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Wouldn't it be cool to have real live "superpowers? Fortunately, you don't need to be born a mutant in order to have the superpowers. All you need is the maturity to choose to realize you are not on God's page, confess that you are not on God's page, then get on God's page by accepting Jesus as your highest power (authority), and hen say on God's page. As incentives to get and stay on God's page, He, through His Holy Spirit, will give you, by His choice, any one or more of the following supernatural (metaphysical), seemingly mystical "god-like" hyper-capacities to automatically "on the fly" (taken from 1st Corinthians 12:1-11) be a tiny bit like God.
We all fantasize at times, and to various degrees, as to what superpower we would love to have. Only to be able to be invisible, cast lightening bolts or be able to read the thoughts of those around us. There are indeed superpowers to be had, not for selfish gain but rather for the benefit of all. To quote Spiderman, With great power come great responsibly. The one thing to note about all those powers, they all come from the same source, the Holy Spirit.
jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit - being grown up (matured/Christ-like) - is joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. The Bible tells us both what immaturity looks like, as well as what to expect from grownups. The naturally-accruing fruit (results) the Holy Spirit's influence is having become mature. While God may gift anyone of us in any number of different ways, none of those gifts above, as powerful as they are, are of any use to anyone unless in the hands of a Christ-like mature grown up. Because we cannot be completely trusted with them, they are all subject to God's Providence. Nothing happens, period, without God, 1) through His mercy doing it, 2) through His law orders it to be done, or 3) otherwise by grace allows it to happen. Though we may not like it, God, is in control. Taken from Galatians 5:22-23, these are what one should expect from a mature grownup: joy peace patience kindness goodness faithfulness gentleness self-control
Jeff Rader