Distracted by Indifferent Things

Texts:

Psalm 119:9-16

Isaiah 44:1-8

Acts 2:14-24

"But God raised him up, having freed him from death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power."

I'm not sure how to respond to this except for in wonder.  What does it mean that it was impossible for Christ to be held in death's power?  

I could distract myself with the fact that we are hearing Paul's Pentecost sermon and that Pentecost is still 60 days away.  Of course, this distracts me further, in that, it makes me start thinking: how frequently do we distract ourselves with adiaphora (indifferent things), making it seem as though they are the "thing" itself?

If we think of all the church conflicts that have happened over the centuries, how many have been wrought at the hands of things that are indifferent?  Conversely, however, how often have we made indifferent things into things that are no longer indifferent by utilizing them to hurt, harm, objectify, slander, and oppress others?  Strangely, it is in support of indifferent things that we frequently become indifferent to our neighbors, indifferent to Christ's presence in the least of these, and indifferent to the message that inspires wonder and awe.

... and all because I allow myself to become distracted by indifferent things, I miss the beauty of the message "it was impossible for him to be heald in [death's] power."  Death has been subsumed, and we lose the wonder, the awe, and the beauty of the message, becuase our propensity to cling to adiaphora prevents us from clinging to the cross.