Manhood: A Front Line in this Battle

 

Manhood is under constant attack these days. Anything good is under attack. Evil is being called good and good is being called evil. Almost everything is upside down.

God created Man in his own image. That's Genesis 1:27. Any attack on manhood is therefore an attack on God Almighty and His design and intention for the world as well. 

One of the modern catchphrases intended by the haters of all that is right is 'toxic masculinity'. Rest assured there is no such thing. That is a lie straight from the pit of hell and hopefully this piece will make that clear.

You don't have to be able to bench press 400 pounds or split a 24 inch block of gnarled oak with one swing of a maul to be a man. What is required of you is a clear recognition of your role and a strict adherence to it. Stand firm in your faith and knowledge of what is right and holy. Do not be swayed. In all things, pursue holiness and righteousness for yourself and your family. Honour God first. Seek first the righteousness of God and He will direct your paths. 

As man of the house, you are under almost the same responsibility as a Pastor is of a church. To him whom much is given much will be required. It is your responsibility to ensure the path of your children leads to Heaven. Teach them discipline from the earliest age. Love your wife. Honour her in your devotion and fidelity to her. Defend her with fierceness, but see to her needs with tenderness. In that age old gender defining difference, you may not entirely understand her as her brain is wired differently, but a good rule of thumb is to do regularly or ahead of time what you think might please her, and avoid what will upset her, and, if she is Godly and reasonable, your duty towards her should not be difficult to fulfill. She, in turn, in the role God lovingly intended for her, will thrive and flourish, and support you in ways that will amaze and astound you when you take pause and extrospection to review them. When you employ the traits God built into a man, instead of ignoring them or forsaking them, you will feel a richness and fullness of life. The same goes for women. 

On that note, let's take a sidebar. Being a Lady is an enormous boost in overall satisfaction in life over her shaving half her head, dying the other side some crazy colour,  and wearing black makeup, a nose ring, black clothes with skulls on them, and black army boots. The first thing in someone like that that you will notice is how almost universally inconsolably angry they are. They have stepped outside of God's will for them and life from that point on is nothing but one unrewarding, unfulfilling, infuriating disappointment after another because they are living a lie perpetrated upon them from the powers of darkness. They will show up at 'pride' parades and be screaming and yelling and cursing and swearing in people's faces and threatening... and never give the impression of having one single solitary moment of enjoyment of their choices in life. Frustrated, dissatisfied, and unfulfilled in the extreme. We've all seen it. Dads, do not allow your daughters to fall into that trap! It is a bottomless pit of despair! Guide and protect them from it at all cost. And give your wives full reign to mold and nurture them into the lovely Ladies the Good Lord intended for them to become.

Okay, with that said, let's make something really clear and concise here: if you are a man and you have children, you are a Dad; a patriarch; a Pa; a Pappa; a Paw, or whatever, but not to be called 'Father'. The Bible is abundantly clear about that: 

Matthew 23:9 And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.

So, Dads; men: Raise your sons to also be men. Teach them suitable manly skills and lead them in appropriate male pursuits and imbue them with masculine attributes via exemplary role model behaviour. Impress upon them that bullying is cowardice, and that being right isn't determined by who is the biggest or the loudest. Through careful guidance and the right amount of prodding, show them how to develop Character and work ethic. The time is coming again, and rapidly approaching, when real, practical male knowledge and skill will be essential to survival. Real men built this nation, not the pantywaist milksops who took the credit for it and continue to do so.

The number of young men out there today sporting a beard to make the impression of being manly is a total embarrassment to authentic manhood. You know they would be entirely helpless except for their smartphone if they blew a tire anything more than a couple of blocks from an auto service garage. What a truly sad state of affairs. There they'd be, while the last of their Starbucks caffe latte gets cold, standing in a femininized, hip out, all-body pout, in their manbun, pale pink t-shirt, cutoff shorts and designer sandals, cradling their digital be all and end all in their soft as a 14 year old girl's hands when the tilt'n'load would show up and a real man would get out and walk up to help them out of their predicament. 

Progressives would say the tilt'n'load driver had 'toxic masculinity' because of his take charge ability and physical, practical skills. There is that neutering term that put the manbun fella in his present pickle. Nearly half of the girls I grew up with could change a tire. There is nothing toxic about that. What is toxic, as in contagious, is a feminized society. It can neither fend for itself nor defend itself, and that is exactly the breakdown we are witnessing today. It is no accident. It is planned, schemed, designed, and executed to be exactly that way. Marxism lays a country drugged and limp on its sofa, prime for ransacking the house. Men, do not allow that to happen to yourselves or especially to your sons! No matter how you will be despised, mocked, or ridiculed, do not let them be fooled by the lie of 'toxic masculinity' and then fall prey to it. Raise them to be men to protect them. Men stand immovably in the door when evil approaches. When you are old and feeble they can then defend themselves from what may come and quite likely you as well in the process. Plan for that now by bringing your cubs up to be kodiaks, not koalas. 

