When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked,
"Who then can be saved?"
Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
Matthew 19:25-26 NIV
This story got a bit much for the disciples...if this morally good person, who was genuinely seeking can't be saved, then who can?
What hope is there for anyone?
Jesus says it's not about religious observance, it's not about how good you might be, you can't be good enough...you can't save yourselves.
You can't be made right with God.
It's impossible.
But God makes the impossible possible.
The only way was Jesus.
The disciples still couldn't see it, but we know the rest of the story.
Jesus became The Way.
No matter who we are.
No matter what we've done.
Love left heaven to become one of us, to live the life we couldn't, and to give His life for us.
The impossible just became possible.
We get to live in the freedom that brings, we strive to live out the law because we want to, not to gain anything, because we already have it...
#peacewithGod