They were even more astonished, saying to one another,

"Then who can be saved?"

Looking at them, Jesus said, 

"With man it is impossible,  but not with God, because all things are possible with God."

Mark 10:26-27 CSB

The team couldn't believe what they'd heard, just how hard it is for people to get to be saved.

(Maybe they were even wondering if they were)

Then somthing shifted

Earlier Jesus looked around and spoke.

Now he was looking at them. 

You cannot save yourself.

It's impossible.

It's God's work only that brings that change. 

With Him, it is not only possible, it's the only way.

Before this guy interupted, Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, not just to make a way, but somehow, to become the way. He was going to become, be made into, the atoning sacrifice, to somehow absorb all the sin, all the evil, all the hurt, all the brokenness.

Looking at them.

Going to make the Impossible (sin filled creation made holy and blameless before Holy God), Possible.

Jesus makes the Impossible Possible.

The cross

Death

Resurrection

He is our Living Hope.

Impossible made Possible.

#lookingatyou

#grace

#thegospel

#wordsofJesus

#sermonover