Omnipotence
God is all-powerful; nothing is too hard for him, and he does all he pleases.
Overview
God is omnipotent — all-powerful, able to do all that he wills. "Is anything too hard for the LORD?" (Gen 18:14). His power is not raw force but the perfect ability to accomplish his good purposes; nothing can finally thwart him, and no situation is beyond his help.
Omnipotence does not mean God can do literally anything sayable — he cannot lie, cannot deny himself, cannot make a contradiction true, because these would be denials of his own perfect nature, not feats of power. The point for the struggler is practical: the God you pray to is not straining at the limits of his strength. He is able. And his power is most fully displayed not in domination but in the cross and resurrection — "the power of God" (1 Cor 1:18) that brings life out of death.
Where it appears
- Jeremiah 32:17
“Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you,
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