THE MALE AS TEACHER AND CULTIVATOR!!!!

Genesis chapter 1







Today we are walking in: The Male As Teacher And Cultivator!!!!




Today we look to the word TEACH H3384 yarah--to direct, teach, instruct ; to point out, show











The Torah testifies...............






Leviticus 10:11





And that ye may teach H3384 the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.








The prophets proclaim..................




Isaiah 2:3




And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach H3384 us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.











The writings bear witness...........................









Judges 13:8




Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach H3384 us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.







The Male as Teacher and Cultivator




When a Man Teaches His Family Yah’s Word and Ways, He Attracts Yah’s Trust and Friendship.




The dominion assignments of teacher and cultivator are an integral part of Yah‘s purpose and design for the male. The importance of men‘s involvement in teaching Yah‘s Word to the members of their families and others within their realms of influence and of encouraging them in their personal growth needs to be recaptured today.




The Male as Teacher




We‘ve seen that Yah gave Adam specific instructions regarding how mankind should live and work in the Garden, and that He left it up to Adam to communicate to Eve what he had been told. In this way, Yah set the precedent for the male to be the primary teacher of the family.




Some men believe that because they have a responsibility to teach, they are more intelligent than women. If this were a matter of intelligence, many women would blow us away, men! Being a teacher doesn‘t mean that you are more intelligent—it simply means that your purpose is to communicate Yah‘s Word and will to your family.




Created to Teach




The male was created to be the spiritual leader and teacher of his family. The Bible says that if a wife has a question about a spiritual matter during church, she should ask her husband about it when they get home. (See 1 Corinthians 14:35.) Why? He is supposed to know the Word. Yet most women know more of the Word than men do. How can a man be a teacher if he doesn‘t know the lessons?




Ephesians 6:4 says, “Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Most High.” Too often, fathers leave this responsibility solely to the mothers. This becomes especially difficult for women when the children reach a certain age in which they don‘t want to submit to authority.




Men need to set a strong spiritual example for their children, especially at that particular time in their lives.




Designed to Teach




As was the case with the male‘s responsibilities as visionary and leader, the man has been designed with the capacity to fulfill his purpose of teaching.




Teaching is in the nature of a man. A teacher is always going to tell you how to do something. Sometimes it appears to women as if men are telling them what to do all the time. Suppose a husband comes home from work and notices that the kitchen is in disarray. He tells his wife there‘s a more efficient way to organize it and is surprised when she says, ―Who do you think you are? I‘ve been slaving in the house cleaning and taking care of the children all day, and now you want to tell me how to organize my kitchen? But this is his nature. I‘m talking about the teaching tendency of a man now, not necessarily how he should communicate his information.




Why does a man always want to correct things? A teacher desires to give input. He wants to feel as if he is responsible for the progress of his ―class. Therefore, he gives instructions, advice, and counsel. Now, his advice might not be any good, but he still wants to give it. What his wife can do in this particular circumstance is to nod and say, with sincerity, ―Thank you for your suggestion and then go and do what she thinks is best. He often just needs to feel as if he‘s listened to and that his suggestions are appreciated.




One of the best things a woman can say to a man is, ―Tell me more. Encourage him. When you reject his teaching gift, you‘re frustrating his very nature. What he needs is to have this teaching quality built up in him. This is part of what a wife can do to show respect to her husband.




Teaching Attracts the Trust of Yah




Abraham was the first man that Yah called His friend (Isa. 41:8). Why did Yah like Abraham? We find out in Genesis 18. In verses 20–21 Yah indicated that He was going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah for their wickedness. Yet just before this, He said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?” (v. 17). He continued,




Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. For I have chosen him [“know him” KJV], so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Most High by doing what is right and just, so that the Most High will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him. (vv. 18–19)




Yah liked Abraham for the same reason He chose Him: He knew his character. What did He know about Abraham? “He will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Most High by doing what is right and just.”




