<p>18:27 <i>But he said: The things which are impossible with men are possible with God</i>- The status of&nbsp;<i>para&nbsp;</i>God is often applied to the Lord Jesus (Lk. 2:52; Jn. 6:46; 8:40; 16:27; Acts 2:33). The suggestion could be that because of the status of the Lord Jesus with the Father, such gracious salvation is possible which would be impossible if men simply had to have the steel will to obey the Father&rsquo;s ideal principles.</p><p>The idea of possibility with God is lifted from the Septuagint of the word to Sarah about the birth of Isaac (Gen. 18:14). Those Old Testament heroes were not merely stained glass figures- our own belief in salvation regardless of wealth is as dramatic as the belief of an old woman that she could have a child. The context here, however, is talking of how those who choose a lower level- in this case,&nbsp;<i>not</i>&nbsp;selling their wealth and giving to the poor- can still be saved by God&rsquo;s gracious possibility.</p><p>There are at least two instances in the Gospels where the Lord Jesus is quarrying his language from the book of Job, and shows a certain identification of himself with Job. Here the Lord explains the irrelevance of riches to the spiritual good of entering the Kingdom, saying that &quot;with God all things are possible&quot;- without money. This is almost quoting Job 42:2, where Job comes to the conclusion that all human strength is meaningless: &quot;I know that You can do everything&quot;. It may be that Jesus is even implying that through the tribulation of his life he had come to the same conclusion as Job.&nbsp;See too Mt. 5:27-30.</p>