:51.679 --> 00:10:51.739 Consumership. 00:10:52.339 --> 00:10:54.359 Consumerism makes men weak and passive. 00:10:54.959 --> 00:10:56.279 Doesn't mean you can't buy anything. 00:10:56.779 --> 00:11:00.759 It just means watch the commercials in between the football game. 00:11:00.859 --> 00:11:01.739 What are they trying to do? 00:11:02.219 --> 00:11:03.439 They're trying to sell you manhood. 00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:05.779 And the manhood is sold by what you buy. 00:11:06.500 --> 00:11:08.039 What you buy doesn't make you a man. 00:11:08.359 --> 00:11:10.179 What you consume doesn't make you a man. 00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:13.559 This is a twisting of what's true. 00:11:14.139 --> 00:11:15.239 And yet it's what's being sold. 00:11:16.199 --> 00:11:17.359 And it's what's being believed. 00:11:17.959 --> 00:11:23.239 That, oh yeah, if you have that truck or you have this or that or whatever gadget, this is what makes you a man. 00:11:23.399 --> 00:11:24.479 Those things don't make you a man. 00:11:25.479 --> 00:11:28.579 Ultimately, they make you weak if you're dependent on consumerism. 00:11:29.459 --> 00:11:29.639 Okay. 00:11:30.239 --> 00:11:31.339 Weak man is a consumer. 00:11:31.919 --> 00:11:32.839 Weak man is a coward. 00:11:33.359 --> 00:11:37.240 He's afraid and worried, powerless and inadequate. 00:11:38.759 --> 00:11:39.899 He fears man. 00:11:39.899 --> 00:11:44.039 He's crippled by fear of cost, fear of loss, and fear of failure. 00:11:44.500 --> 00:11:51.039 It's amazing to me how many men are paralyzed right now because of just a fear of failure. 00:11:51.620 --> 00:11:53.139 Whoever said failure so bad? 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:55.899 Where in the world did we get that into our psyche? 00:11:56.579 --> 00:12:00.500 Look at every single man you've ever looked up to, ever thought, wanted to emulate. 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:03.100 Any single person you ever thought did great things. 00:12:03.579 --> 00:12:08.319 If you can find one of those who didn't fail and fail often, I would love to hear about it. 00:12:08.320 --> 00:12:09.960 Because I don't think that man exists. 00:12:10.460 --> 00:12:14.240 Where in the world did we get this goofy notion that failure is a bad thing? 00:12:14.940 --> 00:12:15.820 What has it done? 00:12:16.020 --> 00:12:17.040 It's created weak men. 00:12:17.460 --> 00:12:19.660 Weak men are constantly afraid to fail. 00:12:20.340 --> 00:12:21.580 So they don't talk to women. 00:12:22.280 --> 00:12:24.300 And when it gets hard, they just break the relationship. 00:12:24.299 --> 00:12:28.359 They don't do hard things because they're afraid of failure. 00:12:28.439 --> 00:12:32.879 They don't take risks and do things that could potentially not go well. 00:12:33.419 --> 00:12:35.599 And because of that, what ends up happening is we don't grow. 00:12:35.819 --> 00:12:36.699 We don't get stronger. 00:12:37.199 --> 00:12:39.459 We just stay in a place of perpetual weakness. 00:12:40.079 --> 00:12:41.279 Because we're afraid of failure. 00:12:41.439 --> 00:12:42.379 We're afraid of loss. 00:12:42.620 --> 00:12:43.839 We're afraid of a cost. 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:49.580 Next, someone once said, I don't know who said it, but fail boldly. 00:12:49.920 --> 00:12:50.060 Okay? 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:51.580 A man fails boldly. 00:12:51.700 --> 00:12:54.340 A man knows that failure isn't the end. 00:12:55.120 --> 00:12:56.519 And so he keeps after it. 00:12:57.980 --> 00:12:59.220 Gordon Dalby once said, 00:12:59.220 --> 00:13:28.920 The weak man is weak in faith. 00:13:29.220 --> 00:13:30.540 He doesn't believe God. 00:13:30.660 --> 00:13:32.540 He doesn't believe in who God made him to be. 00:13:32.940 --> 00:13:34.120 He's pessimistic. 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:34.840 He's defeated. 00:13:35.100 --> 00:13:36.639 We might say, why try? 00:13:36.740 --> 00:13:37.379 Why even try? 00:13:38.120 --> 00:13:41.139 He has a small view of God, so he has a small view of himself. 00:13:41.860 --> 00:13:44.940 He has a small view of God, so he has a small view of what's possible. 00:13:45.580 --> 00:13:47.620 He has a small view of whether God cares or not. 00:13:47.620 --> 00:13:52.980 Therefore, he has a pessimistic view on life, which causes him to be weak. 00:13:53.500 --> 00:13:53.639 Okay? 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:56.000 Constantly thinking that everything's going to go bad. 00:13:56.000 --> 00:14:00.679 Constantly thinking that no one has your best intentions in mind. 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:02.320 It just fosters weakness. 00:14:02.500 --> 00:14:08.799 It just fosters this pessimistic look on life that nobody wants to be around. 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:14.080 Because it just basically means that everything that comes my way is going to overcome me. 00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:15.240 It's weakness. 00:14:15.899 --> 00:14:16.500 It's weakness. 00:14:16.500 --> 00:14:20.899 I love, uh, is it John Harbaugh? 00:14:21.059 --> 00:14:22.279 Is it the Chargers coach or is that Jim? 00:14:22.740 --> 00:14:23.259 I think it's Jim. 00:14:23.820 --> 00:14:24.620 Either way, it doesn't matter. 00:14:25.340 --> 00:14:29.659 His dad used to say to him when they'd go to school, he says, all right, guys, to his sons, he'd say, 00:14:29.779 --> 00:14:34.379 we're going to approach this day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind. 00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:37.039 That's what he would say to them every day. 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:42.580 And then when he got the Chargers job and they asked him what he's going to do on his first day as Charger coach, 00:14:42.659 --> 00:14:43.399 guess what he said? 00:14:44.019 --> 00:14:44.899 That's what he said. 00:14:45.620 --> 00:14:50.200 He said, we're going to approach each day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind. 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:53.159 Does that make you feel weak when you hear that? 00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:55.519 Does that, you look at him and you think, wow, what a weakling. 00:14:55.659 --> 00:15:01.759 What a, no, someone who's pessimistic about life, who constantly has more faith that bad things will happen to them, 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:04.879 that something good will happen to them, that is pinnacle weakness. 00:15:05.740 --> 00:15:07.000 That's someone who doesn't know God. 00:15:07.100 --> 00:15:08.279 That's someone who's weak in faith. 00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:11.980 When you know that God is for you, then you don't talk like that. 00:15:12.159 --> 00:15:13.299 You don't think like that. 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:16.039 You don't foster that in your children and your spouse. 00:15:17.059 --> 00:15:18.860 The weak man has a weak will. 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:20.460 He gives up easily. 00:15:20.939 --> 00:15:21.980 He doesn't finish. 00:15:22.059 --> 00:15:23.019 He's undetermined. 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:26.179 All right, brothers, do you finish? 00:15:26.980 --> 00:15:29.879 Are you one of those guys who starts a million things but never finishes them? 00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:38.059 If we go into your house, would we see just the trail of unfinished projects all over the place? 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:43.980 There's few things worse than the devil speaking to your wife while you're not home, 00:15:44.419 --> 00:15:51.220 telling you that you care more about yourself than her every time she looks at the unfinished trim 00:15:51.220 --> 00:15:55.500 or the unfinished tile or the unfinished room or the whatever it may be. 00:15:55.820 --> 00:15:56.860 You don't want that. 00:15:56.860 --> 00:16:02.700 But that's the kind of thing that happens when we're weak and we don't finish what we start. 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:04.360 A man finishes what he starts. 00:16:04.560 --> 00:16:05.879 He doesn't give up easily. 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:06.539 He finishes. 00:16:07.379 --> 00:16:09.899 But a weak man, he's undetermined. 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:11.519 He's undetermined. 00:16:12.620 --> 00:16:14.960 The weak man is weak in conviction and character, 00:16:15.659 --> 00:16:18.700 not firmly held or little to no basis for his beliefs, 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:22.379 no backbone, no consistency, 00:16:22.379 --> 00:16:26.820 easily bought, swayed, manipulated, or influenced. 00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:27.320 Okay? 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:28.779 Do you have character? 00:16:29.179 --> 00:16:29.899 Do you have conviction? 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:31.419 Do you know what you believe? 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:32.820 And do you have reasons behind it? 00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:35.279 Do you have strong reasons behind what you believe? 00:16:36.019 --> 00:16:39.019 You know, you can be really strong and impress everybody in the gym. 00:16:39.299 --> 00:16:40.100 What about your convictions? 00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:41.840 You can be really good at work. 00:16:41.980 --> 00:16:43.980 Men love to hide behind their skill at work. 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:45.620 Where are your convictions? 00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:49.080 Do your kids know God? 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:51.159 You profess Christ. 00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:52.019 Do they know God? 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:54.159 They might know that you spend a lot of time at work. 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:55.440 They might know you're really good at something. 00:16:55.539 --> 00:16:56.860 They might know the size of your muscles. 00:16:57.240 --> 00:16:59.179 Do they know your God? 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:01.340 Do you have conviction? 00:17:01.820 --> 00:17:02.759 Do you know what you believe? 00:17:02.899 --> 00:17:03.679 Do you know the scriptures? 00:17:06.140 --> 00:17:08.279 The weak man is weak in conviction and character. 00:17:09.019 --> 00:17:09.619 The weak man is untrustworthy. 00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:11.440 He makes weak commitments. 