 Good evening and praise the Lord once more all right. We are on this evening going to do a succinct excitation and Spend the rest of the afternoon praying as a family and So I ask you if you will to turn your Bibles to the book of Psalms the book of Psalms and we want to look at Sam 4 to 4 Sam 4 to 4 Verses 3 and 4 very interesting passage of scripture and We're gonna use this passage for our excitation today some 4 to 4 Verses 3 and 4 As we turn to this passage As you know, it has been my custom to Give this usual disclaimer there are lots of perspectives and arguments and positions on The Bible so it's important to give a disclaimer on what we believe about the Bible Even as we use it to share I believe in the Supremacy of the Bible that this book is the ultimate authority. In fact, it is the sole authority. I Also believe in its sufficiency that it is sufficient to make us wise unto salvation And I believe in its summation or its totality that all scripture comprising the old and the New Testament only and 66 books only is God's inspired Word If you believe that women say amen to God Amen, so some 4 to 4 and the verse number 3 and Verse number 4 the text says For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword Nor did their arm or own arm save them But it was your right hand It was your right hand Your arm in the light of your continents Because you favored them And the fourth verse says You are my king. Oh God command victories for Jacob command victory for Jacob Now as you look at this text At the top of the text you see Something called the Description at the top you see to the chief musician a Contemplation of the sons of Korah right under The title or the heading of the psalm some 4 to 4 you see to the chief Musician a Contemplation of the sons of Korah That suggests The author or probable author of this book or this psalm particularly a Contemplation of the sons of Korah as the text tells us so based on verses three and four We want to reflect today on the message It was your right hand It was your right hand. Shall we pray as the Lord? Leads us to study together father. We thank you for this immense privilege We thank you for the blessing of Bible study we thank you for The presence of the Holy Spirit who inspired the Bible in its entirety to illuminate some 44 Verses three and four as you study today We ask that the Holy Spirit will give us insight for living. We also pray that today He be our prayer partner our heavenly intercessor Will engage in this process of praying today so that by your grace We will alter worlds that are consistent with your mind and your counsel by your grace What we ask for today Lord will be Inline and will be consistent with and will be Inconsonance with your desire for us Open our eyes this moment. We pray In the name of Jesus Christ amen and amen so the text of Psalm 44 The text of Psalm 44 Says that it was a psalm a contemplation of the sons of kora Now when you study scripture kora Is actually associated With the family of or the sons of kora are associated with the family of kora who was part of the rebellion Against moses the rebellion against moses you remember kora diethan and aberium where the the three guys who Rebelled against moses because you know of envy apparently that was you know Collegual envy or pa envy You know against moses the seven of the lord And so the scripture presents to us if you study the book of numbers chapter 16 The bible tells us in verse number one That now kora take note of that name verse one and then going further diethan and aberium The sons of iliab And the sons of pelith the sons of rubin Took men it means that these three people mobilized men And kora was from the religious family or the levitical family the sons of lever He took one of the sons of rubin who was from the oldest tribe or the tribe of the oldest son of jacob And then aberium The son of iliab And he brought some men Influential men of israel to rebel against moses And that rebellion was so serious to god that there were three Critical actions that god took number one He allowed the ground the earth to open and swallow several of those people And then he allowed fire to consume some of them And then he allowed a plague To pursue the tribe of israel and several thousands were killed in that one day But when we started further in the book of numbers particularly in numbers chapter 26 and verse number 11 We find an interesting line of hope and notice this line It says nevertheless Numbers chapter 26 verse 11 nevertheless The children of kora Did not die But wait a minute when akon Rebelled He died along with his family But yeah, the bible says nevertheless the children of kora did Not die in Ever since that moment Because of the redentive act of god the grace of god the mercy of god the sons of kora Committed themselves to sent to worry service. They were Music leaders in the house of god They committed themselves to the lord because the lord in his mercy Spared them The sons of kora died not So that is the group of people Who or to whom this sam sam fontiful is attributed The sons of kora who were spared by god the sons of kora who were preserved by god The sons of kora who did not receive what they you know could have They became musicians in the house of the lord That's the background of that text the background of that text So the text says for they did not gain possession of the land By their own sword nor did their own arm save them, but it was your right hand So as they You know Reflected on the redemption of god the salvation that god had rocked for them. They wrote this sam They wrote this sam to remind god's people about how he preserved them How he saved them not only Children of a rebellious father, but as as a nation the nation of israel And so very quickly before we pray as we will pray today up to five You know p.m. We will reflect on two points from this text number one the futility of self-servation number two the fruitfulness of the saviour's salvation the futility of self-servation And the fruitfulness of the saviour's salvation Now look at the text with me verse number three the bible says for they did not gain possession Of the land by their own sword Nor did their own arm save them They did not gain possession and obviously he is referring here or the this sam is referring to the promised land The land of israel They did not gain possession of it by their own sword Not that they are all safe them It was not the meditative sophistication of israel that gained them the promised land It was not, you know the number of persons who were fighting that gained them the promised land He says it was not by their own sword Not that their own arm saved them when joining through egypt And how to meet the egyptian armies or to be pursued by them It was not their own strength that made that possible when they went and Saw the red seed It was not the arm that granted them passage through the red seed When they saw the river of jodding It was not their own arm that saved them through