Heroism Belongs to God

1 Chronicles 29:11

Thine, O Lord is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.

Psalm 46:10

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Those are some verses to explain what I mean. I notice a lot of misconceptions said within the Real Life Superhero Community, in the part of the Community that I really don't even refer to as the actual Real Life Superhero Community. SHINO's. Super Heroes In Name Only. As I mentioned in another blog post, there are two superhero communities. The real war of heroism versus villainy, and good versus evil, is NOT like in fiction where one side is obviously good and the other side is obviously evil - at least not to the general public as a whole. In real life, both sides fight for the right to be called good and heroic. And then there's some people that want both sides to work together in harmony. But do you want the water you drink to be mixed together in harmony with poison?

Misconceptions I see a lot are when people say dumb things like "it doesn't matter what religion you are" or "respect all religions." Well, actually it does matter that you believe the truth. And what respect should the truth give to a lie?

Here is a dumb post from someone.

That's another misconception. Some people act like we get to decide which God created us. But we don't.

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12

10- And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

11- And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

12- That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Some will argue that Jesus said not to judge. And that's right. I'm not seeking to punish people for having a wrong belief. That's up to God. But I am seeking to discern what the truth is about God. Remember, even Jesus is said to have flipped tables when people gambled at church, and He confronted the pharisees for being self righteous hypocrites.

Matthew 21:12-13

¹² And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

¹³ And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

The reason I talk about God is not because I'm good, but because God is good. Often when someone does something good they say "Look at what I did." But if something bad happens they blame God. That's backwards logic.

Some people think "well, as long as you're a good person who does good that's all that matters." Well if you think that then read this verse.

Isaiah 64:6

But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Heroism belongs to God. Not people who twist the truth. And not to any popular people everyone likes and speaks well of.

Luke 6:26

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

Beware of those people everyone always speaks well of. If you really get to know them they're usually well liked because they never are willing to be hated for standing for what is right. They just want to please everyone. But you can't please everyone. By making nobody angry, you also won't make anyone happy.

I can't speak for others, but I don't believe I was born to be a silent spectator to just simply watch the world happen like some mindless robot. But that's not because I'm good. But because God is good.

I'm asserting (and it goes even without me doing so, but I'm asserting anyway) that God the creator and ruler of all things, decides what is heroic. Everything else is just people's opinions, which allows some to try to call evil "good", and good "evil". All heroic actions are meant to give glory to God, who sends us and works through us, not to the one doing the good deed. If your friend sends you a gift in the mail do you send a thank you card to the mailman who delivered it and ignore the one who actually sent it? Heroism is the same way in that it's all thanks be to God Almighty.