This catch phrase was made famous in the Spiderman comics & even more so in the Spiderman movie, & as with most catch phrases, it kind of loses its meaning from overuse in varying contexts (for another instance, "WWJD" doesn't mean as much to us now as when In His Steps by Charles Sheldon was written); but this phrase really means more to us as Christians than anyone! The principle is really from Scripture in the parable of the talents in Matthew 25 (among many other places).
I've started reading Isaiah for my devotions recently, & as I was thinking about how Israel was unfaithful to God so many times, it occurred to me that we should remember that they did not have the indwelling Holy Spirit at that time. The Holy Spirit filled certain individuals for a time for special purposes, but not like it is today for the church. The people of God still knew right & wrong & were still responsible for their actions, but they only had the promise of grace which we now have. In the church age (today) everyone who accepts Christ's death on the Cross as the substitutionary payment for his or her sin is immediately indwelt by God's Holy Spirit, who will never leave, therefore receiving the power to overcome sin & do right. Christians today have more power than God's children in the age of Law, so more is expected of us!
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