Conditional statements are basic tenets of mathematical functions. If one fact is true, then it means another must also be true. We call it logic. Facts dovetail so neatly they cannot be separated into two separate elements.
Sometimes all we need to do is imply the second fact by giving the first. Then we have an implication.
Let’s look at an example of this in everyday life. A young man drops out of high school to get a job flipping burgers. An expensive car drives through the pick-up window, and in admiration, he calls to his fellow employees that with his next paycheck, he’s getting one of those.
The employees go silent, look at him for a moment, then burst into laughter, as if he made a joke. What he really made was an implication. He gave one fact that implied a second. It was up to his listeners to decide if it was true or false.
Here it is in mathematical terms: A) He has a job. B) He can afford to buy an expensive car. The young man’s fellow employees easily see the fallacy in his statement. Part A implies he makes enough money to afford an expensive car. Clearly they think he does not.
The Word of God is built on conditional statements. If and then. If this, then that. Each one is true, and we can prove it. Let’s start by looking at the first book in the Bible.
Genesis 2:7 tells us that “the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.”
God breathed…man became. That’s truth in its purest form. How can we know? We wake up every morning, and we draw air into our lungs.
Romans 3:23 tells us that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
Man sins…man falls short. This happens every time, and we cannot expect to “get away with it” just because it “feels good.”
1 John 1:9 tells us that “if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
If and then. This is the conditional statement of all time, the one we depend on to pull our feet out of the muck of sin and depravity. Let’s test the logic of this statement.
A) If we confess our sins… This comes back on us. For the rest of the statement to be true, this fact has to be in place. If we fall through on this, we can expect the second to evaporate like a mist in the morning sun.
B) …he will cleanse us from all unrighteousness. This part is God’s responsibility. We can trust him implicitly to do this. If we have followed through on Part A, Part B will flow from God as easily as melted cheese on a hot burger.
Following God is the only logical way to live our lives if we want to make heaven our eternal home.
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