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The Power of One Man: Adam and Jesus 0:11 Hey, guys. Welcome back to session 2 of the Sleeping Giant Training Experience. In this session, I'm gonna do with you what I've done with hundreds of pastors around the world. I'm gonna show you right0:23 from scripture why activating men is not only central to God's plans and purposes on earth, but also bring home the lesson that whatever God models0:35 for us is meant for us in the church today. I call it the sleeping giant revelation and response process. You see, after training hundreds of churches, I've0:47 discovered that information about men's ministry does not build strong men's ministry in the local church, but a personal revelation of God does. I've also learned0:59 that it's only when the fear of connecting intentionally with and pursuing men is replaced with a personal encounter with God regarding the men in1:11 your congregation and community, that the calling, the motivation, and the fierce faith that is required for the process is there. So what does that look1:23 like, this revelation and response process? Well, let me walk through it with you and then we're actually gonna do it. The revelation and response process goes like this. Show me biblically.1:35 That's the core revelation. And when I show you biblically, then you can prioritize tactically. Okay? That's the core recognition. And when I show you biblically and you1:47 prioritize tactically, the next step is to move intentionally. K? There's the core reaction of this process. And you move intentionally without apology.1:59 K? That's your core reflection or thought. I've got the bible's mandate, and so show me biblically, prioritize tactically, move intentionally without apology. For what purpose? To2:11 grow exponentially. K? And that's the core realization of the process. You get church growth. K? So after we've been shown biblically, then and only2:23 then can the church prioritize tactically and move intentionally without apology. The result, God's plan and purposes for your local body expand exponentially,2:34 including growth in church health and in numbers of families attending your church. K? Doesn't what I've just described to you sound like the math of a2:46 great spiritual movement? Well, it is. A revelation and a faith response. We see it. We want it, and then we pursue it.2:59 So let's begin at ground 0 and create the framework for our discussion of God's pattern and purpose with respect to men. And we're gonna start with the headline3:11 from the book of Romans, interestingly, in the New Testament. In Romans chapter 5 verse 19, it says this, and this is ground 0 of show me biblically. Says this,3:23 for just as through the disobedience of the 1 man, many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the 1 man, many will be3:35 made righteous. Now what do you need to know about this passage in the Bible? K? We could stop right there. Why? Because this is the hindsight of the apostle Paul reflecting3:47 on Adam, revisiting Jesus, and reframing the gospel and world history in the context of 2 men. Now when I say this passage3:59 is the hindsight of the apostle Paul, what do we know about hindsight? Hindsight is synonymous with greater clarity as you are now squarely on the other side of an experience or4:11 you're looking back on history. And so now with 20 20 clarity, the expert in the law and the survivor of a personal confrontation with the living Christ,4:23 Paul, he reflects, and then he simplifies both the problem and the solution. And the keywords in Romans 5 19 are4:36 1 man. 1 man brings death to many and puts people in a condition of spiritual separation from God. The other man brings4:47 life to many and redeems that condition and redeems the connection with god. 1 man is the source of the problem. Another man is the solution. 1 is making a choice in the Garden of4:59 Eden, and the other makes his choice in the Garden of Gethsemane. 1 man can't deny himself in the moment. The other man denies himself, comfort for a5:11 crucifixion. 1 man says, my will be done. The other man says, your will be done. 1 man triggers a cycle of sufferings and5:22 tribulations. The other man triggers a cycle of salvation and transformation. 1 man brings bondage to people and the other brings freedom. Guess what? The devil gets5:34 to apply pressure to both men. In the balance, history and eternity. 