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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
The Lord sat on the right hand of God. Mark 16:19. Who is he that condemneth? Christ is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us Romans 8:34. We have such an high-priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the majesty in the heavens. Hebrews 8:1. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel end forgiveness of sins. Acts 5:31.
Stephen saw Jesus "on the right hand of God" (Acts 7:55), and whoever will mount up in the Spirit to Him and call upon Him earnestly and in faith shall know "the saving strength of His right hand" (Psalms 20:6); that His "right hand is full of righteousness" (Psalms 48:10); that the power of His right hand can change all things; that He has a strong "hand" and that His "right hand" is "high" (Psalms 89:13). What it means to sit "on the right hand of God," the Savior has Himself explained in saying, "Unto me is given all power in heaven and on earth. " He reigns; He is the King of kings and Lord of lords, the Almighty; and yet He is our friend and brother, our advocate, our high-priest, our Savior, who concerns Himself about the least as if he were the greatest. As high-priest He bears all upon His heart, not only on the breastplate, as Aaron did the children of Israel, but graven in His heart and hands. With power and might just as well as with love and kindness He rules over all things and thinks of all who believe in Him and trust in Him. No human heart can comprehend what blessedness and grace are contained in the fact that Jesus is human as we are human; that He is our Brother, who is God over all, exalted to the right hand of the majesty in heaven; our Prince and Savior, who does not use His power and greatness to destroy, but to bestow penitence and forgiveness of sins upon those who seek Him in prayer.
Jesus Christ, my sure defence.
And my Savior, ever liveth;
Knowing this, my confidence
Rests upon the hope He giveth,
Though the nights of death be fraught
Still with many an anxious thought.
