God is Omnipotent

6. Our God is Omnipotent – He Is All Powerful

I chose to start with this Hallelujah Chorus because this attribute of God is repeated many times: "Hallelujah, For the Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth." You can let it play as you read the rest of the blog post.

Many have commented that Handel was inspired by God when he composed "The Messiah."

God has Infinite Power… limitless power… boundless power.

Consider His creation.  “By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of His mouth.”–Psalm 33:6  

Omnipotent means unlimited power. He can do anything He wills without any effort.

Nothing is impossible to Him. He accomplishes anything He wants. 

"Oh LORD God, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for you.”–Jeremiah 32:17

Consider the size of the universe He created. Scientists say it would take over 500 billion years just to travel around the perimeter of the universe. The sun has a diameter of 860,000 miles and could hold over 1 million planets the size of the earth… one star has a diameter of 100 million miles…larger than the earth orbit around the sun. It takes sunlight about 8.5 minutes to reach the earth, yet that same light would take more than 4 years to reach the nearest sun. That is some 24 trillion miles from the earth.  And our Mighty God created it all with just the breath of His mouth.

God has Irresistible Power… invincible power… unconquerable power.

"I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.”–Job 42:2 

“No one can deliver out of my hand. When I act, who can reverse it?"Isaiah 43:13

God has Incomprehensible Power… so vast, we cannot comprehend it!

Paul said, “Now unto him, that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.” –Ephesians 3:20

Is there anything that God cannot do?

Yes, there are some things He cannot do.  He cannot do anything that is contradictory or contrary to His nature.  He cannot lie, He cannot tolerate sin, and He cannot save impenitent sinners. –see Hebrews 6:18

Scripture is clear “the Lord is strong and mighty.” –Psalm 24:8   

The doctrine of Omnipotence is everywhere in the Bible. One might easily find 500 verses that either teach Omnipotence or implicitly assume it. Although the word is not found in our modern translations, the concept might be truly said to be assumed on every page of the Bible.  In Revelation 19:16 in the King James Version we find the text that Goerge Fredrick Handel composed the Hallelujah Chorus around. Our God is truly amazing!

"The Lord God Omnipotent reigneth." -Revelation 19:16

The Bottom Line: There are no limits to what God can do for God has no limits.

God is Immutable

5. God Is Immutable – He Never Changes

1.  He is UNCHANGING in His Character
2.  He is UNCHANGING in His Word
3.  He is UNCHANGING in His Plans
4.  He is UNCHANGING in His Salvation

The bottom line is God doesn’t change… nothing about him ever changes.  You can almost count on man to change on a moments notice, but God never changes.

He is UNCHANGING in His Character

“I the Lord do not change. So you… are not destroyed.” –Malachi 3:6

“But Thou art the same, and Thy years will not come to an end.” –Psalm 102:27

“The loving-kindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting…” –Psalm 103:17

“Every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation, or shifting shadow.” –James 1:17

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?” Num. 23:19

He is UNCHANGING in His Word

"Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.” –Matthew 24:35

“All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.” –Psalm 119:160

“The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever." –Isaiah 40:8

"It is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.” –Luke 16:17

Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven.” –Psalm 119:89

"For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished.” –Matthew 5:18

The world changes...

circumstances change, we change... 

but God's Word never changes.

He is UNCHANGING in His Plans

“The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of His heart from generation to generation.” –Psalm 33:11

"For the LORD of hosts has planned, and who can frustrate it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?" –Isaiah 14:27

He is UNCHANGING in His Salvation

God would never give you the gift of salvation without giving you the assurance that it is yours." 

-Charles Stanley

Is there anything about God that ever changes?

God does not change.   

His character never changes.

Who He is never changes.

His plans do not change.

His promises do not change.    

His salvation never changes.

His Word does not change.

He never gets “better” or “worse.”                   

He is the same, today, tomorrow, forever.

His attributes are the same from before the beginning of time into eternity.

In these our days so perilous, 

Lord, peace in mercy send us;

No God but Thee can fight for us,

No God but Thee defend us;

Thou our only God and Saviour. 

-Martin Luther

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