As is the man, so is his strength

 Judges 8:10-21

Gideon went up by the route of the nomads east of Nobah and Jogbehah and attacked the unsuspecting army.  Zebah and Zalmunna, the two kings of Midian, fled, but he pursued them and captured them, routing their entire army.

Then Gideon came and said to the men of Sukkoth, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me by saying, ‘Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread to your exhausted men?’” He took the elders of the town and taught the men of Sukkoth a lesson by punishing them with desert thorns and briers. He also pulled down the tower of Peniel and killed the men of the town.

Gideon replied, “Those were my brothers, the sons of my own mother. As surely as the Lord lives, if you had spared their lives, I would not kill you.” 

Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Come, do it yourself. ‘As is the man, so is his strength.’” So Gideon stepped forward and killed them, and took the ornaments off their camels’ necks.

Why?

As a man is PHYSICALLY, so is his strength

As a man is INTELLECTUALLY so is his strength

As a man is MORALLY AND SPIRITUALLY

As the man is IN FAITH, so is his strength.

http://www.premeditatedparenting.net/downloads/107_as_is_the_man.pdf

當我最近讀到《基甸》的故事時，我驚訝地發現故事結束了

基甸重複了父親的罪過。整個故事始於基甸的流淚

順著他父親的改變（士師記6:27），以基甸從事偶像崇拜而告終

自己（士師記8:27）。在某些方面，正如基甸的父親一樣，他也是如此。你不能怪

基甸的罪惡完全在他父親身上，但你一定想知道父親有多少榜樣

過著兒子的生活和男人一樣，他的力量也一樣！

我孩子生活的結果在很大程度上受到我自己生活的影響。我想成為一名

有志於讓我的男孩變成男人（女孩變成女人）的男人，而我想

自己做一個人，一個活得光榮的上帝人。

我的育兒努力絕不能始於孩子。他們還必須專注於

父母，即我。就像男人一樣，他的力量也一樣。

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這兩個城的人看不起這1:50比例。我們傳福音是否也怕不成比例。只要有神同在不怕敵人眾多。

這兩城不是政治的問題，而是是否與神敵我不分。基  乃是除去罪的原因。如果是我能下手嗎？將切悖逆神，體貼肉體之事，完全致死。

How?

To be a father, parent, we should so good example to affect our children, so what kind of our children rely on what kind of us.