God’s “Omni” (All-ness) Nature Knowing God (V) God’s “Omni” (All-ness) Nature

God is Omnipotent (All-powerful) El Sheddai = “God Almighty”: The Lord said to Abraham, “Is anything too difficult for the Lord” (Gen 18.14)

God is Omnipotent (All-powerful) El Sheddai = “God Almighty”: Job: “I know that you can do all things, and no purpose of yours can be thwarted” (Job 42.2)

God is Omnipotent (All-powerful) El Sheddai = “God Almighty”: Jeremiah: “Nothing is too difficult for the Lord who made the heavens and the earth by his great power” (Jer 32.17,27)

God is Omnipotent (All-powerful) El Sheddai = “God Almighty”: The angel Gabriel, to Mary: “Nothing is impossible with God” (Lk 1.37)

God is Omnipotent (All-powerful) El Sheddai = “God Almighty”: Jesus, to the disciples: “With man it is impossible, but with God all things are possible” (Mt 19.26)

God is Omnipotent (All-powerful) Some things God cannot do: Perform logical contradictions: e.g., make a square circle.

God is Omnipotent (All-powerful) Some things God cannot do: Lie: Titus 1:2 “in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago”

God is Omnipotent (All-powerful) Some things God cannot do: Sin – Jas 1.13; 1 Jn 1.5 Jas 1.13 “Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am being tempted by God’; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone.”

God is Omnipotent (All-powerful) Some things God cannot do: Go against his nature: 2 Tim 2:13 “If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.”

God is Omnipotent (All-powerful) What God’s omnipotence does mean: He can do what he wills to do: Ps 135:6 “Whatever the LORD pleases, He does, In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps.”

God is Omnipotent (All-powerful) What this means for us: God can handle your troubles – 1 Pet 5.7 God can do what he promises: Rom 4:21 “and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform.”

God is Omnipotent (All-powerful) What this means for us: God can handle your troubles God can do what he promises: e.g. 1 Cor 10.13 (keep us from temptation); Rom 8.28 (cause all things to work together to good); Heb 7.25 (save us).

God is Omnipotent (All-powerful) What this means for us: God can handle your troubles God can do what he promises God can do far more than we can imagine: Eph 3:20 “Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us”

God is Omnipotent (All-powerful) What this means for us: God can handle your troubles God can do what he promises God can do far more than we can imagine

God is Omniscient (All-knowing) El Roi – The God Who Sees (Gen 16) Ps 139:1-6 “O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar. You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways. Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O LORD, You know it all. You have enclosed me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot attain to it.”

God is Omniscient (All-knowing) El Roi – The God Who Sees Knows the past, present, and future: Isa 46:9-10 “Remember the former things long past, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, ‘My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’”

God is Omniscient (All-knowing) El Roi – The God Who Sees Knows the past, present, and future Knows your heart: 1 Chron 28:9 “As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.”

God is Omniscient (All-knowing) El Roi – The God Who Sees Knows the past, present, and future Knows your heart: Heb 4:13 “And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.”

God is Omniscient (All-knowing) El Roi – The God Who Sees Knows the past, present, and future Knows your heart Knows our secret sins and motives: Ps 90:8 “You have placed our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your presence.”

God is Omniscient (All-knowing) El Roi – The God Who Sees Knows the past, present, and future Knows your heart Knows our secret sins and motives: 1 Cor 4:5 “Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men's hearts; and then each man's praise will come to him from God.”

God is Omniscient (All-knowing) El Roi – The God Who Sees Ps 139.6 “Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot attain to it.”

God is Omniscient (All-knowing) El Roi – The God Who Sees What it means for us: God doesn’t miss anything. He sees the injustices in the world, and he cares – Gen 16 Gen 16.13 “The she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, ‘You are a God who sees.’”

God is Omniscient (All-knowing) El Roi – The God Who Sees What it means for us: God doesn’t miss anything. He knows what you need even before you ask – Mt 6.8

God is Omniscient (All-knowing) El Roi – The God Who Sees What it means for us: God doesn’t miss anything. You cannot hide your sins from him Ps 94:7-9 “They have said, ‘The LORD does not see, Nor does the God of Jacob pay heed.’ Pay heed, you senseless among the people; And when will you understand, stupid ones? He who planted the ear, does He not hear? He who formed the eye, does He not see?”

God is Omnipresent (Ever-present) El Olam – God Everlasting Psa 139:7-12 “Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me. If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, And the light around me will be night," Even the darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You.”

God is Omnipresent (Ever-present) El Olam – God Everlasting Jer 23:24 “‘Can a man hide himself in hiding places So I do not see him?’ declares the LORD. ‘Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?’ declares the LORD.”

God is Omnipresent (Ever-present) El Olam – God Everlasting Ps 139.6 “Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot attain to it.”

God is Omnipresent (Ever-present) What it means to us: You cannot run away or hide from God Comforting -- Ps 139 Or, Fearful -- Jer 23.23-24

God is Omnipresent (Ever-present) What it means to us: Worship of him is not confined to one place and time – Jn 4.21 Jn 4.21,23 “Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father…but true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth.’”

God is Omnipresent (Ever-present) What it means to us: We are never alone: Psalms 46:1 “God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.”

God’s “Omni” (All-ness) Nature God is Omnipotent (All-powerful) God is Omniscient (All-knowing) God is Omnipresent (Ever-present)