The Impossible Religion

The Christian life is humanly impossible. Impossible? Yes. Impossible. If you don't think so, there's a good chance you have another religion. Maybe some form of moral deism, but not the Christianity of the Bible. That kind of Christianity is utterly impossible. No matter how strong or serious your efforts may be, you will fall short every time.

You may not think it's very helpful to think that way, but it is. The only way you will be able to kill the flesh and live by the Spirit is if you realize you can't. No amount of self-denial, will-power, or well-intentioned promises can change that. We are helpless against the flesh, the world, and an enemy that knows us better than we know ourselves.

The problem is we don't believe we're that helpless. We don't believe the Christian life is really that impossible. And the less we believe that, the less we need Jesus. But the more impossible we find the Christian life, the more we will look outside of ourselves to a Savior who alone can change our stubborn hearts to daily depend and delight in our heavenly Father. That's the impossible task. But when we learn to despair of ourselves and run to Jesus, the possibilities of grace are endless. So lets go to him and trust that what is impossible with men is possible with GOd.