True Gods

In one of the Avenger movies, Loki, an Olympian God is unleashing an army of evil alien beings so he can take over or destroy the earth. In one scene the Hulk who is a super human, super hero created by a radiation accident is fighting Loki. Loki says, “I am a God and you puny humans cannot stop me.” (or something like that), then the Hulk thrashes Loki smashing him into the floor several times until he is imbedded in it, as the Hulk walks away he says, “Puny God!” and all Loki can do is make a small squeaking noise. He is out of the fight until the end of the movie.

This is our reality: Loki represents Satan who wants to be God, he is a supernatural being created by the one true and only GOD. Humans who do not know GOD, who reject GOD or who try to serve GOD for their own agenda are represented by the humans in the movie who cannot resist Loki or fight against him. Christians are represented by the human super heroes who fight against Loki, they can overcome him but cannot destroy him and Loki can overcome them but not destroy them.

The difference is that in the movie the super heroes are self made or created by some weird unexplainable accident and Christians are made by GOD.

When we humble ourself through desperation or the realization that we are sinners and going to hell and only the Love of GOD demonstrated through Christ’s obedience and sacrifice on our behalf can save us; when we ask GOD to forgive us our sin by the Blood of Jesus believing in our heart that GOD has done it and confessing our salvation we are made the Children of GOD and joint heirs of GOD’s eternal Kingdom with Jesus.

When we fight against Satan we cannot destroy him but we can and should overcome him!

The other similarity between the movie and the Christian life is that the warfare never ends. We get victories and periods of refreshing, but the enemy never stops until the he is bound for 1000 years. Then he will be loosed and raise up another army to attack Jesus in Jerusalem, that will be the final battle in which Satan is cast into the lake of fire. Then a new heaven and earth will be created with a new Jerusalem and all Christians will worship and serve GOD eternally.

Study Psalm 82; Luke 12:4-7; John 1:11-12, 3:14-21, 9:4, 10:31-39, 14:15-18; Romans 1:16-17, 6:28-29, 10:8-13; 1 Corinthians 3:5-17, 15:12-49; 2 Corinthians 6:11-18, 10:3-6; Galatians 2:15-21, 5:1, 16-26; Ephesians 6:10-20; Philippians 2:1-18, 3:7-11, 4:8-9; Colossians 1:9-23, 2:6-3:17; 1 Peter 6-11, Revelation 12:7-12; 19-21