Notes compiled by Marty Zide and Steve McAtee
Omnipotence simply stated means that God is all-powerful. God is all-powerful and able to do whatever He wills. His will is limited by His nature, God can do everything that is in harmony with His perfections. There are certain things that God cannot do because it would be a violation of His very being. God cannot do things that are not in harmony with His nature. He cannot lie, or go back on His promises He has made in his Word or sin. To do so would be a violation of His own standards. For example, see Matt. 19:26 Titus 1:2, Heb. 6:18, 2 Timothy 2:13, and James 1:13.
Insights Into God’s Omnipotence
There is nothing He cannot do which is in agreement with His holy character.
The word “Almighty” is used at least 56 times in the Bible and is used t speak of God and never anybody else.
It is no more difficult for God to make an entire universe than it is for Him to make a butterfly. The reason is that He never tires. God’s power is revealed in creation, preservation, redemption, and resurrection, just to name a few.
Matt. 19:26 -And looking at them Jesus said to them, With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
Ps. 115:3 - But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases.
Rev. 19:6 - Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.
Is. 40:28 - Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable.
Ps. 33:6 - By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host.
Ps. 77:15 - You have by Your power redeemed Yourpeople, The sons of Jacob and Joseph.
2 Cor. 13:4 - For indeed He was crucified because of weakness, yet He lives because of the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, yet we will live with Him because of the power of God directed toward you.
Heb. 1:3 - And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
Practical Applications Of God’s Omnipotence
This should produce a tremendous amount of comfort in the heart of a true believer.
It is the basis of daily confidence and trust.
It is the basis for our worship.
It is the basis for our worship.
2 Kin. 17:36 - But the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, Him you shall fear, and to Him you shall bow yourselves down, and to Him you shall sacrifice.
John 10:27-29 - My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
Eph. 3:20 - Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us.
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