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“With people this is impossible”
The point Jesus is plainly stating is that human abilities, including human rationale, are incapable of arriving at a satisfactory conclusion about God’s salvation.

“but with God all things are possible”
The contrast is important here. Jesus used specific language to impress upon His disciples that ONLY God saves. Salvation is a supernatural gift, not a human endeavor. Theology proper: ‘when God wills, it simply is.’

Discipline
A good Father disciplines His own (Pr 13:24; Heb 12:6). This is not necessarily the same discipline that He might use with one that is not His child. We aren’t called “sons” until we’re adopted at salvation (Gal 3:26).

Discipline
One of the shepherd’s key roles in leading His sheep is to remind the sheep of their need to read their Bibles daily. If they refuse, he must take out the rod (the Word) and whack them! This is “tough love” (ala 1Co 16:13-14).

Jesus is the One who started the Church!

Fueling Repentance
Technically speaking (in light of Jas 2:10), repentance can be based on the knowledge of a single sin. This one sin is enough to convict a person about their unrighteousness before the Holy God of the universe (the same One that’s convicting them in that moment - aka the Holy Spirit). Therefore, they are now accountable to repentance, for “to whom much is given, much is required” (Lk 12:47-48).

Repentance Requires Conviction
Why don’t we spank infants? Because they don’t know any better! If a person’s an “infant in Christ” (1Co 3:1), God treats them the same way, even regarding the supernatural dynamic in repentance.

Repentance Requires Conviction
If God were to say, “Since you’ve not repented from spilling your milk, you get no more milk”, how will that infant ever grow up to actually know the truth, to eventually repent from said sin? That would frustrate His own desires, that “all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1Ti 2:4).

Loving Discipline
Sometimes it’s the staff, sometimes it’s the rod; neither is any less loving than the other, for every circumstance requires a discernment of context in order for righteous judgment and loving discipline to be administered in a godly manner (that is 1Co 16:13-14).

1Co 16:13-14 [Amplified Classic]
Be alert and on your guard; stand firm in your faith (your conviction respecting man’s relationship to God and divine things, keeping the trust and holy fervor born of faith and a part of it). Act like men and be courageous; grow in strength! Let everything you do be done in love (true love to God and man as inspired by God’s love for us).

Societal Norms – yourdictrionary.com
Social norms or mores are the rules of behavior that are considered acceptable in a group or society. People who do not follow these norms may be shunned or suffer some kind of consequence. Norms change according to the environment or situation and may change or be modified over time.

Societal Norms
Just because a certain idea has gained momentum in society doesn’t mean it should now serve as the baseline for common judgment. (e.g. Jn 9)

When Subjectivity Becomes the Culturally Accepted Norm
Societal norms can be so powerful that people under them can refuse to judge with integrity. Objective thinking is no longer allowed because it upsets the societal norm, which has supplanted godliness. Instability becomes the accepted norm!