O papel do homem
A Bíblia define o papel do homem na família e na sociedade: líder servidor, provedor fiel, pai presente e marido amoroso, seguindo o exemplo de Cristo.
Marido e pai
O marido deve amar a esposa como Cristo amou a Igreja. O pai é chamado a criar os filhos na disciplina e instrução do Senhor.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for it,
4 And fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
19 Husbands, love [your] wives, and do not be bitter against them.
7 Likewise, husbands, live together according to knowledge, giving honor to the wife as to the weaker vessel, the female, as truly [being] co-heirs together of [the] grace of life, not cutting off your prayers.
Provedor e responsável
Quem não cuida dos seus é pior que o descrente. O homem deve trabalhar com diligência e prover para sua família com honra.
8 But if anyone does not provide for [his] own, and especially [his] family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an infidel.
10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this, that if anyone would not work, neither should he eat.
23 And whatever you do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord and not to men;
2 Then it behooves the overseer to be without reproach, husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, well-ordered, hospitable, apt at teaching,3 not a drunkard, not contentious, not greedy of ill gain, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous,4 ruling his own house well, having children in subjection with all honor.
Caráter e liderança
O homem de Deus é corajoso, íntegro e cheio do Espírito. Ele lidera pelo exemplo e guia sua casa nos caminhos do Senhor.
13 Watch! Stand fast in the faith! Be men! Be strong!
19 For I know him, that he will command his sons and his house after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment, that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which He has spoken of him.
18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled with the Spirit,