Who are what sets the limits on what God can do?

Question

Even overlooking the ample evidence of unjust and contradictory behaviour as presented in the Bible, the idea that God cannot change his mind limits his omnipotence. And it raises the question that if he is limited in scope (or limited in freedom), who or what determined those limits?

Answer 1

Who told you that God can't change his mind? They're silly. God has, and does, change his mind, and i know what you are going to say, how can he be God if he changes his mind? but the thing is, changing his mind doesn't change his character (who he is). And there is the answer to your question because you see, God cannot do anything against his character. for example, God is Love, so he cannot do anything that would be unloving. God is truth, so he cannot lie... etc... There aren't set limits for God as there are set limits for running a marathon or playing a game of cards (both have rules that someone else made up for you). but there are limits to what he can do. allow me another example, you are not a dog so you cannot do the things a dog would do. You can't smell like he can, you can't run like he can etc. in the same way, God cannot go against who he is.

Answer 2

"For I am the Lord, I do not change." Malachi 3:6

The one and only example I see of the Lord changing His mind is when He is about to bring judgment on a society for their sin and the people repent for what they have done and turn from it. He will then choose not to bring that judgment against the people. It's called mercy and forgiveness. Every human will be held accountable for their sin by God unless they turn to the Lord and repent for it.

The Lord sets limits, but He Himself cannot be limited except by our refusal to allow Him into our lives. He will not force Himself on us.

You are trying to reason through the character of God from a worldly point of view that is even further limited by your unbelief toward Him and the fact that you've never had an encounter with Him.

"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways," says the Lord. "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:8

Answer 3

Between people of different faiths, or indeed even between people of the same faith, the term omnipotent has been used to connote a number of different positions. These positions include but are not limited to:

God can not only transcend the laws of physics and probability, but can also transcend logical truths (for example, God could create a square circle, or could make one equal two), because God is not bound by any limitations.

God can intervene in the world by superseding the laws of physics and probability (i. e., God can create miracles), but it is impossible (and in fact meaningless) to suggest that God can contradict logical truths.

God's omnipotence does not transcend the laws of physics or logic; rather his omnipotence is measured by his mastery of these laws to which he himself is also subject. God is omnipotent in that he has reached the full potential of his species (mankind) and is as powerful as his species can be. What may appear as a miracle to a mere mortal is simply an example of God's omniscience with respect to the laws of nature and his consequent ability to make use of that omniscience.

God is able to do everything that is in accord with his own nature. He has no external power exerted on him, and is the source and origin of all power. The nature of God includes logic, and thus God cannot do anything which is logically absurd. God is able to alter the laws of physics since they are not part of his nature (strictly speaking, though they may be reflective of it), they are only a means to an end. Tertullian summarized this view as follows:

In one sense there will be something difficult even for God - namely, that which He has not done - not because He could not, but because He would not, do it. For with God, to be willing is to be able, and to be unwilling is to be unable; all that He has willed, however, He has both been able to accomplish, and has displayed His ability.

— Tertullian, Against Praxeas, Chapter X [1]

Answer 4

Dude you are thinking of god all WRONG!
The air never talked to the writers of the bible,
a voice did.
Now we look to the source of that voice....if you say that it is the air you are what we call today nuts.
If some one hears voices from the air they are nuts.
The thing is god is a being, he has a presence and he is not every where!
Revelation 7:15
“Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
His presence being in HEAVEN!!!
We are not in his presence now.
Psalm 47:8
God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne.
Ezekiel 1:26
And above the expanse over their heads there was the likeness of a throne,
If i 2,000 years ago saw a throne in the sky...WTF
do you think i would be seeing right NOW!!!
Its that easy...Ezekiel 10:1
....something like a sapphire, in appearance like a throne.(key words LIKE A THRONE)
If was a man 2,000 years ago and saw a CELLE PHONE
I would call it the silver box that has the voice of god coming from it. You in return would say OMG there is a holy box.
Thats what you morons have done with the ark of the covente.
ELOHIM(wikipedia) is god, elohim means "those who came from the sky" Genesis 1:
26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. (Us!!OUR!!! OUR!!!! elohim)
genesis 3:22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like "one of us" in knowing good and evil.
Instead of saying the lord god in this verse the correct hebrew term is elohim, all bibles translate it into GOD instead of elohim!
ezekial 1:15 Now as I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, one for each of the four of them
What do you think those wheels are, rofl.
Your all just morons and you cant see the truth so you ask questions that only the nuts can answer.


This is what some believe...(with the example of a chair)
The chair just existed,(god) the chair evolved from a PILLOW!!!(evolution)
Whos nuts....both
The person that says that chair was built...is the right one. If i build something i am something.
We create to create to create!
If you would like to read more ON THE TRUTH!
read this book!
http://www.rael.org/download.php?view.1
ezekial 1:15 Now as I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, one for each of the four of them

Answer 5

God is very orderly in everything He does . That may seem a bit weird to you , but that is for your benefit . He has reasons for the way things happen . Isaiah 55:8-9 .

Answer 6

Who are what sets the limits on what God can do?

God!

Answer 7

There are no limits. He can do anything. Where is it said that He can not change His mind?

Answer 8

God sets his own limits and sticks to them.

Answer 9

God did change His mind and didn't destroy the whole world, but mostly God cant lie.

Answer 10

He is not limited according to the most prevalent dogmas.