We are joined in this episode by Jamie Limato as we focus on the statement Mature Men Take Responsibility. As we talk we dig into the text of Genesis 3, talk about substitutes for Taking Responsibility and try and offer some vision for young men as they look to strengthen this area of their life.

The full statement from the ManDown Ethos can be read below

MATURE MEN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
One of the tragic things about the fall of mankind into sin is the rejection of responsibility that plays out in the lives of men ever since. In the garden as Eve was tempted we read that her husband Adam was with her. In the previous chapter he had been tasked with stewarding the instruction of God for the garden, including the warning not to eat of the tree they were now being tempted by. Instead of taking responsibility, he is passive and stands by while Eve succumbs to the temptation of Satan. When the time for accountability comes, he blames Eve, and he blames God, but never takes responsibility. Jesus, the second Adam accomplishes our Salvation by doing precisely the opposite. He takes responsibility for our sin and future, even though he had not sinned himself. As men who are being renewed to bear the image of God we endeavor to be people who take responsibility. Our families, our churches, and our society, need men who will take responsibility for the problems, challenges, and opportunities we face. Through doing so, we expect to experience the work of God restoring by grace, what sin has marred in our nature.

Genesis 3:6. [6] So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. (ESV)