I was in the military. If I gave an order that could not be obeyed, the fault was with me, not my men.
And if I commanded them “Clean the Latrine”, it didn’t mean I was about to clean it for them...
God commands many things we can not do..remember you are not God..He is
"Be ye Holy as I am Holy"...Love your neighbor as yourself... Love God with all your heart..Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.....Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.....
Luther noted this .. And again: "He came unto his own, and His own received Him not. (v. 11)"The law indicates the impotence of man and the saving power of God..."if any man will come after me': 'he that wills to save his life'; 'if ye love me'; 'if ye shall continue'. In sum, as I have said-let every occurrence of the conjunction 'if', and all imperative verbs, be collected together (so we may help the Diatribe...) [indicating that all commands to believe or follow Christ are conditional, not stating man's ability]"
"...'if thou art willing' is a verb in the subjunctive mood, which asserts nothing...a conditional statement asserts nothing indicatively." "if thou art willing", "if thou hear", "if thou do" declare, not man's ability, but his duty. pg 157