an attribute of God alone, and essential to his nature as an infinite, independent, and perfect Being. Among the distinct declarations of Scripture attributing such power to God are the following: Genesis 17:1; Exodus 15:11-12; Deuteronomy 3:24; 1 Samuel 14:6; Psalms 62:11; Psalms 65:6; Psalms 147:5; Daniel 4:35; Matthew 6:13; Matthew 19:26; Ephesians 3:20; Revelation 19:6. It is also clearly expressed in the epithet Shaddai (q.v.), often applied to him in the O.T. The power of God is especially evinced:
1. In creation (Genesis 1:1; Romans 1:20);
2. In the preservation of his creatures (Hebrews 1:3; Colossians 1:16-17);
3. In the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 1:35; Luke 1:37; Ephesians 1:19);
4. In the conversion of sinners (Psalms 110:3; 2 Corinthians 4:7);
5. In the continuation and success of the Gospel in the world (Matthew 13:31-32);
6. In the preservation of the saints (1 Peter 1:5);
7. In the resurrection of the dead (1 Corinthians ch. 15);
8. In making the righteous happy forever, and in punishing the wicked (Matthew 25:34; Philippians 3:20-21). This power is only limited by God's own holy nature, which renders it impossible for him to do wrong (Numbers 23:19; Hebrews 6:18), and by the laws of possibility which he has himself created in the nature of things; in other words, we cannot conceive of his performing either a metaphysical or a moral contradiction. See Cocker, Theistic Conception of the World (N.Y. 1876, 12mo), p. 355 sq.; Malcom, Theol. Index, s.v.; Haag, Histoire des Dogmes Chretiens, 1:291; 2:16 sq., 139 sq., 147. (See LAW).