{"id":21449,"date":"2022-01-15T00:01:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T08:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/?p=21449"},"modified":"2022-01-15T14:17:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T22:17:57","slug":"what-and-why-a-real-man-should-learn-as-a-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/what-and-why-a-real-man-should-learn-as-a-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"What and Why a Real Man Should Learn as a Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Every human being is a product of his mental environment.\u00a0 <\/span>His mental environment is the summation of the books he reads, the discussions to which he listens and speaks, and the people with whom he associates.\u00a0 <\/span>If you will show me those three things in a young boy\u2019s life, and lastly a look at his check book or other records that shows how he earns and spends his money,\u00a0 <\/span>then I will be able to tell you all about the youth, how he lives, and how he conducts his life, without ever having seen or been with him.\u00a0 <\/span>Once this information is known about him, his future can be predicted,..unless and until he experiences a complete spiritual makeover, a complete and total renewing of his mind, from and by his Lord, Master, and Savior, Jesus Christ.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now I fully realize that what I just said may come to some of you readers as a great shock, and you may violently disagree with me.\u00a0 <\/span>That is O K, I am only telling you the truth, so consequently there is no room for conjecture or argument.\u00a0 <\/span>The truth has always been and so will always remain,…unarguable!\u00a0<\/span><\/b> Now the ones among you who already know God\u2019s Truth about life will not be shocked at all, but rather with a slight grin on your faces, will simply give me a vertical nod, in total agreement with my words.<\/span><\/p>\n

Having a good, right, and proper view of God,….of fully knowing who He is, what He has done for all those folks who believe in Him, and what He promises for all \u201cBelievers\u201d in the future is critically important. Knowing His Word and the knowledge and provision that It gives to us, makes all of the difference in the world to each and everyone of us, regarding our personal protection, our divine provision, and most\u00a0 <\/span>importantly our eternal salvation and security after our physical death.<\/span><\/p>\n

The \u201cBlessed Assurance\u201d of spending eternity (a very long time) with God Almighty Himself, blissfully in what is known by almost all people of the world as \u201cHeaven,\u201d is not only a great and glorious comfort, but is also the solid foundation for all believers which guarantees us a long and happy life while still here on earth.\u00a0 <\/span>Hallelujah!<\/span><\/p>\n

The sad but ever-so-true facts are that the exact opposite is what is believed to be the case by a vast majority of the people alive today.\u00a0 <\/span>Most\u00a0<\/span>folks live and believe that the worst of situations somehow gains more reality than does the best of all circumstances.\u00a0 <\/span>They are bombarded daily with everything that is going wrong, with everything that is being damaged, destroyed, or eliminated, by the ravages of godless people around the world and how they are being injured, killed, or otherwise exploited,…and even by natural disasters that further are damaging the welfare of the population through no fault of their own.\u00a0 <\/span>Nothing good or right or proper makes it to the newscasts….only the evil and bad things are presented.\u00a0 <\/span>May I inquire of you,….What sort of mental environment is being fed into the minds of all those in our nation watching those type news telecasts?\u00a0 <\/span>Is it any wonder we have a nation of angry, unhappy, and violent people? \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Pathetically, a majority of men and women of this nation do everything within their power to eliminate God or any mention of Him from all of our sources of mental input.\u00a0 <\/span>We, for all intents and purposes, have \u201ckicked\u201d God out of all of our activities including our personal lives, our workplaces, our families, our governmental institutions which encompasses our government run public education systems.\u00a0 <\/span>And yet whenever these very same folks, who have led the charge to kick God and His Word out of their personal affairs,… run into trouble, hard times, or other calamities,… they always seem to be the very first ones who scream out to God for help, assistance, and protection.\u00a0 <\/span>Time for another Truth of Life.\u00a0 <\/span>You cannot deny or demand God to leave or be removed from your life activities, and then later expect Him or His Blessings to flow out upon you in your hour of need.<\/b>\u00a0 <\/span>God is indeed a loving and caring God, but He is also a very jealous and just God, and will never violate His own laws or His own character for any one person…be they a Believer or not!<\/span><\/p>\n

How is it the baseness, insensitivity, callous indifference, hardness, and sadism appear to our society to be more real than are pride, honor, compassion, courage, and sacrifice?\u00a0 <\/span>It appears from a quick review of matters of our people that we are more interested in raking up the \u201cmuck\u201d and \u201cjunk\u201d in other people\u2019s lives, that we scarcely ever lift our eyes from it.\u00a0 <\/span>Burying ourselves in lies, half-truths, disrespect, ignorance, and phony sophistication, we seem to always be believing that every good, positive, and uplifting action or activity in loving and serving our fellow man has\u00a0<\/span>hidden within it some sort of ulterior or crass motive,…some kind of hidden agenda for evil.\u00a0 <\/span>Such thoughts and activities leave little or no room for any type or kind of \u201chero\u201d to our society.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is my personal opinion, particularly as regards the education of our youth, rather than argue or squabble for more and newer innovation on the left hand and for a return to basics and common sense on the right hand, that we should encourage and teach something that is both:\u00a0 <\/span>an innovation and a return for the basics of personal aspiration and inspiration of the individual.\u00a0 <\/span>Of course, there can be no better way to do that very thing than to reintroduce great and excellent heroes and their accomplishments. Additionally, the youth of America needs to learn and know about the real historic and patriotic roots of our nation that were fought for, and won, at a very great and bloody price by and with those great souls who led the battle for our freedom.\u00a0 <\/span>This type knowledge and understanding is what our nations cries out for.\u00a0 <\/span>It is known as truth,…God\u2019s Truth,… and it is indeed the greatest need for America today!<\/span><\/p>\n

