Rise up Men: the Church needs Godly fathers and husbands!!

Rise up Men: the Church needs Godly fathers and husbands!!

Who did the first sin in the garden of Eden? Man or woman?

You might say that the question who did the first sin has an easy answer, that is Satan. Here the question is about the Garden of Eden (GoE) and you might say it was Adam or Eve.

Before going into the discussion it will be good to answer some other questions which will be helpful for you to understand the revelation.

To whom did God give the command not to eat from the tree? I mean how many were there at that time? Adam, Eve, or both? If you read Gen 2:7 it is clear: “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” It was Adam. Eve was not there nor yet was she even created. God gave the instruction to Adam, “v15-18 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. And the LORD God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him’.” Here it is clear the instructions were given to man, and man has the authority to rule and subdue. It doesn’t mean that women are created as slaves, here God created women as help for man. A helper is one who helps to achieve the goal so if God created woman as helper that means man you need help and support. Without the support of woman you can’t achieve the goal; your pride may not allow you to ask help from woman, but women are created by God as men's helper. Not to control or manipulate, but to support and to help.

If you look at the Old and New Testament we can see God put man as the head of the family. It is not because man is better than women but for the functioning according to God’s plan. I do remember one of my friends who is in the ministry gave an example to illustrate why God placed man as the head of the family. Imagine you are standing by the side of the road and while you are waiting for some one you see a car coming with out a driver. What will you do? And next a car coming with two drivers, one steering, what will you do? Which is more dangerous? I think the second one is more dangerous. A car with out a driver is dangerous, it will go one direction and crash, but the second one is not predictable, no one can predict what is going to happen. In the first case people can move to the other side and escape, but car driven by two is unpredictable; it will kill more people than the first one. A family without a head is dangerous but, at the same time, if a family is being lead by two it will be more complicated, there will be more shaking and every one inside will be badly affected by this leadership war.

It was Adam's responsibility to communicate to Eve what he had received from the God. Likewise it is the responsibility of the head to communicate to his wife and children. Once it is communicated to the wife then it is a joint effort of the father and mother to instruct their children. Many times I was confused by the preaching of many people about the sin in the garden of Eden. This made me pray and think and ask for more revelation from God. After receiving the insight I released a teaching called ‘Power of the Imagination’. Even after that new teaching God kept on talking more and more about the responsibility of the men in this generation. That is the reason why I used the title ‘Raise up Men’. This is a message for this generation; we need Godly fathers who are standing for the truth and raising children in the order given by the word of God.

Adam failed to do that, he didn't communicate the word from the God exactly as it came from God. As I mentioned before Eve was not there at the time of the instruction given from God. The information Eve had was from Adam, but he added something extra to the word of God, that is the reason why when the Serpent asked the question, Eve gave the right answer according to her knowledge, because it was the message she got from her husband,

16 And the LORD God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die , Chapter 3, verse 3 except the tree in the middle of the garden. God said, ‘You must never eat it or touch it. If you do, you will die!’”

God didn't mention any thing about touching the tree, which Eve mentions to the serpent in Chapter 3, verse 3, so who added the extra to the word of God? Was it the devil? Or Adam? Or Eve? I think it was Adam, otherwise there was no other way for Eve to get the additional information. Even Satan couldn’t communicate that to Eve, because the whole Garden was under the control of her husband, so that nothing would happen without his knowledge. Then my next question is why Adam added the “Extra” when he communicated the word of God to Eve? There could be many reasons: 1) he might be trying to be over protective; 2) he might be trying to emphasise the seriousness of the word of God by adding the “extra”, making the word of God more powerful by adding the “extra”. However the extra was not the word of God but it was a manipulative or controlling word from the mind of Adam; 3) When God gave the word to Adam, he might have a desire to know what will happen if he eats? He might have many questions related to this fruit, such as what is restricting me from eating this fruit? So I think he was waiting for an opportunity. Now here is his helper, the companion; God created her to be a blessing for the Godly plan, but Adam misused his wife for an ungodly purpose.

Fathers in this generation should understand the fact that God placed you as the head to be a blessing to the family and community. Do not add to the word of God, and don't use the Word to manipulate and to control others for your selfish desires. If you fail to act when you are appointed/ supposed to act the consequences will be high. If you are not correcting or acting when your wife or children go wrong the consequences will be high. No one else is there to act, you are the one who is anointed and appointed for that.

