What God Cannot Do
Ultimately with R.C. Sproul
Ligonier Ministries
4.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Can God build a rock so big that he can't move it? |
| 0:04.0 | Well, there is a right answer to that question. |
| 0:08.0 | It's very simple. |
| 0:10.0 | In every seminary class I ever had, I had the students who came up with the tired conundrum. |
| 0:21.6 | Professor, do you believe that God is omnip, then yes, that God can do all things? |
| 0:26.6 | Yes, nothing is impossible God? |
| 0:28.6 | Yes. |
| 0:29.6 | Well, can God build a rock so big that he can't move it? |
| 0:33.6 | Oh! |
| 0:34.6 | If I say yes, he can build a rock so big that he can't move it, then there's something |
| 0:40.4 | that's not possible for him to do. |
| 0:44.1 | And he's not really omnipotent. |
| 0:46.9 | And if I say, no, he can't build a rock so big that he can't move it, then again, I'm |
| 0:51.6 | skewered on the horns of this dilemma, and I'm left with saying |
| 0:55.3 | that God is not omnipotent that there are certain things that he can't do. |
| 1:00.1 | Well, there is a right answer to that question, and it's very simple. |
| 1:05.4 | Can God build a rock so big that he can't move it? |
| 1:09.0 | Of course not. Why not? Because he's omnipotent. Why not? |
| 1:17.6 | Because no thing is impossible with God. And to be omnipotent does not mean that God can do anything. |
| 1:25.6 | God can't die. God can't lie. God can't be God and not |
| 1:31.0 | be God at the same time and in the same relationship. He can't stop being God. And as long as he's God, |
| 1:37.9 | whatever he makes, whatever he creates, he controls. |
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