God Can’t Do Everything

[518 words] These words can sound discouraging. Doesn’t the Bible say, “For with God nothing will be impossible” (Luke 1:37)? Which way is it? The same Bible that says nothing is impossible with God also says there is something He cannot do. “It is impossible for God to lie” (Heb. 6:18). God “cannot lie” (Titus 1:2). Lying is against the nature of God. It is contrary to His being. The Bible doesn’t just say God will not lie. It says He cannot lie. God would have to be something other than God in order to lie. He cannot do this. “He cannot deny Himself’ (2 Tim. 2:13). This means more than saying that God chooses not to lie, that Goes not want to lie. It means He cannot. God’s will and His being are inseparable. Now that we have shown that there is something God cannot do, let us build…