In this episode I share what it means that God is omnipotent, or all-powerful.

Omnipotence doesn't mean that God can do anything and everything and that there are no limits to what God can do, but rather that He can do whatever is maximally consistent. What omnipotence means is that God is able to do anything that is a proper object of his power. The omnipotence of God is all-sufficient power. He can never be overwhelmed, exhausted, or contained. He is able to overcome apparently insurmountable problems. He has complete power over nature, though often he lets nature take its course, because that’s what He created it to do. He has power over the course of history, though he chooses to use that power only as he wills. He has the power to change human personality, but only as individuals allow, since He cannot interfere with the freedom of man. He has the power to conquer death and sin, and to save a human soul for eternity. He has power over the spiritual realm.

There are things, however, that God cannot do.

1. He cannot do what is logically absurd or contradictory, like make a square circle.
2. He cannot act contrary to His nature. God cannot be self-contradictory.
3. He cannot fail to do what He has promised.
4. He cannot interfere with the free will of man.
5. He cannot change the past.

Omnipotence means that God has all-sufficient power to do whatever He sets out to do.