Is God dependable? Is there anything God cannot do?

God has chosen to operate within the laws and rules He Himself set up. In His infinite wisdom He has chosen to be a God of compassion and mercy and love . . . a God working out a plan of salvation in which He is reproducing Himself after His own kind through mankind. In doing so, He has willed Himself —“locked Himself in,” so to speak—to consistently adhere to certain laws, principles, attitudes, and behaviors. We would do well to observe and emulate them. This is how God’s mind works, and we are to have, or put on, the very mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:16).

God is all-powerful and can do anything!

The only things God cannot do are those things that would cause Him to no longer be all-powerful or perfect. It is because God is unable to do these things, that we can do all things through Christ.

GOD CANNOT LIE.

"Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath. God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged." (Hebrews 6:17-18)

Other verses supporting this truth are Numbers 23:19, 1 Samuel 15:29, Romans 3:4, Titus 1:2, 1 John 1:10, and 1 John 5:10.

Aren’t you glad God is not lying to us about what He has done, is doing and soon will do concerning His Plan and His Word? Praise God!

GOD CANNOT CHANGE.

“For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed” (Malachi 3:6).

To verify, compare Psalm 90:2,4; Psalm 102:27; Hebrews 13:8; James 1:17; and Revelation 1:8.

God is absolutely committed and resolute about His plan for man. Aren’t you grateful that God does not change your world randomly or change His mind about your calling and salvation?

GOD CANNOT BREAK A PROMISE.

“My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips” (Psalm 89:34).

Also see, Leviticus 26:44; Jeremiah 14:21; and Jeremiah 33:20–22.

Aren’t you grateful God has kept His promises in the past and will keep His promises concerning you, His saints, and His plan of salvation for all in the future?

GOD’S INTENT AND POWER CANNOT BE STOPPED.

“All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing.He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth.No one can hold back his hand or say to him: 'What have you done?'" (Daniel 4:35).

Aren’t you awed God cannot be thwarted, deceived, or overthrown?

GOD’S WORD CANNOT BE BROKEN.

“… the Scripture cannot be set aside” (John 10:35)

Compare Psalm 12:6–7, 119:89; Matthew 5:18; 24:35; and 1 Peter 1:25.

Aren’t you grateful God’s Word is pure and sure forever, and that you can trust it with your eternal life?

GOD’S LAW CANNOT BE ANNULLED.

“…all His commandments are sure. They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness” (Psalm 111:7–8).

Match Psalm 119:160; Matthew 5:17–18; Luke 16:17; Luke 21:33; Romans 3:31; and Hebrews 13:8.

Aren’t you relieved that God’s physical as well as His spiritual laws cannot be altered or done away?

GOD CANNOT STAND SIN.

“But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear” (Isaiah 59:2).

See Proverbs 15:29; Jeremiah 5:25; Ezekiel 18:4, 20; Ezekiel 39:23–24; Romans 6:23; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; Galatians 6:7–8; and 1 John 3:4.

Aren’t you thankful that Jesus Christ came and paid your eternal death penalty for you, in your stead?

GOD CANNOT DESPISE A BROKEN AND CONTRITE HEART.

“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise” (Psalm 51:17).

Cross reference Psalm 102:17; Psalm 138:6; Luke 15:10; and Romans 12:1.

Aren’t you happy that, no matter what you have done, you can return to God through repentance and His saving grace?

GOD CANNOT BE PLEASED WITHOUT FAITH.

“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him” (Hebrews 11:6).

Aren’t you humbled that you can be counted worthy and be added to God’s faith “hall of fame” through Jesus Christ?

GOD’S CHURCH CANNOT BE DESTROYED.

“And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of [Hell] will not overcome it” (Matthew 16:18).

Compare Matthew 7:25; Acts 5:39; and Romans 8:33–38.

Aren’t you at peace that the Guardian of this universe is protecting you and yours as long as you abide in Him?

GOD CANNOT BE WORSHIPPED TOO MUCH FOR WHO AND WHAT HE IS.

“…and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come” (Revelation 4:8).

Compare Psalm 30:12; Psalm 41:13; Psalm 99:3,9; Psalm 103; 1 Timothy 1:17; and Hebrews 13:15.

Aren’t you awed that we have such a perfect, Almighty, and loving God that is worthy of such praise?

AND FINALLY, GOD CANNOT STOP LOVING YOU.

“The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.” (Jeremiah 31:3).

Also see Deuteronomy 7:7–9; Psalm 103:17; 2 Timothy 1:9; Titus 3:3–6; and 1 John 4:19.

Aren’t you thankful that God loves you enough to give His only-begotten Son for you?

Truly our God is an awesome God...unchanging, eternal, unlimited in power, in majesty, in knowledge, in wisdom, in love, in mercy, and in holiness. But we are very much like the Israelites who, even after seeing God display His power and love repeatedly, doubted both His love and power as they came face to face with each new trial in their lives (e.g., Numbers 13-14). May God help us to honor Him with dependence and trust in Him through the next “crisis” we face, for He is a “very present help in trouble” (Psalm 46:1).

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