God and Mathematical Probability

Sometimes I talk to people about mathematical probability, because it is a basis for faith in scripture, and, thus, in God. The Bible doesn’t use the terminology “mathematical probability,” but it is a reality, because the math with God is 100 out of 100 and 1,000 out of 1,000. If He says it will happen, it happens. Whatever He promises comes true. That underlies our faith.

When Paul say, “Faith comes by hearing the Word of God,” this means that what God says gives us faith, and it does, because it is always true. Jesus said to God the Father, “Thy Word is truth.” This buttresses everything we believe. How scripture manifests this mathematical probability is by making predictions and then fulfilling them. The Bible will say, “That it might be fulfilled.” How many times does some event fulfill what God said? Every time. This does address the subject or even doctrine of Divine hiddenness.

To many, if not most, God does not manifest or reveal Himself as they might expect, so that He remains hidden to them or they claim, “He hides Himself from us.” He isn’t hiding. God created the terms for belief and they are scripture. In fact, the Bible is superior as evidence to experience. People will say God hides, because they don’t experience Him as they wish. Experience is not trustworthy, because it lacks the elements of God’s special revelation, His Word. His Word is pure.

Sin, blindness, and deceit dilute and pervert experience. Therefore, as the Apostle Peter said in his second epistle, we have a more sure word that even true experiences like I had on the Mount of Transfiguration. Unless we believe that mathematically certain scripture, we won’t believe. The evidence is the scripture that is the substance of the thing hoped for and the proof of things not seen. God is saying, I’ve done enough to manifest myself to you, so I’m not hiding myself from you.