that When they met the amulacats the amurads and all of these fierce forces and enemies of god's people It was not their own sword that saved them nor did their own arm save them Friends the bible says in deeteranomy chapter eight verses seventeen eighteen Then you say in your heart now take note of this My power and my might Have skewed me this wealth God is reciting what these people were saying in their minds My power and my own arm have gained me this wealth Then he says in verse 18 and you shall remember the lord your god for it is he who gave you power to get wealth So he's saying it is not through your power that you became worthy It is not through your strength that you got this wealth Then in first someone chapter two and verse number nine the bible says he will guide the feet of his sins But the wicked shall he silent in darkness for bar strength take note of that bar strength shall no man prevail No man prevails Bar strength And first quarantine is chapter four verse seven the bible says for who makes you Defer from one another And what do you have that you did not receive? wealth affluence You know resources family What is it that you have that you did not receive gifts of the spirit? What is it that you have that you did not receive? So the first thing From the text we see is that they did not gain the promises of god They did not gain the promised land. They did not gain the possession that god gave to them by their own sword Nor did their own arm save them the futility of self salvation We cannot save ourselves We did not you know and make ourselves to come into 2024 We did it But then the next part of the text tells us about the fruitfulness of the saviour's salvation The text says but But it was your right hand Your arm and the light of your continents Because you favored them You are my king. Oh god command victories for jacob Oh friends this text suggests us How is raya gained the promised land? How the sons of korah survived in the first place? How is raya became possessors of the land of promise the bible says it was your right hand In the scripture the hebrew scripture Right hand is a symbol of authority. In fact, it is a symbol of unlimited power It was your right hand It was the unlimited power of god that made it possible. It was your right hand It was possible because the god who preserved them the god who led them the god who protected them The god who followed them in the wilderness or even went ahead of them in the wilderness Was or is Unlimited He has unlimited power He is unlimited in his power and his capacity to save in accidents 15 and verse number six The bible says your right hand. Oh lord has become glorious in power Your right hand. It is the unlimited power of god God is limitlessly powerful. He has incalculable power He has immeasurable power There is no limit to his power and that is what technically they call omnipotence Unlimited power All powerful god in accidents 15 12 the bible says you stretch out your right hand the earth swallow them Just his right hand. He manifested his power as i have fought the one in verse number 10 He says fear not for i am with you being not dismayed for i am your god. I will strengthen you Yes, I will help you and I will uphold you with my righteous right hand So he says it was the right hand of god that gained them the promised land But that's not all the text mentions another thing your arm Your arm Arm is a symbol of might and strength in battle. Listen kingly The arm of god is the application Of the right hand of god in the specific situation of his people Now god's right hand symbolizes his limitless power The arm of god symbolizes that power being brought to bear on a specific situation God intervening in a particular situation. He says your arm Your arm in exodus chapter 6 and verse number 6 the bible said therefore Say to the children of israel. I am the lord. I will bring you out from under the the burdens of egyptians I will rescue you from their bondage and I will redeem you with an odd stretch arm What god is saying? I am limitlessly powerful I am all powerful But this all powerful god Interveys in a human situation and he brings his power to bear on that condition and delivers his people So in the situation of israel as they were experiencing the egyptian bondage this almighty god Took notice of their situation Intervene in your situation and apply his dominion his power his authority and deliver them It was your arm The application of god's limit limitless power in the particular situation of his people and then the text saves your continents your continents The world continents is a symbol of favor And it's symbol of the presence of god. It was your right hand Your arm the light of your continents The light of your continents it means the favor of god The favor of god god favored them The light of your continents the light of your continents now. What does that mean? As israel joining through the wilderness Moses was instructed by god To tell errant the priest To go along with these people To go before them An error in the wilderness was to be reciting what is known as the erotic benediction As they're joining through the difficult terrain of the wilderness They were to hear those walls of errone in your ears. The lord bless you and keep you The lord make his face to shine on you and be gracious to you The lord lift up his continents upon you and give you peace take note of the fact that that text Is given in the context of the wilderness joining They were to hear the erotic or the half priestly benediction as they went through the difficult terrain of the wilderness The lord bless you and keep you the lord make his face to shine on you and be gracious to you The lord lift up his continents upon you and give you peace His continents Upon you and give you peace in other words. May you find favor In the eyes of god may you be favored by god may the continents of god's favor be you know upon you The text says it was the light of his continents That saved you and then it says because You favored them God's favor was on them And that is why it was possible in the first place for them to have reached the promised land Now let's apply this We went through 12 months of 2023 Today We are in the first month of 2024 How do you think you got here? Today you have a job of your own How do you think you got that? Today you have a family of your own How do you think that was possible? You have assets So many things that god has blessed you with You have life. How do you think you got that? The essence of this text The essential message that the author wants to communicate to us Is that we did not get here on our own accord of our own strength, but by the grace and favor and power of god For by strength Shall no man prevail It's not by might It's not by power But by my spirit saith the lord So this difference Is the day of gratitude to god Is the day of acknowledging His rule In all that we are In all that we have In all that we are becoming It's all by the grace of god