CHRIST.. The Final Frontier

As a kid, Star Trek was a favorite of mine.  Not Captain Picard, the ‘real’ Star Trek with Captain Kirk Spock, Bones, and Scotty.  Who every week would pursue ‘Space.. the final frontier.. to boldly go where no man has gone before!’

Now fast forward about 50+ years and I can be found watching the National Geographic channel where frequently they do segments on our universe (SPACE) and beyond. 

Very cool stuff, and if you have not noticed.. it is a very big universe.

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I am amazed when watching these shows the passionate pursuit to understand this truly infinite universe.  Are there little green men on mars?  Was everything we know created from the BIG BANG?  What is a black hole, a super nova, dark matter… and much much more. Think of all the man hours and the MONEY spent in the pursuit of .. Captain Kirk’s Final Frontier. 

National Geographic channel also has many shows where archeologists and theologians seek truth in the great stories of our faith.   What is a very interesting bit of IRONY of biblical proportions is that astronomers, theologians,  and archeologists all should find at the end of their pursuits is a creator who in my opinion is the God of our Bibles. 

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So while Captain Kirk spoke that space is the final frontier, .. to explore the creator of the Universe instead of the Universe using scientific and Biblical evidence is the FIRST but most overlooked frontier. 

Is there a God?  Then is this God the God of our Bibles?
AND..  if a decision is made that there is a God, what is to be our relationship with Him?  Is it personal, or is God a lofty distant deity? 

Is there a spiritual realm beyond the physical elements in front of us? Is there a Heaven and Hell? AND.. 

Is there need for a SAVIOR for this world? John 3:16

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Personally, I believe in..  one God and He is the God of our Bibles.  I believe He is personal and His love and grace for each of us is beyond my comprehension.  I believe He is omniscient, omnipresent, and the creator of this vast universe that astronomers and Captain Kirk boldly pursue. 

I believe there is a way to God and it is through Jesus Christ the son of God (John 14:6), and that finding Jesus and accepting Him as our savior is the most personal eternity changing discovery anyone can make.

Jesus loves me this I know..  and Amazing Grace how sweet the sound.  The first is a classic children’s song/truth and the second is one of the great hymns/truths of our Christian faith.  To know these songs and to live them is life, and everything else is .. trivial pursuit.

I know needing a Savior sounds like church speak, but it is simply the truth that we all need a savior. We may pretty good folk, but to ignore the pursuit of our creator and realizing we need a savior should not be put off (Romans 3:23). 

My prayer is for those who have not accepted Jesus as their Savior.  It is as simple as speaking to God and to acknowledge your desire to understand and know Him.  It is to realize we need him as our glaring humanity is weak even when we are pretty good folk.

Blessings.. and may the force (aka God in Star Wars speak) be with you on this final and most urgent frontier!

Jeff ( Frontiersman? ) Larson

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