Get it Straight or Get Out - No Fakes Wanted - Go to Some Other Religion

Married men who call yourselves Christians: are you really? If you had to come down into a category of faith, where do you land? Do you sit under a blanket of Christianity because it is how you were raised? If you are living under a blanket of Christianity - do you walk the talk? Do you even know what the 'talk' or 'walk' is? Or are you just another one of those people who call themselves 'Christian' then proceed to live the way you want?

And do you wonder why you're not content? Why your family seems so distant? But why aren't you yourself happy? Answer the following questions and see how you rate:

1. Do you try your best to love the triune God (God + Jesus + Holy Spirit) more than you love your wife?

2. Do you try to hold your relationship with your wife - as flawed as she is - above all other relationships in your life EXCEPT for your relationship with God?

3. Would you die for your wife, really die for her, even if she is 'wrong'?

4. Do you try to ignore your phone if you are alone with your wife?

5. Do you try to respect ALL your wife's wishes?

6. Do you try to encourage your wife to focus on Jesus, God, or praying, in your advice-giving?

7. Do you try to lead your family in prayer (not just at the dinner table)?

8. If you only have time to either A watch a football game, or B rake leaves with your 4 year old, do you choose the rake knowing that it's a father moment?

9. Do you intentionally put aside time consistently to spend with just God?

10. Do you intentionally put aside time consistently to spend just with your wife?

If you answered ANY of these questions with the word "no" - you are not a Christian. Get out and go find another religion to call yourself cause you are only a frustrating joke for the real men who actually are intentional Christ followers.

LISTEN UP: As a Christian husband your priorities are: God, Wife, You, Kids, then every relationship follows these. That means, if you answer your phone while your wife is talking - your priorities are out of whack. If you are not actively seeking a relationship with God and also encouraging your wife and kids towards Christ, you're not really a Christian. (If you happen to be a man who lives in a family where your wife and kids are actually faithful believers who actually pursue a relationship with Christ, guess what? You ARE doing something right. It is YOUR job to lead your wife and kids to Christ - good work.)

If you are cultivating relationships that are not Christ-honoring, wife-honoring, kid-honoring, and self-respectful, you are not really a Christian. You are - a FAKE.

If you answered any of these questions, "yes", you are indeed a Christian leading your family as a reflection of the church (which is what you are called to do). Well done and THANK YOU. This world needs more men like you!