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"Who is even at the right hand of God." - Romans
8:34
He who was once despised and rejected of men, now occupies the honorable
position of a beloved and honored Son. The right hand of God is the place of
majesty and favor. Our Lord Jesus is his people's representative. When he died
for them they had rest; he rose again for them, they had liberty; when he sat
down at his Father's right hand, they had favor, and honour, and dignity.
The
raising and elevation of Christ is the elevation, the acceptance, and
enshrinement, the glorifying of all his people, for he is their head and
representative. This sitting at the right hand of God, then, is to be viewed as
the acceptance of the person of the Surety, the reception of the Representative,
and therefore, the acceptance of our souls. O saint, see in this thy sure
freedom from condemnation. "Who is he that condemneth?" Who shall condemn the
men who are in Jesus at the right hand of God?
The right hand is the place of power. Christ at the right hand of God hath all
power in heaven and in earth. Who shall fight against the people who have such
power vested in their Captain? O my soul, what can destroy thee if Omnipotence
be thy helper? If the aegis of the Almighty cover thee, what sword can smite
thee? Rest thou secure. If Jesus is thine all-prevailing King, and hath trodden
thine enemies beneath his feet; if sin, death, and hell are all vanquished by
him, and thou art represented in him, by no possibility canst thou be destroyed.
"Jesus' tremendous name Puts all our foes to flight: Jesus, the meek, the angry
Lamb, A Lion is in fight.
"By all hell's host withstood; We all hell's host o'erthrow; And conquering
them, through Jesus' blood We still to conquer go."
See Also:
Daily Devotional: Today With Jesus
Daily Devotional: My Utmost for His Highest
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