Impossible! -1

Published: Tue, 02/01/22

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth!

Hi ,

Do you believe the impossible? Well, it all depends on whose definition of "impossible" we're talking about. To be a Christian, you have to believe many things that, to known scientific laws, are impossible.

For example, it is impossible for someone to be born of a woman, but not also of a man. According to biological laws, there can be no such thing as a “virgin birth”. Yet the Bible teaches that there was! And furthermore, it is an essential element that identifies the one and only Messiah, the Anointed One, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God. Do you believe this?

Likewise, it is also impossible to die (verifiably so!) and then come back to life. Yet the Bible teaches that this is exactly what happened to Jesus, and through God’s power, it also happened to Lazarus. Do you believe this?

What about Jesus’ ability to heal the sick – instantaneously! Or to walk on water, and pay His taxes from money He took out of the mouth of a fish. Feeding thousands of people with virtually nothing is equally impossible. The direct implication of this account is that He was able to keep immediately multiplying the food. Impossible, too. Equally so was His ability to walk through a wall, or to instantly calm the raging seas. Do you believe that these things were all true of Jesus?

These absolutely impossible scenarios are not limited to Jesus, though. The Old Testament documents many events that simply “could not happen”. On the day Moses was introduced to God’s amazing power, he saw a bush that was on fire, yet it didn’t burn up. Later on, through God's power, sticks turned into snakes, Red Sea water was pushed aside, allowing the entire nation of Israel to cross on dry land! People bitten by snakes simply had to look at a special pole and be healed. Water came pouring out of various places in the dry desert --- enough for everyone and their livestock. Manna appeared every morning in the desert – that special food that provided all of the essential nutrients for humans to live by (remember that there are no fruits and vegetables available in the desert!). Then there was a pillar of fire in the sky at night, and a special cloud by day that would lead them. All impossible.

What about later on? What about the impossibility of a fleece wet with dew while the surrounding ground was dry? How about the impossibility of the opposite the next night? Furthermore, the laws of physics prevent an old man from being able to run faster than a chariot. Similarly, the act of throwing a man overboard into the sea cannot possibly calm a storm raging in it.

Hang on, There's a point to all of this. Other impossibilities from the New Testament next week....

In Christ,

Here's the answer from last week. The larger, hidden fish is highlighted in red....

Moments later, this happened...