Be Someone of This Book

Be strong and courageous. And how do you be strong and courageous? Do everything God has commanded you.

Let me say something especially to men. It’s for women, but I want to think especially of men and maybe young men out there. You wanna be strong, good. It’s part of true masculinity is a strength, a God given spiritual strength. Men, you want to be courageous, good, and you’re looking for a battle to fight. You want to give your life for something bigger than yourself, good, that’s an impulse I believe that is hard wired into us. And maybe you’re saying, “I wanna be a knight, a crusader, a soldier in the cause of some great conflict.” You want to prove your metal as a man, good. Here’s how you do it. Obey this book. Don’t settle for substitutes, don’t listen to the influencers in the manosphere who tell you something else. You listen to this book. Don’t you see the connection? Be strong. How do you be strong, what does it look like to have true strength? The courage God wants in your life is the courage to be a man and a woman of this book. Study this book. Don’t deviate one iota from this book. Don’t be afraid to do what this book tells you, to think what this book teaches you, to feel what this book tells you to feel.

This clip is part of the sermon “Steady On” delivered by Dr. Kevin DeYoung at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC on February 23, 2025.