The O’s Have It!

To me the adjective that best describes all the various and varying attributes of God is “infinite”. 

Here are some other words for infinite that might paint you a better picture:

boundless, immense, endless, limitless, very great, vast, unbounded, unlimited, never-ending, interminable, immeasurable, fathomless, extensive, great, huge, enormous, supreme, absolute, great

Infinite describes God’s own character – it is Who He is. Today I invite you to take a brief look with me at just three specific attributes of God. I say brief since an exhaustive study of a topic such as this is well beyond the scope of this blog. 

• God is infinite in His power, Omnipotent
  
• God is infinite in His being, Omnipresent
  
• God is infinite in His knowledge, Omniscient

Yes, the O’s have it!

OMONIPOTENT is the attribute of God that describes His ability to do whatever He wills. God not only is powerful, but has complete control over His power to do with power all that power can do. The word omnipotent, though not found in the Bible is certainly apparent in the Scriptures.

O Lord God! You have made the heavens and earth by Your great power; nothing is too hard for You! 

(Jeremiah 32:17 TLB)

God is a free being who controls all the power that is – He can do all things.

OMNIPRESENT is the attribute of God that describes His ability to be present everywhere at once. He fills the universe in all its parts – the whole of God is present in every place, at the same time, even in every born-again believer through His Holy Spirit. God is in you and all around you. Everything, everywhere, in the universe is immediately in the presence of God. The omnipresence of God is wonderfully brought out by David in Psalm 139.

I can never get away from my God!

(Psalm 139:7 TLB)

God is not an amorphous mass, He is three distinct Persons in One, the Trinity, and where one is all are.

OMNISCIENT is the attribute of God that describes His ability to perfectly and eternally know all things that can be known. He eternally knows what He knows, what He has known, and what He will know. God is not limited by time and space as we know time and space, therefore He is in the past, He is in the present, and He is in the future at once, so that His knowledge is fathomless. The omniscience of God is clearly taught in Scripture.

Oh, what a wonderful God we have! How great are His wisdom and knowledge…! 

(Romans 11:33 TLB)

God does not depend on a process of reasoning, He is all-inclusive knowing the end from the beginning.

God cannot deny Himself and so we ought not to deny Who He is. All-Powerful, Ever-Present, All-Knowing are descriptive of Who God is, therefore these adjectives, omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient, cannot be separated but must be interwoven if we are to truly grasp and understand the character of our God – infinite, eternal, and unchangeable in His power, His being, and His knowledge.

Amen†

The O’s Have It!    Shelley Johnson 05-Jul-2016