The Non-Moral Attributes (5 of 12 notes)

Part Three
Theology Proper: 18 THE BIBLICAL VIEW OF GOD
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker

Second, omnipotence does not mean that God wills to use all of His power. He is a free Being and not necessitated to use any, little, or all of His power. God has power over His power. He could have created a race of automatons without the power of choice, without minds of their own, without the ability to obey or disobey, without the possibility of loving or hating, creatures without motivation, but He did not choose to do so. He chose rather to create man in His own image, and apparently such a creation involved the self-limitation of God’s power in the delegation of certain powers to His creatures. God has provided mankind with the materials and the power to make this world a Utopia, but it is man, not God who has been guilty of malfeasance. However, God does have a Man who someday will return to earth to take the power into His hands and He will put down all unrighteousness and will rule the earth with justice and equity and peace. At the present we see a mighty demonstration of the power of God in restraining Himself from bringing judgment upon a world that more and more openly defies Him and practically challenges Him to come down and do something about it if He is God.

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