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:12.880 He can't be counted on. 00:17:12.940 --> 00:17:13.900 He breaks his word. 00:17:13.900 --> 00:17:14.960 He's unreliable. 00:17:15.619 --> 00:17:17.859 Michael Foster and Dom Tennant said, 00:17:18.479 --> 00:17:21.500 untrustworthiness might as well be a synonym for weakness. 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:23.339 Can you be trusted? 00:17:24.059 --> 00:17:24.799 Can you be trusted? 00:17:25.659 --> 00:17:27.199 The weak man is indecisive. 00:17:27.539 --> 00:17:28.299 Double-minded. 00:17:29.019 --> 00:17:30.719 James chapter 1 verse 8 says, 00:17:30.859 --> 00:17:33.699 A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. 00:17:34.419 --> 00:17:35.639 Are you a decisive person? 00:17:35.719 --> 00:17:37.019 Is it hard for you to make a decision? 00:17:37.659 --> 00:17:40.239 Again, are you afraid of failure so you can't make a decision? 00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:42.339 What are the men you respect? 00:17:43.019 --> 00:17:44.039 The men you know are strong. 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:46.059 There are people who make strong decisions. 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:46.720 They don't... 00:17:47.399 --> 00:17:49.059 It doesn't mean decisions aren't hard. 00:17:49.139 --> 00:17:50.480 It just means that they make them. 00:17:51.139 --> 00:17:52.420 It just means they make mistakes. 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:53.740 They keep going. 00:17:54.259 --> 00:17:55.399 Are you a decisive man? 00:17:56.119 --> 00:18:00.519 Are you one who is him-hawing or, you know, constantly, I don't know what to do. 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:01.319 I don't know what to do. 00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:03.159 You've seen the Godfather. 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:06.899 You saw what he did to the what's-his-face when he couldn't make a decision. 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:09.240 He slapped him in the face and he said you could act like a man. 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:11.419 And he said he didn't know what to do. 00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:13.059 Men are decisive. 00:18:13.700 --> 00:18:14.779 They're able to make decisions. 00:18:14.899 --> 00:18:16.359 That doesn't mean they get it right all the time. 00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:19.099 It just means they keep making decisions and they keep going. 00:18:19.179 --> 00:18:19.859 They don't give up. 00:18:20.879 --> 00:18:21.039 Okay? 00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:22.299 A weak man is indecisive. 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:23.079 He's double-minded. 00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:25.399 A weak man is weak in obedience. 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:26.579 Okay? 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:28.019 He's disobedient. 00:18:28.139 --> 00:18:29.019 He's unholy. 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:31.740 A weak man is weak in battle. 00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:33.299 He won't fight. 00:18:33.399 --> 00:18:34.179 He won't protect. 00:18:34.299 --> 00:18:34.859 He's passive. 00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:36.000 Okay? 00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:41.839 He looks at his wife and sees that she's dying on the inside, that she would love to be fought for. 00:18:41.980 --> 00:18:44.879 Maybe she's never been fought for by any of the men in her life. 00:18:45.299 --> 00:18:47.659 And he just, he's passive. 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:49.639 Doesn't go after her. 00:18:49.899 --> 00:18:50.699 Doesn't fight for her. 00:18:50.699 --> 00:18:53.299 Maybe he fought for her, won her heart to get married. 00:18:53.460 --> 00:18:55.299 After marriage, not so much. 00:18:56.579 --> 00:18:57.699 That's a weak man. 00:18:58.279 --> 00:18:59.199 Weak man in battle. 00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:02.039 The weak man is weak with women altogether. 00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:04.839 He goes to the woman to get his strength. 00:19:05.639 --> 00:19:06.039 Newsflash. 00:19:06.399 --> 00:19:07.359 She can't give it to you. 00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:09.859 She can't give it to you. 00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:12.740 You go to the woman to get your strength, she can never give it to you. 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:14.819 Well, I know it feels like she can. 00:19:15.339 --> 00:19:18.119 And this is why we go to, why men go to pornography. 00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:20.419 Because when you go to porn, she never says no. 00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:22.460 It's counterfeit grace. 00:19:23.059 --> 00:19:23.220 Right? 00:19:23.339 --> 00:19:24.299 She's always there for you. 00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:25.699 She never says no to you. 00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:27.259 She never puts you down. 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:28.180 Right? 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:29.920 But this is a counterfeit. 00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:34.559 It makes you feel powerful when you go to a woman and she gives you what you want. 00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.940 And you never have to work for it. 00:19:35.980 --> 00:19:36.799 You never have to do anything. 00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:38.100 It's counterfeit grace. 00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:39.220 It's counterfeit strength. 00:19:39.620 --> 00:19:40.140 You're weak. 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:43.240 Pornography, living together, selfish flirting. 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:45.080 These all make you weak. 00:19:45.420 --> 00:19:46.559 Porn makes men weak. 00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:47.960 No doubt about it. 00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:51.880 The weak man is afraid to talk to women. 00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:53.140 Afraid to ask a woman out. 00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:54.559 Afraid to stand up to a woman. 00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:55.420 Okay? 00:19:55.460 --> 00:20:00.900 It's amazing nowadays how hard it is for a man just to talk to a woman. 00:20:01.620 --> 00:20:04.920 Single men unable to actually ask a woman out. 00:20:05.019 --> 00:20:06.180 Just ask for her number. 00:20:07.059 --> 00:20:11.380 This is at unprecedented levels where men just have given up. 00:20:11.380 --> 00:20:13.580 They don't talk to women anymore. 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:14.400 Okay? 00:20:14.600 --> 00:20:15.280 That's weak. 00:20:17.040 --> 00:20:18.660 They can't be afraid to talk to women. 00:20:18.760 --> 00:20:19.940 Can't be afraid to ask women out. 00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:21.660 And they can't be afraid to stand up to a woman. 00:20:22.380 --> 00:20:23.120 Doug Wilson says, 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:30.959 A woman knows that a man who cannot stand up to her is going to have difficulty standing up for her. 00:20:32.099 --> 00:20:32.279 Okay? 00:20:32.959 --> 00:20:41.759 If she never sees you stand up to her, and not in some inappropriate way, but in a loving, firm way, standing up to her. 00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:45.359 If you never stand up to her, how will she ever know that you'll stand up for her? 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:46.719 She doesn't. 00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:48.259 She doesn't. 00:20:49.659 --> 00:20:51.399 She'll think you're weak, because you are. 00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:55.320 If you're looking for sympathy from a woman, you might get it. 00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:59.840 But if you're looking for sympathy and attraction, you'll never get it. 00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:03.080 Women are not attracted to a man they feel sorry for. 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.420 Okay? 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:07.820 So stop going to the woman to get sympathy. 00:21:08.040 --> 00:21:09.519 That's not what you go to her for. 00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:10.340 All right? 00:21:10.600 --> 00:21:14.560 You want her to be attracted to you, and you want her to have sympathy for you? 00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:17.420 Women are not attracted to a man they feel sorry for. 00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:19.220 This is weak. 00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:20.860 It's not what they want. 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:29.740 In the same way, when a woman's boyfriend acts like a woman's girlfriend, he shouldn't be surprised when she says she just wants to be friends. 00:21:31.120 --> 00:21:31.300 Okay? 00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:33.500 He doesn't need another... 00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:37.840 She doesn't need another girlfriend who's actually a man. 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:38.680 Right? 00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:40.940 She already has girlfriends for that. 00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:43.080 When she's looking for a man, you know what she wants? 00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:43.960 Strength. 00:21:44.780 --> 00:21:45.759 She wants strength. 00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:49.539 The weak man has weak focus and vision. 00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:50.960 Selfish. 00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:58.519 Jack Donovan says, when there's no heroic objective in sight, boys will dare each other to do all sorts of stupid things. 00:21:59.059 --> 00:21:59.299 Okay? 00:21:59.299 --> 00:22:01.139 This is so true, by the way. 00:22:01.659 --> 00:22:03.240 And I know you know it's true because you're laughing. 00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:06.440 When there's no heroic object in sight, this is what we do. 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:09.200 We dare each other to do all kinds of stupid things. 00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:11.660 Proverbs 29 and 18 says it's similar. 00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:14.539 It says, when there's no prophetic vision, the people cast off restraint. 