1 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:06,600 As has already been mentioned, we have a wonderful crowd and we 2 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:09,800 have quite a few folks that are visiting with us for which we 3 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,900 are thankful. And as already been stated that, 4 00:00:12,900 --> 00:00:15,200 you are honored guests, and please come back every 5 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:19,700 opportunity that you can be with us, we'd love to have you, as 6 00:00:19,700 --> 00:00:22,300 always is the case, I do consider it an honor to speak 7 00:00:22,300 --> 00:00:25,900 concerning the word of God. And I hope that what we have to 8 00:00:25,900 --> 00:00:29,900 consider will be helpful to you edifying, to you, and also 9 00:00:29,900 --> 00:00:33,100 encouraging to you. In some way, as you do, your 10 00:00:33,100 --> 00:00:35,100 very best to live the Christian Life. 11 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,800 As you can see, on the screen, the title of our lesson is 12 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:44,000 angels, as ministering Spirits. I got to give you a little 13 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,000 background here about 30 years ago. 14 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,300 A very good friend of ours asked me to teach them the subject of 15 00:00:50,300 --> 00:00:54,200 angels, And being young. I said, absolutely sure. 16 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,600 I'll have it done by next week and I looked over all the 17 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,400 information. I looked in the Bible, I started 18 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,700 to study it and I thought, you know what, this subject is a 19 00:01:02,708 --> 00:01:05,800 little bigger than I am. In fact, I couldn't find the 20 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:09,700 information that I was wanting to find to draw conclusions. 21 00:01:09,700 --> 00:01:13,500 About angels, for example, are they doing things for us in our 22 00:01:13,500 --> 00:01:16,300 life? Or are they not I remember a 23 00:01:16,308 --> 00:01:18,800 couple of years later, when I decided that I wanted to preach 24 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:22,200 full-time and hold gospel meetings, and I wanted to build 25 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:26,100 a library for my personal study, and I remember brother Johnny 26 00:01:26,100 --> 00:01:30,100 Elmore was helping me do that, and he was recommending books 27 00:01:30,100 --> 00:01:31,900 and helping me find certain books. 28 00:01:32,500 --> 00:01:35,100 And I sent him an email and I said, hey Johnny, what do you 29 00:01:35,100 --> 00:01:39,300 got on Angels? He responded with two words, not 30 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,700 much. And I thought, well, I'll just 31 00:01:42,700 --> 00:01:46,300 shelf it again. But, very recently, last month, 32 00:01:46,300 --> 00:01:49,000 I talked on who our enemy, isn't that Satan? 33 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,800 And I talked about some of the bad Angels, the wicked angels. 34 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,100 And I talked about Satan and his angels. 35 00:01:54,100 --> 00:01:57,500 So, I thought after that, you know what, maybe we had a talk 36 00:01:57,500 --> 00:02:01,900 about some good angels to, they do exist and they do something. 37 00:02:01,900 --> 00:02:05,200 Well, first of all, I want to begin in my introductory 38 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,800 comments to Matthew chapter 22 and verse 30. 39 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:12,600 There are two passages that I've used as foundational passages 40 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:16,200 for this lesson. The first One is Matthew 22 and 41 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:20,000 verse 30 and just a little background leading up to that in 42 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,000 Matthew chapter 22. You remember that the Sadducees 43 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,400 were coming to Jesus and they were trying to stump Jesus 44 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,600 because they didn't believe in the resurrection. 45 00:02:29,300 --> 00:02:33,600 So they come up with really a ridiculous illustration thinking 46 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:35,400 that they're going to prove Jesus wrong. 47 00:02:36,100 --> 00:02:38,600 They come to Jesus and they said, you know, Moses taught, 48 00:02:39,100 --> 00:02:43,500 then if a man is married to a woman and he dies before she 49 00:02:43,500 --> 00:02:47,200 could have children. Bear children in his name, then 50 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,900 the brother would come and the brother would marry the woman 51 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,700 and they would have children. And they would bring children 52 00:02:52,700 --> 00:02:56,700 into the world for his brother. So this is what he said. 53 00:02:56,700 --> 00:03:00,200 He's this Sadducees says, well, there was a guy he had stir 54 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:04,100 Seven Brothers. All 71 is married to the woman, 55 00:03:04,100 --> 00:03:06,300 he dies. No, children the second one, 56 00:03:06,300 --> 00:03:07,500 marries the woman. He dies. 57 00:03:07,500 --> 00:03:09,200 No. Children the third one. 58 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,900 Marries the woman. No dyes and no children. 59 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,800 Seven Brothers. Married this This one woman and 60 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,800 then it says at the end. Oh and then she died. 61 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:23,500 And they asked Jesus, the question, who is she going to be 62 00:03:23,500 --> 00:03:28,600 married to in the resurrection? And Jesus says, you don't know 63 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,200 what you're talking about, you are mistaken, you don't know the 64 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:36,100 scriptures and then he said this For in the resurrection they 65 00:03:36,100 --> 00:03:42,000 neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like the angels 66 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:47,200 of God in heaven. That phrase right there that in 67 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,700 the resurrection. One day, when we go to heaven, 68 00:03:49,700 --> 00:03:54,400 the saved somehow some way we're not going to be married. 