Good morning. The definitions that are typically recognized for the word Logic: 1. The study of the laws of thought and correct reasoning. 2. The particular mode of reasoning viewed as valid and/or correct in application.
Perhaps it is good to know the proper definition(s) of logic. Logic means that there are ways of thinking that are sensible, functional, feasible, and reasonable.
But we should also understand this: the Truth of God; the Good News of salvation that is ours through Jesus Christ; and the commands that are made by the Lord for His people do not always meet the standard of logic. In fact, there are times when everything about God, about Jesus, about His Good News for our salvation, are quite illogical.
That God, the Creator of the universe, should choose to become a part of His creation, that the Maker should become one of the made, is not logical.
That Jesus Christ, empowered by the Father, in command of all the might of the heavenly realm, and filled with the powerful presence of God in the Holy Spirit should choose to allow Himself to be tortured to death, is not logical.
That God, who is omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, He who is bigger-grander-bolder-greater…
That the God of heaven, the God of glory, the God who is beyond any notion of time should choose to pay a price beyond imagining for the single reason that He desires to have us, sinners one and all, live with Him in glory for eternity, is not logical.
The promise of Revelation 21:3-4 is not logical: “And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
Illogical does not mean that something is not true, far from it. It simply means, at least in the case of God, that there are truths that go beyond human logic, beyond what seems to be reasonable, beyond what is explainable in purely human terms.
Perhaps the logic of God cannot be explained, only recognized and accepted: Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1 John 4:7-10