00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:15.740 Okay? 00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.960 The weak man doesn't have vision. 00:22:17.120 --> 00:22:18.080 No heroic vision. 00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:19.840 Ends up just doing stupid stuff. 00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:28.240 We have whole shows and YouTube channels and whole worlds devoted to entertaining us with the stupid thing that men do when they don't have something bigger to live for. 00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:32.700 The weak man has false strength. 00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:35.940 He has the appearance of strength, but is actually weak. 00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:36.779 Okay? 00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.799 So he's unbroken. 00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:39.000 He just has bravado. 00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.460 He's macho. 00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:41.920 He has a pseudo strength. 00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:44.120 He's abusive or domineering. 00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:46.259 He's harsh or controlling. 00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:49.500 He's chauvinistic, believing that men are superior to women. 00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.640 That's goofy. 00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:51.259 Okay? 00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:55.099 And it's just as goofy, too, to say that women are better than men. 00:22:55.099 --> 00:23:02.859 And for men to just kind of capitulate to that as just kind of a deference to a woman to try and win her over. 00:23:03.199 --> 00:23:03.799 It's ridiculous. 00:23:04.459 --> 00:23:04.599 Okay? 00:23:04.939 --> 00:23:05.819 Men are not better than women. 00:23:05.899 --> 00:23:06.859 Women are not better than men. 00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:09.579 And when we play these goofy games, we win stupid prizes. 00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:10.519 Right? 00:23:10.659 --> 00:23:11.240 It's weakness. 00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:14.099 The weak man is chauvinistic. 00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:15.219 He's misogynistic. 00:23:15.419 --> 00:23:16.240 He's woman-hating. 00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:19.179 Kind of the little rascals, the He-Man Woman Haters Club. 00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:21.059 There's nothing cool about hating women. 00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:21.139 Okay? 00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:25.899 Which, by the way, at the root of most pornography is hatred of women. 00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:28.579 You'll never lust after a woman you honor. 00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:32.859 So, at the root of pornography, some form of hatred of women. 00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:35.460 It's that lack of respect and honor for women. 00:23:35.879 --> 00:23:39.539 Respect and honor is sexual discipline. 00:23:40.159 --> 00:23:40.319 Okay? 00:23:41.399 --> 00:23:42.679 The weak man is arrogant. 00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:44.299 He's condescending. 00:23:44.419 --> 00:23:45.099 He's angry. 00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:46.079 He's hateful. 00:23:46.159 --> 00:23:46.740 He's violent. 00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:48.620 Gordon Dalby says, 00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:50.519 Hatred is a cover-up for powerlessness. 00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:54.380 Creating a false sense of strength when the truth is frightened. 00:23:56.799 --> 00:24:01.500 Uncontrolled, unrestrained anger or hatred that results in violence is weak and cowardly. 00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:03.079 Much like a school shooter. 00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:06.339 Whenever we look at guys like this, we think, what a weakling. 00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:07.700 Right? 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:10.039 When people do these mass shootings. 00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:10.759 What a weakling. 00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:18.319 Just preying on the weak out of anger and vitriol and some form of weird strength that they think it is. 00:24:18.359 --> 00:24:19.000 It's not strength. 00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:19.599 It's weakness. 00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:21.039 They're cowards. 00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:26.920 The weak man, he trusted himself, his talents, his gifts, his personality, his intellect. 00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:32.420 He might have a reputation of strength with the brothers, but is weak in leading his wife and winning her heart. 00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:37.019 Who cares if you're a big deal with the bros if you can't even win your own wife's heart? 00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:40.720 Or, if she doesn't think you're, if she's not impressed with you, 00:24:41.879 --> 00:24:44.779 the weak man is insecure. 00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.960 He has a weak identity. 00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:47.339 He's afraid to be real. 00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.839 He can't be himself. 00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:50.559 He doesn't know who he is. 00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.619 He's not confident. 00:24:52.139 --> 00:24:53.579 He doesn't know or believe the gospel. 00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.460 Okay? 00:24:56.559 --> 00:25:01.819 The weak man is built on something that is sand, that can be taken away from him. 00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:02.440 Okay? 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:06.240 Putting your hope in something that can be taken away from you is the very definition of weakness. 00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:08.200 You're only as strong as what you put your hope in. 00:25:09.120 --> 00:25:13.079 If you put your hope in God, if you put your hope in the unchangeable creator of the universe, 00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:14.960 that gives you strength. 00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:22.180 If your hope is in some weird substitute, some idol, some, something that you have no control over 00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:27.339 and that can't, that is constantly changing, you don't know what it's going to be to this day or the next, 00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:28.960 then that makes you weak. 00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:34.880 If your hope is in the unchanging nature of Jesus Christ, there's strength in that. 00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:39.380 Because you always know that he will be the same yesterday, today, and forever. 00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:40.680 Okay? 00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.259 So that's a lot. 00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:42.200 But that's the weak man. 00:25:42.840 --> 00:25:43.319 All right? 00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:44.299 What about the strong man? 00:25:44.340 --> 00:25:45.559 What does the strong man look like? 00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:47.860 The strong man can handle weight. 00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.400 Okay? 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.920 He carries his own weight. 00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:52.240 He carries the weight of others, not just himself. 00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:55.960 He handles more, regardless of feeling tired or that he can't. 00:25:56.599 --> 00:26:00.519 Doug Wilson says men don't carry things because they happen to have broad shoulders. 00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:04.059 They have broad shoulders because God created them to carry things. 00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:04.900 Okay? 00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:08.339 We're created to carry more. 00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:10.559 The strong man says, I can handle it. 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.880 I can take on more. 00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:15.440 I trust in the grace of God, and I know God gave me these shoulders for a reason. 00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.599 Bring it on. 00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:18.480 Strong man is tough. 00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.740 He can take a beating. 00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:20.640 He can take a hit. 00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.620 He can take a joke. 00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:23.099 He's thick-skinned. 00:26:23.639 --> 00:26:24.619 He's not just tough. 00:26:24.699 --> 00:26:25.179 He's tender. 00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:26.599 He's a velvet brick. 00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:27.500 Okay? 00:26:28.199 --> 00:26:29.119 It's one thing to be tough. 00:26:29.179 --> 00:26:30.279 Can you be tough and tender? 00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:33.039 John 11, 35 says Jesus wept. 00:26:33.739 --> 00:26:35.639 Well, a tough man doesn't weep. 00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.659 Jesus did. 00:26:37.679 --> 00:26:38.439 Jesus wept. 00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:44.039 1 Thessalonians 2, 7 says, Paul says, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother 00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:45.319 taking care of her own children. 00:26:46.179 --> 00:26:48.899 Paul was certainly tough, but he was also tender. 00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:54.860 1 Thessalonians 2, verse 8 says, being affectionately desirous of you. 00:26:55.860 --> 00:27:00.960 Philippians 1, verse 8 says, I yearn for you all with the affections of Christ Jesus. 00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:02.920 Jesus was affectionate. 