Dan’s Brains

On earth it seems that there are natural and supernatural happenings taking place. The earth is covered in vegetation, and as far as I can see it grows in a natural fashion, just as it was created to do. I have not heard of a tulip doing tricks, so lets move on.

Then upon the earth there are the animals, those who swim, fly and move along or under the ground. In my life I have had a pony, a cow, 10 dogs, 5 doves, 3 rabbits, 2 ferrets, 2 parrots, 1 guinea pig, a fish, and a cat. All of these animals were able to learn special tricks, except those with low brainpower (the fish, the cow and the cat). But I cannot say any of them proved supernatural. They only could be trained to do natural activities on command.

This brings us to the caretakers of earth, Human Beings (Gen. 2:15 “The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it” NIV). I believe humans are very different than other earth life. We have a soul, we can create from innovation not instinct, we wonder, reason, change, love, communicate at will. We are of the dust and yet possess a spirit. We long to be connected to a community and to a supernatural being, which I call God. In short Humans are physical beings and spiritual beings. We possess bodies, which will die and a soul that will not. We have physical limitations; we cannot fly, go in two directions at once, or live underwater. We have spiritual limitations, we cannot tell the future, read minds, know all things, or create from nothing. Humans are made in God’s image, but we are not gods. God does give supernatural gifts to his followers by his spirit, but these are for the common good read 1Cor. 12:7:

“Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines”. (NIV)

I do not at this point wish to discuss the gifts, only show that there are special gifts, from God’s Spirit, which brings good to the community.

I see no place, in the Bible, where any evil forces give supernatural powers to humans, mainly because they do not posses many themselves.

Often as I travel I hear stories about humans that have convinced people that they have supernatural abilities. The person talked about the most at the moment is Chris Angel from Mind-Freak. Chris is a great magician and actor, but has no special powers. I have met him, my son has had dinner with him and he himself, like most magicians, will tell you they are only entertainers. I invite you to watch Chris, on this video, try to prove this, with the help of a few magicians I know from Las Vegas.

I’ll let you think about this and I will continue this discussion next time.

Tags: Magic, Supernatural, Video

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