The Omnipotent God | The Institute for Creation Research

The Omnipotent God

"Then Job answered the LORD, and said, I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee." (Job 42:1-2)

This was Job’s testimony at the end of his sufferings, as God revealed Himself to him, and Job acknowledged both the omnipotence and omniscience of his maker.

The omnipotence of God is a basic doctrine of Christianity, as well as of monotheism in general, yet multitudes of people who give mental assent to this doctrine live out their lives as though God either has died, or has become impotent, or has wandered away, leaving man alone as the captain of his fate. Therefore, it is well for us occasionally to remember again some of the great biblical affirmations of His omnipotence.

His very name is "God Almighty" (Genesis 35:11). "Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee" (Jeremiah 32:17). Furthermore, God required neither time nor process to create, make, and complete the infinite cosmos in all its complexity: "By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. . . . For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast" (Psalm 33:6, 9). "He is strong in power; not one faileth" (Isaiah 40:26).

In light of this truth, all the schemes of man are trivial. "Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance" (Isaiah 40:15). Evolutionary humanism which seeks to exalt time and chance as the cause of the universe, and man and his systems as its goal and guide, is thus the utmost foolishness!

Because He is omnipotent, His Word is trustworthy, and neither "height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:39). HMM

The Latest
NEWS
Faster Chemistry Is Not the Same as Life
A pile of metal, wires, and computer chips will not assemble itself into a working airplane. The parts may have useful properties, but they still need...

NEWS
Fearsome Cleveland Fossil Is Still a Fish
According to evolutionary theory, fish went through a variety of forms until they evolved into the fish we see swimming today. Recently, what conventional...

NEWS
Let the Fossils Speak for Themselves
When conventional scientists call a fossil an early step in animal evolution, the claim may rest more on a reading of the fossil than on the fossil...

CREATION PODCAST
Christian Biologist: My Colleagues Will NOT Be Happy I’m Sharing...
Trey sits down with Dr. Michael Boyle to talk about his time in mainstream science, what ultimately led him to the Institute for Creation Research, and...

NEWS
Drilling Down: Neanderthals Practiced Dentistry
Over 60 years ago, conventional scientists taught that Neanderthals were slouching, subhuman brutes—just another evolutionary link bridging the...

NEWS
T. rex Engineered with Small Arms to Balance Its Large Head
Conventional scientists have been baffled for many years by the small arms of Tyrannosaurus rex. To many, they just seem disproportionately small compared...

NEWS
The Creator Behind American Liberty
Every Fourth of July, Americans celebrate freedom with flags, fireworks, and familiar words, such as this line from the Declaration of Independence,...

NEWS
America's 250th Birthday
The United States of America is officially 250 years old! Most Americans celebrate and thank God for reaching such a milestone. After all, the history...

NEWS
U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Aligns with Genesis Gender Distinctions
On Tuesday, June 30, the Supreme Court ruled to uphold the rights of West Virginia and Idaho to ban transgender women, who are biological males, from...

NEWS
July Wallpaper
"Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. (1 Corinthians 3:17, NKJV) ICR's July...