The idea that being a man with a capital, male, male H means being a brutal thug, who burrs hard, lives in the gym pulling irons and makes a Neanderthal man look as true as saying that being a Christian means wearing a long one. skirt, do not shave your leg, wear your hair to the waist and be homophobic: idiotic stereotypes that only hinder our relationship with God, with others and with us. Being a true man, in the light of the Bible, has absolutely nothing to do with it. What to do with being an ogre verb, which values muscles above wisdom and peace.
To be a man of truth, in the light of the Bible, is to have posture and character and to treat others as you would like to be treated; it means knowing how to recognize mistakes, repent, and ask for forgiveness; is to seek justice with love. , promoting truth with sweetness and encouraging reconciliation with patience. ??
To be a man in the light of the Bible is to be a man like Jesus. ??
Jesus is our example for everything, including masculinity, he treated children with sweetness, women with dignity, friends with love, enemies with intercession and forgiveness.
The concept of biblical masculinity seems to have been lost and assimilated by extrabidal nonsense. A lot is associated with masculinity?In the churches !? with fierce and incisive speech, aggressive and heavy eyes, high fists and hard steps.
But firmness is not that. ? ?
Is it possible, and desirable, to stand firm by saying “Look at the lilies of the fields,” “Love your enemies?”And “Don’t pay badly for evil. “
Then someone comes and says, “But what about the episode of temple vendors?” as if this episode were enough to reverse everything Jesus said about how humanity should act and behave. that human beings do not have, that God can kill and be angry, but that if man kills, he harms one of the Ten Commandments and, if he feeds his anger and puts it into practice, he practices the flesh and sin. episode without seeing the theology behind it, without analyzing the biblical principles of the Gospel, without considering biblical hermeneutics, distorting the nature of the Prince of Peace and all his teachings, and believe that the sellers’ episode is enough to make Jesus a being who supports violence, aggression, and brutality. What a sad vision of Jesus’ masculinity.
To be sexist like Jesus is not to live with anger, but with love; it’s not frowning, it’s enjoying. It is not to live as a combatant, but to pacify. ” It’s not being explosive, it’s being patient. It’s not being emotional and evil, it’s kind and kind. It is not to be faithful to a sexist canon, but to be faithful to Scripture. “It is not to be hard, but sweet and humble in heart. It is not being impulsive, but having self-control and not reacting on the basis of fury.
As long as we associate masculinity with the behavior of UFC fighters, thugs, and warriors on the battlefield, we’ll be anything but men like God created us. We will be only sad shadows of the true nature of Christ, who taught us not to be. tough goats, but holy lambs of peace.
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