69 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,200 Like we were in this life physically when I going to have 70 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,200 physical relationships that we had here at this life. 71 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,800 In fact, what we're going to be like, we're going to be like the 72 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,600 angels of God in heaven. So I thought if we're going to 73 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,600 be like the angels of God in heaven, just maybe we ought to 74 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:13,600 know a little bit more about those angels of God in heaven. 75 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:17,500 Another pass. It Hebrews chapter 11 verses 13 76 00:04:17,500 --> 00:04:21,800 and 14. But to you, which are angels. 77 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:28,000 Has he ever said, Sit on my right hand until I make your 78 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:33,400 enemies your footstool, are they not all ministering Spirits sent 79 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:37,900 forth to minister for those? Who will inherit salvation more 80 00:04:37,900 --> 00:04:40,900 on that passage as we move along in our lesson. 81 00:04:41,100 --> 00:04:44,700 So these were the foundational passages that I decided to go 82 00:04:44,700 --> 00:04:48,900 ahead and write this sermon and teach it today on Angels. 83 00:04:49,300 --> 00:04:55,100 First of all, the work angel Literally means messenger and 84 00:04:55,100 --> 00:05:00,600 interestingly, the word Angel is found 300 times in the Bible. 85 00:05:03,100 --> 00:05:07,100 But the strange thing is perhaps 300 times. 86 00:05:07,100 --> 00:05:11,000 The word is used and yet there's so little information about 87 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,100 them. Now why would that be? 88 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:15,500 First of all, I don't know why God did anything. 89 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:19,400 Only God Knows Why God did anything, only God knows that he 90 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,000 revealed in his word, what he wants us to know and for some 91 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,600 reason he didn't give a whole lot of information in the Bible 92 00:05:25,700 --> 00:05:28,600 about angels. So I'm speculating now and by 93 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:31,300 the way this is the only comment I'm going to make in this 94 00:05:31,300 --> 00:05:32,900 lesson. That is speculation. 95 00:05:33,700 --> 00:05:37,300 The only one hears me speculating, so it's free. 96 00:05:37,300 --> 00:05:41,200 So, for whatever it's worth, could it not be? 97 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,300 That God, didn't give more information about angels, 98 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,800 because if he did, just perhaps people would be inclined to 99 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,800 worship Angels. Maybe that's the case. 100 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:56,400 I don't know. Angels are not objects to be 101 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:00,800 worshipped. Angels are creatures of worship 102 00:06:01,500 --> 00:06:03,700 and in this lesson I'm going to do my very best. 103 00:06:03,700 --> 00:06:07,300 Like I said not to speculate regarding the work of angels. 104 00:06:07,300 --> 00:06:09,200 We want to do one thing. We want to stick to the 105 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:11,700 scriptures and what we know for sure. 106 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,500 Let's begin with talking about what we know for sure. 107 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:22,600 Number one angels are created beings in Nehemiah 9:6. 108 00:06:23,900 --> 00:06:28,400 You alone are the Lord. You have made Heaven, the heaven 109 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:33,500 of Heavens with all their host, the Earth and everything on it. 110 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:39,600 The Seas and all that is in them and you preserve them all the 111 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:45,600 host of Heaven, worships you, the Apostle Paul wrote this in 112 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:47,900 Colossians chapter 1 and verse 16. 113 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:52,200 He said, for by him, all things were created that are in heaven. 114 00:06:52,300 --> 00:06:56,400 And that are on On Earth, visible and invisible, whether 115 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,700 Thrones, or dominions, or principalities or Powers. 116 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,000 All things were created through him. 117 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:06,800 And for him, angels are created beings and they are part of 118 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:09,400 God's, please get this. There are part of God's 119 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:13,000 invisible creation. All right. 120 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,200 How many ever wondered? How many? 121 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:22,500 How many angels do you remember when Jesus made the statement? 122 00:07:22,900 --> 00:07:25,300 When Jesus was going to go to the cross and they were going to 123 00:07:25,300 --> 00:07:29,500 take Jesus and arrest Jesus. Jesus tries to explain to them 124 00:07:29,500 --> 00:07:32,300 his disciples. He said, if my kingdom were of 125 00:07:32,300 --> 00:07:35,500 this world, my servants would fight Jesus could have called 126 00:07:35,500 --> 00:07:41,500 down as the Bible says, twelve Legions of angels, right? 127 00:07:41,500 --> 00:07:43,300 And could have stopped the whole thing. 128 00:07:45,100 --> 00:07:46,500 Makes you want to serve him even more. 129 00:07:46,500 --> 00:07:49,700 What about those beautiful songs we sung today about Jesus? 130 00:07:50,500 --> 00:07:53,900 That's because Jesus willingly and willfully submitted to what 131 00:07:53,900 --> 00:07:56,800 God wanted him to be. And that is his lamb to be 132 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:58,600 sacrificed for the sins of the world. 133 00:07:59,900 --> 00:08:04,000 Now, how many? Well, the Bible talks about 134 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:08,200 innumerable in, Hebrews chapter 12 and verse 22. 