Lesson #10 6/04/00
To Lead, to Protect, to Provide
Intro:
1. What is
mature masculinity.
Senses the responsibility
that he has; keen awareness of the
responsibility that he has to lead, to provide for and to protect women.
Use Responsibility to stress the fact that masculinity is a God given
trust; not a right for men to exercise for their own self-exaltation or ego-satisfaction;
Need to ask
the question!!
The Male has a
responsibility to lead; but in what?
*** The first/foremost concept
of leadership is to direct things to bring honor and glory to God.
Observations here:
1. True leadership does not assume the
authority or usurp the authority
of Christ over her; it rather is to encourage it.
2. Is there a difference or distinction
between leadership and
dictatorship?
Sidebar!
Distinctions
between leadership, and dictator
1. A dictator only considers one opinion,
their own; don't ask for
input.
2. Is a man's leadership oblivious to the
needs and wants of a
woman? Does leadership do that?
3. One of the primary elements of mature
leadership is the sensitivity
to opinion/input.
4. Good leadership has the ability to
draw out the strengths of those
being led.
5. For the family, husband, wife and the
children, he says we're a team and we are here on earth for one reason, To
bring glory to God by doing His will.
2. What is
the mature feminine woman's response to true leadership?
Ans: To affirm
and to help that leadership move towards the established goals!
3. The mature masculine male is to provide:
Senses and assumes the
responsibility to ensure the logistic provision for his wife and family.
4. How is the
mature woman to respond to the provision?
She feels natural and glad
to accept the caring strength, leadership and the provision from a worthy man.
5. The mature
man is to protect: here we want to know what?
To protect her physically,
spiritually and morally by protecting her character/reputation.
6. Her
response then is to depend.
This speaks of expectation on her part.
** In these
characteristics we find the basis for God honoring relationships and for the foundation of a solid male - female
relationship at any level.
We
will only reach our max potential in our relationships as we also maintain our
spiritual relationship with God through Christ.