Boys are to be raised in a different way than girls so they never mistake who and what they are and where they are headed. Treat them with love, yes, but do not coddle them into becoming a feminized version of what they should be. Do not be deceived: Man was created in the image of God, so masculinity is a Holy trait, nothing less! 

'Toxic masculinity' is therefore a tool of the devil. Now you know and understand. It is plainly obvious once it is exposed.

The devil only desires to kill and destroy. He is a roaring lion, walking about, seeking whom he may devour. Make no mistake about it: The first battlefield is your mind. Never allow your sons to blur the lines between boys and girls. Tomboys are one thing, and usually naturally correct themselves at puberty or adolescence, but sissified boys are entirely another. Never allow that to happen to your sons. Do not allow them to cheat themselves out of holiness by robbing themselves of manliness! That will be your failure and to your shame! Be the role model and firm hand yourself that they need you to be and they will reward you by striding confidently into adulthood as straight standing men without peers in the secular world. 

 Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 

I love that verse. Stay inside God's will and that promise and blessing will be yours. Abandon God's will and that promise and blessing will be removed from you as you have removed yourself from Him. Rejecting manhood for anything less will nullify that covenant by your own desire, not God's, so don't blame any lack of satisfaction in your life on Him when it is your own doing. A very big part of being a man is having accountability. We must 'man up' to any of our mistakes, misdeeds or malpractices. In our foolishness or stubbornness we can stray outside of God's will for us, but the good news is, if we are genuinely repentant, we can be restored to Jeremiah 29:11 and all other passages like it through our Father's forgiveness. 

Ephesians 6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Make sure your children, boys or girls, know the Lord! This life is but a drop in the ocean of the Ever After. The end of this life is only the beginning of the next, which has no end, ever. Do your best to make sure their eternity is spent in the right place. The word 'admonition' is aimed at the children; the verse is your commandment from God on the matter, Dad! Notice how it says, "ye fathers"? It doesn't also say "and mothers"; that responsibility falls squarely on your shoulders, Dad! You so often see Moms bringing their children to church, but the Dad is nowhere to be seen. That is completely messed up. It is an abysmal failure on the Dad's part, because Ephesians 6:4 clearly reads that it is the patriarch's responsibility to see to it that his children know the Lord and seek to follow in His ways. Don't misconstrue that. It's your job, Dad, and don't you forget it. Don't make your wife have to fill your boots in that regard. As the man of the house the onus of your children's spiritual direction is up to you. 

Most men, being truthful, wish they could experience boyhood again, but no genuine man ever wants to be a girl! There is absolutely nothing wrong with being a girl, but there is everything wrong with a male of any age wanting to be a girl! And visa versa. It is totally against the way God created that individual. The Bible is very clear in that concern, stating that if we are not for God then we are against Him. Be particularly careful and wary of that. You do not want an eternity separated from God. That is the foremost punishment of hell, but certainly not the only.

A genuine man is firm but fair. He is humble rather than prideful. He boasts not in himself but in his Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. He is dead honest and always can be taken at his word. His word is his bond. He seals a deal with a look straight in the eye and a firm handshake and follows all the way through on his contractual obligations. He will not be susceptible to fickle trends or fads. He can properly judge an improper action but is forgiving where it is warranted. He will admonish or punish with temperance. He will admit it and apologize or make amends when he realizes he's wrong. His mouth will be clean. He will have nothing up his sleeve. He will not use his physical might for any immoral gain. He will never have innocent blood on his hands, but he will lay down his life for the innocent with nary a moment's hesitation. He will not give ground to evil, but stand firm against it, righteous in his stance, with eternal reward his promise. He knows his good works are but filthy rags before the Holiness of God but that meek, humble cognizance never hinders him from unceasingly attempting to do what is right and just.

A properly raised man is a true Gentleman; he is kind; he is gentle; he is loving; he is polite and considerate and courteous at all times. He has a particular soft spot for the elderly or handicapped. He is a tireless Provider, he is a fearless Protector, he is the Last Bastion between his family and the outside world, and he is the decisive final say in all things with fairness and a mind only for the best interest of all with and under him, never just himself. He uses firm logic and not volatile emotion to arrive at his decisions. He serves his responsibility with meekness and humility and a grave sense and understanding of the sober, withering duty dispensed unto him by God. It is not a carte blanche right to do any time as he pleases but rather to always do what is best for everyone involved; he is a steward of what has been bestowed upon him and he must always be mindful that he owns nothing, but God his Father owns it all and can take it all back without a moment's notice from a wicked and disobedient servant.

Never, ever be shy about your manhood, no matter what the 'new social norms' may be. Remember that being anything less than a man is backsliding and aiding and abetting an attack on God's Creation. Stand firm in your faith. No matter how much you think you understand your eternal reward for doing so, prepare to be astonished when God Almighty grants it to you Himself, where neither moth nor rust can corrupt it, and where thieves can never break through and steal it from you.

Now go forth, you mighty man of valor!