I humbly submit to you that once we begin to teach our youth, particularly our young men and boys, the real and exact truth as to how this nation, America, came to be,…how it was founded and the foundation on which it was built,…and the people who played the primary roles in its establishment corporately from a political, social, and most importantly spiritual standpoint, then and only then will we really be able to start correcting a bad situation that keeps drifting further and further off course from the original intent of the Founding Fathers!<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, of course, it is important to teach the basic academic disciplines of reading, writing, and arithmetic, but also proper spelling and usage of the words and sentences of the English language. Proper and complete understanding and application of punctuation and verb tenses is also a necessary must.\u00a0 <\/span>These are the things that make for good, proper and effective communication by and between human beings.\u00a0 <\/span>I further admonish that even a first-grade student should begin learning the proper social manners, and skills, and etiquette so necessary for successful living and interaction with others of his own or higher age groups.\u00a0 <\/span>Most importantly in connection with this basic education format,…a solid\u00a0<\/span>foundation of the real, true, actual and factual history of our nation and its people, Americans, must be taught!\u00a0 <\/span>I believe this is best taught by the telling of the true and real stories about those great men and women who played the vital roles in the establishment of our nation.\u00a0 <\/span>In addition, whether anyone likes it or not, the truth of this nation being founded as a Christian-Judeo nation cannot be hidden any longer.\u00a0 <\/span>The true facts need to be openly discussed and taught to all students who want the blessings and benefits of being an American!<\/span><\/p>\n

There will always be some bad along with the good.\u00a0 <\/span>That seems to be the way life works.\u00a0 <\/span>Consequently in the telling of these important stories of our past , we should tell some true stories about our good as well as our bad and corrupt members of our society.\u00a0 <\/span>We should offer our students as well as ourselves some real examples of human corruption, degradation, and duplicity being open and honest about it and it causes.\u00a0 <\/span>However, we should also teach our students about the best and highest qualities and personal characteristics\u00a0 <\/span>that our society believes our good men and women could and should possess and demonstrate.<\/span><\/p>\n

The fact is that every community of human beings has at least one individual within it who might be identified to students as worth admiring.\u00a0 <\/span><\/b>Every place of habitation occupied by human beings has within it a hero.\u00a0 <\/span>God Almighty does not make any junk!\u00a0 <\/span>The only way that society as a whole can learn about these type people is to read and hear the details of who they are, what they did, and how it impacted us as Americans in a positive and beneficial way!\u00a0 <\/span>This type training and teaching is the stuff that makes for growing good people and strong girls and boys into the leaders that God intended for them to be.<\/span><\/p>\n

Permit me to give a strong warning to all of you readers and to American society as a whole,….if we do not quickly return to teaching our youth what is the right, proper, and wise thing to do based solely on the explicit instructions of the God of the Universe, then we are running a great risk which carries with it a gargantuan load of frightening adverse consequences.\u00a0 <\/span>It is very possible that if we don\u2019t take and\/or make the time to teach the right things to our youth,…our children,….then the negative effects of the present teaching system which focuses on fear,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>doubt, and destruction will prevail within their little minds.\u00a0 <\/span>As a consequence we as a society will have to live and suffer with subsequent generations of men and women who really do not know who they really are and in what they may safely believe.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Holy Scriptures lay it all out in very simple terms.\u00a0 <\/span>We can all learn something critically important for us all to know concerning our own future.\u00a0 <\/span>In the Book of 2 Timothy, Chapter 1, verse 7 \u00a0<\/span>NKJV\u00a0 <\/span>the Bible says:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a07) \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u201cFor God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>love and of a sound mind.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Clearly we are not to live in fear and doubt, but rather in power and with a sound and accurate thought process amply filled with love, care, and concern for our fellow man and his welfare.<\/span><\/p>\n

God\u2019s Holy Word goes on to explicitly warn and instruct us to not be and not to stay ignorant of Him and His Laws.\u00a0 <\/span>He directs us to learn His Laws and to teach them to our own children.\u00a0 <\/span>It is all discussed in the Book of Hosea, Chapter 4, verse 6\u00a0 <\/span>NKJV:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a06) \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>\u201cMy people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.<\/b><\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Because you have rejected knowledge,<\/b><\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>I also will reject you from being priest for Me;<\/b><\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Because you have forgotten the law of your God,<\/b><\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>I also will forget your children.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

I really do not think that is what any of us want, but one thing about God that is for absolute certain,…He means what He says<\/b>.\u00a0 <\/span>No one can ever violate His instructions and expect any more of His blessings.\u00a0 <\/span>Repent, ask for forgiveness, change you ways and do things right in accordance with God\u2019s Laws and He will protect and provide for all of your needs!<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh yes,…these are the things that our male youth need to learn,\u00a0 <\/span>know, understand, and apply if they intend and expect to become real men!<\/span><\/p>\n

Be A Real Man and Always Act Like One……………..<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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