135 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:12,200 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the Living. 136 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:17,000 God, the heavenly Jerusalem to an innumerable company of 137 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:20,200 Angels, in other words, too many to be counted. 138 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:24,400 I like what John the Revelator said, when he saw this Vision in 139 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,500 heaven, in Revelation, chapter 5 and verse 11. 140 00:08:27,700 --> 00:08:32,500 Notice, then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels 141 00:08:32,500 --> 00:08:36,200 around the throne, the living creatures and the elders. 142 00:08:36,500 --> 00:08:39,900 And the number of them was Ten Thousand Times. 143 00:08:39,900 --> 00:08:46,200 Ten Thousand and thousands of thousands how many's that will 144 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:49,500 10,000 times 10,000 is 100 million. 145 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:55,700 So we're starting at 100 million then he says this and thousands 146 00:08:55,700 --> 00:09:02,700 of thousands innumerable have no idea what that number is too 147 00:09:02,700 --> 00:09:06,600 great to even count. Little point of Interest. 148 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:10,000 We might say though. Remember last time we talked 149 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,200 about Satan and his angels, remember that one passes? 150 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:18,500 We talked about Satan And a third of the hosts of Heaven 151 00:09:18,700 --> 00:09:22,800 were cast out. Now, John saw this Vision after 152 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:28,300 they were cast out obviously. And yet he said there was ten 153 00:09:28,300 --> 00:09:32,800 Thousand Times Ten Thousand and thousands of thousands still 154 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:36,100 remaining. If we go back and we figure 155 00:09:36,100 --> 00:09:39,000 Satan in the third of the host of Heaven that were created in 156 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:44,700 an innumerable host, right? That's a whole lot of angels. 157 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:51,600 Satan's got an army folks. We need to know who he is the 158 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:56,100 enemy and he's got an army. He will not have any control 159 00:09:56,100 --> 00:09:58,800 over you, that you will not allow, but understand, don't 160 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:03,000 don't dabble in his world. He's alive and well, don't 161 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,000 dabble in his world. What else do we know about 162 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,000 angels? We know that there are classes 163 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:14,100 or ranks or names of Angels. The highest ranking angel that 164 00:10:14,100 --> 00:10:17,900 we can read about in the scriptures is the Archangel. 165 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,200 And obviously we already mentioned that the word, angel 166 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:25,800 means messenger. So, Archangel means Superior to 167 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:31,200 that, it means Chief messenger and Archangel is only found two. 168 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:35,100 In all the Bible, it's found in the New Testament, not found in 169 00:10:35,100 --> 00:10:40,500 the Old Testament at all in 1st Thessalonians 4:16 for the Lord 170 00:10:40,500 --> 00:10:44,300 himself will descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of 171 00:10:44,300 --> 00:10:48,300 an archangel and with the trumpet of God and the dead in 172 00:10:48,300 --> 00:10:51,200 Christ will rise. First, in our conclusion, at the 173 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,200 end of our lesson, we're going to talk about the Angels at the 174 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:57,000 end and we'll get back to this passage. 175 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:01,500 The other place that the word Archangel is found is in the 176 00:11:01,500 --> 00:11:07,000 book of Jude and is Jude verse 9 and their hits given a name yet, 177 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:11,100 Michael the Archangel in contending with the devil. 178 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,600 When he disputed about the body of Moses dared, not bring 179 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:19,100 against him a reviling accusation, but said, the Lord 180 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:23,000 rebuke you. That's the Archangel, there's 181 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:27,100 another order of angels 2 and that is called the seraphin. 182 00:11:27,700 --> 00:11:32,900 And seraphim's our attendance around the throne they are ready 183 00:11:32,900 --> 00:11:34,000 to obey. God. 184 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:37,700 In fact they are creatures that do three, these three things 185 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:43,400 They honor worship and serve God. 186 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,300 You remember when I said we're going to be like the angels of 187 00:11:48,300 --> 00:11:52,900 God in heaven. Sometimes people think that 188 00:11:52,900 --> 00:11:56,800 heaven is going to be a place where you get to do, whatever 189 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:00,000 you want to do in this life, what have you loved and you get 190 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:05,500 to do it forever in eternity. But Heaven is a spiritual place. 191 00:12:06,900 --> 00:12:10,700 It is a spiritual place. We will be Spiritual Beings like 192 00:12:10,700 --> 00:12:14,300 the angels of God in heaven and whatever we're going to look 193 00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:15,600 like. When everybody were going to 194 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:17,400 have its going to be like Christ. 195 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,700 That's what the Bible says. Spiritual place. 196 00:12:20,900 --> 00:12:22,500 Let me tell you what we're going to do in heaven. 197 00:12:24,500 --> 00:12:28,700 We're going to honor worship and serve God around the throne for 198 00:12:28,700 --> 00:12:31,800 eternity. That's what heaven is going to 199 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:35,800 be like, oh, it's a place of rest, it's a place of reward. 