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When Jesus died on the cross, God was solving His problem, not primarily ours.
We are of course invited to be joyfully partakers of that solution, BUT is a mistake to think that God’s main purpose is to solve human suffering.
What can we learn from babies growing up?
A baby instinctively thinks it’s the center of the universe and its mother is just a tool for convenience, much like its own hand. This is a scientific fact and it’s called object independence, or lack of it, in the newborn’s case.
The profound selfishness in babies is funny and cute, but at the same time, it is something we must get out of the baby at a good rate. When the child is eight there must be a comprehensive understanding of others and that self is not the center of everything – you are precious and beloved but you are NOT God…
The ability to realize your mother is a separate person with her own needs and wants should grow over time. If the baby does not mature properly then this realization never really happens and the result is that many, if not most adult males don’t understand their own wives’ needs and wants and are not able to meet those needs. Integrally part of meeting your wife’s needs is the ability to suspend your cravings and desires and to consider hers. Failure to do so is the main cause of failed marriages or failed relationships in general.
Babylon caters for long-term babies
The modern convenience culture of Babylon (the global village led by Hollywood and Wall Street) has made it easy for both pastor and baby Christian to fall into a very narcissistic relationship with God. The baby Christian simply lives the “God is happy when I am happy” life and the pastor is more often than not the enabler, who runs up and down like a good mother to facilitate this. The pastor charges 10% for this and gets a sense of also being God, although in a genie-like servant mentality, and so this perverse symbiotic relationship ticks over.
The modern convenience culture of Babylon (the global village led by Hollywood and Wall Street) has made it easy for both pastor and baby Christian to fall into a very narcissistic relationship with God. The baby Christian simply lives the “God is happy when I am happy” life and the pastor is more often than not the enabler, who runs up and down like a good mother to facilitate this.
Children are weapons
3 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward.
4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth.
5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; They shall not be ashamed, But shall speak with their enemies in the gate.
Psalm 127:3-5
If you had no mother you would not have had the soft landing required for a baby and would probably be a harsh Spartan-like soul.
If you had no father, you would often be insecure, a spoiled brat a powerlessness victim, or very selfish at best. You simply cannot give what you did not receive.
Strong and gentle
God’s ideal plan for family makes us compassionate and brave. Strong and gentle.
The hope is regeneration and church life is supposed to facilitate this but unfortunately, the human rights culture has invaded the church and so the system does not support fathering.
Reversing the effect in Malachi 4:6 is unfortunately not visible in most modern churches. We simply do not produce powerful, spiritually literate, adult males, who are safe (for women and children) compassionate, and bring bacon (emotional and spiritual bacon) home.
6 And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.” Malachi 4:6
Dramatic restructuring of church life is required
It is not quite clear whether the feminization of our culture is the result of the failure of the church or vice versa bit fact both the church and the world have fallen into feminism due to failing masculinity since the Second World War.
We can and must fix this.
