Man Enough To Stand Alone Series

Let me tell you something men. I love those odds. Standing alone is one of the most enjoyable things you can do when you are standing with the truth. Now standing alone with a lie, or standing alone with sin is no fun, but it is a great feeling to stand alone with the truth. Some of my best memories are times that I stood alone with the truth.

In the last days there will be a lot of people sportin’ a brand of Christianity that looks and sounds good but will be powerless. We are living in those last days. The world has seen enough fakes. They’ve seen enough weak-kneed, empty-headed, two-faced, finger-pointin’, big talkin’, no walkin’, wimpy actin’, church-playin’, Godless-livin’, non-givin’, doubt’n, pout’n, gossip-spoutin’, 3 strikes and you’re out’n, “I got problems big as a mountain”, cussin’ on Friday but Sunday morning shoutin’, Christians!

Elijah’s about to teach us a lesson we should already know: “that kind of Christianity won’t cut it!” When the chips are down, you’ve gotta’ have something real or you’ll be exposed as a fraud. A watered-down gospel will never light anyone’s fire for Jesus. And a thousand wishy-washy Christians will never have the impact of one man that’s on fire with the genuine power of the living God! If you’re serving God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength; be encouraged. You’re making an impact even when you can’t see it. If you’re faking it - you look like a Christian on the outside, but inside you know all the power’s gone out of your life, pay attention. God wants to light your fire again. I hope and pray we all walk out of this place on fire!

Authentic men were designed to lead, not follow. In 1 Corinthians 11:3 Paul states it this way: “Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.”

Men were created to lead. Adam relinquished his leadership in the garden when he refused to step forward with God’s word and lead his wife. This inaction is precisely what many men are doing in our generation, passively yielding to the feelings and emotion of the moment instead of aggressively leading with God’s truth.

After fasting for 40 days, Jesus was taken by Satan to a high mountain and shown all the kingdoms of the world. He then offered our Lord this promise: "All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me" (Matthew 4:9). This, of course, compares to Satan’s similar pattern of temptation to Eve and to Adam: “Eat and you can have it all!” For 40 days, the Father had led His Son into desolation; in one moment, Satan has shown Him delicious realms of glory. The contrast could not be stronger, and the contest between passions and principle within Jesus’ heart and mind could not have been more powerful.

Yet, this second Adam possessed a courage the first Adam lacked. Like Adam, Christ’s emotions cried out for surrender to the seductive glory being offered Him. But His will was resolute. His reply energetically resonates with the fiber of authentic manhood: