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Growing up I liked cartoons and superheroes.
My friends and I would play for hours pretending to be a superhero.
Of course we all had our favourite.
Spiderman was always a popular choice, I mean how cool is that you take something most people fear, getting bit by a spider, and you make that the origins of you powers.
Really though who hasn’t dreamed of having super strength or super speed like my man The Flash.
Another great story.
Struck by lightning now super fast.
Fast as the speed of light, faster even.
Then there is the quintessential superhero Superman himself.
I mean what power didn’t this guy have.
Strength, flight or high jumping, x-ray vision, heat vision, bulletproof.
Just avoid the Kryptonite.
Of course with anything this popular there is money to be made so rivalries developed between Marvel and DC Comics.
But one thing is certain whether you prefer Batman or Ironman, or whether you are a Superman or Captain America fan, one thing is for sure there are lots of different heroes out there and of all the heroes there is probably one out there that you would like.
As you may have guessed I want to talk to you about superheroes today.
There are lots of things that make a hero.
For example a longing for Justice to see the innocent protected and the guilty punished.
You also need people who put the well being of others ahead of their own.
With that said, We have all probably wondered what it would be like to be a hero, to be the one who saved the day.
Running toward what other run from, Maybe without the stupid costumes.
I mean who thought it was a good idea to put Superman’s underwear outside his pants.
I regress What if I told you each and every one of you has the potential to be a superhero.
Superhero
No this is not a campaign to get volunteer firefighters, truly heroes in our community though.
Nor is this an attempt to build a league of vigilantes, although that would be cool, probably not the best use of my influence, nor legal.
No I am referring to a spiritual superhero.
What do I mean.
Earlier I mentioned Marvel and DC comics.
Well both of there franchisees created a fictional universes filled with superheroes then they had these superheroes join forces within their respected universes.
Marvel created a team of Superheroes that called themselves the Avengers.
And DC had what they called the Justice League.
What of I told you that the bible is also full of superheroes.
In fact in we are given a list of some of these heroes.
Heroes of the faith if you will.
Today I want to look at this list of heroes and try to answer the question...
What does it take to be a Superhero for God?
What does it take to be a Superhero for God?
Faith
Me: I believe I told you the story of when I played in a band and we were in Dartmouth… tell story… In this story it was by faith that I laid out my fleece so to speak, but it was by Faith that the speaker heard from God and spoke into my life.
In this story the speaker acted as a hero for me, he saved the day.
Rightly so you might say no God was the hero, and you would be right, but God choose to work through the speaker who by faith was obedient thus he became for me a hero of faith.
We: When we exercise faith and God works through us we have seen people healed, provisions met, cars started, ask me about that one some time if you haven’t heard that story.
Some heroes have been able to read minds, to know details about things they were not there to witness, and so much more.
Doesn’t that sound like superheroes to you?
God: This whole chapter is dedicated to remembering the amazing things that these heroes of the faith did, or accomplished and how it was all by faith.
When God parted the red sea he didn’t use Aquaman, he is a fictional character.
No when God parted the red sea He used Moses a hero of the faith who was obedient to do exactly what he was asked.
You: likewise by faith you have the ability to do, witness and be apart of supernatural events.
Be it a divine appointment, praying and seeing the sick healed, speaking truth at just the right time, feeding the hungry, or really a multitude of things.
But you have to have faith.
We: We may not be millionaires with a bat-cave, but we serve a God who has filled us with His Spirit through whom we can change the world, at least for some.
There is no greater power in all creation than the power of God, and He chooses to work through us.
Meaning we have the potential to be Superheroes if we just have Faith.
Next Step: With great power comes great responsability
We are responsible to use the gifts and power God has given us to lead people to Christ, because only through Jesus can people be saved!!!
Over the next few weeks we are going to be looking at the stories of some of these Heroes of the faith and seeing what we can learn from them.
So are you ready to get your superhero on?
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