Third series of 33
A Man and His Traps
So
Gods design for manhood
Key life relationships and events
And this one, Idols: A Man and His Traps
I'll be satisfied if I just have a little mire.
Idol: over promise andunder deliver
Romans 1:21 For although they knew Him they did not honour Him as God
Two things
1. Key Realities
2. Understanding Temptation as a Man
- what is driving my struggles
The Sin beneath the sin
1. Ruthless Honesty
-pretending we have it all together, going through life wearing a mask.
David White "we don't want to be. Honest, we like living in our lie."
2. Struggle + Temptation
-something that distracts us from our purpose,
"we are either battling sin, actively sinning, or in the aftermath of sin"
3. Grace
-regardless of our performance, we cannot lose or get more of this gift.
Matt Chandler "when we stumble, run to God and not from Him"
4. Heart Change
-not just about behaviour modification
-behaviour modification without heart change is dangerous
All wrong behaviour goes back to a Heart problem.
-Idolatry: when we allow anything other than God to become the centre of our heart
Tim Keller "idolatry...the secret to change is always to identify the idols of the heart."
An idol can be anything - even a good thing
-Anything that competes with God for your hearts affections
Idolatry is built in a lie
-fail to bring lasting rest or refreshment
Idols come from legitimate desires
-to pursue food and sex outside of Gods purpose/plan for us leads to bad things
Surface Idols and Deep Idols
-top par of a deep iceberg, directly relate to some external behaviour
-lower part of an iceberg, the motivating voices behind surface Idols. Deep desires that rule our hearts.
Deep Idols cause the manhood behaviours that can devour us.
Control
Significant
Comfort
Control:
-fundamental lie
If I can just maintain influence or mastery ofer this situation. Then I'll be ok content strong and safe.
Functional Heaven: having certainty or dominance
Biggest fear: instability or weakness
Ways it can play or What if I lose my Jorge? Will I have enough money?
Projecting through the future,
experiencing panic attacks or over Anxiety
Significance
The lie: if this oerson______ginr mr worthy, then I will be important and acceptable
Functional Heaven: receiving affirmation and important feeling
Biggest Fear: rejection or humiliation
Ways it can play out:
An inordinate desire for recognition
Comfort
Lie: if I can maintain physical ease or relaxation____life will be more fun, easy, or forgiving?
Functional heaven: Pleasure and east
Biggest fear: boredom and responsibility
Ways it can play out
Avoid stress and responsibility
Constant consumption
Tendency to indulge first and ask questions later
Master the idol framework
Answer the idol diagnostic questions
(Booklets not quite here yet)
Discussion with men.
Martin twitch Group that going on a missions t ip tonight
That's all for now!
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