Yah was saying, ―I like Abraham because I can trust him. I know I can trust him because his home is in order. I won‘t keep any secrets from him. Yah didn‘t say He liked Abraham because he spoke in tongues or worked miracles or even because he prayed. He didn‘t say He liked Abraham because he was a famous preacher, teacher, or evangelist. He said, ―I like Abraham because he will teach his wife, his family, his entire household the Word of Yah.




Knowing the Word




If a man doesn‘t have the knowledge and the capability to teach a woman the Word of Yah, then he is not really ready for marriage. Getting past puberty doesn‘t make you ready for marriage. Getting a job or college degree doesn‘t make you ready. I‘m talking about Yah‘s qualifications. As far as Yah is concerned, you are ready for marriage when you are able to teach your family His Word. If you are already married

but don‘t know the Word, you should make it a priority to study and gain knowledge of the Bible. You should go to a community where you can learn the Scriptures, so you can follow up on what Yah has commanded you to do as a man. You can‘t teach what you don‘t know.




How can you teach the Word of Yah to your family if all you watch is television sitcoms or Survivor or ball games? How can you teach your family the Word of Yah if all you read is Superman and Fantastic Four or Time and Newsweek? How can you teach the Word of Yah to your family if you haven‘t spent any time learning it yourself?




There are men who know more about sports than the Bible. They can name every baseball team, who plays on them, and who is pitching in the series, but they don‘t know the Word of Yah. They can instruct their boys in how to play soccer, but they don‘t know how to teach them to be sanctified.




Someone may say, ―The Bible is one thing, but I‘m teaching my boy how to be a real man. What are you teaching him? A young man told me how his father said to him one day, ―Come, I want to show you how to be a man. His father took him to his favorite poolside club, sat him on a stool, and told the waitress, ―Give this man a heavy drink. It‘s time for him to become a man now. He‘s sixteen. He told his son, ―Now, if you can hold your liquor, you‘re a real man. And while they were sitting there, he pointed out a nearly naked girl at the pool. He said, ―You see that girl? A real man knows how to handle her. This was a son being taught by his father how to be a man.




Some men think they‘re teaching their boys how to be men by taking them to ball games to watch men fight over a pigskin. They say, ―That‘s a man. A man knocks people down and beats them half to death on a ball field. You don‘t instruct your son in what it means to be a real man by teaching him how to drink or play ball. It takes a man to teach a boy the Word of Yah, to instruct him in the values and principles of life that will live on after the game is over.




Abraham was a man who took his responsibility as the head of the home seriously. And the Most High said, ―I know Abraham. I wonder—does Yah know you? Can He say about you, ―I know that you will teach your family the Word of Yah?




If you want Yah to consider you His friend, then become a teacher in your home. You have to be full of the Word in order to give it to your family. There are many, many men who still don‘t understand and appreciate the value of the Word of Yah for the fulfillment of their purpose.




Many men just drop their wives off at a community and send their children to school because they don‘t want to be responsible for their spiritual training. Abraham knew the Word, and he taught it. And Yah said, ―I will not hide anything from Abraham. Wouldn‘t you like to be the kind of man to whom Yah says, ―I‘m going to tell you My secrets?




A man who instructs his household in the Scriptures attracts Yah. No matter how much you pray and sing hymns, if you don‘t teach your household Yah‘s ways, if you don‘t give the Word of Yah prominence in your home by making it your guide for living, then Yah sees you as a weak man.




Do you know there are preachers who can preach you out of your seat, but who can‘t sit civilly with their wives at the dinner table? Yah is not interested in their preaching as much as in how they conduct themselves in their homes. Some people teach great theological discourses, and they can impress you with their head knowledge. But Yah says in 1 Timothy 3, in effect, ―Look, if a man wants to be a leader, first let him get his house in order. (See verse 12.)




Yah doesn‘t measure your ability to lead by your religious or academic qualifications. He measures it by your domestic qualifications. If you can take care of your children, then Yah says, ―All right, now you can lead My Ekklesia. If you can manage your home, then you can manage the house of Yah.