The idea behind worshipping God is that of a being who is omniscient, omnipotent, immortal, invisible, transcendent and appears in majestic celestial splendor, and as such, has no limitation to His power and will; but are there instances when even God Himself cannot or does not act in a particular way or beyond a certain point outside of the prerogatives of His divine nature? This study will seek to answer this question and provide insight that may prove to be surprising to some.
Jeremiah 32: 26-27
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, “Behold I am the LORD, the God of flesh. Is there anything too hard [impossible] for Me?
Luke 1: 37
For with God nothing will be impossible [too hard].
John 1: 1, 14a
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory [magnificence, power].
Mark 6: 5-6a
Now He could not do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. And He marveled because of their unbelief.
Hebrews 11: 6
But without ‘faith’ it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He rewards those who diligently seek Him.
CONCLUSION: This brief search of the Scriptures reveals God as able to accomplish anything, but yet in some strange way man’s response to receiving the blessings of His grace limits the very power which can greatly benefit us; and that of which only He alone possesses. Even the LORD Jesus [Adonei Yeshua] wasn’t able to perform great miraculous things in His hometown of Nazareth because the people had hardness of heart and unbelief. In fact, in all the gospel accounts Jesus [Yeshua] asked the person of whom He was about to heal if they had “faith” or observed the demonstration of it in the belief that He could perform a miracle. Even with His disciples He chided them on more than one occasion about having very little faith. The one special thing that the Creator has given all of us and which He will never violate is our “freewill” which makes us unique among all creation and more like the Father. So, even if we are not as committed to Him as we should be, still God is faithful in loving and caring for us (Cp. 2 Timothy 2: 13; 1 Peter 5: 7).
Robert Randle
776 Commerce St. #B-11
Tacoma, WA 98402
October 24, 2011
robertrandle51@yahoo.com
