God of the Impossible

Has anyone ever told you that some of the stories in the Old Testament didn’t really happen? Is it because they seem too far-fetched or too impossible?

Many of these “impossible” events (Noah and the flood, destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by fire, Jonah swallowed by the fish, etc.) are not just mentioned in one Old Testament book, but are referenced in the New Testament thousands of years later. In fact, Jesus Himself references all of these!

As Jesus was explaining His second coming to His disciples, He used Noah for comparison.

Matthew 24:36-39      ³⁶ “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. ³⁷ As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. ³⁸ For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; ³⁹ and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

I’ve heard some people say that they can’t deny that a flood happened, but they question whether it was a total flood or just regional. Well, then why did Jesus say “the flood came and took them all away?” Plus, in Genesis 7:21-23, it says everything was wiped out. Since God created everything from nothing, then He can certainly destroy it, change it, or have it do the impossible.

In answering the disciples questions earlier about who can be saved:  

Matthew 19:26           ²⁶ Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Do you and I believe God can do the impossible?

When has God done the impossible in your and my life in the past?

How can you and I remember those times as we face new “impossible” situations?