00:27:03.580 --> 00:27:03.740 Okay? 00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:05.859 A tender man is affectionate. 00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:07.120 What do men need? 00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:08.299 A lot of men need affection. 00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:10.359 What do homosexual men need? 00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:12.660 You might think, well, they don't need affection. 00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:14.140 You better believe they need affection. 00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:19.539 They're perverting the affection that they think they need, but really at their core, 00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:23.220 homosexual men are longing for affection, and they're longing for male affection. 00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:25.120 We can't be afraid of that. 00:27:25.620 --> 00:27:27.859 Men need affection, and men should be affectionate. 00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:30.799 This is what Jesus showed. 00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:33.599 He said, I yearn for you all with the affections of Christ Jesus. 00:27:34.439 --> 00:27:35.339 We need to be affectionate. 00:27:35.399 --> 00:27:37.959 Men, a strong man is strong enough to be affectionate. 00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:39.219 He can give hugs. 00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.240 He can be tender. 00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:41.119 All right? 00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:42.319 This is a strong man. 00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:44.259 A strong man is meek. 00:27:44.399 --> 00:27:45.079 What is meekness? 00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:46.619 Meekness is controlled strength. 00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:47.959 Okay? 00:27:47.979 --> 00:27:52.139 If you're strong, but you can't control your strength, that's not really strength. 00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:53.079 That is a strength. 00:27:53.139 --> 00:27:53.699 That's a weakness. 00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:57.740 Meekness is true strength because it's controlled strength. 00:27:58.200 --> 00:28:02.860 It knows the appropriate time to use strength and the appropriate time to not use the strength. 00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:03.799 Okay? 00:28:04.600 --> 00:28:06.240 A strong man is born for adversity. 00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:10.019 Proverbs 17, 17 says his brother is born for adversity. 00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:14.620 He runs two hard, heavy things because he can lift them. 00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:20.140 Lamentations 3, 27 says it's good for a man that he bear the yoke when he's young. 00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:20.960 Okay? 00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:23.079 If you're a young man, bear the yoke. 00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:24.160 Do hard things. 00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:25.600 Carry heavy things. 00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:27.900 There's going to be a day when you're not going to be able to do that. 00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:28.740 Do it now. 00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:30.000 Take on more. 00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.480 Fill up your schedule. 00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:34.220 Do things that someday you're not going to be able to do. 00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:35.319 That's what young men are for. 00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:36.299 Okay? 00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:37.900 The Bible says this over and over again. 00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.779 A strong man is hard. 00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.440 He's solid. 00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:41.279 He's firm. 00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.259 He's rigid. 00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:46.140 He's not easily broken by circumstances and difficulty. 00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:48.840 A strong man doesn't complain or whine. 00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:52.199 He silences that illiteral voice and puts it to death. 00:28:53.139 --> 00:28:55.139 John Lovell says, your body is a liar. 00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:59.519 At the first sign of discomfort, it yells, hey, I don't like this. 00:29:00.199 --> 00:29:04.500 Then when discomfort graduates to pain, the body screams, I can't take anymore. 00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.899 I'm dying. 00:29:06.560 --> 00:29:08.340 Our bodies are such drama queens. 00:29:09.340 --> 00:29:13.820 The body is like a spoiled and petulant child that cries out at the first moment its comfort 00:29:13.820 --> 00:29:14.500 is challenged. 00:29:15.120 --> 00:29:19.640 While babies get to evoke this right, you know, I contend that is one of the most pathetic 00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:20.840 attributes in a man. 00:29:21.840 --> 00:29:26.040 What I've found over the course of my life are a thousand different physical limitations, 00:29:26.800 --> 00:29:28.820 nearly all broken by grit. 00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:33.539 Whatever you think is a limit, do not be surprised that on the other side of that horrible moment 00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:35.639 is a little more ground you can cover. 00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:40.039 You are stronger than you realize, and you only need a test to prove it. 00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.639 Do you believe this? 00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.720 It's true. 00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:44.259 It's true. 00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:45.500 Okay? 00:29:46.139 --> 00:29:48.200 There's always something on the other side. 00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:53.279 The strong man is mentally strong because his mind is stayed on the Lord. 00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:59.500 Isaiah 26.3 says, you keep in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts 00:29:59.500 --> 00:29:59.899 in you. 00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:05.180 There's a way to be someone who has a stayed mind, a steady mind. 00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:07.099 It's one who has their mind stayed on Christ. 00:30:07.879 --> 00:30:08.660 Where is your mind? 00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:11.259 What is your mind tossed to and fro to? 00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.660 Are you stressed? 00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.240 Are you anxious? 00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.859 Or is your mind stayed on Christ? 00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:17.420 Are you ruled by the peace of Christ? 00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:21.200 A strong man is emotionally strong. 00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:24.279 His emotions are submitted to truth and to God. 00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:26.440 A strong man is physically strong. 00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:29.620 He stewards the testosterone and the broad shoulders that God gave him. 00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.779 He puts in the work. 00:30:31.080 --> 00:30:32.480 I'm not saying you need to be the rock. 00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.000 Okay? 00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:37.960 I'm not saying you need to be some huge bodybuilder, but you do need to use your God-given strength 00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:41.340 and ability to gain strength for his glory and others good. 00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.640 That's good stewardship. 00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:43.660 Okay? 00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:45.100 And you need to use it for the right purposes. 00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:49.900 A lot of times when my boys are growing up, they'd use their strength to hurt their sisters 00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:52.540 and say, hey, is that what your strength is for? 00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.940 No, Dad. 00:30:54.040 --> 00:30:54.680 It's not what it's for. 00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:57.220 It's like, yeah, that's not what your strength is for. 00:30:58.300 --> 00:31:01.000 We don't need to teach our kids that it's wrong to use their strength. 00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:03.540 Sometimes parents do this and that's the wrong mentality. 00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:07.580 The thing they did wrong when they hurt their sister is not that they used their strength. 00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:09.840 It's that they used their strength inappropriately. 00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:14.799 That strength, God made them strong and you should affirm the fact that they are strong. 00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:17.339 Then you just have to teach them how to use their strength. 00:31:17.899 --> 00:31:20.759 Use your strength to protect your sister, not to hurt her. 00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:25.819 Strong man is confident and courageous. 00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:27.259 He fears God. 00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:29.159 Proverbs 14, 26 says, 00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:31.659 In the fear of the Lord, one has strong confidence. 00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:36.679 No fear of man, no fear of cost, fear of a fight, no fear of loss. 00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:37.259 Okay? 00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:39.539 Strong man is strong in faith. 00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.839 He believes God. 00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:42.859 He believes in who God has made him. 00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:43.980 He's optimistic. 