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Call to men: Biblical leadership: What does it mean to be a man?

Sermon Notes 


1 Peter 3:7

Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.


Colosians 3:19

Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

Ephesians 5:25-33

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 

26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 

27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 

28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 

29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— 

30 for we are members of his body.

 31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” 

32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 

33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.



  • Fallible husband, Powerful Christ
  • Giving in vs Giving Yourself
  • Loving Self vs Selfless Love
  • Selfishness seeks my own private good at her expense. Self-interest finds my good in hers. Giving in is a lazy, selfish kind of “sacrifice.” Giving of myself is typically demanding and depleting, but it is gloriously rewarding to find my good in hers.
  • Dutifully or Joyfully
  • “for the joy that was set before him” (Hebrews 12:2).
  • Her Sin or Her Sanctity
  • Our sacrifices and service will not prove
  • Convenient or Costly?


It’s a call to us men:
  • that we should take the risk of getting egg on our faces;
  • that we should pray like we’ve never prayed for help in this tremendous responsibility;
  • that we should be in the word more than we ever have been to know what God expects of us;
  • that we should plan things more than we do, and be intentional and thoughtful and less carried along by the mood of the moment;
  • that we should be disciplined and ordered in our lives;
  • that we should be tender-hearted and sensitive;
  • that we should take the initiative to make sure that there is a time and a place to talk to her about what needs to be talked about — this “her” could be a friend, a date, a colleague, a wife, a sister;
  • that we should be ready to lay down our lives in discharging this responsibility to be the leaders God is calling us to be



See more:


https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/love-your-wife-like-jesus-loves-her


Ask, Then Initiate

“The husband should feel a special responsibility to lead the family in a pattern of prayer and Bible reading and word

Headship is the divine calling of a husband to take primary responsibility for Christlike servant leadership, protection, and provision in the home.



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