But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”But he said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.But he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
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… Luke 1 37 Luke 18 27 Twice in Jeremiah Twice in the gospel by Luke All four agreeing Four specific Times in the word of God Zero impossibilities You sang of it when you sang the hymn Immortal, invisible God only wise in light inaccessible hid from our eyes most blessed, most glorious the ancient of days almighty ah, there it is victorious, thy great name we praise almighty almighty when you use the word almighty it fits only one isn't it interesting how ill-acquainted we are with our heavenly father? And this is just one of his numerous attributes. There's a second, and I find it at the end of verse 2, no purpose of yours can be thwarted. It is impossible to restrain or nullify God's purposes. It is impossible to restrain or nullify God's purposes. You see the word thwarted if you carry a new American standard Bible as I do, you have found the word thwarted. The Hebrew term is the word that means to cut off. …
… And so like the disciples hear this and they're like, what? Well, then who, who gets saved? Who gets in. And Jesus makes this amazing statement. What is impossible with man is possible with God. Luke is trying to show us off the heels of the rich young ruler in Luke chapter 18. He's going to show you and I the impossible made possible in the very next chapter. Luke chapter 19 verses 1 through 10 says this. Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and he was wealthy. So let's take note. He was wealthy and corrupt. And remember last week, it's impossible for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Verse number three, he wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short, he could not see over the crowd. I found out my research this week that in the Middle East, the average height of a male was 5'5". …
… text where we see this. Those who heard it said, this is verse 26, then who can be saved. But Jesus said, what is impossible with man is possible with God. So, in verse 26, these folks that are listening in on this conversation with the rich man, they conclude from what Jesus had just said, well, nobody can get saved then. Who can be saved? To which Jesus did not respond by saying, oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. don't that's not what I meant to communicate you over interpreted what I said that's not what he said they got it He indeed meant to communicate impossible. I mean somebody just prayed in the prayer meeting about somebody they knew that said getting through the eye of a needle is like a gate in Jerusalem's wall that if you get down on your knees you can get through. That's a sheer, I want to use a bad word, baloney. There is no such gate and it misses the point of the text. …