200 00:12:35,900 --> 00:12:38,800 Our Labor's are gone, are the memories of bad. 201 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:42,400 Things are removed forever. Every tear that is in the eye is 202 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,500 taken away, they'll be no night. There are wonderful things in 203 00:12:45,500 --> 00:12:47,400 heaven, but let me just tell you this folks. 204 00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:50,300 We're going to be there for a purpose to honor worship and 205 00:12:50,300 --> 00:12:54,200 serve God forever. Like the angels of heaven. 206 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,200 I love this passage and Isaiah chapter 6. 207 00:12:58,100 --> 00:13:02,700 Beginning in verse 1, In the year that King Uzziah died, I 208 00:13:02,700 --> 00:13:07,200 saw the Lord sitting on a throne high and lifted up and his train 209 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:09,500 of his robe. Filled the temple that shows the 210 00:13:09,500 --> 00:13:13,100 magnificence of God, the greatness glory and magnificence 211 00:13:13,100 --> 00:13:21,000 of God above it, stood seraphim, each one had six wings to 212 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:26,400 covered his face to covered his feet and to he used to fly and 213 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:29,600 one cried to another saying. Holy holy, holy is the Lord of 214 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:31,100 hosts. The whole The whole earth is 215 00:13:31,100 --> 00:13:36,000 full of his glory. Six Wing characters are the 216 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,200 seraphim. Two Wings covered their eyes. 217 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,900 That's a sign of humility to Wings covered their feet. 218 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,200 That's a sign of respect and to, they used to fly. 219 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:50,700 Ready to worship honor and serve God around the throne? 220 00:13:50,700 --> 00:13:54,600 What else we also read about another kind of Angel and that's 221 00:13:54,600 --> 00:14:00,100 called a, cherubim they are the ones that guard sacred things. 222 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:06,200 Do you remember? in Genesis chapter 3, in Genesis 223 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:10,800 chapter 3, When man had sinned and was cast out of the garden. 224 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:14,200 Remember what the head in the garden? 225 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:19,600 That had the Tree of Life? And they could have the tree of 226 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:23,700 life and live forever. And that was given to them 227 00:14:23,700 --> 00:14:29,400 before sin entered the world. When man, sinned and fell, he 228 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:33,200 was cast out of the garden. And in Genesis chapter 3 and 229 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:36,700 verse 24. So he drove out the man and he 230 00:14:36,700 --> 00:14:40,900 placed cherubim at the east of the Garden of Eden and a flaming 231 00:14:40,900 --> 00:14:45,100 sword to which every way turned, every way to guard the way of 232 00:14:45,100 --> 00:14:50,100 the Tree of Life. Now, obviously, God took away 233 00:14:50,100 --> 00:14:53,300 the Tree of Life as a consequence, and as a punishment 234 00:14:53,300 --> 00:14:55,600 for their sin. Surely, that's the obvious 235 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:57,400 thing. But can't you see the mercy in 236 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:02,700 it, too? Think about it this way if God 237 00:15:02,700 --> 00:15:07,200 would have not taken away the tree of life and placed a guard 238 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,000 cherubim at it to keep it from man. 239 00:15:10,900 --> 00:15:13,600 If man could have got to the tree of life, after he sinned, 240 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:19,400 guess what man is and in mortal sin or with no chance, Great 241 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:21,000 Mercy. It was taken away. 242 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,900 So guess what man can die and have a shot to go to heaven. 243 00:15:25,900 --> 00:15:28,200 Oh, the beauty of what God always does. 244 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:31,700 His Mercy was shown in that great Act. 245 00:15:33,300 --> 00:15:37,000 Cherubim are those that guard sacred. 246 00:15:37,300 --> 00:15:40,400 Thanks, there's another example to in Exodus chapter 25. 247 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:45,000 In the Tabernacle, in the holy of holies the instructions, 248 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,800 given to build the ark, the instructions, given with The 249 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:53,600 Mercy Seat in the holy of holies the picture of Heaven, the place 250 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:57,300 where God was where sacrifice was made at The Mercy Seat, 251 00:15:57,300 --> 00:16:00,900 notice what happened with cherubim there, and you shall 252 00:16:00,900 --> 00:16:04,300 make two cherubim of gold of hammered work. 253 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,200 You shall make them at two ends of The Mercy Seat. 254 00:16:07,300 --> 00:16:10,400 Make one cherub at one end and the other chair, but the other 255 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:14,200 end you shall I'll make the cherubim at the two ends of it. 256 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:18,000 One piece with mercy seat and the cherubim shalt stretch 257 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:22,200 forth, their wings above covering the mercy seat with 258 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:26,300 their wings, they shall face one another, the faces of the 259 00:16:26,300 --> 00:16:30,800 cherubim shall be toward The Mercy Seat guarding, sacred 260 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:34,500 things. Are the chair been in summary so 261 00:16:34,500 --> 00:16:39,000 far? Archangel Chief messenger we're 262 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,600 going to hear from the Archangel also one day. 263 00:16:42,700 --> 00:16:45,500 The seraphim attendance around the throne ready to serve and 264 00:16:45,500 --> 00:16:49,900 obey God and cherubim those that guard sacred things. 