Being omnipotent doesn't mean that He can do something that runs counter to His character. He can't be the God who never lies and the God who lies at the same time - good grief, you weren't serious with that, were you? On post 643 I referenced a bunch of verses that says that God can't lie. Here is one of them....
Titus 1:2 'In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;'
There are actually a number of things God can't do. Here's a few more.
2 Timothy 2:13 'If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.' ....he can't deny himself.
Malachi 3:6 'For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.' ....He can't change.
God certainly engaged in a certain amount of deceit in pursuading Jacob God intended him to put his eldest son to death, so it seems unlikely that a little fibbing is beyond Him.
And your reference for this is?
He cannot deny himself change.
Sorry, wrong name, I was remembering the story of Abraham and Isaac.
So,...God is omnipotent except that he's limited by his own nature? Apparently you don't know what omnipotent means.
He can't be the God who never lies and the God who lies at the same time
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- good grief, you weren't serious with that, were you? On post 643 I referenced a bunch of verses that says that God can't lie. Here is one of them....
Uh huh. So a book rendered infallible because it's commissioned by God says God can't lie. That's a logical fallacy called post hoc, ergo propter hoc. You have assumed what was to be proved.