That’s Impossible!

Richard Thetford

We have all heard someone say “that’s impossible” when responding to something that someone had just told them that they could do, knowing that it could not be done. Webster defines impossible as “not capable of being, being done, or happening.” Certainly there are many things which are impossible for man to do here on this earth.

In the religious realm there are also some impossible things to consider. God has told man that unless one has faith it is impossible to please Him. “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him” (Heb 11:6). If we are not determined to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior (2 Pet 3:18), gaining faith by reading His word (Rom 10:17), then we are not going to be pleasing to God. Do you think that those that are not pleasing to God will enter heaven? Think about it.

In Hebrews 6:18 we read “....in which it is impossible for God to lie...” Now if it is impossible for God to lie and he has told us that He is a rewarder of those who DILIGENTLY seek Him, then if we do not seek Him (Matt 6:33; Col 3:2), then it is certain that we will not see Him in heaven. The Hebrew writer so stated this fact in Hebrews 2:3. We see from that passage of scripture that it is impossible to neglect salvation and be saved. If we want to be saved then we will strive to do whatever God asks of us (Matt 7:21).

Let’s consider some other impossibilities. It is impossible to be saved without the shedding of blood (Heb 9:22). It took Christ’s death on the cross, the sacrifice for our sins in order for us to be saved. Therefore, it is impossible to believe in Christ and obey Him and not be saved (Mark 16:15-16; Matt 28:18-20). It is impossible to enter into heaven without a birth of water and the Spirit (John 3:3-5), and it is impossible to enter into the Kingdom (heaven or church), except through Jesus Christ (John 14:6; Gal 3:27). If you think that you can and will be saved in eternity AFTER this life is over, without being obedient to Christ while living on this earth, that’s impossible (Luk 16:19-31)! Think.