28/02/09

The Right and the Left Hand

Isaiah 41:10 - Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Matthew 25:41 - Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:


In Mark 10:35-40 James and John request Jesus that they be selected to be seated one on the right hand and the other on the left hand. Had they being mindful of the above scriptures they should have asked for both to be seat on the right hand.

When I was not in the Lord I use to think that right is good and the left is bad.

Is God's right hand light and left hand dark? No.

God is Holy, He is light and He is Spirit. Since God is omnipresent there is no left or right to Him. When we refer to the Hand of God or the Finger of God we are referring to His Spirit. What is referred as right or left of God - refers to the righteousness or unrighteousness. Jesus Christ is seated on the throne of righteousness of God. Every thing that is unrighteous will be destroyed on the Judgment day.

Every thing of you is good if you are in the righteousness of God and everything of you is bad if you have rejected the righteousness of the Lord.


[ Prayer Starter ]

Father God, I want to dwell under your light, in your righteousness. As to your Word help me by your Spirit to dwell in your righteousness, by your Hand strengthen me and deliver me from all problems. I ask this in Jesus' Name, Amen.


[ Prayer Starter ]

Mark 10:35-40
35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.
36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?
37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.
38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:
40 But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.

Matthew 26:64
64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

Acts 2:32-36
32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ

Exodus 31:18
18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

Luke 11:20
20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.

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