Impossible?

Luke 18:26-27 Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?”  Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

I am reminded once again of the magnitude of our salvation through Jesus when I read this statement of His.  We often think of the “impossibles” as physical or material things: it is “impossible” to manage natural disasters or even weather, it is “impossible” to heal an incurable disease, it is “impossible” to keep evil people from conjuring up ways to do their evil deeds, and the list can go on and on.  Yet the impossibility being spoken of here is far bigger, far more intimidating, than any other.  It is a spiritual impossibility.  No matter what methodology any religion has ever come up with, only God Himself can ever guarantee a person’s eternal salvation.  All other methods only offer a “hope for the best” style of salvation if any at all.  But with God it is possible.