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Fatherhood \u2013 A Different Perspective<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
By Nathan Leal June 21, 2015<\/em><\/h5>\n
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\nWarning – This article is not for the weak sissy men out there living in denial. But then again, if it applies, maybe you do need to read this. There, I said it<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n
Over<\/strong> the last few days,<\/strong> I have been reminded by the calendar on the wall and my wife, that once again, Father\u2019s Day<\/em>\u00a0has arrived.<\/span><\/h5>\n
\u201cFather\u2019s Day!\u201d<\/h5>\n
\u2026Two words that some people do not think about when they say them.<\/h5>\n
Two words that can have various potential meanings.<\/h5>\n
\u201cFather\u2019s Day!\u201d<\/h5>\n
The day when the people of GOD gather for an assembly could be called \u201cFather\u2019s Day.\u201d But how many people think about our Heavenly Father when they read those words on a calendar?<\/h5>\n
Aside from that spiritual concept,\u00a0\u201cFather\u2019s Day\u201d<\/em>\u00a0is an earthly holiday invented to commemorate fathers. Hallmark loves it because they get to sell,\u00a0\u201cFather\u2019s Day\u201d<\/em>\u00a0cards.<\/h5>\n
Family members love it because it rallies motivation for the family to do something different.<\/h5>\n
\u201cWhat difference,\u201d you ask?<\/h5>\n
It is the scene that is replayed over and over, millions of times across the country, on\u00a0Father\u2019s Day<\/em>. Traditionally, the wife and children will wake up the father of the house; give him a card and say, \u201cHappy Father\u2019s Day!\u201d<\/h5>\n
He\u2019ll yawn as he awakens and will say, \u201cThanks.\u201d<\/h5>\n
They then say, \u201cNow take us to _____! (Fill in the blank)\u00a0on a picnic, on an outing, for a drive, shopping, out to eat etc\u2026<\/em><\/h5>\n
Most of the time, it is something fun. Why? Because it is –\u00a0Father\u2019s Day\u2026<\/em>and\u00a0Father\u2019s Day<\/em>\u00a0is supposed to be fun.<\/h5>\n
On paper, this day sounds like a good thing. It is good policy to acknowledge the father, because after all, he earned it\u2026right?<\/h5>\n
Fatherhood Erosion!<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
But this is where the story becomes interesting.<\/h5>\n
In the Judeo-Christian culture of yesteryear, a God fearing father was a staple of society. Fathers were the backbone of most households. Men stepped up to the plate and maintained their role at fatherhood.<\/h5>\n
Today, it is a different story, in today\u2019s culture of the new millennium, the father’s role has eroded. For the first time in American history, less than half of all U.S. households are dwelling in holy matrimony!<\/h5>\n
The role of the father has been replaced with the temporary uncommitted partnership of a \u201cbaby\u2019s daddy.\u201d<\/em><\/h5>\n
Isn\u2019t that something? A child\u2019s mother now refers to the father as the \u201cbaby\u2019s daddy,<\/em>\u201d …or in the third person, \u201ctheir father.\u201d<\/em><\/h5>\n
In the old days, a child out of wedlock was the fuel for \u201cscorn.\u201d But today, out of wedlock<\/em> kids have become acceptable, trendy and even progressive.<\/h5>\n
And it is from this point of view that I would like to visit the meaning of the holiday. Because I submit this to you, in my opinion, Father\u2019s Day<\/em>\u00a0has lost its meaning.<\/h5>\n
Why? Because for the most part, society has nullified the role of the father. Based on my observation, out there in the world,\u00a0\u201cFather\u2019s Day\u201d<\/em>\u00a0is now a commemoration for what almost half of the adult male population did \u2026.they made babies!<\/em><\/h5>\n
Lost Virtue!<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
I am not trying to be unkind, but the stats reveal the truth. Society no longer values the moral virtue of marriage. When most households consist of people who are “shacked up,” the results speak for themselves.<\/h5>\n
Today in movies, the big celebration is not about “the guy”<\/em> asking “the girl” <\/em>to get married…it is about the guy asking her to move in with him!<\/h5>\n
And as Hollywood goes…so goes society…<\/h5>\n
Which fulfills Bible prophecy:<\/h5>\n
“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;\u00a0Forbidding to marry<\/strong>,….” 1 Timothy 4:1-3<\/span><\/h5>\n
The passage above tells us that the trend of “shacking up” is a part of Bible Prophecy.<\/h5>\n
So as people function in the new paradigm of societal musical chairs; moving in, moving out, and in the interim making babies….<\/h5>\n
I must ask, \u201cAre men who spread their seed without responsibility deserving of a\u00a0Father\u2019s Day <\/em>card?\u201d<\/h5>\n
My friends, I propose that if this day is observed from the standpoint of only procreation and picnics, this day it is not that special.<\/h5>\n
To the world, fatherhood has become the role with a missing pilot. It is a role that no longer has expectations. It has lost its nobility. Fatherhood has surrendered its biblical foundations to the excessive lifestyle of irresponsibility and pleasure.<\/h5>\n