2 men, 25:46 choices, 2 blast zones of impact. And so here's my question to you. What do you see when you see a man in your community5:58 or in your congregation? I can tell you what scripture sees. Scripture sees a stick of dynamite that is exploding its core character outward onto the people6:10 around them, causing great collateral damage for good in God or for self and Satan. What do you see when you see a group of men in your6:22 congregation or in your community? Scripture sees thermonuclear potential with the capability of changing the very fabric of6:34 communities and countries. When you think to yourself, do you think are men pivotal or incidental in the plan of God? Do you think are the men in the radius of our6:45 ministry under the same targeted moral pressure and spiritual pressure as Adam and Jesus? Do you ask, what are the consequences of the decision men are making under that pressure for our local6:57 church, for our families, and for the communities we find ourselves in? Why why all the questions, Kenny? Well, let me tell you why I ask these questions because your attitude7:09 about men reflects your ministry to men. And biblically, men are like enriched uranium. It's a powerful forceBiblical Pattern: God, a Man, a Mission, a Network 7:21 that can be weaponized and deployed into the spiritual battle. Their potential, just like weaponized uranium, is powerful. And as such, they are central to God's plan. And if you see men7:33 in this way, it means that we gotta take great care of the men in our possession and within our reach. It also means we should be making a concerted effort to7:45 prevent men in the community and the congregation slipping into the hands of the terrorist and falling under his control. You see, guys, because men are so powerful in7:57 their influence, for every man we release to the influence of culture, believer and nonbeliever, we just need to remember that his core nature in Adam will explode8:09 death outward to those around him. So when we think about men in the Bible, Adam was and still is ground 0. Now we're gonna dive more8:20 deeply into this topic later on in our sleeping giant training experience. But what I want you to see is this. I want you to see the pattern, this pattern we're talking about of God, a man, a mission,8:32 and a network of men below him in every age of biblical leadership. Okay? Now let's make a little application. For now, let me just say, I see the church8:44 all over the world struggling to deliver its mission unnecessarily. I see churches pouring massive amounts of resources into initiatives and staff8:56 unnecessarily because they lack a network of men who could very easily achieve those same ends if they were commissioned and equipped the right way. I see churches9:08 praying to expand their influence evangelistically in their communities, bring justice to women and children, transform lives, fulfill the great commission and the great commandment. I also see that God9:20 has already answered those prayers. And you know where they're sitting? They're sitting in the pews. They're sitting in the bleachers, and they're sitting in the peripheries of our churches waiting to be called.9:32 Pastor, he has given you the men. And just as with Moses, God is calling the church to move in a similar way, k, moving9:43 men from that audience position into the army of your leadership. So you've got Adam, you've got Abraham, and you've got9:55 Moses. But the question is, does the pattern hold? Well, let's talk about Joshua and then David and then Josiah. K? Joshua, Moses'10:08 next in line, he steps into Moses' shoes, and and then he organizes what are called the officers of the people, okay, to mobilize the people into the promised land.10:20 David, okay, he comes in and the age of kings, after the age of judges, he has a vision. And he has a big project, and he needs big10:32 muscle. How does David pull off the temple? Well, read 1st Chronicles 28, and you see he has 9 layers of men's network, all men who help him pull10:44 off the temple. During the age of kings after David, not 1 king was able to eliminate idols in the land except 1, Josiah.10:56 And Josiah, through aggressive modeling of spiritual commitment, aggressive mobilizing of the network of men in Israel, does he rid the land of idols?11:09 The only king, the Bible says, to accomplish that during the reign of kings, and that's in 2nd Kings 23. And then after the age of kings, you move into the age of prophets. And when you read11:21 the all the prophets from Isaiah to Malachi, you just need to remember they are specifically targeting men who have drifted from sons of covenant, the covenant of Moab and11:32 Deuteronomy 28, over to sons of culture. And the prophets target them to bring them back from culture over to covenant. K? 16 prophets,11:44 300 years of prophetic ministry, all sent by God to deal with 1 group, the men. K? Why deal with that 1 group? Because the men were the lead train11:56 car, The women and the families and the children were connected to them, and so were all the other people. And as the men went off track, they were pulling everybody connected with them also12:08 off track. And so there's a few pictures from the Old Testament. K? The the pattern is God, a man, a mission for that leader, and a network of12:20 men to help him pull it off. K? Now let's transition from the Old Testament to the New Testament. When we enter from the Old Testament to the New Testament12:32 discussion of God's pattern and purpose with men, a whole new dimension is present that that far exceeds, some of those pictures and observations we had in the old testament. The time forJesus' Model: Intentional Men's Ministry 12:43 1 off, men's ministry is over. No more messengers. No more burning bushes. No more, you know, prophetic, targets, no more old covenant pressures. We only have to12:55 look at the son of God. Now, in our revelation and response process, the