Be a man, act manly is a reasoned argument from Scripture (the Bible) on why men should act manly. Men here excludes transgender women who transgender to be men. They are not men, and never will be.
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First a Clarification
What this post is about is the biblical concept that God made men to be men. Acting like a man, like God has made (those of us who were born male) us men. This is not being macho or abusive towards women, children or others. That machoism is simply sin. It is taking the affirmative side of being a man too far, or really not too far, but into abusive sinful actions and attitudes that are wrong in themselves, just as wrong as a man being feminine.
God only Made two Sexes, Male and Female
Genesis 5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
This simple declaration of the Bible that God made male and female, and he made no more genders than this, is one of our starting points. If you study Satan’s deception of Eve, he uses straight out calling God a liar as one of his tactics. What God has said, Satan says the opposite.
There is a “thing” about being a man, and another about being a woman. The things involved here are important.
God made man in his own Image
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Genesis 9:6.
Humans are made in the image of God. But note that man was made in the image of God from the dust of the earth. Woman was made from the rib of Adan, so she is part of her man.
What does being made in the image of God entail?
Firstly, it involves having a soul, a spirit, a will. Being a created being and not the Creator, it entails being responsible and giving account to your Creator one day.
Romans 14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
God made man to be His Agent in Doing His Will
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Be a man, act manly
Brown The Devil's Mission of Amusement 7 page article from 1889. Hollywood in the church and her ministries. Brown was a student of C.H Spurgeon.
Excerpts:
Different days demand their own special testimony. The watchman who would be faithful to his Lord and to the city of his God needs to carefully note the signs of the times and to emphasize his witness accordingly. Concerning the testimony needed now, there can be little if any doubt. An evil is in the professed camp of the Lord, that is so gross, so brazen in its impudence, that the most shortsighted of spiritual men can hardly fail to notice it.... Amusement for the people is the leading article advertised by each... until the hideous fact has been proved up to the hilt, that "amusement" is ousting "the preaching of the Gospel" as the great attraction... The Concert is fast becoming as much a recognized part of church life as the Prayer Meeting; and it is already, in most places, far better attended.
"Providing recreation for the people" will soon be looked upon as a necessary part of Christian work, and as binding upon the Church of God, as though it were a Divine command, unless some strong voices are raised which will make themselves heard.
Read the 7-page article: Brown, The Devil's Mission of Amusement.
