JESUS VS

Welcome

back to our sermon series “Jesus Vs”

God

will fight for you.

We’ve

looked at several comic book villains over the past few weeks and

asked how would they stand up in a fight with our Lord and Savior,

Jesus.

Let’s review: Thanos the merciless titan – mercy triumphs over judgment & Jesus has all power

Uatu The Watcher – Inactive God; Jesus is active: He pleads, forgives, redeems

Galactus the Devourer of Worlds – Insufficient God; Jesus is all-sufficient self-sufficient, Jesus sustains us

Venom – the symbiote of sin; the Sinless One has defeated sin but Jesus is also able to save and redeem the person bonded to sin

We’ve

talked about a lot of powerful characters: cosmic powers, planet

consuming powers, powers over time and space

But

there is one type of super power that we haven’t really addressed –

mental powers

We

were looking at villains who had mind-control powers:

Purple Man

– Zebediah Killgrave

The Shadow King

The Puppet Master

But

we decided to go with someone who is a little more well-known,

although he is not a villain…

JESUS

VS PROFESSOR X

Prof.

Charles Xavier is the leader of the X-men. He’s confined to a

wheelchair, but he has incredible mental powers.

He first

appeared in X-men #1 back in 1963.

He’s recently been

portrayed in movies by Sir Patrick Steward and James McAvoy

The

X-men have been a popular super group for a long time. They were

popular when I was a kid, but when my friends and I pretended to be

the X-men I don’t remember anyone wanting to be Prof. X.

There

have been several X-men video games, but I don’t remember any where

you play as Prof. X. His powers weren’t really exciting. He’s not

very physically imposing. His body is weak, but his powers are

incredibly strong.

Professor

Charles Xavier

He

is said to possess the most powerful brain in existence, to be the

world’s greatest telepath, and possesses vast psionic powers:

Telepathy

– able to read minds and project his own thoughts into minds of

others within a radius of 250 miles. With Cerebro he could connect to

every mind on the planet

Telepathic

Illusion

Mind

Control

Mental

Amnesia

Mental

Manipulation

Psychic

Blasts (Scanners)

Enemies

wear helmets to protect themselves

Genius

Intelligence

He

could basically control the world (or kill everyone).

Fortunately,

he is a good guy.

He

works for peace and equality between humans and mutants. He leads his

team of X-men to protect innocent lives.

That’s

not to say he doesn’t have his faults:

He has been a

manipulator

Illuminati

He has accidentally hurt people with

his powers

Onslaught

But

for the most part he is a good guy and works to do good.

How

does he compare to our previous villains?

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