![]() Having experienced resistance against exercising our spiritual gifts by others, we may eventually decide to sit quietly in our pew each week, letting other more assertive individuals run the show. ![]() The horse thinks this because it has been tied to sturdier objects in the past, so it has become conditioned to believe that any resistance is indicative of total resistance and remains despite its ability to go free. Like a horse whose reins are wrapped around a twig that could be easily broken by such a strong animal, any slight resistance felt is enough to convince us that breaking free is impossible. We are tempted to take impossibilities for granted. As a child growing up and seeing many of these impossibilities become reality, I am tempted to think that all impossibilities may be overcome given enough time and resources. Computers that once filled an entire room had only a fraction of the power modern smart phones have. We have gone from the two-way communicator wristwatch as a fantasy idea in the 1940's Dick Tracy cartoon strip to watches that not only are communication devices but are also able to access vast amounts of information from all over the world. The limits of that have stretched far beyond what we may have once thought possible. We could spend time with the dictionary parsing out different nuances to the word "impossible." But I think for our purposes we can safely say that something that is impossible is beyond our ability to achieve. In this commentary, we look at the impossible. To their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace." Hebrews 6:4-6, NIV "It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age and who have fallen away, to be brought back to repentance. Commentary for the February 12, 2022, Sabbath School Lesson
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