In the beginning... -Pastor steve

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. -Genesis 1:1

Scientists tell us that the universe has a beginning, confirming the very first verse of the Bible to be true. And when scientists say that the universe has a beginning, it is important to recognize that by ‘universe’ they mean: time, space and matter.  (You might enjoy the video below from William Lane Craig on the Kalam Cosmological Arguement for the existence of God.)

God is not part of the material universe; He is beyond space, time and matter. Scripture tells us that God is spirit (John 4:24). 

What does this tell us about ultimate reality? I am reminded that ultimate reality is not the material world around me.  Yes, the material world is real!  Yes, the material world is important - but not most important. What is most important is beyond… beyond the here and now… beyond me.

As Christians, we live not for the earthy home which is passing away, but for the heavenly homeland that is yet to come - our real home.

This world ultimately will not and cannot satisfy us because we were made for something more.

If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world. -C.S. Lewis