{"id":23173,"date":"2022-11-10T05:36:41","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T12:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/uncategorized\/real-men-leave-your-legacy\/"},"modified":"2023-06-07T12:26:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T19:26:28","slug":"real-men-leave-your-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/uncategorized\/real-men-leave-your-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Men &#8211; Leave Your Legacy","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>FATHER: Leave Your Legacy<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-FATHER: Jesus Revolutionary Word \u2013 65X Matt-Lk; 100+X John<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-God \u2013 Father\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 XN\u2019s \u2013 sons\/children of God Father<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-BIBLE: \u201cfather\u201d 1600+ 1200+ men named (many fathers) = 2800 31,102 verses = 9%<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>What is covenant marriage and family?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malachi 2:10,13-15 Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?&#8230;And this second thing you do. You cover the Lord&#8217;s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. But you say, \u201cWhy does he not?\u201d Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God\u00a0seeking?\u00a0Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be\u00a0faithless to the wife of your youth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">=word <em>\u201ccovenant\u201d<\/em> 100\u2019sX in Bible. Hebrew \u201chesed\u201d\u00a0 translated covenant love, loving kindness, mercy, steadfast love, loyal love, devotion, commitment, loyalty,\u00a0patience, reliability<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><u>Jesus Storybook Bible<\/u> \u201cNever Stopping, Never Giving Up, Unbreaking, Always &amp; Forever Love.\u201d<\/p>\n<ol style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>XN in covenant w\/God. Jesus Head (New Covenant)<\/li>\n<li>XN in covenant w\/ wife\/family &amp; man Head (Adam in Garden)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">=Federal Headship \u2013 Federal comes from the Latin word for covenant<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><u>Covenant Head<\/u><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Singular headship\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &amp; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Plural leadership<\/li>\n<li>The head bears additional responsibility<\/li>\n<li>The head takes responsibility even when they are not at fault<\/li>\n<li>Jesus Christ perfect example male head<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>What\u2019s the difference between a contract and covenant?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><u>Contract \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 vs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Covenant\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between 2 people \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Between 3 people<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I seek my will\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We seek God\u2019s will<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You serve me \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We serve each other<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Performance is recorded \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No record of wrongs is kept<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Failure is punished \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Failure was punished at the cross<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Win-lose \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Win-win<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A professional relationship \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A personal relationship<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>=A Covenant &amp; Contract are like two hands = you need to use both <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><u>3 Kinds of People <\/u><\/p>\n<ol style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>CONTRACT: Win at work &amp; lose at home (all professional)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dumbest thing I ever said to Grace<\/p>\n<ol style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>COVENANT: Lose at work and win at home (all personal)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guy in biz no contract<\/p>\n<ol style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>CONTRACT &amp; COVENANT: Win at work and win at home<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>What is covenant fathering?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malachi 4:5-6\u00a0\u201cBehold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Men Love: Sex.\u00a0 Women \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hate: Marriage. Children<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>= Boy acting up kids ministry. Dad asked &amp; handled it. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Fatherlessness is THE cultural crisis<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Census \u2013 18.5 million children growing up w\/o their fathers &#8211; #1 world<\/li>\n<li>Roughly 25% kids NO father in home<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">85% teens w\/behavioral disorders \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 70% adolescents in drug &amp; alcohol treatment<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5X more likely to live in poverty\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9X more likely drop out school<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">90% homeless &amp; runaway children\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/america-crisis-fathers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/america-crisis-fathers<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Affects \u2013 1). Economic 2). Academic 3). Social 4). Criminal 5). Moral <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Males 25-29 11% idle w\/biofather 19% w\/obiofather \u2013 no school or work<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ifstudies.org\/blog\/life-without-father-less-college-less-work-and-more-prison-for-young-men-growing-up-without-their-biological-father\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/ifstudies.org\/blog\/life-without-father-less-college-less-work-and-more-prison-for-young-men-growing-up-without-their-biological-father<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Godly men are THE cultural solution<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Men \u2013 lie no difference between Christian and non-Christian men (husbands\/fathers)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><u> Bradford Wilcox \u2013 esteemed Sociologist UV, massive research <em>Soft Patriarchs, New Men<\/em><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u201cConservative Protestant married men w\/children are consistently more active &amp; expressive w\/their children\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u201c\u2026church attendance almost uniformly promotes higher levels of paternal involvement &amp; expressiveness among conservative Protestant family men.\u201d\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u201c\u2026religious attendance\u2026is associated w\/more empathetic behavior [for] married men w\/children\u2026\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u201c\u2026conservative Protestant married men with children are consistently the most active and expressive fathers and the most emotionally engaged husbands\u2026\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u00a0\u201cMen who are regular churchgoers are more likely to spend time in youth-related activities, they hug &amp; praise their children more often\u2026&amp; they yell at their children less than other fathers\u2026\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>= God is a Father. You are His son.\u00a0 HS gives you Father\u2019s Heart \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Discussion questions\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>If you had to pick one word to describe your father what would it be? Why?<\/li>\n<li>What part of the talk did the Holy Spirit highlight for you?<\/li>\n<li>How can we pray for you?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this sermon from Act Like a Man: Real Men 101, Pastor Mark preaches on having a covenantal relationship with wives and kids rather than a contractual relationship.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":6,"featured_media":23174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tpgb_global_settings":"","_eb_attr":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"13885,16378,17406,17955,17328,17292","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"ministries":[],"topics":[],"series":[],"tpgb_featured_images":{"full":["https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/110922-sq.jpg",1400,1400,false],"tp-image-grid":["https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/110922-sq.jpg",700,700,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/110922-sq-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/110922-sq-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/110922-sq-768x768.jpg",768,768,true],"large":["https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/110922-sq-1024x1024.jpg",1024,1024,true],"default":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/the-plus-addons-for-block-editor\/assets\/images\/tpgb-placeholder.jpg"},"tpgb_post_meta_info":{"get_date":"November 10, 2022","category_list":{"category":[{"term_id":1,"name":"Uncategorized","slug":"uncategorized","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":36,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false,"ministries":false,"topics":false,"series":false},"author_name":"Mark Driscoll","author_url":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/author\/pastormark\/","author_email":"hello@realfaith.com","author_website":"https:\/\/realfaith.com","author_description":"It's all about Jesus! <a href=\"\/about\">Read More<\/a>","author_facebook":"","author_twitter":"","author_instagram":"","author_role":["administrator"],"author_firstname":"Mark","author_lastname":"Driscoll","user_login":"pastormark","author_avatar":"<img alt='Avatar photo' src='https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mark-driscoll-200x200.webp' srcset='https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mark-driscoll-400x400.webp 2x' class='avatar avatar-200 photo' height='200' width='200' decoding='async'\/>","author_avatar_url":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mark-driscoll-96x96.webp","comment_count":0,"post_likes":0,"post_views":0},"tpgb_post_category":{"category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/category\/uncategorized\/\" alt=\"Uncategorized\" class=\"category-uncategorized\">Uncategorized<\/a> "},"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30715,"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23173\/revisions\/30715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23173"},{"taxonomy":"ministries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ministries?post=23173"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=23173"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=23173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}