265 00:16:50,700 --> 00:16:56,600 Now the Bible calls Angels mighty In fact, refers to them 266 00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:01,500 as God's Mighty Angels. So they are Mighty, but there 267 00:17:01,500 --> 00:17:06,099 are limited, angels are superior to man, but they're inferior to 268 00:17:06,099 --> 00:17:09,200 God, angels are limited. Let's talk about that. 269 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:12,400 Let me talk about what angels are not number. 270 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:20,200 One, angels are not omnipotent. Or all-powerful. they're not 271 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:24,700 only God is Only God is all powerful angels. 272 00:17:24,700 --> 00:17:27,200 Aren't in fact? The Bible says, I think it's in 273 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:32,000 Revelation 12 and verse 7. It says that the wicked angels 274 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,700 are subject to the righteous Angels. 275 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:40,200 So if they were omnipotent or all powerful in their nature, 276 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,900 that wouldn't be possible. Only conclusion, we can come up 277 00:17:43,900 --> 00:17:45,700 with is they're not all powerful. 278 00:17:45,700 --> 00:17:50,200 Only God is. What else are angels, not they 279 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:55,700 are not omnipresent. God is omnipresent you what? 280 00:17:55,700 --> 00:17:57,800 That means. It means to be present 281 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:03,300 everywhere at the same time, I can't even fathom that In our 282 00:18:03,300 --> 00:18:07,600 minds, our human Minds. How could it being be so great? 283 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:12,700 Like, God, to be ever-present, to be present everywhere at the 284 00:18:12,700 --> 00:18:16,400 same time? That's not an Angel. 285 00:18:17,300 --> 00:18:21,200 That's God. Angels have to fly, or have to 286 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:25,000 travel from place to place. Daniel chapter 9 verses 21 287 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,500 through. 23, you know why there are not present everywhere at 288 00:18:27,500 --> 00:18:29,600 the same time, what else are they not? 289 00:18:30,300 --> 00:18:34,000 They're not omniscient. They are not all wise. 290 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,800 Like God is. God is all wives First Peter, 291 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,500 chapter 1 and verse 12. It says that Angels desired to 292 00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:43,700 know God's plan for redeeming Fallen, man. 293 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:45,200 You know why? They weren't all wise? 294 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:49,500 I didn't know. So yes, they're Limited. 295 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:55,400 And yet they're called mighty. Mighty angels. 296 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:58,300 What else are angels that we know about? 297 00:18:58,300 --> 00:18:59,800 Well, they're creatures of worship. 298 00:19:00,900 --> 00:19:04,800 I mentioned this just touched on this briefly, Wade's been 299 00:19:05,100 --> 00:19:09,800 teaching us from the book of Hebrews. and in Hebrews chapter 300 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:16,400 1, Jesus is described as being, exalted above the angels, And 301 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:20,700 here Jesus is better than the Angels, Hebrews 1:6 but when he 302 00:19:20,700 --> 00:19:22,600 again brings the first born into the world. 303 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:27,500 He says let all the angels of God worship him. 304 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:31,500 That's Jesus. Revelation chapter 7 verses 11 305 00:19:31,500 --> 00:19:34,200 and 12. All the Angels stood around the 306 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,000 throne, and the elders and the four living creatures and fell 307 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:42,300 on their faces before the throne and worship God saying, amen, 308 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:45,800 blessing and glory and wisdom and Thanksgiving, and honour, 309 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:50,000 and power, and might be to our god forever and ever. 310 00:19:50,700 --> 00:19:54,200 Amen. They are creatures of worship. 311 00:19:54,500 --> 00:19:57,400 What else? They possess emotions. 312 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:01,200 I want to say something about emotions. 313 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:09,500 Sometimes in an effort to try to steer, clear of being filled 314 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:14,500 with emotionalism or making decisions that are based upon 315 00:20:14,500 --> 00:20:17,200 emotion and talking about religious decisions based on 316 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:20,600 emotion. Sometimes we can go too far in 317 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,300 the opposite direction and take a motion to pletely away. 318 00:20:24,900 --> 00:20:30,500 Our decisions are made logically to the mind as the word of God 319 00:20:30,500 --> 00:20:34,600 is preached to the mind. That's the heart of the Bible. 320 00:20:35,100 --> 00:20:37,200 And when we do that, we understand what the word of God 321 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:41,100 says, we obey it, but then our emotions kick in and we serve 322 00:20:41,100 --> 00:20:46,100 him with everything. We've got The angels are also. 323 00:20:47,500 --> 00:20:51,600 Creatures of emotion. Luke 15 and 10, likewise I say 324 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:55,300 to you, there is joy in the presence of angels of God over 325 00:20:55,300 --> 00:20:57,200 one sinner. Who repents? 326 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:04,100 We had two baptisms recently. And when that happened, when 327 00:21:04,100 --> 00:21:08,400 Roman and Joseph obeyed, the gospel, the angels rejoiced in 328 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:15,000 heaven, have you ever considered when you rejoice over someone, 329 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,500 perhaps that's been away and they've drifted and they come 330 00:21:17,500 --> 00:21:21,400 back and sometimes with tear filled eyes were so thankful for 331 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:24,000 that. And we are rejoicing. 332 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,800 We are ever joyed that the Angels he ever stop to consider 333 00:21:26,900 --> 00:21:30,700 the angels are right there with us rejoicing in heaven. 