Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.”And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.
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… And then Jesus continues. He said, with man, this is impossible, but not with God. All things are possible with God. I love this text because I think most people first read this and they're like, okay, Jesus wants us to be poor and broke noted. And that's not the goal of the text at all. There are so many areas and avenues that we could dive into, but for time's sake, we're just going to take a look at three. But before we dive into those observations, one very important thing should be noted. This man ran to Jesus and now why does that matter in that culture and context, a man of that stature and status would never run. It would be a form of embarrassment to do so, which tells you and I that he is sincere and desperate. He's aware enough to know I've got a lot of stuff, but I don't know if I have life. And so he comes to the right person and almost asks the right question. …
… They asked, who can be saved then? Jesus looked at them and said, with man, this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. And Peter answered him, We have left everything to follow you. What then will there be for us? We've abandoned everything. So Jesus said to them, I tell you the truth, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone, listen to this, who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields, who leaves everything for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. Many who are first will be last and many who are last will be first. Do you see the cost of the kingdom here? Let me show you one other gospel. Look over in Luke chapter 9. Look at Luke chapter 9. I want you to look with me at verse 23. …
Verse 26, they were more astonished and said to him, then, who can be saved? Looking at them, Jesus said, with people it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God. That's important, isn't it? Salvation is hard. Salvation is hard. Humanly, it's impossible, but with God it's possible. And in 1 Corinthians 1, we read that God chooses those that will be saved, and He chooses very few of the high and the mighty, very few, the poor, the nobodies, the destitute, the lowlifes for His own glory. As long as you think you can make some righteous contribution to your salvation, you will not be able to receive the gift of eternal life. And until you acknowledge the Lordship of Christ to the degree that He is Lord of your life, and you live not for Him to give you what you want, but for you to give Him first place in all that He desires. Salvation is saying, Christ, I'm an unworthy sinner. …