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 up for it;
4 You fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter against them.
7 You husbands, in like manner, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.
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 own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat."
23 And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,
2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;3 not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money;4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
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 firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!
19 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that the Lord may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."
18 Do not be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,