"Hands of Glory"

"Hands of Glory"

"And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders

and signs were done by the apostles."

(Acts 2:43)

Do you feel it?  "Feel what?" you ask.  The implicit difference in the atmosphere, the change in wind direction, the anticipation of glorification, a mood-lifting surge in the Spirit  ...  It's the power of "12!"  What?  Twelve is one of God's most favorite numbers, and this year will show forth His favor in a big way.  How?  By the move of the Book of Acts power in the work of God's Ministers; we're finally realizing who we are, where we're going, and what we're here to do.  It will all be manifested, transferred, and operated through the mighty hands of God's people.  But, "Anointed" hands come with a price; the cost is fasting and prayer, devotion and dedication, sitting at the feet of the Holy God when the whole world is asleep, dreaming God's dreams, seeing through God's eyes, and walkin' the walk and talkin' the talk.  The price is worth it.  There are some in earth who are highly blessed with "Hands of Glory." 

Pastor Kenneth Phillips laying hands on,

and praying for, one being baptized in

the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

"We" have the authority through the Lord Jesus Christ to lay hands on people, for deliverance, for healing, for miracles, for baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, for the infilling of the Holy Ghost and fire with the evidence of speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives the utterance, for the holy operation of God's Gifts, and last but not least, for the casting out of devils and demons.  The power of the pulpit was transferred to the apostles, and they did the works of the Lord Jesus Christ.  The word "Apostle" by definition means: a prominent Christian missionary, responsible for converting people.  Hey, if we are believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, baptized in His name, filled with His Spirit, walking in repentance  ... then, WE are apostles.  And, our hands are not our own  ...

The only hands in earth today, to carry on the work of Jesus Christ, are yours and mine.  We are sent forth as sheep among wolves to "lay hands" on the hurting and searching, dying and bound, diseased and fearful, surrendered and repentant.  And with our hands, we place "them" in the hands of Jesus Christ.  We, who are Christians, have a mandate to be God's witnesses from Nation to Nation, Sea to Sea, until the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ covers the earth like a crimson blanket of heaven-sent redemption.  It's up to you and me; there will be no more splintered crosses; One Savior died and rose again; and only One Savior is coming back  ...  It Is Finished, for Part 1; we are in Part II and it is now the gathering of the wedding participants, clothing the Bride, and filling up the Hope Chest.  There's gonna' be a Marriage Supper of the Lamb, ya'll, and the table's not near full yet  ...

Barnes' Notes says it much better than I ever could:

"And fear came - That is, there was great reverance or

awe.  The multitude had just before derided them (the 

apostles in Acts 2:13) but so striking and manifest was

the power of God on this occasion, that it silenced all

clamors, and produced a general veneration and awe.  

The effect of a great work of God's grace is commonly

to produce an unusual seriousness and solemnity in a 

community, even among those who are not converted.  

It restrains, subdues, and silences opposition."

  

Now "That" is what WE want to do: "awe" them.  "Them who?" you ask.  The doubters and mockers of the power of the Lord Jesus Christ manifested in the earth today.  The Lord said there would be some  ...  mockers in the last days saying, "Where is the sign of His coming?"  I heard News commentators on TV saying just those words recently.  It sent a chill down my spine; the gentleman was laughing as he actually said those very words.  

This is not a boastful thing for us, as Christians, to flaunt the power of God, but We are humbled to even think that the God of the universe would use us to do miracles, signs and wonders in His stead.  We rejoice and bow at the mighty hand of God flowing through our hands.  Because, we are but dust  ...

There is no thrill greater than seeing a hurting and hopeless soul filled with the Holy Ghost and fire, speaking in a language never learned as the Spirit gives utterance, raised to newness of life, walking in the light of His glory and love, living with new purpose and joy, basking in the holiness of the God who created him/her, and smiling with the hope that only comes from the heavenly Eden.  It's joy unspeakable and full of glory!

And, it all started with "those hands."  The hands sent from God, the hands of anointed blessing and power, hands that should be insured except the value is beyond measure, the hands that replace death with life  ...  Hands in service of the King  ...  Hands that pull mankind out of the mire and set him on streets of gold  ...  Hands commissioned to grab other hands  ...

Have you ever had "anointed" hands of God laid upon you?  It's an experience beyond earth; sometimes when my Pastor, Kenneth Phillips, laid hands on me, it was so powerful that I staggered backward and tongues of fire poured from me like an erupting volcano; many are slain in the Spirit - meaning they sort of faint but are still awake in a spiritual realm.  These are not "odd" things if you consider that this is the "POWER" of Almighty God.  And, it takes that kind of power to deliver, heal, cast out, and change  ...

Where would we be without the Spirit, grace, love, and peace of our Creator transferred to us by "anointed" hands?  And, just any old hands won't do  ...  No, no, it has to be "anointed" hands, consecrated hands, holy hands, hands that are accustomed to the power of God, hands laid on the altar as a sacrifice to the God who created them, hands that when you are touched by them  ... you know, that you know, you've been touched; they are hands that send you out different than when you came, hands so powerful that your body responds with healing, hands that are the question AND the answer  ...  They are: "Hands of Glory."

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PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas, Pastor Kenneth Phillips)