revelation is now God himself showing us. Okay, the priority13:07 and the responsibility of inviting men to participate in this powerful thing called the advance of the kingdom of God. And it's very convicting in its simplicity and13:19 power. Jesus models. Jesus messages. Jesus mentors us in the process. And Jesus started with men. Now, I gotta say13:31 something. When you read or hear words, about Jesus starting with men, it's easy to be offended, k, in today's culture. And what I wanna encourage you to do is to13:43 try not to let the competing voices in your head kinda dumb this down. Don't rationalize it or justify another path to church building that considers your church13:55 culture or, the politically correct culture over the messiah's method of church expansion. Just for a sec. Okay? Because it would be easy to retreat at this point in the14:07 discussion because we know that we're called to disciple everybody. Okay? I know that. You know that. Jesus knew this too. So we're all in the same boat. Right? However, tactically, Jesus14:19 narrowed his focus and energy, k, to the 1 strategy that would achieve the best results for the kingdom. Reach the most people and create the healthiest14:31 expression of his church. Okay? The breadth and width, created by the numbers coming into the church required the depth and substance of14:43 leadership to move it forward productively. His church would need leaders. So he, while he was here, had to fully train men from his own ranks to ensure the14:55 quality. That's what Luke 6 40 talks about When Jesus says, and every man after he has been fully trained will be like his teacher. Okay? Job 1 for Jesus, start calling15:07 men and fully train them. 1 of the best books on ministering to and mentoring men is called The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert Coleman. And in that book,Pentecost to Paul: Awakening the Giant 15:18 he very meticulously and convincingly lays out the following pattern and progression of Jesus with men. I remember memorizing it in college. He says that15:30 that Jesus selected men, then he associated with men, then Jesus consecrated men, Then Jesus imparted to15:42 men what he knew. Then Jesus would demonstrate in front of men. He would delegate to the men. And then he would supervise those same men,15:54 and then those same men would reproduce. Selection, association, consecration. Okay? Impartation, delegation, demonstration, supervision, reproduction.16:06 That was Jesus. And what stands out to me as a pastor is the fact that Jesus modeled both a public ministry to large numbers of people and a private leader16:18 making ministry to a smaller group of men in the midst of all the public stuff. And before we move on to observe the connection, I want you to make a note of16:29 this. He used 1 as a tool to do the other. So what we see is public ministry and private leadership making. And we call in the sleeping giant process16:41 Jesus's way of doing men's ministry, the show how method, which is highly intentional and relational. Okay? And there's how it goes. The 1st step in16:53 the show how method is I do it and you watch. Okay? The 2nd step is we do it together. The 3rd step is you do and I watch. And then the 4th step is you do. K?17:05 Now when Jesus is walking the earth, public ministry and planned leader making ministry is happening at the same time. He's privately modeling, privately17:16 mentoring, privately messaging in the midst of everything that's going on. And this is what the call from the leader Jesus feels like if you're a man in his radius of leader17:28 development. He says, come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. That's Matthew 4 19, if you're wondering. And you know what that17:40 reflects? It reflects the what I call the trivecta of the sleeping giant revelation. And that is the priority of men to Jesus, the process of men to Jesus,17:52 and the product that he's seeking. Jesus calls men into the kingdom enterprise. He connects with them in the context of an ongoing public ministry, and then he communicates the tribal18:04 knowledge of the kingdom's in and outs. And when you look at it, the integrity of it and the simplicity of Jesus' kinda public private model, it's convicting18:16 and it's compelling. I mean, it feels very organic and very easy to engage. It has, that transcendent purpose for where the18:27 process is taking a guy who gets involved. It has the personal invitation. It has the investment in a man, and it has the mentoring feel that makes it sticky.18:39 And more importantly, what you see in Jesus is he knew that his process would get him the product. Keyword is sticky. Now when we talk18:51 about the revelation and the response, the revelation is this. Jesus Christ practiced intentional men's ministry. Pause. Let the paint19:03 dry on that 1 for a sec. Jesus Christ practiced intentional men's ministry. Okay? Now we want you to draw the right conclusion. Whatever Jesus models for us in scripture is meant for19:15 us today. K? So now having fully trained his core leaders, it was now time to wake the sleeping giant through Peter and through the 11 in Jerusalem as well19:26 as