The document discusses the nature and power of God. It argues that while God is all-powerful, He cannot do anything that contradicts His nature, like lying or sinning. When Jesus said "all things are possible with God", He meant that salvation is only possible through God, as humans cannot save themselves. The document warns Christians not to claim that God can do absolutely anything, as that view has been used by skeptics to trap believers in logical contradictions.

1. SALVATION

2. MAIN VERSE
• But Jesus looked at them and said to
them, “With men this is impossible,
but with God all things are
possible.” (Matthew 19:26, NKJV)

3. DO YOU BELIEVE?
• The Bible teaches that God is omnipotent,
meaning that He is all-powerful.
• So that means He can do everything, right?

4. GOD CAN’T
• Since “all things are possible” with God, then
He must be able to do anything, right?
• But how can He do all things, if it is
impossible for Him to lie (“in hope of eternal
life which God, who cannot lie, promised
before time began…” Titus 1:2; Hebrews
6:18)?
• So is this a contradiction? Absolutely not.

5. WHO CAN BE SAVED?

6. • The problem is that we have not checked the
context of Matthew 19:26.
• Jesus had just told His disciples that it would
be easier for a camel to go through the eye of
a needle than it would be for a rich man to
enter the kingdom of God.
• His disciples were amazed by this, and asked,
“Who then can be saved?” (Matthew 19:23–
25, NKJV).

7. WE ARE NOTHING WITHOUT GOD

8. • Jesus was talking about salvation when He
said, “With men this is impossible, but with
God all things are possible.”
• And that’s true.
• Apart from God, no one can be saved.
• We cannot save ourselves because we are
sinful, and we need Christ to save us.

9. GOD CANNOT SIN
• But Jesus was not teaching that God can do
everything.
• We know there are many things that God cannot
do. He cannot cease to exist.
• He cannot sin. “He cannot deny Himself” (2
Timothy 2:13).
• Nor can He do the logically absurd.
• He cannot make a square circle or create an
uncreated being (since any created being is, by
definition, not uncreated).

10. THE TRUTH
• The truth is that God can do all things that
are consistent with His nature, and it is very
important to understand this distinction.
• Too many Christians have fallen for the trap
laid by skeptics and atheists.

11. LET THE DEBATE BEGIN

12. ATHEISTS ASKED:
• “Do you believe God is all powerful?”

13. AGAIN THEY ASK
• “Do you believe God can do anything?”

14. SKEPTIC MOVE
• “So can God make a rock so big that He
cannot move it?”

15. END OF DEBATE
• The score:
• Skeptic – 1
• Christian – 0

16. READ THE BIBLE
• The Christian loses as soon
as He falls for the trap of
agreeing that God can do
anything.
• If believers would take the
time to study their Bibles,
they should know that
there are many things that
God cannot do.

17. GOD CAN’T DO EVIL THINGS
• Making a rock so big that He cannot lift
it is another example of the logically
absurd.
• If Christians would learn to simply say,
“No, God cannot do all things,” we
would be a lot better off.
• Not only would it probably take the
skeptic by surprise to hear the biblical
answer (which they probably haven’t
heard before), but it would give you an
opportunity to share the truth with
them.

18. WORLDLY THINGS
• Finally, Jesus was not just selecting out the
rich man in this passage.
• He had just finished speaking to a young rich
man who had done a pretty good job in
keeping the Old Testament law.
• However, when Jesus told him to sell
everything and give to the poor, the man
went away sad.

19. LOVE TO WORDLINESS
• Apparently, Jesus knew that the man would
stick to his wealth, so it seems that His point
was that the rich are often distracted because
of their wealth.
• They don’t often think about their need for
salvation, because their wealth affords them
the ability to buy enough stuff or to be
continually entertained, so that they do not
stop to think about what is truly important.

20. WE ARE ALL EQUAL
• But Jesus did not let the poor or the middle
class exempted.
• We are all guilty of sinning against the
infinitely holy God, and without Christ, it is
impossible for any of us to enter heaven.
• Praise God that He has saved all who call
upon the name of the Lord, both poor and
rich.