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God is all-powerful (that is omnipotent), and is able to do whatever he wills. His power is limited only by his character.

God is all-powerful

Mark 10:27 parallel Matthew 19:26 See also Genesis 18:14; Psalm 93:1; Mark 14:36; Luke 1:37; 2 Corinthians 4:7

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”

God cannot be thwarted

Job 42:2 See also Job 9:12; Isaiah 14:27

“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.

God's names denote his power

The uniqueness of God's power

Jeremiah 10:6

There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.

God's power is seen above all in his acts of redemption

God is powerful to save

Zephaniah 3:17

The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”

God shows his power in the exodus

Deuteronomy 9:29 See also Exodus 13:9, Exodus 14:31; Deuteronomy 7:8, Deuteronomy 9:26; Nehemiah 1:10; Jeremiah 32:21

But they are Your people, Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and outstretched arm.”

God shows his power through the work of Jesus Christ

Acts 2:24 See also Romans 1:4; Ephesians 1:19–21; Colossians 2:13–15; Revelation 12:10

But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep Him in its grip.

God shows his power through the proclamation of the good news about Jesus Christ

Romans 1:16 See also 1 Corinthians 1:18, 1 Corinthians 1:24–25; 2 Corinthians 10:4; Colossians 2:12

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

God's power is shown in Jesus Christ's life

God's power in Jesus Christ's earthly ministry

Luke 5:17 See also Luke 6:19, Luke 8:46; Acts 10:38; 2 Peter 1:16

One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.

God's power in Jesus Christ's heavenly ministry

Hebrews 7:16 In contrast to all other priests, Jesus Christ exercises his ministry now in heaven because death could not hold him. See also Acts 4:10; 2 Corinthians 13:4

one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.

God's power seen in Jesus Christ's second coming

Mark 13:26 parallels Matthew 24:30, Luke 21:27 See also 2 Thessalonians 1:9–10

At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

The Holy Spirit demonstrates God's power

Micah 3:8 See also Acts 1:8, Acts 10:38; Romans 15:19; 1 Corinthians 2:4–5; 1 Thessalonians 1:5

As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.

God's power in the world

God rules the created order

Romans 1:20 See also Psalm 19:1, Psalm 65:6, Psalm 68:34; Isaiah 40:26; Matthew 8:26 parallel Mark 4:39; Matthew 21:19; Hebrews 1:3

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

God's works are powerful

Deuteronomy 3:24 See also Psalm 71:18, Psalm 77:12, Psalm 145:4; Jeremiah 32:17–19; Luke 1:51

“O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?

The ark symbolises God's powerful presence

Psalm 132:8 parallel 2 Chronicles 6:41 See also 1 Samuel 5:1–12; 2 Samuel 6:6–8, 2 Samuel 6:11–12; Psalm 78:61

Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.

God keeps his promises

Romans 4:21 See also 2 Corinthians 9:8

being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.

God gives life to the dead

1 Corinthians 6:14 See also Matthew 22:29 parallel Mark 12:24; Philippians 3:21

By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.

God's power in the lives of believers

God gives his own power to his people

1 Chronicles 29:11–12 See also 1 Samuel 2:10; Daniel 2:27–28; 2 Corinthians 13:3–4; Philippians 4:13; 2 Timothy 1:7; 1 Peter 4:11

Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all. Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.

God's power achieves his purposes in his people's lives

2 Thessalonians 1:11 See also Micah 5:4; Acts 4:28; 1 Corinthians 5:4; Ephesians 1:20–21

To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill your every good desire and work of faith,

God's power completes his work of salvation in believers' lives

1 Peter 1:5 See also 2 Timothy 1:12; Hebrews 7:25; Jude 1:24

who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

God's power gives believers inner strength

Ephesians 3:16–17 See also Ephesians 1:18–19, Ephesians 6:10; Philippians 3:10; Colossians 1:11

I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,

God's power is made plain through human weakness

2 Corinthians 12:9–10 See also Isaiah 53:1–3; 2 Corinthians 4:7, 2 Corinthians 13:4

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

God's power gives help to believers in suffering

2 Timothy 4:16–17 See also 2 Chronicles 25:8; Psalm 46:1; Daniel 3:17; 2 Corinthians 6:7; 2 Timothy 1:8

At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them. But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.

God's power is limited only by his character

God cannot deny himself

2 Timothy 2:13 See also James 1:17

if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

God cannot tolerate evil

Habakkuk 1:13

Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

God cannot be tempted

James 1:13

When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.

God cannot lie

Numbers 23:19 See also 1 Samuel 15:29; Hebrews 6:18

God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

God's power is to be praised

Psalm 68:35 See also Psalm 21:13, Psalm 118:14; 1 Timothy 6:16; Jude 1:25; Revelation 5:12

O God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!