Manhood and Christlikeness are Synonymous

Webster’s definition of synonymous is equivalent or similar in meaning, ! believe the heart of the statement is better represented in equivalency. Our goal as men should never be similarity with Christ but we should strive to not just identified with Christ but known with his name stamped on our fore head. To achieve this goal we must know exactly what kind of man Christ was Mark 10:45 best describes our saviors heart . The son of man came not to be served but to serve and give His life as a ransom for many. In contemplating what to write I had to ask myself what is it about Christ do I portray. Is it the time he drove the people from the temple . Or when he went counter culter and healed a man on the Sabbath....how about the time he sat with sinners and ate dinner with them ...or how he chose tax collectors and fishermen to be his best buddies. My favorite one though is when he discovered the men were going to kill the woman who was caught in the very act how he displayed strength love and compassion in the same breath defused and mesmerized the crowd gathered there to witness and take part in the execution of woman found guilty of violating law punishable by death. And he simply said go and sin no more.

To be Christ like we first have to know who Jesus Christ is . Modern ideology depicts a feeble blond haired blue eyed Jesus effeminate and soft hanging on a cross who chose to not fight. The bible depicts a man much different, The bible depicts a man who fought to the last breath ...in His words Forgive them they know not what they do. What power what love what strength displayed that Satan could not break him His love was given without repentance or excuse and he refused to exchange it even for His own life. We can just focus on His death the brutality one could argue that being scourged by the centurions was the final temptation of Christ ..being a man tempted in all ways the bible says yet found without sin don't you think he was tempted as the cat of nine tails whipped his back don't you think he wanted to just blast those fools call down some warring angels and begin to break some necks ....no instead the night before he chose to break bread with his betrayer and even allowed a kiss to be the way he was identified....an act of love.

What endurance what passion what love. What an unattainable idea that we could be like Christ. I am nothing but a coward in my own right. Definitely not a victim of sin but a committer of it.

I hope that one day I can be a real man like Jesus!!!!