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.