With the knowledge and permission of Adam things went wrong in the garden of Eden.

His selfishness and manipulation lead mankind to destruction. Dear friend, you might be from a Cold or Hot climate (east or west); dear men we are not from Mars, we are created in the very image and likeness of God to rule, but because of the influence of Satan, sin entered into this world. It happened because Man didn't act when he was supposed to act.

When eve was plucking the fruit, where was Adam? Was he sleeping? Or had he gone shopping or for a walk? “6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves (Gen 3 .6 NRSV).” Adam was with her that time, with the knowledge and permission of Adam the Serpent talked to Eve, his wife. He might have been influenced by Satan even before due to desiring to eat the fruit. He was not able to overcome that temptation, but he tried to be in a safe place by allowing his wife to eat the fruit first, so that if anything happened he could escape from the danger, he could be a “good Boy” before God. Even after Eve ate the fruit nothing happened, so he might have thought Hmm .. God you lied to me.. you’re selfish. See nothing happened to Eve, she is still alive, so that means nothing will happen if I eat the fruit, and as the Serpent said I will be become like God. He was right because if anything happened she would have told her husband.

The Root of Feminism

According to the dictionary feminism means advocacy of women's rights and sexual equality. But in my subject the matter I am dealing with is the rebellious nature of women against authority especially against husband; I am not talking about human rights, I am talking about the ways God designed family. Man is the head of the family, and even in the ministry women should be submissive to a male leadership, especially husbands, which is not to control women but is about being accountable and under a covering. However, in this generation many people are misusing the word feminism as a tool to avoid accountability

and submission. In the garden of Eden man failed to use authority when is was especially needed, which is the reason why the woman was allowed to talk to the serpent. She took the fruit and ate it; he also ate it, man was silently allowing these things passively. He could have stopped her from eating the fruit, he could have stopped the conversation between Eve and the serpent, he could have led his wife in the right direction, but HE FAILED TO ACT WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TO ACT. THAT IS THE TRAGEDY IN THE HUMAN HISTORY.

Even in this generation many men think that character formation and the spiritual growth of their children are the responsibility of the wife. Of course she has some responsibilities but the man is the king of that house, the man is the prophet and he is the Priest. It is his responsibility to make sure of and take the initiative for family prayer, character formation, teaching moral lessons and many more. But how men are busy!! And they are not interested in these time consuming efforts. When children grow in their family the most influential person in the family is their father, especially for boys. Because of these reasons women are forced to do men's responsibilities too, but they are not designed for that purpose. Woman is not a substitute for men, unless there is no man. Sadly many men are not present to act, and to do their responsibilities, so someone has to act. This leads women to ask the question why should I submissive to a man, if I can do everything?? He is not responsible, and for him she is just a matter of pleasure, so in many ways man fails to do his responsibilities, so to avoid the matter of submission many women choose another women as their partner, so there are no submission problems and the same can happen for men too.

Nowadays, many women are trying to achieve the same authority men have. Read the portion Gen 3.16 which describes the curse for woman: “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;In pain you shall bring forth children; ‘Your desire shall be for your husband.’”

In some translations it says you will try to please your husband, but as a curse you will please your husband sounds weird. Actually I think the meaning of that part “Your desire shall be for your husband” is that women you will desire to have the same authority as man. That will be your desire but man is not going to give that authority to you, but he will rule over you, and if you try to control him he will control you and rule over you (forcefully). So now you can understand why this is happening in families and leading to broken relationships and even divorce and affairs.

If you don't want too see these things happening in your family, men you have to rise up.

Families should come back to Godly order, men should bear their responsibility. Love your wife, don't misuse your authority but at the same time you must use your authority. Especially in critical situations, like crucial decision making times. Women are created to support men to make godly decisions. Please don't try to control him and manipulate him.

Our generation need godly fathers, ones who knows how to take care of their family, use the authority given by God in a godly order. We need godly mothers who are submissive and being an example to their children, especially daughters. When they become a wife they will follow what they have seen and learned from their parents.

Raising the next generation is not the responsibility of your pastor, but it is your responsibility as parents; let our children learn from us and be proud of us.

A Big God Bless you.

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