Tonight in our study of Christian Manhood w
e learned that we need men in our life. The most important man in your life should be your father. As you grow older there are many other men with whom you will have the opportunity to listen, watch, and spend time with. These include relatives, men in school, men in the neighborhood, men at church, and men on t.v. The Bible tells us to watch men whose Christian walk shows that they are faithful servants of Jesus Christ and to use them as examples for your own life. Phil. 3:17 You also must withdraw from those who claim to be Christians but are living a sinful lifestyle. 2 Thes. 3:26 The things you take into your life by listening to, talking with, watching, and reading about men will determine what kind of man you will be. Prov. 4:23
To become a man of God you must listen to instruction, remember what you have been taught, and then practice daily so that when you reach physical manhood you will also be known as a godly man. Everyday you should be growing spiritually, emotionally, and mentally.
To learn to become a man of God:
*First, be sure that you are a child of God. Romans 10:9,10
*Pray now that the Lord will make you into a man He can use for His glory. Pray that the Lord will instruct you through His word and through men and women. 2Tim. 14,15
*Listen to godly men; listen carefully to the conversation of men of God, their instruction, their correction, and their teaching. Prov. 4:13, 20:18
*Talk with men of God as much as you can.
*Read about godly men; spend time with men of God, living or dead, in books. Read biographies and autobiographies of men that have been greatly used by God and men that have helped make this country great.
*Watch men of God; watch how they walk, sit, stand, express themselves, how they treat others, and how they do things.
