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[[file:NASA Unveils Celestial Fireworks as Official Hubble 25th Anniversary Image.jpg |thumb| 280px |Westerlund 2 star cluster, captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, 2009. Source: ESA/Hubble]] | <!-- interlanguage:start -->[[ko:하나님의 권능]]<!-- interlanguage:end -->[[file:NASA Unveils Celestial Fireworks as Official Hubble 25th Anniversary Image.jpg |thumb| 280px |Westerlund 2 star cluster, captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, 2009. Source: ESA/Hubble]] | ||
The '''power of God''' is limitless. It transcends all human ability and imagination. [[God]], [[Alpha and Omega|the Alpha and the Omega]], exists from eternity in and of Himself and endures forever without end.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+1%3A8&version=NIV |title=Revelation 1:8 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+22%3A13&version=NIV |title=Revelation 22:13 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> As [[The Creator|Creator]] and [[Redeemer]], He is [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/omniscient omniscient], [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/omnipotent omnipotent], and [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/omnipresent omnipresent], sovereign over life and death, blessing and calamity. All creation lies under His authority.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+19%3A5&version=NIV |title=Exodus 19:5 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Chronicles+29%3A11&version=NIV |title=1 Chronicles 29:11 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+89%3A11&version=NIV |title=Psalms 89:11 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> For those who believe, His power is revealed as salvation and blessing.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+1%3A16-17&version=NIV |title=Romans 1:16–17 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> For those who reject Him, it is manifested as judgment and calamity.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+8%3A19&version=NIV |title=Exodus 8:19 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+11%3A5-6&version=NIV |title=Exodus 11:5–6 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+11%3A20-22&version=NIV |title=Matthew 11:20–22 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> As the true God exalted above all others,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+7%3A22&version=NIV |title=2 Samuel 7:22 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezra+1%3A3&version=NIV |title=Ezra 1:3 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John%2005&version=NIV |title=1 John 5:20 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> He exercises His authority to judge false deities.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+12%3A12&version=NIV |title=Exodus 12:12 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> The forefathers of faith, who recognized His might, rendered to Him glory and ceaseless praise.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel+2%3A20&version=NIV |title=Daniel 2:20 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job+12%3A13&version=NIV |title=Job 12:13 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+21%3A13&version=NIV |title=Psalms 21:13 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+10%3A12&version=NIV |title=Jeremiah 10:12 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> | The '''power of God''' is limitless. It transcends all human ability and imagination. [[God]], [[Alpha and Omega|the Alpha and the Omega]], exists from eternity in and of Himself and endures forever without end.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+1%3A8&version=NIV |title=Revelation 1:8 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+22%3A13&version=NIV |title=Revelation 22:13 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> As [[The Creator|Creator]] and [[Redeemer]], He is [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/omniscient omniscient], [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/omnipotent omnipotent], and [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/omnipresent omnipresent], sovereign over life and death, blessing and calamity. All creation lies under His authority.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+19%3A5&version=NIV |title=Exodus 19:5 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Chronicles+29%3A11&version=NIV |title=1 Chronicles 29:11 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+89%3A11&version=NIV |title=Psalms 89:11 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> For those who believe, His power is revealed as salvation and blessing.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+1%3A16-17&version=NIV |title=Romans 1:16–17 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> For those who reject Him, it is manifested as judgment and calamity.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+8%3A19&version=NIV |title=Exodus 8:19 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+11%3A5-6&version=NIV |title=Exodus 11:5–6 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+11%3A20-22&version=NIV |title=Matthew 11:20–22 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> As the true God exalted above all others,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+7%3A22&version=NIV |title=2 Samuel 7:22 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezra+1%3A3&version=NIV |title=Ezra 1:3 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John%2005&version=NIV |title=1 John 5:20 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> He exercises His authority to judge false deities.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+12%3A12&version=NIV |title=Exodus 12:12 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> The forefathers of faith, who recognized His might, rendered to Him glory and ceaseless praise.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel+2%3A20&version=NIV |title=Daniel 2:20 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job+12%3A13&version=NIV |title=Job 12:13 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+21%3A13&version=NIV |title=Psalms 21:13 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+10%3A12&version=NIV |title=Jeremiah 10:12 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> | ||
