Power of God (5)

God is all-powerful

Mark 10:27 KJV 1900

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

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God cannot be thwarted

Job 42:2 KJV 1900

I know that thou canst do every thing, And that no thought can be withholden from thee.

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God’s names denote his power

The uniqueness of God’s power

Jeremiah 10:6 KJV 1900

Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord; 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 KJV 1900

The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; He 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 KJV 1900

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

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God shows his power through the work of Jesus Christ

Acts 2:24 KJV 1900

Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains 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 KJV 1900

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: 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 KJV 1900

And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.

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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 KJV 1900

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

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The Holy Spirit demonstrates God’s power

Micah 3:8 KJV 1900

But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord, 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 KJV 1900

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

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God’s works are powerful

Deuteronomy 3:24 KJV 1900

O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

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The ark symbolises God’s powerful presence

Psalm 132:8 KJV 1900

Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; Thou, and the ark of thy strength.

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God keeps his promises

Romans 4:21 KJV 1900

And being fully persuaded 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 KJV 1900

And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own 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 KJV 1900

Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine 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 KJV 1900

Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:

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

1 Peter 1:5 KJV 1900

Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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God’s power gives believers inner strength

Ephesians 3:16–17 KJV 1900

That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; 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 KJV 1900

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, 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 KJV 1900

At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, 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 KJV 1900

If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

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God cannot tolerate evil

Habakkuk 1:13 KJV 1900

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, And canst not look on iniquity: Wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, And holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

God cannot be tempted

James 1:13 KJV 1900

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

God cannot lie

Numbers 23:19 KJV 1900

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?

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God’s power is to be praised

Psalm 68:35 KJV 1900

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

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