00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:45.559 He believes in Romans 8, 31. 00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:48.160 If God is for us, then who can be against us? 00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:48.799 Okay? 00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:50.900 That's the kind of optimism that you want. 00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:52.579 The kind that comes from God himself. 00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:55.019 If God is for us, then who can be against us? 00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:57.039 Do you believe that God is for you? 00:31:57.660 --> 00:32:01.900 Or are you hell-bent on believing every single narrative that comes your way 00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:05.059 that says that everything's against you? 00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:06.019 The world's against you. 00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:07.019 The system's against you. 00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:08.000 The government's against you. 00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:09.079 Your spouse is against you. 00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:10.200 Your parents are against you. 00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:11.539 Everyone's against you. 00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:14.480 A lot of us have faith in the opposite direction. 00:32:14.619 --> 00:32:16.759 It's not an absence of faith that is our problem. 00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:19.599 It's that our faith is what the Bible calls unbelief, 00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:21.740 which is essentially not an absence of faith. 00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:25.680 It's just faith, having more faith that bad things will happen to me 00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:26.579 than good things will. 00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:30.019 I have more faith in my ability to screw things up 00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:31.799 and other people's ability to screw things up 00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:35.220 than I have in God's ability to save me and to do good for me. 00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:38.160 What do you believe? 00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:39.920 What do you believe? 00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:42.160 2 Timothy 1.12 says, 00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:44.400 I'm not ashamed for I know whom I have believed. 00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:45.579 Do you know him? 00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:46.880 Do you know God? 00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:48.160 Are you strong in your belief? 00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:50.180 I don't know where all you're at. 00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:50.799 I don't know all of you. 00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.559 Some of you came here. 00:32:51.600 --> 00:32:52.620 Maybe you're weak in belief. 00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.339 Okay? 00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:57.480 Your weak belief needs to be challenged. 00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:58.459 Right? 00:32:59.159 --> 00:33:03.059 And do you have more strength in your belief of all other things 00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:06.419 and you can't believe that the God who created you could love you enough 00:33:06.419 --> 00:33:09.839 to send his son to make a way that through him 00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:11.899 and his death, burial, and resurrection, 00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:14.779 your sins could be covered, forgiven, 00:33:15.179 --> 00:33:18.599 and that you could be given the inheritance for eternity of a son 00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:21.399 so that your sins would no longer be held against you 00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:23.019 and that you could have eternal life. 00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:24.159 Do you believe that? 00:33:24.439 --> 00:33:25.819 Is that so far-fetched? 00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:26.919 No, it's not. 00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.619 It's the good news. 00:33:27.699 --> 00:33:28.359 It's the gospel. 00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:30.619 Jesus came to prove that true. 00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:32.139 He came to accomplish that. 00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:32.919 And he did. 00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:35.359 And if you believe it, there's no greater thing. 00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:39.000 A strong man is strong in faith. 00:33:39.419 --> 00:33:40.879 A strong man has a strong will. 00:33:41.379 --> 00:33:42.240 He doesn't give up. 00:33:42.439 --> 00:33:43.059 He finishes. 00:33:43.659 --> 00:33:44.500 He's determined. 00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.400 Theodore Roosevelt said, 00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:48.380 Courage is not having the strength to go on. 00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:51.779 It's going on when you don't have the strength. 00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:53.640 Winston Churchill. 00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:55.000 These are two of my favorite quotes. 00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.779 Winston Churchill. 00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:57.680 Some people say you didn't even say these. 00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.700 But we don't know who said them, 00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:00.299 so I'm just going to keep them with Winston Churchill 00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:01.359 because I like Winston Churchill. 00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:03.359 Winston Churchill said, 00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:04.700 Success is not final. 00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:06.599 Failure is not fatal. 00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:09.219 It's the courage to continue that counts. 00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:11.019 And he also said, 00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:13.800 Success consists of going from failure to failure 00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:15.720 without loss of enthusiasm. 00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.340 I love that one. 00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:18.440 Okay? 00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:20.640 Failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. 00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.800 That's what men do. 00:34:22.240 --> 00:34:23.660 You think you're going to figure out some way 00:34:23.660 --> 00:34:24.980 to live as a man or you don't fail? 00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:26.160 Good luck with that. 00:34:26.560 --> 00:34:28.120 I'd love to see how you figure that one out. 00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:29.280 You will fail. 00:34:29.700 --> 00:34:30.539 So what? 00:34:31.100 --> 00:34:31.940 When you're going through hell, 00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.539 you know what you do? 00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.680 You keep going. 00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:35.140 You keep going. 00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:37.260 David Goggins says, 00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:38.480 Don't stop when you're tired. 00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.880 Stop when you're done. 00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.539 That's good advice. 00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:47.079 Sounds like you have got this. 00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:51.360 Strong man is strong in conviction and character. 00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:53.420 He has strong beliefs and doctrine 00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:54.599 that are based on something. 00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:56.920 He has backbone, spine, and consistency. 00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:57.940 He fears the Lord. 00:34:58.800 --> 00:34:59.779 Strong man's trustworthy. 00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.500 He makes strong commitments 00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.659 and has a strong word. 00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:04.019 He can be counted on. 00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:04.699 He's reliable. 00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:06.019 Can you be counted on? 00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:06.920 When you say something, 00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:08.480 can people trust that what you say, 00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:09.059 you will do? 00:35:09.259 --> 00:35:10.519 That your word is your bond? 00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:13.360 Psalm 15 verse 4 in the CSB says, 00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:15.880 He keeps his word no matter what the cost. 00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:19.079 He keeps his word no matter what the cost. 00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:20.480 That's a strong man. 00:35:21.219 --> 00:35:22.500 Ezra 10 verse 4 says, 00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:24.579 Be strong and do it. 00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:27.159 Strength is doing what you say you're going to do. 00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:29.159 Brent Hanson said, 00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:30.300 We need men who commit. 00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:32.039 That means making choices 00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:33.900 that cut off other options. 