If a young child asked me, "What does it mean that God is omnipotent?" I would start off by saying that God can do anything that God desires. But we cannot leave it there because the Bible teaches that there are some things that God cannot do. For instance, God cannot lie. Now we have to rework our definition.

Omnipotence means that God can do everything according to His holy nature, but He will never do anything and cannot do anything that contradicts His holiness, justice, or love.

If a young child asks me, you know, what does it mean that God is omnipotent? We'll start off with saying it means God can do anything that God desires, but we can't leave it there because the Bible teaches that there are some things God cannot do. God cannot lie. So now we have to kind of rework our definition. Omnipotence means that God can do everything according to his holy nature, but he will never do anything.

He cannot do anything that contradicts his holiness or his justice or his love. You