Grace Party: Escape to Reality Greatest Hits, Volume 3 by Paul Ellis

He’s
already done so much that if they told his story in comic books, you could
never collect the whole set (John 21:25).
     
    And finally, a bonus point…
     
    13. Jesus is real. His story can intersect your story, and
when that happens you’ll see that it’s no contest. Jesus is the best!
     
    A word after
     
    Google Superman and Jesus and you
will find many websites devoted to showing the similarities between the two,
but as far as I know my article above is the only one that swings the other
way. And I swing waaaaay the other way. Maybe I’m not as big a fan of Superman
as I used to be. It’s all the internal conflict he has to deal with. And the
pretending. I just don’t get it. That seems way too stressful to me.
    If I was
Superman there’s no way I’d hide in a newspaper office. I’d be wearing my cape and
flying around all the time.
    Here’s a
serious question. If you could invite either Jesus or Superman to your party,
who would you invite? For me that’s an easy question. Superman would be dull
company; Jesus would be the life of the party.
    Can you
imagine Superman attending the wedding at Cana? First off, I don’t think Superman
would attend a wedding. Or if he did he wouldn’t stay long. He’s always got
places to go and more important things to do.
    Then
there’s the we-ran-out-of-wine problem. How would Superman fix that? I suppose
he could fly to the bottle shop, but does he even have money? How would he pay
for it? How would he carry six stone jars?
    The
Bible says Jesus “manifested his glory” at that wedding. That means he did his
first miracle there, turning water into wine. Superman wouldn’t give you a
miracle. He’d give you a lecture on moderation.
    “You
guys ran out of wine? You’ve probably had enough to drink then.”
    Thanks,
Supes, you killed the party. Everyone just went home.
    One of
the things I love about Jesus is that he is not a moralizer nor a Bible-basher.
Jesus is fun.
    That
couple in Cana who got married hit a home run when they added Jesus to their
guest list. I’m glad they did for they show us that life with Jesus is meant to
be joyful. Those who receive him are abundantly blessed!
     
     
     

     
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