When did you become a man? Men are often unsure.
Learning this can not only help us understand ourselves better but also help our sons become secure men as well.
When Jesus was twelve years old and His parents accidentally left Him
They didn’t find Him in a back alley playing with children. They found Him in the temple - Luke 2:46-47
After this event, the Scriptures say that He “kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men” - Luke 2:52
In the Jewish community today, when a boy reaches puberty (around the age of thirteen)
Bar means “son of.” Mitzvah means “the law”
He may have become a responsible adult earlier than twenty, but by then he had no excuse.
God calls us to an appropriate and excellent standard: His.
To be a man is to fully own your roles as an adult, husband, father, employee, neighbor, and any other role you choose to undertake.