Main news for 13 October 2019

There are many people in the world who assert, with varying degrees of sincerity, that they would certainly believe in God if God proved to them that He really exists. This implies that the proof must be absolutely obvious and convincing. In essence, in such a case people usually speak of a demonstration, not simply proof. It would seem that it would cost God nothing to convince anyone of His existence if only He decided to demonstrate Himself, His power, and His miracles.

But for some reason He does not do this. The devil, on the contrary, incites Jesus to demonstrate what God refuses to demonstrate. A kind of peculiar levitation. Hovering over the abyss. So that everyone who sees would be convinced: before them is no ordinary man, before them is Someone who possesses supernatural power. And, of course, they would follow Him. Why would the devil need that? Does he need the people to follow the Messiah?

Sometimes, as is clear, he would not be against it. Sometimes it even turns out to his advantage. But only in one case: if the Messiah stops being Himself and becomes what people would like to see Him as. People precisely of the kind who would follow God, but only after a convincing demonstration. And they would follow just as they are, without changing inwardly in the least. Then it would be the devil's victory. God does not refuse demonstrations by accident. He does not intend to draw anyone to Himself by force or by miracles.

For even God's power is an external factor for the human heart. The only internal factor for a person is God's love, because it always comes from within. From the depth of the heart. And it cannot be proven. It cannot be demonstrated outwardly, as power or miracles can be demonstrated. But one can follow God only when one follows His love. This is the essential thing; in God's love is His depth, and so the fullness of His person is opened to us. Power and miracles are also from Him, of course, but they are not the center of His person, only its periphery.

He wants to make us part of His life essentially, not only outwardly. And the Messiah came into the world precisely for this. He came to bring the Kingdom into the world. The Kingdom, in which abiding presupposes relations of that very love which is the revelation of God's depth. But the devil advises Him to leave the depth aside and instead of depth show people the surface. The outer shell. The periphery instead of the center. And then he, the devil, will win his victory. For he can somehow adapt even to God's power and God's miracles. What truly frightens him is only one thing: God's love.