In Luke 1:37 Mary responds to the news that she will give birth to Jesus as a virgin by saying “with God nothing is impossible.” In five words Mary articulates the essence of what we mean when we say God is omnipotent. All creation obeys Him because He is not only it’s creator but sustainer. There is no task that strains His abilities, His power is universal and He is able to exercise power over the entire universe. God’s power is not limited by natural law or human imagination but only by His nature and character. The power of God should build our faith. As Paul says in Romans 8:31: “If God is for us who can be against us.” It should also cause fear in the hearts of those who oppose God because if we are against God, it does not matter who is for us.
In Luke 1:37 Mary responds to the news that she will give birth to Jesus as a virgin by saying “with God nothing is impossible.” In five words Mary articulates the essence of what we mean when we say God is omnipotent. All creation obeys Him because He is not only it’s creator but sustainer. There is no task that strains His abilities, His power is universal and He is able to exercise power over the entire universe. God’s power is not limited by natural law or human imagination but only by His nature and character. The power of God should build our faith. As Paul says in Romans 8:31: “If God is for us who can be against us.” It should also cause fear in the hearts of those who oppose God because if we are against God, it does not matter who is for us.
God is Holy, which means that He is separate, He is set apart from all else that is. This otherness is an essential part of His nature. When God’s people and God’s angels cry out that He is “holy, holy, holy” they are confessing with force that God is holy in His essence, in all that He is and does, and that this attribute is central to what makes God, God. Tied into this His holiness means that He is absolutely pure, completely unstained by sin or evil. As Christians this is essential to know because in His holiness He calls those of us who are His people, His children to reflect Him by also being holy. We are to be holy first and foremost because our God and our Father is holy and He alone is the standard by which holiness is to be measured or judged.
God is Holy, which means that He is separate, He is set apart from all else that is. This otherness is an essential part of His nature. When God’s people and God’s angels cry out that He is “holy, holy, holy” they are confessing with force that God is holy in His essence, in all that He is and does, and that this attribute is central to what makes God, God. Tied into this His holiness means that He is absolutely pure, completely unstained by sin or evil. As Christians this is essential to know because in His holiness He calls those of us who are His people, His children to reflect Him by also being holy. We are to be holy first and foremost because our God and our Father is holy and He alone is the standard by which holiness is to be measured or judged.