Spiderman: power and responsibility

There’s another line in the Spiderman movies that rings out again and again: “With great power comes great responsibility”.

This was another line that made me think.

One of the things about the gospel, the message of Jesus, is that it is a powerful message. But to anyone who has heard it, there is something of a responsibility placed on them as to how they then live their lives.

There’s a section in Luke that talks about the responsibility that comes with knowledge. Specifically, there’s a responsibility that comes with knowledge about God, about the judgement to come, about Jesus’ identity as Lord.

The phrase is “From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded”. So if you’re reading this and you’ve heard the story of Jesus, you know all about what he did, you know what happened to him and why the Bible says what it does, and you’ve not really made any kind of commitment to do anything about it, this part of the Bible comes as a bit of a warning. Make sure you think it through, have a read of the Bible, work out if what it says about Jesus is trustworthy, and then work out how you’re living your life.

Because the word about Jesus is powerful. It’s God’s words. And with great power comes great responsibility.