When the Bible describes God, it often uses the scriptural word “almighty.”  “Almighty” has the same definition as “omnipotent.”  It means “having an infinite and absolute plentitude of power.”  The ESV translation of the Bible uses the word “Almighty” to describe God 58 times, but it is never used to describe anybody else or anything else in the Bible.
Whenever you use the words “infinite”,  “absolute”, and “almighty” you can only be talking about one person: the God of the Bible.  Whatever limited power we might possess to move things or people into action is not really ours at all.  Any power we use ultimately belongs to God.
God delegates power to His creation without drawing anything away from His own perfect being.  He delegates power, but does not give it away.
  • When God gives power to an archangel, He still retains that power.
  • When God pours out power on a man, He still retains that power.
If God gave away 1% of His power to his creatures and kept 99% for Himself, then He would no longer be omnipotent.  He’d just be very powerful, but far short of all-powerful (about 1% short).  If an entity had 99% of all the power in the universe, that entity would be incredibly powerful, but he would not be the God of the Bible.
God can’t give any of Himself away.  He can’t relinquish His power because if He did, He’d be less powerful than He was before.  If He was less powerful than He was before, He would not be perfect.  A non-perfect God is not the God of the Bible.  The God of the Bible never runs down.
  • God still has the same amount of power that He had before He created the heavens and the earth, the sun and the stars, the angels and mankind.
  • God will never have any more power than He has right now because He currently possesses all power.

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Mark Stafford

Senior Pastor