334 00:21:31,500 --> 00:21:35,200 Over the same thing. They possess emotions. 335 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,800 Here's another great thing to, you know, what they do. 336 00:21:40,700 --> 00:21:47,700 It take to save the paradise. I'm going to tell you. 337 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:54,500 Sometimes death. Can be a scary thought. 338 00:21:56,900 --> 00:22:01,600 Sometimes that is. When Paul talked about death, he 339 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:05,400 says, for me to live is Christ but to die is gain. 340 00:22:07,100 --> 00:22:10,500 And what he was saying is he was saying that if I die, it's good 341 00:22:10,500 --> 00:22:17,400 for me to go be with the Lord. But to live is better for Jesus 342 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:20,300 Christ, so I can keep doing the work on, keep preaching the 343 00:22:20,300 --> 00:22:23,700 gospel. Sometimes death seems like a 344 00:22:23,700 --> 00:22:26,100 really scary thing. I've known people that were so 345 00:22:26,100 --> 00:22:30,300 scared to die. I guess that's a normal thing. 346 00:22:31,300 --> 00:22:37,100 We'll look here in Luke 16 and 22 the rich man and Lazarus. 347 00:22:37,100 --> 00:22:41,000 Beggar the beggar died, Lazarus and was carried by the angels to 348 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:44,500 Abraham's bosom. The guy that was lost. 349 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,000 He was, he died and he was buried. 350 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:53,600 But to the saved. I'm going to tell you, I don't 351 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:58,400 know what it's going to be like but when I draw my last breath, 352 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:04,600 and it's over for me, I find great comfort. 353 00:23:05,700 --> 00:23:11,100 That I won't be afraid. When you cross the chilly Waters 354 00:23:11,100 --> 00:23:15,800 of death, I won't be afraid. Because somebody's going to be 355 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,900 there. It's going to be an angel. 356 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:22,500 He's going to bring me to Abraham's bosom. 357 00:23:22,500 --> 00:23:26,800 How's he going to do it? It's going to carry me. 358 00:23:29,300 --> 00:23:33,600 Carried to Abraham's bosom. That's What Angels do. 359 00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:39,000 Wonderful thoughts. I do know this about sometimes, 360 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,800 people have they call it near-death experiences and I'm 361 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:43,600 going to tell you right now. Here's a disclaimer. 362 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:45,200 I don't know about any of it. I don't know. 363 00:23:45,300 --> 00:23:51,000 I've no explanation. I just don't But when people say 364 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,100 they died crossed over and come back. 365 00:23:55,500 --> 00:23:57,500 Maybe in their mind, they hallucinated. 366 00:23:57,500 --> 00:23:59,400 The mind is very powerful and strong. 367 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:02,300 How do I know that? How do I know? 368 00:24:02,300 --> 00:24:07,100 I'm just not making stuff up. Because the Bible says, it is 369 00:24:07,100 --> 00:24:10,600 appointed unto man. How many times once to die? 370 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,600 And then the judgment. Once. 371 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:17,900 I don't doubt that people have experiences. 372 00:24:17,900 --> 00:24:24,000 I'm just saying you die once. The soul leaves the body and the 373 00:24:24,008 --> 00:24:26,600 saved are carried. Abraham's bosom. 374 00:24:26,700 --> 00:24:29,100 All right, I'm going to give you now to less and I'm not gonna 375 00:24:29,100 --> 00:24:33,100 spend much time under it all because I want to get to what we 376 00:24:33,100 --> 00:24:36,600 all really want to know. Okay, I want to get to what we 377 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:39,400 all want to know what are they doing for us now? 378 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:43,700 Okay. Works of Angels in the Old 379 00:24:43,700 --> 00:24:45,400 Testament. I'm just going to read this list 380 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,000 of, we're going to move on to our second part and then we're 381 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,400 going to get to what we really want to know. 382 00:24:49,900 --> 00:24:52,800 In the Old Testament. They informed Abraham and Sarah 383 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:54,800 of the birth of Isaac Genesis 18. 384 00:24:56,600 --> 00:25:00,900 They destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and Genesis 19, they 385 00:25:00,900 --> 00:25:05,600 delivered lot and his daughters Genesis 19, they were seen in 386 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:10,600 Jacobs dream Genesis 28, they gave Moses the law or get, they 387 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:15,000 gave Moses the law on Mount Sinai and Paul describes that 388 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:19,900 event in Galatians chapter 3. And verse 19, they LED Israel to 389 00:25:19,900 --> 00:25:25,600 the land of promise, Exodus 23, They delivered, Shadrach Meshach 390 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,200 and Abednego from the fiery furnace Daniel 3. 391 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:31,400 And they shut the mouths of lions and save. 392 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:36,600 Daniel, Daniel 6, here are just some examples of some works of 393 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:40,700 Angels in the Old Testament. What about Jesus and the service 394 00:25:40,700 --> 00:25:46,000 of angels An angel notified Zacharias of the birth of John. 395 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,900 The Baptist. Luke chapter 1. one told Mary 396 00:25:49,900 --> 00:25:54,400 she would bear Jesus, Luke chapter, 11 appeared to Joseph 397 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:58,700 concerning Jesus, Matthew chapter 1, Angels preached to 398 00:25:58,708 --> 00:26:00,700 the shepherd's concerning the birth of Jesus. 399 00:26:00,700 --> 00:26:04,100 Luke chapter two angels, strengthened Jesus. 