If/then statements are familiar to most of us. We apply these at times to our relationship with God. It is as if we ask God again and again to prove God's self, more often than not in the context of granting some request we might make, or to deliver us from some difficulty we face. "If you are there God, then..." and you could fill in the blank. On the cross, Jesus was harrassed by those who mocked him with an if'/then statement, challenging him to deliver himself from the cross. But Jesus didn't allow himself to be baited into such action and therefore distracted from his mission. Jesus did not need to prove himself by human terms. Neither does God. The love of God was displayed on a cross and nothing more needs to be said or done, particularly to impress sinful human beings who too often are looking for some sign to prove their faith.
JKA
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