I

Everything that God does involves His almighty side, and it also involves His practical side. God's almightiness is His essence, and His practicality is also His essence; these two aspects are inseparable. God's doing of deeds in a real, practical manner is His practical aspect, and that He can work this way also shows His almighty aspect. Anything God does contains both of these aspects—His almightiness and His practicality—and it's all done based on His essence; it's an expression of His disposition as well as a revelation of His essence and what He is.

II

God works actually and practically, and cleanses and resolves the corruption of humanity by expressing the truth, and He is also able to directly lead people— these things show the practical side of God. God expresses His own disposition and He expresses what He is, and whatever work humans cannot do, He can do; in this can be seen the almighty side of God. God carries the authority to bring what He says into existence, to make His commands stand firm, and to have what He says be done. While God speaks, His almightiness is revealed.

III

God holds sovereignty over all things, maneuvers Satan to render service for Him, arranges environments to try and refine people, and purify and transform their dispositions— all of these are manifestations of God's almighty side. The essence of God is both almighty and practical, and these two aspects complement each other. Everything God does is an expression of His own disposition and a revelation of what He is. What He is includes His almightiness, His righteousness, and His majesty.

from The Word, Vol. 3. The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days. Part Three