00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:34.619 Uh-oh. 00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:36.099 Well, what about FOMO? 00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:37.679 Fear of missing out. 00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:39.419 I mean, if I make a decision, 00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.279 I make a commitment, 00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:42.859 that means I might miss out on something better. 00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:44.119 Exactly. 00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:45.960 Exactly. 00:35:46.299 --> 00:35:47.019 You will. 00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:48.299 You will miss out. 00:35:48.839 --> 00:35:50.379 That is what decide is. 00:35:50.879 --> 00:35:52.980 The strong man is courageously decisive. 00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:53.879 He's single-minded. 00:35:54.399 --> 00:35:55.639 In fact, the Latin word, 00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:57.859 where we get the word decide from, 00:35:58.239 --> 00:36:00.359 literally means to cut off. 00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:01.339 Okay? 00:36:01.719 --> 00:36:04.139 A decision is killing off other options 00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:07.000 to firmly establish a single course of action. 00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:08.879 It looks something like this. 00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:11.059 I'm sorry, I have a prior commitment. 00:36:11.879 --> 00:36:14.739 Some of you may be listening to that 00:36:14.739 --> 00:36:15.139 and you think, 00:36:15.259 --> 00:36:16.199 Did he just speak English? 00:36:16.279 --> 00:36:17.920 I don't know if I've ever heard that phrase before. 00:36:18.299 --> 00:36:19.379 Is that another language? 00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:21.699 Men have to say, 00:36:21.839 --> 00:36:23.619 Sorry, I have another commitment. 00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:24.539 I can't do that. 00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:27.480 Hey, you want to go to the show? 00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:29.319 You want to go to this thing or whatever? 00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:31.259 Well, I actually have another commitment on that. 00:36:31.260 --> 00:36:33.980 But, this sounds a lot better. 00:36:34.720 --> 00:36:35.540 No, the man says, 00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:36.780 No, I have a prior commitment. 00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.340 I can't go. 00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:38.520 It's that simple. 00:36:38.620 --> 00:36:39.680 There's no him-hawing about it. 00:36:39.740 --> 00:36:41.700 There's no arguing about it. 00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:42.940 There's no, you know, 00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:43.900 It's just, hey, sorry. 00:36:44.080 --> 00:36:44.680 I can't go. 00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.740 I have a prior commitment. 00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:47.080 That's what a man does. 00:36:47.140 --> 00:36:49.840 He's strongly, courageously decisive, 00:36:50.020 --> 00:36:50.720 and single-minded. 00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.960 A strong man is courageous 00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:54.020 and strong in obedience. 00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:56.500 Joshua 1, 6-9 says, 00:36:56.600 --> 00:36:57.960 Only be strong and courageous, 00:36:57.960 --> 00:37:00.340 being careful to do according to all the law 00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:02.300 that Moses, my servant, commanded you. 00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:05.280 Do not turn from it to the right or to the left. 00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:08.120 He's strong and courageous in obedience. 00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:10.100 It takes courage to obey God, 00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:11.820 to be consistent to obey God. 00:37:12.720 --> 00:37:14.140 1 Kings 2, 2-3, 00:37:14.620 --> 00:37:15.100 David said, 00:37:15.160 --> 00:37:16.420 I'm about to go the way of all the earth. 00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:18.160 Be strong and show yourself a man, 00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:20.340 and keep the charge of the Lord your God, 00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:22.700 walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, 00:37:23.160 --> 00:37:25.559 his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, 00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:27.519 as it is written in the law of Moses. 00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:29.900 This is what he told Solomon right before he died. 00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:31.559 Be strong and show yourself a man. 00:37:31.740 --> 00:37:33.139 What kind of strength did he tell him to do? 00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:34.840 The strength that obeys God. 00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.820 Strength that obeys God. 00:37:37.160 --> 00:37:39.059 There's nothing stronger than a man who obeys God. 00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:41.340 Nothing like it. 00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:44.460 1 Chronicles 28, 7-10 says, 00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:46.760 I will establish his kingdom forever 00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:50.119 if he continues strong in keeping my commandments 00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:52.059 and my rules as he is today. 00:37:52.720 --> 00:37:54.300 Strong in keeping commandments. 00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:56.980 Strong man is strong in battle. 00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:59.139 2 Corinthians 25, verse 8 says, 00:37:59.240 --> 00:37:59.780 Go act. 00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:01.300 Be strong for battle. 00:38:01.880 --> 00:38:04.300 He stands against lies and evil. 00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:06.860 He's a freedom fighter 00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:09.360 against all the things that are against the truth. 00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:12.500 Strong man is strong and courageous in speech. 00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:14.519 He speaks the truth without fear. 00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:16.780 Strong man is strong with women. 00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:18.920 He goes to the woman not to get strength, 00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.960 but to offer it. 00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:21.920 And that's what a woman wants. 00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:24.400 A woman doesn't want you to go to her to get strength 00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:26.460 because she knows she can't give it to you. 00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:28.539 All right? 00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:32.059 She wants you to go to her to offer her your strength. 00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:33.340 That's what it's for. 00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:37.159 This ends up being someone who's confident to talk to women, 00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:38.679 to ask a woman out if you're single. 00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:42.119 And it's a man who knows how to appropriately stand up 00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:43.440 to a woman for her good. 00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:47.039 Strong man has a strong focus and vision. 00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:49.199 He has vision for every area of his life. 00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:50.719 Do you have vision for your life? 00:38:51.099 --> 00:38:51.860 Do you know where you're going? 00:38:52.240 --> 00:38:52.960 Do you have a plan? 00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:54.179 Do you have purpose? 00:38:54.179 --> 00:38:56.579 Are you just kind of meandering through life? 00:38:56.739 --> 00:38:57.139 Aimless. 00:38:57.899 --> 00:39:00.759 John Piper says aimlessness is akin to lifelessness. 00:39:01.299 --> 00:39:02.619 Are you aimless or do you have vision? 00:39:03.699 --> 00:39:04.799 Strong man is broken. 00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:06.699 What do we need to be broken of? 00:39:06.739 --> 00:39:07.619 Our own strength. 00:39:08.339 --> 00:39:10.839 The strong man is broken of his own strength 00:39:10.839 --> 00:39:12.859 and embraces the strength that comes from God. 00:39:13.319 --> 00:39:14.799 He's not relying on his flesh 00:39:14.799 --> 00:39:16.719 and the strong arm of the flesh. 00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:18.919 He relies on the person and work of Jesus 00:39:18.919 --> 00:39:19.839 to be his strength. 00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:21.879 He relies on God himself. 00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:23.700 He's not trusting in himself. 00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:26.099 Strong man is secure. 00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:27.559 He has a strong identity. 00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:29.039 He's comfortable in his own skin. 00:39:29.619 --> 00:39:30.760 Everything he has in Christ, 00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:32.340 he's free to lose everywhere else. 00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.920 He has nothing to prove, 00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:35.240 therefore he has nothing to hide. 00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.500 If you have something to prove, 00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:37.800 you always have something to hide 00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:39.440 because you can't prove it. 00:39:40.720 --> 00:39:40.860 Okay? 00:39:41.180 --> 00:39:43.140 If you're trying to prove that you can be someone, 00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:44.160 you can't, 00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:46.840 which means it'll necessitate you hiding things. 00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:47.860 All right? 00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:50.039 Everything you have in Christ, 00:39:50.160 --> 00:39:51.019 you're free to lose everywhere. 