if you didn't have a teacher society's teaching you today women are defining what it means to be a man afraid men are defining what it means to be a man unhealthy and healthy men are trying to Define what it means to be a man and the result of that is confusion what is a man I'm sorry what is a man I do politics not dictionary are you a man I think so what is a man what is it yeah what is a man what is a man you don't know uh do you do you know what a man is are you one do you know what a man is are you a man is that your your me are you a man so that's your response I'm asking you ask you answer me and then I'll answer you no I'm asking you what is a man I'm I'm a are you a man I always have a tremendous burden in my heart for young men especially in this time in which we're living when the world is in an upheaval when nations are being cast down rulers are being turned over to foolishness and God continues to reain these are the worst of times these are the best of times cuz I serve a king whose kingdom never ends I serve a king who is Incorruptible I serve a king who has proven himself to me by his own blood on the tree I serve a king who has never failed me in the few years that I have walked upon this Earth though all hell break loose I am encouraged and I am strengthened not by some inner will not by some inner Force but by the grace of God knowing that whatever comes whatever comes my Lord Reigns and his kingdom is just and I'm here today this evening I'm I don't care about words matter of fact I'm so tired of so many words with so little power I'm here today young person that you might be transformed that you might be changed that you might become something you're not that you might belong to him truly belong to him Lock Stock and Barrel every part of you that you would stop being a child that you would stop acting like silly little boys that you would become men men but true men not conformed to the image of some silly superhero it is not neither a hero nor super but conformed to the image of Christ and conformed also to that long train of men that for the last 2,000 years have laid down their life for him even now in many of the countries where we work at heart cry constantly we're staying on the phone we're staying in communication because brothers are suffering brothers are being put in prison brothers are dying a young man 21 years old a few weeks ago who works with our missionaries in myamar was shot to death now put that in light of this your video [Music] games my wife always says this if a man eating lion got loose in the United States of America it would starve to death because there aren't any men to [Music] eat I travel through the Middle East I travel through Asia I travel through Africa I see 15y olds 14y olds 16y old men and I come back here and I find 35y old [Music] boys there needs to be a wakeup call call a wakeup call but it is not Gathering you together and turning you into some kind of self-willed self-strengthening soldier we don't need that kind of men we need men who depend upon Christ and seek to be conformed to the image of Christ and are dedicated to Christ we don't need muscles we don't need strength of will we need men who know the word of God and depend upon it that's what we need I'm always reminded of a u a man young man that I knew that went into the jungle with me several times and there are places in the jungle that literally I've seen men break down in tears they can't go anymore but it really doesn't matter because they're so deep in that even if they took off at that very moment they still wouldn't make it out for seven or8 days they feel like they're in the middle of hell and this one man would go in with me this one young man he was scared of his own shadow if the boat broke down and we had to jump out in the swamps and get under the boat and clean it off he was terrified to do it if we were hiking Through the Jungle he was terrified of the snakes and the spiders and everything else that could get him but I so appreciated that young man why because he did it anyways even though he was so afraid so timid of everything he did it out of love for Christ and out of love for Souls we need soldiers we need young men willing to die cuz I want you to know that in this world today all over the world there are young men your age in prison who will die but will not back up not because they have muscles and can deadlift 405 lbs it's because they love Christ and Christ loves them and some of you young men need a kick in the pants you need to stop being babied while the world is about to tear us apart we can't even decide what bathroom to go in we need men we need men men men and I want to tell you something the state of things right now it'll take a great move of God to find any but nothing is impossible for God and know this although there's just compared to the population of the world there's just a few young men here God doesn't even need all the young men here just give me one just give me one just give me one and God can use that young man to change the world he can use that young man to change the world and again it's not about strength it's about him and we're going to see that tonight we're going to see that tonight before let's let's just take a look at 2 Corinthians 5 that's what was talked about earlier let's just go to it verse one for we know that if the Earthly tent which is our house is torn down we have a building from from God a house not made with hands Eternal in the heavens young man look at me look at me I'll be 60 in a few [Music] months I'm not going to get any stronger I'm not going to get any faster it was said of Robert Murray mcshain that God gave him a message and a horse and he killed the horse just pouring himself out there's not a whole lot left of me I'm more metal than I am bone on the inside my life it seems like yesterday I was nine a few hours ago I was 40 and in my full strength and now I'm almost 60 and tomorrow I will die nothing lasts he said for we know if the Earthly tent which is our house is torn down it's not if it's when it's when it is torn down everything you can live for in this world will be torn down everything if you have a handsomeness about you you will become ugly if you are strong you will be weak if you are fast you will be slow if you are rich you will die why would anybody live for [Music] this why would anybody have ambition for this life is this fast it is so fast and so few years are lived in full [Music] strength and then there's the decline and then there's death verse two for indeed in this house we groan Longing To Be clothed with our dwelling from heaven in so much as we having put it on will be found naked now listen to me you take the the greatest athletes that were great athletes when when I was 20 they were amazing they were on they were posted everywhere they were on TV they were praised they were applauded they were Champions they were Heroes now they're 60 and they're old and broken no one knows their name maybe they have a few Super Bowl rings put in a drawer or in a cabinet the best of everything for them is gone and it will never return my best has not even begun do you see that every day I get older every day I get weaker and every day I get closer to Glory we were driving here and there was this beautiful scenery over over the mountains and and the guys were talking look how beautiful that is and I says the the most beautiful scenes of Earth are God God's garbage can Heaven's garbage can ear has not heard eye has not seen it cannot be comprehended by the mind of of Angels or seraps or men the glory that awaits those who made Christ in Christ's service their ambition yes I Gran and if God gives me your more years I will groan even more but I thr with hope knowing one day the mortality will be swallowed up in immortality the corruptible and incorruptibility do you see that what a hope I have what a hope all the Servants of Christ have and that's what I want you to see young man everything is fleeting everything is wrong everything is shadow until you set your heart your mind your life on Christ that's all that matters it's all that matters [Music]