What is a real man?
What is a real man? Very good question, we can start with Jesus Christ, who is the epitome of real manhood, and an example to all, men, women and children, He came to earth as a lowly servant, was scorned, mocked and tortured for telling the truth, calling sinners to repent or perish, to deny self, pick up their cross, and follow Him, to stand fast, to abstain from all appearances of evil, to be holy as He is holy, to be perfect as His father in heaven is perfect, to obey Him if you love Him, and come out from the world and its vain attractions.
I could go on with many, many more commands Jesus proclaimed IN His short ministry, but you get the point I am trying to make.
A real man or woman doesn't blame God for his sins, by proclaiming he cannot stop His vile sins because he was born a poor sinner, or they believe Jesus took their place , and became their righteousness as the false teachers sells to the gullible masses(Billy Graham, Erwin Lutzer, Ed Young,) the list is endless, and those who think they are saved forever since they proclaimed a prayer years ago in their church, thus they are now covered because they confessed they were a sinner, and received Jesus into their heart, are not real men or women of God.
Jesus said the road is narrow, and few of the few will find it and be willing to count the cost of following Him the rest of their lives weather single or married.
Jesus said we must strive and agonize to enter into the kingdom, because many will try, and few will be able to!
A real follower of Christ has crucified his/her flesh once and for all in real repentance, see Gal 2-20 and 2 Corin 7-10-11, and now follows Jesus cleansed and purified in His heart and mind, putting to death the deeds of the body, cutting all known willful sin off at the roots, he then takes this message out to the lost masses and false churches, proclaiming truth at all cost, which will get him hated, mocked, kicked out of any false church for preaching the truth, and labeled a Pharisee, demon, and nut case!
few are willing to count the cost of denying self, and following Jesus on the narrow path, and this doesn't mean attending church a couple of times a week, doing some good deeds in the ministry, then living any way you please the rest of the time, indulging in the pleasures of the world, with no fire and urgency for the truth that has been long lost through the reformation that took the narrow way, and made it the broad way, and making men of God conform to many false teachings, perverting the purity of the message according to godliness handed down from the saints of old before the denominations got a hold of the gospel, and added in their not of obedience and faith, not of heart purity, and Jesus is their covering. Because if they had to obey from their heart, and this obedience to the commands of God determined their final salvation, then they would fall away, claim works, its not of works, when James clearly stated faith(obedience)without works was dead!
You could have a whole laundry list of good works, staying away from porn, drinking, fornication, adultery, etc, but still be defiled in your heart because you follow a lie that says you were born a sinner, with the sin disease and Jesus is the remedy, thus your abstaining from sin is just a good thing to do, but not mandatory for your final salvation.
A real man or woman will stand firm in the truth, not what is being taught today in most churches and ministries where you get saved in your sins, Jesus feels sorry for you, and declares you a poor helpless sinner saved by grace, and grace to most is a covering for willful deliberate sin, not teaching us to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, as Titus 2-11 says.
Jesus came to be our example of what a real man is, He didn't come to be our substitute, but to be our strength, and to set us free once and for all from the bondage's of sin and worldliness!
Real men and women follow His example, calling all to repent and obey Him, not confess, and trust He did it all for you!
Few will find this message appealing, many will write it off and hearsay and worse.
I urge you all to dig deep into the word, and what the early church taught compared to today, and you will see real men and women of God lived a holy and separated life unto the Lord, in great persecution and hated by the religious for standing firm for the truth and living a holy, separate and a peculiar life pleasing to their creator, where obedience from the heart was a final factor in their salvation!
A Saint or an aint?
Joh 10:27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
Either you are one or the other, no such things as a sinning saint! A saint is walking in the present tense with Christ, being obedient, pure in heart and deed, and listening to His voice, then they follow Him on the narrow road. Luke 9-23. A real saint as described in the Bible has crucified his flesh with Christ, Galatians 2-20, once and for all, hence I have been crucified, and thus they now walk in newness of life, 2 Corinthians 5-17. Cleansed and purified of all willful sin, through a real repentance and faith. 2 Corinthians 7-10-11. They must remain diligent and faithful to the truth, obey from the heart, and keep themselves undefiled from the world and its false ways! 1 John 2-15-17.