00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:53.139 If you know who you are in Christ, 00:39:53.239 --> 00:39:55.039 you're free to be misrepresented everywhere else. 00:39:55.719 --> 00:39:56.960 If you're right in Christ, 00:39:57.059 --> 00:39:58.219 you're free to be wrong everywhere else. 00:39:58.280 --> 00:39:59.860 Some guys cannot be wrong. 00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:04.139 They fight tooth and nail to be right, 00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:06.019 even when deep down they know they're wrong 00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:07.519 because their hope isn't being right. 00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:08.500 If your hope isn't being right, 00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:09.699 then you're never free to be wrong, 00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:13.980 which means you're a really rough person to be with. 00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:15.239 Okay? 00:40:16.259 --> 00:40:17.739 That's not the kind of man you want to be. 00:40:17.739 --> 00:40:19.399 So the question remains, 00:40:19.739 --> 00:40:21.399 that's the strong man and the weak man. 00:40:22.339 --> 00:40:22.959 Question is, 00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:23.879 how do we get stronger? 00:40:24.379 --> 00:40:25.559 How do we get more courageous? 00:40:26.339 --> 00:40:27.359 We don't want to be strong, man. 00:40:27.899 --> 00:40:29.399 It's easy to listen to those things and say, 00:40:29.479 --> 00:40:30.000 well, of course, 00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:31.299 I want to be strong. 00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:33.079 How do I do that? 00:40:33.539 --> 00:40:34.519 Well, how do you get more strong? 00:40:35.179 --> 00:40:35.500 Physically. 00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:36.819 You carry more weight. 00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:39.479 It's the same thing for all other areas of strength. 00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:40.699 You got to carry more responsibility. 00:40:41.219 --> 00:40:41.959 Take things on. 00:40:42.579 --> 00:40:43.960 Hey, you're a man. 00:40:44.420 --> 00:40:45.119 You can do it. 00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:46.519 You can handle it. 00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:48.920 Again, God made your shoulders broad 00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:51.699 because he made you to carry heavy things. 00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:53.539 And that's not just physically. 00:40:54.220 --> 00:40:55.159 It's in every area. 00:40:56.280 --> 00:40:57.699 So add weight. 00:40:57.960 --> 00:40:58.840 Add responsibility. 00:40:59.659 --> 00:41:00.659 See how you come through. 00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:02.880 See how God's grace is sufficient for you. 00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:04.199 Okay? 00:41:05.280 --> 00:41:06.079 Embrace adversity. 00:41:06.220 --> 00:41:07.000 Do hard things. 00:41:07.500 --> 00:41:08.599 Comfort makes you weak. 00:41:09.320 --> 00:41:11.579 Difficulty and resistance build strength. 00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:14.179 Gene Michael Hoff says, 00:41:14.340 --> 00:41:16.679 Hard times create strong men. 00:41:17.159 --> 00:41:19.340 Strong men create good times. 00:41:19.900 --> 00:41:22.000 Good times create weak men. 00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:24.840 And weak men create hard times. 00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:27.559 Okay? 00:41:28.840 --> 00:41:30.280 Embrace hard times. 00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:31.940 Philip Brooks says, 00:41:32.019 --> 00:41:33.420 Do not pray for easy lives. 00:41:33.539 --> 00:41:34.659 Pray to be stronger men. 00:41:34.760 --> 00:41:37.360 Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. 00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:40.300 Pray for powers equal to your tasks. 00:41:40.300 --> 00:41:42.840 Then the doing of the work shall be no miracle. 00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:44.539 But you should be the miracle. 00:41:44.539 --> 00:41:47.679 And then Teddy Roosevelt said, 00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:51.259 I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, 00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:53.840 but the doctrine of the strenuous life. 00:41:54.579 --> 00:41:56.219 The life of toil and effort. 00:41:56.440 --> 00:41:57.840 Of labor and strife. 00:41:58.320 --> 00:42:00.519 To preach that highest form of success, 00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:04.820 which comes not to the man who desires mere easy peace, 00:42:04.900 --> 00:42:07.059 but to the man who does not shrink from danger, 00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:09.279 from hardship, or from bitter toil, 00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:12.760 and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph. 00:42:13.560 --> 00:42:15.060 You have to embrace adversity. 00:42:16.220 --> 00:42:17.600 You know one of the ways you can do that too? 00:42:18.200 --> 00:42:19.660 You know one of the ways you can grow stronger? 00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:22.300 This is one you don't hear a lot, 00:42:22.700 --> 00:42:23.500 but I want you to listen. 00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:24.400 Fasting. 00:42:25.660 --> 00:42:26.060 Fasting. 00:42:26.180 --> 00:42:26.440 You know, 00:42:26.560 --> 00:42:28.519 the old-fashioned Christian discipline 00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:30.200 of giving up food on a regular basis. 00:42:30.199 --> 00:42:33.279 Fasting is weakness training. 00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:34.359 Okay? 00:42:34.919 --> 00:42:37.639 Fasting is training yourself to say no 00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:40.779 to what your flesh wants when you're weak. 00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:42.599 You understand that? 00:42:43.099 --> 00:42:44.000 When you fast, 00:42:44.259 --> 00:42:45.839 you're actually making yourself weak, 00:42:46.039 --> 00:42:47.980 and you have to train yourself to say no 00:42:47.980 --> 00:42:49.399 to what you want in your weakness. 00:42:50.059 --> 00:42:52.519 Since most sins are committed in moments of weakness, 00:42:53.199 --> 00:42:54.599 fasting is a useful tool. 00:42:55.199 --> 00:42:56.839 When you're tempted to break your fast 00:42:56.839 --> 00:42:58.879 because you're voluntarily weak, 00:42:58.880 --> 00:43:00.059 hungry, cold, 00:43:00.140 --> 00:43:01.119 and have to pee a lot, 00:43:01.300 --> 00:43:03.039 and you say no to your flesh, 00:43:03.400 --> 00:43:05.519 you're training yourself to say no to your flesh 00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:07.500 when you're involuntarily weak. 00:43:07.980 --> 00:43:10.660 A soft generation doesn't fast because it's hard. 00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:13.640 A hard generation fasts to become hard. 00:43:14.760 --> 00:43:15.000 Okay? 00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:17.940 We need to be able to say no 00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:18.980 in times of weakness. 00:43:19.780 --> 00:43:20.840 Clearly, most of us, 00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:22.700 we look at the worst of our sins, 00:43:22.820 --> 00:43:24.160 the most difficult of our sins. 00:43:24.539 --> 00:43:26.660 We end up falling into it at a time of weakness. 00:43:27.039 --> 00:43:28.500 Have we trained ourselves to say no 00:43:28.500 --> 00:43:30.019 to what we want in times of weakness? 00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:31.840 God gave us a means to do that. 00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:32.719 It's called fasting. 00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:34.480 It's called fasting. 00:43:35.579 --> 00:43:37.360 Do you have a regular fasting rhythm? 00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:39.519 A man should think of this. 00:43:40.059 --> 00:43:41.059 A man should think of this. 00:43:41.800 --> 00:43:43.039 How do we get stronger, more courageous? 00:43:43.179 --> 00:43:44.139 We build the brotherhood. 00:43:45.280 --> 00:43:47.019 Proverbs 27, 17 says, 00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:48.179 Iron sharpens iron, 00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:50.300 and one man sharpens another. 00:43:50.820 --> 00:43:51.940 Do you have brothers in your life 00:43:51.940 --> 00:43:52.679 who sharpen you? 00:43:53.280 --> 00:43:55.019 Are you surrounding yourself 00:43:55.019 --> 00:43:55.860 with strong men 00:43:55.860 --> 00:43:57.139 and a strong church? 00:43:57.440 --> 00:43:59.159 Some men don't think church is important. 00:43:59.559 --> 00:44:00.219 Are you kidding me? 00:44:00.840 --> 00:44:01.759 You're going to be a strong man 00:44:01.759 --> 00:44:02.780 on your own? 00:44:03.380 --> 00:44:04.619 Yeah, like all the other men 00:44:04.619 --> 00:44:05.480 who've ever done that. 00:44:05.679 --> 00:44:05.960 None. 00:44:06.179 --> 00:44:07.360 That just never happens. 00:44:07.980 --> 00:44:08.860 You want to be a strong man, 00:44:08.900 --> 00:44:10.159 you've got to be surrounded by strong. 00:44:10.320 --> 00:44:11.119 You want to be a strong man, 00:44:11.159 --> 00:44:12.780 you've got to be surrounded by strong men. 00:44:13.159 --> 00:44:14.639 You know where a good place to do that is? 00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:16.199 A church with strong men. 00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:17.960 If your church doesn't have strong men, 00:44:18.039 --> 00:44:19.119 I highly advise you 00:44:19.119 --> 00:44:20.179 to go find another one. 00:44:20.179 --> 00:44:21.500 Okay? 00:44:23.000 --> 00:44:24.259 The church of course 00:44:24.259 --> 00:44:25.379 should be full of strong men. 00:44:25.839 --> 00:44:26.919 That's super important. 00:44:27.839 --> 00:44:29.699 We should be watching other men. 00:44:29.859 --> 00:44:32.599 1 Samuel 17, 51-53 says, 00:44:32.599 --> 00:44:35.179 David ran and stood over the Philistine 00:44:35.179 --> 00:44:36.219 and took his sword 00:44:36.219 --> 00:44:37.819 and drew it out of its sheath, 00:44:38.179 --> 00:44:39.000 this is of Goliath, 00:44:39.159 --> 00:44:39.739 and killed him 00:44:39.739 --> 00:44:40.819 and cut off his head with it. 00:44:41.339 --> 00:44:42.519 When the Philistines saw 00:44:42.519 --> 00:44:43.739 that their champion was dead, 00:44:43.819 --> 00:44:44.299 they fled. 00:44:44.879 --> 00:44:46.059 And the men of Israel and Judah 00:44:46.059 --> 00:44:47.000 rose with a shout 00:44:47.000 --> 00:44:48.199 and pursued the Philistines 00:44:48.199 --> 00:44:49.119 as far as Gath 00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:50.480 and the gates of Akron. 