Power of God

God is all-powerful

Mark 10:27 ASV 1901

Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.

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God cannot be thwarted

Job 42:2 ASV 1901

I know that thou canst do all things, And that no purpose of thine can be restrained.

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God’s names denote his power

The uniqueness of God’s power

Jeremiah 10:6 ASV 1901

There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

He is the Almighty

“the Almighty” is Hebrew “El Shaddai”:

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He is the Lord Almighty and God Almighty

“Almighty” in these verses is usually Hebrew “Sabaoth”:

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He is the Mighty One

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

God is powerful to save

Zephaniah 3:17 ASV 1901

Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.

God shows his power in the exodus

Deuteronomy 9:29 ASV 1901

Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm.

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God shows his power through the work of Jesus Christ

Acts 2:24 ASV 1901

whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

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

Romans 1:16 ASV 1901

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

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

God’s power in Jesus Christ’s earthly ministry

Luke 5:17 ASV 1901

And it came to pass on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who were come out of every village of Galilee and Judaea and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.

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God’s power in Jesus Christ’s heavenly ministry

In contrast to all other priests, Jesus Christ exercises his ministry now in heaven because death could not hold him.

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

Mark 13:26 ASV 1901

And then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

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The Holy Spirit demonstrates God’s power

Micah 3:8 ASV 1901

But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

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God’s power in the world

God rules the created order

Romans 1:20 ASV 1901

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:

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God’s works are powerful

Deuteronomy 3:24 ASV 1901

O Lord Jehovah, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness, and thy strong hand: for what god is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy mighty acts?

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The ark symbolises God’s powerful presence

Psalm 132:8 ASV 1901

Arise, O Jehovah, into thy resting-place; Thou, and the ark of thy strength.

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God keeps his promises

Romans 4:21 ASV 1901

and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

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God gives life to the dead

1 Corinthians 6:14 ASV 1901

and God both raised the Lord, and will raise up us through his power.

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God’s power in the lives of believers

God gives his own power to his people

1 Chronicles 29:11–12 ASV 1901

Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou rulest over all; and in thy hand is power and might; and in thy hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.

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

2 Thessalonians 1:11 ASV 1901

To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and every work of faith, with power;

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

1 Peter 1:5 ASV 1901

who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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God’s power gives believers inner strength

Ephesians 3:16–17 ASV 1901

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

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God’s power is made plain through human weakness

2 Corinthians 12:9–10 ASV 1901

And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

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God’s power gives help to believers in suffering

2 Timothy 4:16–17 ASV 1901

At my first defence no one took my part, but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their account. But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

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God’s power is limited only by his character

God cannot deny himself

2 Timothy 2:13 ASV 1901

if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.

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God cannot tolerate evil

Habakkuk 1:13 ASV 1901

Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;

God cannot be tempted

James 1:13 ASV 1901

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man:

God cannot lie

Numbers 23:19 ASV 1901

God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?

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God’s power is to be praised

Psalm 68:35 ASV 1901

O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: The God of Israel, he giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.

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