05.30 E of New Hope International Fellowship Osaka

1. A real man takes responsibility

Ephesians 5:23(NIV)
23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.

Ephesians 5:25(NIV)
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

Genesis 3:11-12(NIV)
11 And he said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?" 12 The man said, "The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it."

1Timothy 2:8(NIV)
I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing.

2. A real man has courage

Romans 8:28, 31(NIV)
28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 31What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Matthew 26:64(NIV)
"Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied. "But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven."

Galatians 1:10(NIV)
Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Galatians 1:1(NIV)
Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—

2 Samuel 22:30(NIV)
With your help I can advance against a troop with my God I can scale a wall.