400 00:26:04,100 --> 00:26:08,300 When he was tempted, Matthew 4, Angels guarded, the Tomb of 401 00:26:08,300 --> 00:26:12,800 Jesus and proclaimed, his resurrection Matthew 28, and 402 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:19,100 finally Angels proclaimed Jesus coming again, in Acts chapter 1, 403 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,800 all of these things are things that we know about that, we've 404 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:28,000 read about, but really, what we want to know is Are they doing 405 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:32,200 anything for us today? And if so, what is that? 406 00:26:33,100 --> 00:26:36,200 Well, first of all, I don't want to use descriptive phrases. 407 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,600 You cannot read in the Bible, I'm just going to say that in 408 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:43,100 advance, okay? So I'm not going to use a term 409 00:26:43,100 --> 00:26:48,100 that everybody has heard because it's not in the Bible and what 410 00:26:48,108 --> 00:26:53,000 the term is. Guardian Angels, can't read 411 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,000 that. So I'm not going to use the 412 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:59,400 words, guardian angels in this lesson. 413 00:27:00,700 --> 00:27:05,700 Guardian Angels is the concept that one Angel is permanently 414 00:27:05,700 --> 00:27:08,800 assigned. To every person you've probably 415 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,200 seen the bumper sticker. Remember the bumper sticker, 416 00:27:11,900 --> 00:27:15,000 don't drive faster than your angel can fly. 417 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:20,000 And the concept is this the concept or the idea is everybody 418 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,000 gets a guardian angel assigned to them. 419 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:27,000 And he's going to protect you, he's going to care for you and 420 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:31,600 protect you. My question is the what happens 421 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,000 sometimes, when somebody's not protected? 422 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,600 What happens when they get in a car accident and they lose their 423 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,700 life and they were protected. What about that? 424 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:45,000 Did the angel take a day off? Was he not paying attention? 425 00:27:46,500 --> 00:27:50,900 Guardian angels that phrase is not found in the scriptures. 426 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:56,000 Now what we can read about is the term we're going to use and 427 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,200 that is the term, ministering spirits. 428 00:28:00,500 --> 00:28:04,400 I'm going to notice two examples of what angels have done as 429 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:08,000 ministering spirits in the Bible, once found in the Old 430 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:12,600 Testament and it's the Prophet Elijah First Kings chapter 19, 431 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:17,600 you remember, the story Ahab, told Jezebel all that Elijah had 432 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,400 done. And then with a sword, he killed 433 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:25,800 all the prophets. And Jezebel is furious. 434 00:28:27,500 --> 00:28:30,100 And Jezebel sends a messenger to Elijah. 435 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:36,900 And the message is this may the gods, the idolatrous gods, small 436 00:28:36,900 --> 00:28:39,900 G May the gods do to me and even more. 437 00:28:39,900 --> 00:28:47,700 So to me If I don't have what happened to these prophets 438 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:51,500 happened to you, Elijah. In other words, you're going to 439 00:28:51,500 --> 00:28:56,300 die. The Bible says that Elijah fled 440 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:02,500 and he ran for his life. He dropped off a servant over 441 00:29:02,500 --> 00:29:06,100 there in Beersheba. And he went a little farther. 442 00:29:06,100 --> 00:29:08,300 In fact, the Bible calls it a Day's Journey. 443 00:29:09,700 --> 00:29:14,900 And the new King James says he sits down under a broom tree and 444 00:29:14,900 --> 00:29:16,600 he prays to God, that he would die. 445 00:29:18,700 --> 00:29:21,100 I'm going to tell you something, folks, I have been discouraged 446 00:29:21,100 --> 00:29:23,000 in my life. I would imagine. 447 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,300 I'm talking to people that have been discouraged before. 448 00:29:27,500 --> 00:29:30,800 According to the Bible passage here, even a fiery man of God 449 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:32,500 named. Elijah got discouraged. 450 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:40,200 But I cannot remember one time. When I was so discouraged, I 451 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:45,100 wanted to die. Elijah needed some help. 452 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:50,400 Elijah wanted to die. Elijah was discouraged. 453 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:53,600 First Kings chapter, 19. Notice what happens. 454 00:29:54,900 --> 00:30:00,300 Then as he lay and slept under a broom tree suddenly an angel 455 00:30:00,700 --> 00:30:05,600 touched him. A ministering spirit and Angel 456 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:10,700 touched him and said to him, arise innate, then he looked and 457 00:30:10,700 --> 00:30:14,500 thereby his head was a cake baked on coals and a jar of 458 00:30:14,500 --> 00:30:17,700 water. So we ate and drank and lay down 459 00:30:17,700 --> 00:30:20,900 again and the angel of the Lord came back the second time and 460 00:30:20,900 --> 00:30:25,200 touched him and said, arise and eat because the journey is too 461 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,100 great for you. So he arose and ate and drank 462 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,800 and he went in the strength of that full food 40 days and 40 463 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:35,200 nights as As Horeb, the Mountain of God. 464 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:42,300 He was discouraged, and ministering Spirit came to him. 465 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,700 Another example of the greatest one that ever lived is Jesus 466 00:30:47,500 --> 00:30:49,700 Remember when Jesus was being tempted of the devil, he had 467 00:30:49,700 --> 00:30:53,100 already been baptized by John. The Baptist in Matthew chapter 