fulfill the promise of scripture and reach the Gentile world through reaching every man in every culture. So let's move to Pentecost.19:39 At Pentecost, God chooses a specific strategy. What does he do? He fills men with his spirit. He forms men with his holy spirit, and he transforms men through the holy19:51 spirit. God chooses Peter, and God chooses Peter's words very carefully when he gives a speech to announce and transact the birth of the20:03 church. Peter stands with the 11, and he starts off his big speech with this, men of Israel. That's how he starts. That's his target audience.20:15 Then throughout his speech, he refers to brothers, and then he refers to rulers of the people. So what is God modeling when he births the church? God tells20:27 Peter specifically to go after the men, and it's a transition. Peter is calling sons of covenant over20:39 to being sons of the new covenant in Christ. And so what happens? Men respond. Men are filled with the holy spirit. Men start breaking the rules, catch this, of broken20:50 male culture of the time just like Jesus did. They start relieving pain. They start reducing loads. They start raising spirits. They start reaching souls. Lots and lots of souls.21:03 K? People on the outside witness what's happening to these men who have been formed by centuries of Jewish culture acting out of21:15 character, and they can't deny it. They can't deny the transformational witness of God's power. What happens? Thousands are converted. They say, that's God.21:27 And the church is born through a transformational witness of men. Okay? So that's Pentecost. Well, flip forward in your Bible to now.21:38 There's the Jewish world. There's sons of covenant moving to sons of Christ and the world's 1st justice movement, which is really men's ministry. And then you have God choosing21:50 the the man named Saul in Acts chapter 9 to reach the entire non Jewish world at the time. So Paul is met and22:02 confronted by Jesus himself. Then Paul and Barnabas in Acts chapter 13 are called out of their men's group, okay, to reach the world. Paul starts22:14 training men. He starts bringing them along the journey just like Jesus did, public ministry, private leader making. Just watch how he picks up Timothy in Acts chapter 16 and and and 7 orThe Sleeping Giant Awakens 22:26 8 other guys that will eventually lead the church in the 1st century. Paul starts planting churches. He plants the men he's trained in those churches. And then just kind of in22:37 hindsight as he's now ministering to all these churches he's planted with all these men he's raised up, he tells us the strategy. He He gives us his insight into how'd you do it. In Colossians22:49 chapter 1 verses 28 and 29, Paul alludes to the sleeping giant that he's woken up. He says this, we proclaim him, admonishing23:01 every man and teaching every man with all wisdom so that we may present every man complete in Christ. Listen. For this purpose also23:13 I labor, striving according to his power which mightily works within me. That's Colossians 1 28 and 29. Admonition, proclamation,23:25 education, presentation, and completion of men. What does Paul understand? Well, he understood what Jesus understood. He understood the power and promise of men as well as the need to23:37 take advantage of their energies and expression and impact. So the great apostle doesn't waste any effort in his mission. So he directs his energy23:49 toward the intentional proclamation of Christ to men followed by the admonition of the men, the education of the men, the presentation of the men, and the completion of those same men in Christ. K? Eventually, he24:01 releases all those men to leave the early church all over the Mediterranean. And this is the same man who, upon reflection, summarized the power of 1 man. Remember,24:13 this is the, the same apostle who wrote Romans 5 19, which we discussed earlier in this training experience. This is the same apostle who said, for just as through the disobedience24:25 of the 1 man, many were made sinners. So also through the obedience of the 1 man, many will be made righteous. You see, the great apostle saw biblically, so he prioritized24:37 tactically,24:49 forcefully through forceful men as Jesus predicted in Matthew 11 12. So in order to achieve over 20 centuries of church movement, God25:01 decided that 3 years, 12 guys, and the indwelling power and leadership from the Holy Spirit would cover it. And reexamining this linkage is mission critical to the25:12 present condition and future health of your church and the church locally and globally. Now I want you to hear me. The hope of the world is the local church,25:24 and the untapped power of its men is also the hope of the local church. So the revelation of God in the Bible25:36 from Adam all the way through to the book of Acts now demands a response from you and from your church. And in the sessionsIn this video 0:00 The Power of One Man: Adam and Jesus7:11 Biblical Pattern: God, a Man, a Mission, a Network12:34 Jesus' Model: Intentional Men's Ministry15:08 Pentecost to Paul: Awakening the Giant22:19 The Sleeping Giant Awakens
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