Setting: Men's Ministry Conference
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Setting: Men's Ministry Conference in Milpitas, CA, January 2009
Title: Diagnosis: Gender Identity
Commentary: As part of a series, this presentation is a diagnosis of the loss of gender identity.
Main Scripture: topical
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Operation
-I am going to respond to each one of the problems I mentioned in the diagnosis
The loss of gender identity
The loss of gender responsibility
The loss of gender based mentorship
-and for each one, I am going to give the corresponding opposite
-that is how diagnosis and operation works
Create gender identity
-responding to the loss of gender ID, we need to go back to creation and find it
-in Gen.1:27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
-so, maleness is something that God has created
-femaleness is something that God created
-let’s warm up to this idea of male and female
Male and female exist in relation to each other
-if the female did not exist, the male would not exist
-if the male did not exist, the female would not exist
-so, to the degree you understand your relationship to a female is the degree to which you understand your male gender
-let me put it this way, most people (male and female) think that maleness and femaleness is self-contained
-meaning, you don’t need the other species to be a man
-meaning….I am a man because I am a man….doing manly things
-like hunting, fishing, getting a tattoo and growing a mustache
-or a woman is a woman if she does girly things
-like watch chick flicks, sip lattes at coffee shops, and gossip with her girlfriends
-you see how our gender concept is self contained…not connected to the other gender
-God’s design is that maleness and femaleness is best expressed when they are in relationship to one another
-so a man is a man in his relationship to a woman and visa versa
-these 2 species are made for each other
-the man and the woman have responsibilities towards each
other and the degree to which they are faithful to their responsibilities brings out their gender identity
-in other words, the more a man treats a woman right, the more of a man he is
-so, gender is expressed in a relationship dynamic
-a dynamic where they help one another
-where they are good for one another
-the man and the woman come together and develop a symbiotic
relationship
-animals in symbiotic relationship
-African Buffalo and the Ox Pecker
-the Shark and the Remora Fish
-2 diff. organism sharing mutual benefits
-you need each other
-and having a relationship where you need one another
-where we bring different things to the relationship
-where you complete one another, that kind of
relationship dynamic, I call, complementation
-a complementary relationship
-they need one another to become complete
-unless, of course, you have the gift of staying single
-so, a complementary relationship of blessing one another
-how do you do that?
-well, you have to take on your gender responsibility
-and God does not leave us in the dark but gives us a clear picture of gender responsibility, so….
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The loss of gender identity
The loss of gender responsibility
The loss of gender based mentorship
Operation
Genesis 1:27
Male and female exist in relation to each otherCreate of gender responsibility
Males and females must discover their gender responsibility
Gender identity and responsibility is tied to the image of God
We reflect God when we are like Christ
Christ-like responsibilityA man is like Christ when he concerned about the spiritual growth of his woman
A man is like Christ when he protects his woman
A man is like Christ when he provides for his woman
A man is like Christ when he learns about his woman in order to protect and provider for her
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