But if you are a Christian, this cannot be your viewpoint of fatherhood. Your definition of fatherhood must line up with God’s statutes which is what we find in the Scripture.<\/h5>\n
And ladies and gentlemen, the world’s role of a father is polar opposite to God’s expectation of a father. According to Scripture, the father is supposed to be the priest over his house, the spiritual authority, the (here it comes folks) …the \u201chead of the house!\u201d<\/h5>\n
Unfortunately, this view is contrary to the world, i.e., Hollywood\u2026remember that TV show: \u201cEverybody Loves Raymond?\u201d<\/em> In that program, the dad is a bumbling idiot who also happened to be whipped by his bossy and overbearing wife.<\/h5>\n
In the old days of, “I Love Lucy,” it was Lucy messing up. Ricky was the authority. Not anymore!\u00a0 Society\u2019s view of men has evaporated.<\/h5>\n
Today, on TV, men have become a caricature of “worthless bobble-heads,” who are wimpy, brainless, and disposable. But that is the world’s view, which is a basket of lies!<\/h5>\n
Unfortunately, most believe it, and as a result, it is a viewpoint that is destroying Western society.<\/h5>\n
The Truth<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
But the real truth is –\u00a0It takes a real man to be a father.<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n
What is a real man? \u00a0He is one who began as a young boy, but then grew up and put away childish things.<\/h5>\n
A real man is one who learned the importance of the statutes of God and maintained the statutes for the duration of his life. A real man understands his biblical role to be the head of the house.<\/h5>\n
And also….here it come folks…<\/h5>\n
The Godly role of a father cannot be accomplished by man who tolerates being whipped by a feminist wife with a Jezebel Spirit!\u00a0 (Ouch! Did I just say that?)<\/h5>\n
Today\u2019s anti-God culture parades itself as trendy. But society\u2019s record reveals another story. A sad story that proves that the gender wars are an utter and colossal failure. A failure that has capsized manhood into confused men acting like little mumbling mice.<\/h5>\n
Society has capsized and inverted the genders.<\/h5>\n
Males acting like females, females acting like Butch Cassidy. This trend has been fueled by Hollywood entertainment. Today, TV metro-sexual men preen themselves.<\/h5>\n
Preen?\u00a0 What is that?<\/h5>\n
From the dictionary:<\/h5>\n
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  1. \n
    Preen- to clean their fur with their tongue- like a cat.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
  2. \n
    Preen- to dress or groom with elaborate care.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    I am not saying that men should be hobos\u2026.but come on! In today\u2019s new millennium, we now have confused fellows preening and primping with their oils and lotions. The only thing missing is mascara and painted toenails!<\/h5>\n
    Absurdity!<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
    In America, the statutes of God have been rejected to the point of blindness, confusion and absurdity!<\/h5>\n
    Absurd you ask? How?<\/h5>\n
    The pop culture of confusion indoctrinates our young boys with a gender backup plan! If fatherhood is not to their liking, no problem, go under the knife and try motherhood. No worries!!!<\/h5>\n
    These trends are convenient for a society that has no rules and when there are no moral absolutes, social creativity has no boundaries.<\/h5>\n
    We can now see the result!<\/h5>\n
    Today\u2019s anti-God social experiment has proven to be a failure! The end game of this failure is the present judgment that is now shaking this planet! God has had enough of this mess!<\/h5>\n
    As Christians, it is easy to see the world\u2019s choices as a mess of dark confusion. And this is exactly what we are seeing over the land; rampant confusion.<\/em><\/h5>\n
    Confusion!<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
    I know that these are painful words folks….but someone had to say it!<\/h5>\n
    \u201cFather\u2019s Day\u201d is a holiday on a calendar. But a man with a child does not make him a FATHER!<\/h5>\n
    A father is a Godly man who is the priest over his house and leads his family to GOD.<\/h5>\n
    Bambi can make babies!
    \nBugs bunny can make babies!
    \nA philandering fornicator can make babies, but that does not make him a biblical father.<\/h5>\n
    So what is a biblical father?<\/h5>\n
    A man that fears God and is training his children in the way that they should go.<\/h5>\n
    Why? Because someday he will give an account before GOD and because being a father is the greatest responsibility that a man with a child can have.<\/h5>\n
    By the way, men\u2026.Happy Father\u2019s Day!<\/h5>\n
    Nathan Leal – Watchman\u2019s Cry<\/span><\/h5>\n
    (Some portions of this article have been revised from a previous article<\/em> written in 2011)<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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