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===Sovereignty Over Life and Death=== | ===Sovereignty Over Life and Death=== | ||
[[file:Tissot Water Is Changed into Blood.jpg |thumb| 280px |''Water Is Changed into Blood'', James Tissot (1836–1902), depicting one of the ten plagues of Egypt]] | [[file:Tissot Water Is Changed into Blood.jpg |thumb| 280px |''Water Is Changed into Blood'', James Tissot (1836–1902), depicting one of the ten plagues of Egypt]] | ||
The omnipotent and omnipresent God rules sovereignly over life and death, blessing and calamity. He gives life<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2%3A7&version=NIV |title=Genesis 2:7 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+17%3A25&version=NIV |title=Acts 17:25 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> and takes it away.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+12%3A20&version=NIV |title=Luke 12:20 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> He extends the days of the dying<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Kings+20%3A6&version=NIV |title=2 Kings 20:6 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> and raises the dead to life again.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+11%3A43-44&version=NIV |title=John 11:43–44 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref>{{quote5 |내용= “See, I set before you today '''life''' and '''prosperity''', '''death''' and '''destruction'''.” |출처= [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+30%3A15&version=NIV Deuteronomy 30:15]}} | |||
The omnipotent and omnipresent God rules sovereignly over life and death, blessing and calamity. He gives life<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2%3A7&version=NIV |title=Genesis 2:7 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+17%3A25&version=NIV |title=Acts 17:25 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> and takes it away.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+12%3A20&version=NIV |title=Luke 12:20 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> He extends the days of the dying<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Kings+20%3A6&version=NIV |title=2 Kings 20:6 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> and raises the dead to life again.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+11%3A43-44&version=NIV |title=John 11:43–44 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> | |||
{{quote5 |내용= “See, I set before you today '''life''' and '''prosperity''', '''death''' and '''destruction'''.” |출처= [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+30%3A15&version=NIV Deuteronomy 30:15]}} | |||
When wickedness filled the earth in the days of [[Noah]], God sent rain for forty days and nights and destroyed the world by flood.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+7%3A11-12&version=NIV |title=Genesis 7:11–12 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> In the time of [[Abraham]], He consumed Sodom and Gomorrah with fire.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+19%3A24-25&version=NIV |title=Genesis 19:24–25 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> In Egypt, He struck the land with ten plagues, including blood, frogs, pestilence, and hail. In the [[Life in the Desert|wilderness]], He sent venomous snakes to punish Israel’s grumbling, yet also provided healing.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+21%3A6-9&version=NIV |title=Numbers 21:6–9 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> During the [[Babylonian Captivity|Babylonian exile]], [[Daniel (Prophet)|Daniel]]’s three friends, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, were preserved by God, so that not a hair of their heads was singed in the blazing furnace.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel+3%3A26-27&version=NIV |title=Daniel 3:26–27 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> | When wickedness filled the earth in the days of [[Noah]], God sent rain for forty days and nights and destroyed the world by flood.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+7%3A11-12&version=NIV |title=Genesis 7:11–12 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> In the time of [[Abraham]], He consumed Sodom and Gomorrah with fire.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+19%3A24-25&version=NIV |title=Genesis 19:24–25 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> In Egypt, He struck the land with ten plagues, including blood, frogs, pestilence, and hail. In the [[Life in the Desert|wilderness]], He sent venomous snakes to punish Israel’s grumbling, yet also provided healing.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+21%3A6-9&version=NIV |title=Numbers 21:6–9 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> During the [[Babylonian Captivity|Babylonian exile]], [[Daniel (Prophet)|Daniel]]’s three friends, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, were preserved by God, so that not a hair of their heads was singed in the blazing furnace.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel+3%3A26-27&version=NIV |title=Daniel 3:26–27 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> | ||