When I was eleven I use to watch all of the original Star Trek episodes. I carried a picture of William Shatner in my wallet, who was my hero. I finally grew out of it! Well, one of my favorite episode is the one where they run into a race of beings that had the power to cure almost any sickness. Accept that they did not use this skill because in order to make someone better, the disease or sickness would be "transferred" and manifested in themselves. Then they would miraculously heal. But for a brief time they endured all the pain and the hurt. As an act of self-protection, they became selfish and cold-hearted. Captain Kirk of course, taught them about compassion and they would go on to use their skills to make the universe a better place!
What would Jesus' ministry be without compassion? I am glad that healing was a part of the ministry of Jesus. It was an outward expression of the love and the heart of Christ. That compassion endures through out history and is very real. When we are hurting and suffering, we find all our hope in Him. And Jesus is the one in whom we can identify. There is nothing that we will go through that he has not suffered before and nothing so unjust than what he bore on the cross. He took upon himself all our pain and suffering and all our sin. So that when we ask in Jesus' name, all our debts are canceled. And when we ask He gladly bears our burdens. And this is not science-fiction!
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Thanks Helen for posting your reflection! I think you've touch on one of the most important aspect of Jesus' ministry. Jesus was the most compassionate person who ever lived on this earth. What a blessing it is to go to Jesus when we are beaten down by our circumstances or by our own sense of failures and sins -- to know that in Christ there is no condemnation. Jesus is so amazing, it's hard not to serve and live for such a compassionate God and Savior.
PS: I know that episode you're talking about! As you know, the technology wasn't there in the 60's but there is much moral and spiritual issues that are raised in Star Trek. If you want, I have most of the episodes of the old star trek in avi format.
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