Numbers 23:18-19
And Balaam took up his discourse and said,
“Rise, Balak, and hear;
give ear to me, O son of Zippor:
19 God is not man, that he should lie,
or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
“Logic!…Why don’t they teach logic at these schools?” So asked the professor in C. S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Lucy’s sister was either a liar, a lunatic, or was telling the truth, and logic pointed to her truthfulness. Balaam used similar logic. God is not a liar, nor does he rethink and see he was mistaken and change his mind. Therefore, when he says he will do something, he will do it. Sometimes, simple logic points to something that seems to be not logical at all. Yet, if two premises are true, the conclusion is true. Baalam, this time, was a logician of the first order.
- S. Lewis smuggled in a much more profound truth in this story and it was about Jesus Christ. If Jesus said he was God and was wrong, he was either a liar, who was evil, or a lunatic, who could not speak the Sermon on the Mount. The only logical conclusion is that he was who he claimed to be, God in the flesh. Bear this in mind when told over and over that Christians are not logical. Better than that though, tell them that you know Jesus is the Son of God. You met him.
O Heavenly Father, you are a logical God and cannot be false. Thank you for the Logos who proclaimed himself so we can proclaim him too. In Jesus’ name. Amen.