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The Omnipotent God

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Omnipotent God When we think of God's  All-powerfulness, we think of the name  El Shaddai    or God All Mighty this was the name God revealed to Abraham in  Gen 17:1  this name occurs 48 times in 48 verses in the bible and it carves into granite the status of God in relation to everything  else that is in existence today.   God could have very easily used another name that had to do with his power when he was speaking to Abraham, but He wanted it perfectly clear there is no power except it comes from God!  Because God is All-Powerful I was once asked if God can do anything, can God create a rock so heavy that God cannot lift it. To me, the very statement was an insult of my intelligence and more importantly, it was an edification of the ignorance of the workings of GOD by the person that asked the question. I had completely dismissed the statement from my mind until a few months ago when I saw this same question on the internet. ( S...