[detsaoT]

There is a biblical quote someplace that states this question and answer. I don't recall it exactly but Jesus was asked to prove the existance of God by putting himself in harms way. The inference being that God would allow no harm to come to him. The answer was priceless. I don't recall it verbatim so I will not attempt a paraphrase. (Too much respect for the words to muck them up) Perhaps someone can put them on this thread.

The quote to which you refer originates from Satan's temptation of Christ in the desert. Both Satan and Christ knew that God existed, so it was not a matter of trying to prove or disprove so. The context and purpose of the discussion was (a) Satan tempting Christ to cast himself down to the Stones (killing himself), inferring that all of the Angels in heaven would prevent Christ from dying (which, we see from the Crucifixion, was a false inferrence), and (b) Christ rejecting the lies and distortions which Satan made (the text which Satan quoted did not say what he implied it did, but was a distortion of the orginal meaning - kinda like what the liberals in the Methodist and Episcopal church are doing today).

The entire episode can be found in Matthew Chapter 4, 1-11. That was one of the THREE temptations brought upon Christ directly by Satan himself.

:) ttt

[Cold Heat]

The point I was trying to make, (hard for many to accept) is that I believe that God does not mess with the small stuff. He has warned against tempting him with intentional misbehaviors. He has sent his words to be as a guide to life and if not believed he has stated the consequences.

He will wipe the picture off the canvas and start over.