Ministering: Senior Pastor Shola Awobajo.
Text: Gen. 1:24-27.
“24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” KJV.
God is a God of Purpose; He created Male and Female for a Purpose. equality, quality, and worth, God made both genders the same. However, He assigns different functions to each sex. Eph. 5:22-31 gives the functions of Men and Women. Sadly, the enemy came in Genesis 3 to cause humanity to fall, thus, bringing forth a curse of toiling on the earth. God made us as gods on the Earth (Ps. 82:6), We were created to exercise dominion on the Earth. The enemy stole this privilege but Jesus came to restore what Man lost in Eden. The Enemy came to steal, kill and destroy but Jesus came that We may have Life and have it more abundantly.
God’s first assignment to Man and Woman is to be Fruitful and Multiply. Man must be restored back to his original state of a Total Man before he can execute God’s Agenda on Earth. May our Men not abandon their God-given assignment. Man can never function as originally intended by God without Christ. Christ shed His Blood to bring us back to God’s original purpose for our lives. May His Blood not be in vain over our lives.
What Makes a Total Man?
A. Good Leadership skills (Joshua 1:9-13)
- Must have discernment over whatever is happening at home
- You are the CEO of Your Family
- Lead Courageously and be Firm on what is right
- Don’t abandon your home, regardless of any pressure
- Never stop coaching and correcting in love
B. Stand in the Place of Honor & Respect
- Do things that we make your wife and children respect You
- Be the Priest at home and nourish the family with God’s Word
C. Accept Responsibilities (1 Tim. 5:8)
- Be a good manager of Your House
- Don’t emulate Eli who failed to bring his Children the way of The Lord
D. Trust God and Submit to Him
- Men are the Foundation carrying the weight of the family
- You can’t do it effectively without God, thus, depend on Him continually.
E. Be Humble in all Your Doings
- God adds more Grace to the humble and distances Himself from the proud.
- Pride goes before a fall
F. Love God with all Your Heart
- Reverence God in all your dealings
- Let Your devotion to God be impeccable
- Let God have the major share in your time and resources
G. Let Your Faithfulness be Perfect before God
H. Have a Repentant Heart before God
- Whenever you make mistakes, acknowledge it and ask God to help You.
Let God’s Word have the rightful place in your heart
God Bless You!
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