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What does biblical manhood look like for the Christian man? Biblical manhood for the Christian man entails being powerful physically and spiritually.
Now when we look at the effects of testosterone in the body, we know that testosterone affects the muscles and the physical body in terms of the strength, power and the size of your muscles, but it also affects your mind and the way that your brain develops. And so this hormone, which is central to masculinity, both affects the body in terms of how physically intimidating or powerful it is, and the brain and how powerful that is. This is God's design for the man.
Your focus, intellectual prowess and all of that is attributed to testosterone as well. And we see evidence of this in Scripture, where Christ, who is the last Adam, the last man, is said to be the power and wisdom of God.
Therefore, man is powerful and wise.
The strength or power in the mind brings about wisdom. This is why I mentioned in the beginning, that a man is to be strong physically and spiritually.
This is what the Christian man must learn.
The Christian man must learn to be physically powerful, meaning not lazy, able to lift weight, physically fit and ready for work and also spiritually powerful, moving the gifts of the Spirit, listening to the voice of God, being bold and courageous in the things that God wants him to do, and, of course, in the teaching and the building of the Church. The man is to be in the overseer or in the pastoral position. This is not given to women because of the design of man, which is to tend and keep, or, in other words, to build and protect. Again, testosterone goes hand in hand with this.
What does masculinity look like for the Christian man?
The Christian man is to be physically and spiritually powerful in Jesus' mighty name.
My Favorite Bible Verses About Manhood
The glory of young men is their strength, And the splendor of old men is their gray head. (Proverbs 20:29)
Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good. (2 Samuel 10:12)
