Believe it or not, men were created to be forceful.
Not at birthday parties or dance recitals. But everywhere else. If you don’t agree, you might be part of the problem—that is, by the design of soft men who’ve been placed in positions of authority, we’ve created a couple of generations of males who are largely passive in nature.
A passive man isn’t necessarily effeminate. But he is one who’s too afraid to be forceful or violent when it becomes necessary. Yet, through his idleness, he demonstrates why God regards effeminacy every bit as abhorrent as other forms of sexual immorality. [see: 1Cor. 6:9-11] The result is that a community which tolerates this type of behavior only helps to advance the progression of a corresponding passive attitude among its fathers and leaders.
And that’s A Recipe for Confusion.
In the gospel account of Matthew, Jesus suggested that his cousin John [the baptist] was a rugged man, both physically and mentally:
“What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? …A man dressed in soft clothing? [Matt. 11:7b-8a]
Of course they didn’t.
Because John was the embodiment of male ferocity and tenacity, and Jesus was illustrating that John’s character was a pattern for others who desired to enter into the kingdom of the heavens. It wasn’t a cakewalk. Those who were really serious about doing it often had to fight for it:
“From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of the heavens is forcibly entered, and violent men seize it for themselves.” [Matt. 11:12] [βιαστής: (be-ôs-tāys) violent or eager person, forceful one] [my emphasis]
Soft men have always understood that emasculating a civilization gradually is highly preferable to engaging it with violence. It is, in fact, their only option for ruling over it.
But the Biblically “violent” man will never be misled by the distortions and lies proliferated in our feminized culture. He will boldly reject what is detestable in the eyes of his Master at the risk of being offensive to an ignorant heart.
He’ll seize that only opportunity to enter into what Jesus described as the kingdom of the heavens. [see: Matt. 13:1-52]
Will you?
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Posted: March 20, 2022 by cjournalme
Let Your Violence Be Holy
Believe it or not, men were created to be forceful.
Not at birthday parties or dance recitals. But everywhere else. If you don’t agree, you might be part of the problem—that is, by the design of soft men who’ve been placed in positions of authority, we’ve created a couple of generations of males who are largely passive in nature.
A passive man isn’t necessarily effeminate. But he is one who’s too afraid to be forceful or violent when it becomes necessary. Yet, through his idleness, he demonstrates why God regards effeminacy every bit as abhorrent as other forms of sexual immorality. [see: 1Cor. 6:9-11] The result is that a community which tolerates this type of behavior only helps to advance the progression of a corresponding passive attitude among its fathers and leaders.
And that’s A Recipe for Confusion.
In the gospel account of Matthew, Jesus suggested that his cousin John [the baptist] was a rugged man, both physically and mentally:
“What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? …A man dressed in soft clothing? [Matt. 11:7b-8a]
Of course they didn’t.
Because John was the embodiment of male ferocity and tenacity, and Jesus was illustrating that John’s character was a pattern for others who desired to enter into the kingdom of the heavens. It wasn’t a cakewalk. Those who were really serious about doing it often had to fight for it:
“From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of the heavens is forcibly entered, and violent men seize it for themselves.” [Matt. 11:12] [βιαστής: (be-ôs-tāys) violent or eager person, forceful one] [my emphasis]
Soft men have always understood that emasculating a civilization gradually is highly preferable to engaging it with violence. It is, in fact, their only option for ruling over it.
But the Biblically “violent” man will never be misled by the distortions and lies proliferated in our feminized culture. He will boldly reject what is detestable in the eyes of his Master at the risk of being offensive to an ignorant heart.
He’ll seize that only opportunity to enter into what Jesus described as the kingdom of the heavens. [see: Matt. 13:1-52]
Will you?
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