When the people arrived to this sermon they were handed a sheet of paper at the door, that read "HE MUST BE" on one side and on the other side it said "I MUST BE". Voddie uses this talk to speak to girls about what they should be looking for in a husband and to the guys he speaks about what kind of man they should be aiming to be like. (And note to Emily and Cathy: Apparently no one else names their child Voddie, because I have searched for it's meaning online and I had no luck, I'll keep you posted on my search)
~"More today then yesterday, and more tomorrow then today"
~What does the Bible say a man must be if he is going to call himself a husband?
~Ephesians 5:25
~He must be a man who leads in love (Biblical love)
~He must be a man who leads in The Word
~Ephesians 6:1-4
~It is the father’s responsibility to equip and mentor the children, who come into your home, to believe and to behave as a Christian
~The woman can share in the role of mentoring the children, but the man must be the head
~He must be able to mentor and disciple you in the scriptures
~He must be equipped to mentor and disciple the children that come into your home as well
~He must be a man who leads in righteousness
~He must be a man who goes out of his way to make sure that your purity is preserved
~He must be a man who won't ask you to compromise (sexually or in any other way)
~We live in a sexually charged society, but we need to flee sexual immorality
~Sex must be in the proper context, and that context is marriage
~I want a man who desires me to be holy and pure and helps keep me that way
~Ephesians 5:28-30
~He must be a man who leads in selflessness
~He must be a man who understands what it means to put others first
~He should do tiny things that say to you, you're first, and I'm here to serve you and meet your needs
~Men it is not going to hurt you to treat a woman properly
~It's not going to kill you to open a door, to pull out a chair, to walk on the outside, to watch your mouth around a woman
~It's not going to hurt you to learn to be a gentleman, it will help you
~Because men in our culture have no clue how to treat a lady, it doesn't take much to blow them away
~Feminism has men scared to be men
~Treat woman like they deserved to be treated, like they are precious
~Nurture her, protect her, and care for her
~When a woman is with a man they should feel protected and valued
~When a woman speaks, look at her, in the eyes, listen to what she is saying and respond to it
~If he is more interested in what he can take from you, then what he can give to you, then he is not the kind of man who leads in selflessness
~If he is not the kind of man who treats you like a delicate flower, then keep stepping, because what you are looking for Biblically is a man who nourishes who as he would his own flesh
~God created us to want this type of relationship
~The way God created all of us was for the men to be like these things and for the woman to respond to all these things
~Ephesians 5:31
~He must be a man who leads in intimacy
~Intimacy happens when I let someone into parts of my life that are not readily available to everyone
~Saying things like, "I have never said this to anyone else in my life before" that is intimacy
~It is saying "You have access to me, that no one else ever has before"
~Saying that "the marriage/the relationship is prioritized above all others," creates a hedge of protection around it
~Ladies, trust that God is creating a man who is worthy of being your husband, and being a living, breathing illustration of Christ and His church
~When you have the "He must be's" in place, then you have found a perfect illustration of Christ loving the church
~Men, instead of trying to conquer the woman of your dreams, focus on trying to become the man of hers
~He must be all these things
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