00:44:50.799 --> 00:44:51.599 And the people of Israel 00:44:51.599 --> 00:44:53.440 came back from chasing the Philistines 00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:55.059 and they plundered their camp. 00:44:55.819 --> 00:44:56.839 These are the same men, 00:44:57.179 --> 00:44:57.739 older men, 00:44:57.779 --> 00:44:58.539 who were afraid to go out 00:44:58.539 --> 00:44:59.059 to the battlefield 00:44:59.059 --> 00:45:00.739 day after day after day. 00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:02.480 They saw one act of courage 00:45:02.480 --> 00:45:03.759 and they were all inspired. 00:45:04.139 --> 00:45:04.960 This is what men do 00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:06.000 when they're with each other. 00:45:06.400 --> 00:45:07.380 One courageous act 00:45:07.380 --> 00:45:08.420 inspires the rest. 00:45:08.719 --> 00:45:09.279 This is why you need 00:45:09.279 --> 00:45:10.159 other men in your life. 00:45:10.719 --> 00:45:11.319 Do you have men 00:45:11.319 --> 00:45:12.859 who you see do courageous things? 00:45:12.980 --> 00:45:13.759 Are the men in your life, 00:45:13.839 --> 00:45:14.759 the brothers in your life, 00:45:14.839 --> 00:45:15.759 the friends in your life 00:45:15.759 --> 00:45:16.259 who are men, 00:45:16.639 --> 00:45:17.279 do they do things 00:45:17.279 --> 00:45:18.059 that inspire you? 00:45:18.059 --> 00:45:19.019 If they don't, 00:45:19.099 --> 00:45:19.860 what's going on? 00:45:20.900 --> 00:45:21.820 And start with you. 00:45:22.159 --> 00:45:22.679 Are you a man 00:45:22.679 --> 00:45:24.039 who inspires the men around you? 00:45:24.840 --> 00:45:25.539 And are you building 00:45:25.539 --> 00:45:26.420 a brotherhood of men 00:45:26.420 --> 00:45:27.460 who inspire one another, 00:45:27.599 --> 00:45:28.500 just like David did 00:45:28.500 --> 00:45:29.199 to the Israelites? 00:45:30.360 --> 00:45:31.219 We get stronger 00:45:31.219 --> 00:45:32.059 through experience, 00:45:32.219 --> 00:45:33.239 proven track records, 00:45:33.360 --> 00:45:34.139 small wins, 00:45:34.659 --> 00:45:35.679 like David killing 00:45:35.679 --> 00:45:36.659 his lion and his bear. 00:45:36.739 --> 00:45:37.759 Before he killed Goliath, 00:45:38.019 --> 00:45:38.719 he killed the lion 00:45:38.719 --> 00:45:39.139 and the bear. 00:45:39.599 --> 00:45:40.840 And when he came to Saul 00:45:40.840 --> 00:45:41.179 and said, 00:45:41.259 --> 00:45:43.320 hey, I'll take on Goliath, 00:45:43.920 --> 00:45:45.059 his cries were, 00:45:45.159 --> 00:45:45.820 I've killed the lion 00:45:45.820 --> 00:45:46.219 and the bear. 00:45:46.219 --> 00:45:49.500 This uncircumcised Philistine 00:45:49.500 --> 00:45:50.599 will just be like one of them. 00:45:51.399 --> 00:45:51.579 Okay? 00:45:51.819 --> 00:45:52.980 I'll cut off his head 00:45:52.980 --> 00:45:53.899 and feed his flesh 00:45:53.899 --> 00:45:54.839 to the birds of the air. 00:45:55.579 --> 00:45:55.879 Okay. 00:45:56.519 --> 00:45:56.719 Okay. 00:45:57.279 --> 00:45:58.599 How did he talk like that? 00:45:58.899 --> 00:45:59.919 He killed the bear 00:45:59.919 --> 00:46:01.059 and the lion first. 00:46:01.459 --> 00:46:02.500 What's your proverbial 00:46:02.500 --> 00:46:03.079 lion and bear 00:46:03.079 --> 00:46:03.859 that you need to kill 00:46:03.859 --> 00:46:04.539 that you're avoiding? 00:46:05.099 --> 00:46:05.819 Go kill it. 00:46:06.379 --> 00:46:07.199 Go kill it. 00:46:07.259 --> 00:46:08.179 So when the giant comes, 00:46:08.239 --> 00:46:08.579 you're ready. 00:46:10.259 --> 00:46:11.379 Frank Thornhill says, 00:46:11.380 --> 00:46:12.380 stronger generations 00:46:12.380 --> 00:46:13.099 weren't fearless, 00:46:13.300 --> 00:46:14.119 they were practiced. 00:46:15.280 --> 00:46:16.360 Frank Thornhill also said, 00:46:16.460 --> 00:46:17.160 strength is built 00:46:17.160 --> 00:46:18.440 in mundane commitments 00:46:18.440 --> 00:46:19.980 honored repeatedly. 00:46:20.920 --> 00:46:21.840 Do you have these? 00:46:23.200 --> 00:46:24.300 How do we get stronger 00:46:24.300 --> 00:46:24.920 and more courageous? 00:46:25.059 --> 00:46:25.840 We take risks. 00:46:25.960 --> 00:46:27.039 We do what we're afraid of. 00:46:27.079 --> 00:46:28.000 You face your fears. 00:46:28.800 --> 00:46:29.780 How do we get stronger? 00:46:29.880 --> 00:46:30.680 We go to the Lord. 00:46:31.019 --> 00:46:31.660 You're only as strong 00:46:31.660 --> 00:46:32.380 as your source. 00:46:33.019 --> 00:46:34.200 Ephesians 6.10 says, 00:46:34.300 --> 00:46:35.300 be strong in the Lord 00:46:35.300 --> 00:46:36.579 and in the strength 00:46:36.579 --> 00:46:37.300 of his might. 00:46:38.940 --> 00:46:40.240 2 Timothy 2, verse 1, 00:46:40.239 --> 00:46:41.599 be strengthened by the grace 00:46:41.599 --> 00:46:42.779 that is in Christ Jesus. 00:46:43.959 --> 00:46:45.899 1 Chronicles 29.10 says, 00:46:46.059 --> 00:46:47.139 in your hand are power 00:46:47.139 --> 00:46:47.699 and might, 00:46:47.959 --> 00:46:48.939 and in your hand 00:46:48.939 --> 00:46:49.939 is to make great 00:46:49.939 --> 00:46:51.219 and to give strength to all. 00:46:51.399 --> 00:46:52.019 Do you believe that? 00:46:52.599 --> 00:46:53.319 Do you believe that God 00:46:53.319 --> 00:46:54.399 is the source of your strength? 00:46:54.739 --> 00:46:55.359 Do you go to him 00:46:55.359 --> 00:46:55.979 to get strength? 00:46:56.059 --> 00:46:57.119 Do you believe every morning 00:46:57.119 --> 00:46:57.819 when you pray to him 00:46:57.819 --> 00:46:58.639 and ask for strength 00:46:58.639 --> 00:46:59.739 that guess what? 00:46:59.979 --> 00:47:00.899 He'll give it to you. 00:47:01.500 --> 00:47:02.779 That even when you're faithless, 00:47:02.839 --> 00:47:03.579 he is still faithful. 00:47:03.699 --> 00:47:04.419 Do you believe that? 00:47:05.339 --> 00:47:06.399 You won't be a strong man 00:47:06.399 --> 00:47:06.959 until you do. 00:47:07.059 --> 00:47:08.039 He is the source. 00:47:08.039 --> 00:47:10.960 You must be strong 00:47:10.960 --> 00:47:11.679 and courageous. 00:47:14.719 --> 00:47:15.659 We have to embrace 00:47:15.659 --> 00:47:16.800 weakness and brokenness. 00:47:16.840 --> 00:47:18.599 2 Corinthians 12.9-10, 00:47:19.440 --> 00:47:20.460 God said to Paul, 00:47:21.039 --> 00:47:21.579 He said to me, 00:47:21.599 --> 00:47:23.079 my grace is sufficient for you, 00:47:24.000 --> 00:47:25.300 for my power is made 00:47:25.300 --> 00:47:26.179 perfect in weakness. 00:47:26.340 --> 00:47:26.519 Therefore, 00:47:26.639 --> 00:47:27.539 I will boast all the more 00:47:27.539 --> 00:47:28.739 gladly of my weaknesses, 00:47:29.300 --> 00:47:30.360 so that the power of Christ 00:47:30.360 --> 00:47:31.239 may rest upon me. 00:47:31.300 --> 00:47:32.219 For the sake of Christ, 00:47:32.300 --> 00:47:32.500 then, 00:47:32.860 --> 00:47:34.079 I am content with weakness, 00:47:34.320 --> 00:47:34.820 insults, 00:47:34.900 --> 00:47:35.259 hardships, 00:47:35.539 --> 00:47:36.300 persecutions, 00:47:36.300 --> 00:47:37.700 and calamities. 00:47:38.080 --> 00:47:39.000 For when I am weak, 00:47:39.440 --> 00:47:40.260 then I am strong. 00:47:40.620 --> 00:47:41.519 Do you hate to be weak? 00:47:41.860 --> 00:47:42.920 Do you run from weakness? 00:47:44.220 --> 00:47:45.539 In the Christian ethic, 00:47:45.780 --> 00:47:46.900 it's strength. 00:47:47.820 --> 00:47:48.860 Weakness is strength. 00:47:50.340 --> 00:47:51.200 How do you get stronger? 00:47:51.280 --> 00:47:52.019 You weigh on the Lord. 00:47:52.380 --> 00:47:54.140 Isaiah 40, 28-31. 00:47:54.500 --> 00:47:55.120 Have you not know? 00:47:55.900 --> 00:47:56.580 Have you not heard? 00:47:57.240 --> 00:47:58.840 The Lord is the everlasting God, 00:47:58.920 --> 00:48:00.380 the creator of the ends of the earth. 00:48:00.800 --> 00:48:01.460 He doesn't faint. 00:48:01.539 --> 00:48:02.280 He doesn't grow weary. 00:48:02.720 --> 00:48:04.200 His understanding is unsearchable. 00:48:04.199 --> 00:48:06.419 He gives power to the faint, 00:48:06.539 --> 00:48:07.779 and to him who has no might, 00:48:07.859 --> 00:48:09.819 he increases strength. 00:48:10.639 --> 00:48:12.359 Even you shall faint and be weary, 00:48:12.699 --> 00:48:14.339 and young men shall fall exhausted, 00:48:14.480 --> 00:48:16.199 but they who wait for the Lord 00:48:16.199 --> 00:48:18.279 shall renew their strength. 00:48:18.599 --> 00:48:20.419 They shall mount up with wings like eagles. 00:48:20.519 --> 00:48:22.379 They shall run and not be weary. 00:48:22.519 --> 00:48:23.819 They shall walk and not be faint. 00:48:25.299 --> 00:48:27.099 We must go to the Lord to get strength. 00:48:27.539 --> 00:48:29.559 It actually says in 1 Samuel 2, 12, 00:48:29.619 --> 00:48:31.779 that the sons of Eli were worthless men, 00:48:32.059 --> 00:48:33.279 because they did not know the Lord. 00:48:33.280 --> 00:48:35.040 Why were they worthless? 00:48:35.240 --> 00:48:36.460 Well, they were totally weak. 00:48:36.560 --> 00:48:37.360 If they didn't know the Lord, 00:48:37.440 --> 00:48:39.100 they had no strength worthy of anything. 00:48:39.920 --> 00:48:41.260 Don't be a worthless man. 00:48:42.760 --> 00:48:45.000 1 Samuel 17, 36 said that David 00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:47.160 has defied the armies of the living God. 00:48:48.320 --> 00:48:50.340 He said, I'm sorry, he said Goliath. 00:48:50.780 --> 00:48:53.500 This Goliath has defied the armies of the living God. 00:48:53.580 --> 00:48:54.440 The reason he had boldness 00:48:54.440 --> 00:48:56.480 is because he knew that his God was greater. 00:48:56.860 --> 00:48:58.040 Do you know that about your God? 00:48:58.480 --> 00:48:59.680 Have you been filled with the Spirit? 00:48:59.760 --> 00:49:01.360 Are you continually looking to be filled with the Spirit? 00:49:01.360 --> 00:49:04.160 Look at the difference between Peter pre-filled with the Spirit 00:49:04.160 --> 00:49:05.800 and post-filled with the Spirit. 00:49:06.140 --> 00:49:06.940 He's a different guy. 00:49:07.840 --> 00:49:09.760 Do you embrace the filling of the Spirit of God 00:49:09.760 --> 00:49:10.980 and know that it's for you? 00:49:11.960 --> 00:49:15.300 In closing, I say the two verses I started with. 00:49:15.599 --> 00:49:16.700 1 Kings 2, verse 2. 00:49:17.420 --> 00:49:20.140 Be strong and show yourself a man. 00:49:21.079 --> 00:49:22.740 In 1 Corinthians 16, 13, 00:49:23.000 --> 00:49:23.840 act like men. 00:49:24.400 --> 00:49:25.000 Be strong. 00:49:25.440 --> 00:49:25.679 Amen. 00:49:25.679 --> 00:49:25.820 Amen. 00:49:25.579 --> 00:49:25.960 Amen. 00:49:25.960 --> 00:49:25.960 00:49:25.960 --> 00:49:25.960 00:49:25.960 --> 00:49:25.960 00:49:25.960 --> 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