Some things are just impossible. You can’t be in two places at once. You can’t take it with you. You can’t escape death and taxes. Impossible. And while we’re making a list, add salvation to the list.
What? Salvation is impossible? Yea, that’s what I said, rather, that’s what Jesus said. Salvation is impossible apart from God. We can’t do it. It’s impossible. Only God can make the impossible possible. He’s our only way to salvation.
So does that mean that all this hard work we do here means nothing? Some of us have given up homes and families to seek after salvation (says Peter). Salvation impossible, yes. Receiving blessings impossible, no. What we do to serve God brings rewards, both here on earth and in heaven. Salvation might rely only on the grace of Christ, but how blessed our lives are relies in part on us. When we serve God, even the blessings that seem impossible are possible!