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10292014TheOmnipotenceOfGodAndSkepticsDonRuhl

The Omnipotence of God and Skeptics 

Don Ruhl • Savage Street, Grants Pass, Oregon • October 29, In the year of our Lord, 2014

Prelude: 

  1. Do you believe that God is omnipotent?
  2. What does it mean that He is omnipotent?

Persuasion: 

  1. The Bible teaches that God is omnipotent.
    1. Gen 18.14
    2. Job 42.2
    3. Jer 32.17, 27
    4. Matt 19.26
  2. How skeptics challenge the omnipotence of God.
    1. “Can God create a rock so heavy that He cannot lift it?”
      1. This is a logical contradiction.
      2. God is not bound by gravity.
    2. “Can God make a square circle?”
      1. This also is a logical contradiction.
      2. If He could, could the skeptic recognize one?
  3. How do we answer these and other challenges?
    1. Beware of overemphasizing one attribute of God over another, e. g.,
      1. We cannot so focus on His grace that we forget He is a God of wrath.
      2. We cannot so focus on His wrath that we forget He is a God of grace.
    2. The Bible also says God cannot lie
      1. Tts 1.2
      2. Heb 6.18
    3. Therefore, He is a God of truth.
      1. Contradictions are not truth.
      2. Therefore, He cannot make contradictions, for that would be a lie.