God Is Omnipotent

Syllabus; Introduction & Lesson One; Lesson Two Lesson Four; Lesson Five; Lesson Six; Lesson Seven; Lesson Eight

God Is Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent

Lesson Three

God Is Omnipotent

What does Omnipotent mean? It means, “All powerful, almighty, ruler of all”.

In a previous lesson we considered different aspects of God’s great power. He can do anything He wants to do. He can create whatever He wants to make. He is ruler over all.

God is ruler of All

1.The LORD shall ______ forever and ever. (Ex.15:18)

2. … “O LORD God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, and in Your hand is there not_____ ____ _______ , so that no one is able to withstand You?” (2 Chr. 20:6)

3. The LORD is ____ forever and ever; The nations have perished out of His land. (Ps 10:16)

4. For the ______ is the LORD’S, and He _____ over the nations. (Ps 22:28)

5. For the LORD is the great God, and the ______ ______ above all gods. (Ps.95:3)

6. Now to the King_______ ________ __________ , to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. (1 Tim.1:17)

7. They sing the song of Moses, the _______ of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: “Great and marvelous are Your works, LORD God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O ______of the saints! (Rev.15:3)

God Is Omniscient

God can see everything. Just ask Jonah if you do not believe it. We teach little children the story of Jonah and that you cannot hide from God. Do we really believe what we teach them?

Do you remember the song by Bette Midler, “From A Distance”? I wouldn’t let my kids listen to it or sing it. The words were a bunch of meaningless gobbledegook! The chorus was:

God is watching us

God is watching us from a distance.

Read the following passages and see if you find in them that God ever watched anyone or anything, anywhere or anytime, “from a distance”!

8. Sheol is naked before Him, and Destruction has ___ _________. (Job 26:6)

9. Does He not see my______ , and ______ all my steps? (Job 31:4)

10. For His ______ are on the ways of man, and He sees all his steps. There is no darkness nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity may ______ themselves. (Job 34:21-22)

11. Great is our LORD, and mighty in power; His understanding is _________ . (Ps. 147:5)

12. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are ______ _______ _______ to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. (Heb. 4:13)

13. For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and ______ ____ _________ . (1 John 3:20)

14. O LORD, You have _______ me and _______ me. (Ps. 139:1)

15. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought_____ ______ . (Ps. 139:2)

16. You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are ________ with all my ways. (Ps. 139:3)

17. For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O LORD, You_________ ___ ___________ . (Ps. 139:4)

18. You have hedged me behind and before, and ____ _____ _______ upon me. (Ps. 139:5)

19. Such _________ is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it. (Ps. 139:6)

God Is Omnipresent

God is everywhere:

20. But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot _______ _____ . How much less this temple which I have built! (2 Chron 6:18)

21. Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I ____ from _____ _________ ? (Ps. 139:7)

22. If I ascend into heaven, You are ______ ; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are _________ . (Ps. 139:8)

23. If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there Your hand shall_____ ___, and Your right hand shall_____ _____ . (Ps. 139:9-10)

24. If I say,” Surely the darkness shall fall on me,” Even the night shall be light about me; indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are ______ _______ to You. (Ps.139:11-12)

25. The eyes of the LORD are in ______ _______ , keeping watch on the evil and the good. (Prov. 15:3)

26. Thus says the LORD: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is my footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest? For all those things My hand _____ _______ , and all those things exist,” (Is.66:1-2)

27. “Am I a God near at hand,” says the LORD, “And not a God afar off? Can anyone hide himself in ______ ________ , so I shall not see him?” Says the LORD; “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the LORD. (Jer. 23:23-24)

28. God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. Nor is He worshiped with ______ ______ , as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. (Ac.17:24-25)

29. And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their ________ __________ and the boundaries of their dwellings, (Ac.17:26)

30. “So that they should seek the Lord, in hope that they might ______ for Him, and _____ Him, though He is not far from each one of us; (Ac.17:27)

31. For in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are His ______ .’ (Ac.17:28)

The Mere Edges Of His Ways

We have studied how God made everything. He is everywhere! He knows everything! He is all powerful! He is ruler over all! In this lesson we have read many scriptures proving all of this to be true. It would be impossible even if we memorized every scripture in the whole Bible, to even begin to understand the scope of His vast power, knowledge, and presence.

The scripture text of all we have studied and the context of all the Holy Scriptures reveal the mere edges of His ways:

32. He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on ________ . (Job 26:7)

33. He binds up the water in His thick clouds, yet the clouds are not _______ under it. (Job 26:8)

34. He covers the face of His ______ , and spreads His cloud over it. (Job 26:9)

35. He drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters, at the boundary of________ ______ __________ . (Job 26:10)

36. The pillars of heaven_________ , and are astonished at His rebuke; (Job 26:11)

37. He stirs up the sea with His __________ , and by His _________ He breaks up the storm. (Job 26:12)

38. By His Spirit He _______ the heavens; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent. (Job 26:13)

39. Indeed these are the ______ _____ of His ways, and how small a whisper we hear of Him! But the thunder of His power who can understand?” (Job 26:14)

Let’s review:

40. Give the meaning of Omnipotent.

41. Name one verse that illustrates His Omnipotence.

42. Tell the meaning of Omnipresent.

43. Name one verse that illustrates His Omnipresence..

44. Give the meaning of Omniscience.

45. Name one verse that illustrates His Omniscience.

46. Name one verse that proves that the Father is above all authority.

"Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding….” (Job 36:5)

Syllabus; Introduction & Lesson One; Lesson Two; Lesson Four; Lesson Five; Lesson Six; Lesson Seven; Lesson Eight