468 00:30:53,100 --> 00:30:55,800 4, is being tempted in the wilderness by the devil, member 469 00:30:55,800 --> 00:31:00,300 all that. Jesus says this. 470 00:31:01,700 --> 00:31:06,200 Finally, he says away with you Satan, for it is written, you 471 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:08,500 shall Worship the Lord, your God and him. 472 00:31:08,500 --> 00:31:14,500 Only You Shall Serve You know, what happened next to Matthew 4 473 00:31:14,500 --> 00:31:18,300 and verse 11. Then the devil left him and 474 00:31:18,300 --> 00:31:22,500 behold Angels, Came and ministered to him. 475 00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:26,800 What else? There was another time to 476 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:31,200 remember that in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus goes to the 477 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:35,500 Garden of Gethsemane, and he says, in Matthew chapter 26, and 478 00:31:35,500 --> 00:31:39,700 38, he said, my soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto 479 00:31:39,700 --> 00:31:46,700 death, stay here and watch with me. interesting at the darkest 480 00:31:46,700 --> 00:31:51,600 time of his life and what he was about to go through Disciples 481 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:55,600 slept. They slept. 482 00:31:58,900 --> 00:32:02,300 Jesus says, my soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. 483 00:32:03,900 --> 00:32:09,200 The Bible also says this that his sweat was as it were like 484 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:13,300 great drops of blood that fell to the ground in agony. 485 00:32:14,500 --> 00:32:18,900 He prays to his father, he said, let this cup pass from me. 486 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:23,600 Let this cup. He said, father, if it is, your 487 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:27,300 will take this cup away from me. Nevertheless, not my will but 488 00:32:27,300 --> 00:32:30,900 yours be done. Now, remember this, I preached 489 00:32:30,900 --> 00:32:33,600 this a couple years ago in the last week in the life of Jesus 490 00:32:33,700 --> 00:32:38,000 Jesus you might remember this but when Jesus says, let this 491 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:41,900 cup pass from me, it has to be more than just a cup of 492 00:32:41,900 --> 00:32:46,500 suffering physically. There were many that were 493 00:32:46,500 --> 00:32:50,800 martyred for their faith. Peter by tradition is told that 494 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,900 he was crucified upside down because he refused to be 495 00:32:53,900 --> 00:32:57,300 crucified like Jesus. So he said, crucify me upside 496 00:32:57,300 --> 00:33:00,700 down. Crucifixion was terrible and 497 00:33:00,700 --> 00:33:03,700 awful and painful and I can't even believe I can't even think 498 00:33:03,700 --> 00:33:04,900 about how bad it would have been. 499 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:09,400 But there's got to be something else. 500 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:16,400 The cup has to also include God's Divine wrath for sin. 501 00:33:18,100 --> 00:33:21,000 Jesus, despised The Shame of the Cross to. 502 00:33:22,100 --> 00:33:26,400 And When sin was placed on Jesus, he had to Bear the sins 503 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:31,600 of the world, he was perfect and sinless in, every way, pure in 504 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:35,200 every way. And now the darkness of sin was 505 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:39,700 placed on him even so God turned his face and he was alone. 506 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,000 It has to be that too, has to be included in that. 507 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:49,800 Finally Jesus says, if there's no other way except I drink it, 508 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,500 then your will be done in Luke 23 and 43. 509 00:33:52,500 --> 00:33:56,500 Look at, look what happens. Then an angel appeared to him 510 00:33:56,500 --> 00:33:59,600 from Heaven. Strengthening him. 511 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:03,700 What does it mean to be strengthened or strengthening 512 00:34:03,700 --> 00:34:06,300 him? It means made him strong within. 513 00:34:06,300 --> 00:34:08,500 That's what that actually means. That phrase means made him 514 00:34:08,500 --> 00:34:12,699 strong Within All right, you might wonder. 515 00:34:13,199 --> 00:34:15,000 I know. I used to think this I used to 516 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:19,900 wonder this. What could an angel do for 517 00:34:19,900 --> 00:34:24,100 Jesus? That Jesus being deity, couldn't 518 00:34:24,100 --> 00:34:27,500 do for himself. Well, I'm going to tell you 519 00:34:27,500 --> 00:34:29,800 remember this from a DD standpoint. 520 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:36,800 Nothing Jesus was the son of God on this Earth as our Messiah was 521 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:41,300 fully Divine, but he was also the son of man, meaning our 522 00:34:41,300 --> 00:34:46,600 Messiah was fully human from a human standpoint in all of the 523 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,900 agony that he's about to undergo, an angel count, came 524 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:53,000 and made him strong within to endure. 525 00:34:53,100 --> 00:34:58,300 What he was about to endure. So this ministering Spirit gave 526 00:34:58,300 --> 00:35:01,400 Jesus assistance to Bear the awful hours ahead of him. 527 00:35:01,500 --> 00:35:05,600 He made Jesus strong Within These are just two examples of 528 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:08,800 ministering. Spirits in the Bible, what they 529 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:14,400 did, So what about today we go back to Hebrews chapter 1. 530 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:19,600 But to, which of the angels has he ever said, sit on my right 531 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:24,600 hand until I make your enemies your footstool, are they not all 532 00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:28,000 ministering Spirits sent forth to minister for those who have 533 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,700 salvation. Okay, the words ministering 534 00:35:30,700 --> 00:35:35,500 Spirit indicates the idea that there are angels, please stay 535 00:35:35,500 --> 00:35:40,300 with me, there are angels in the world whose purpose is to carry 536 00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:45,500 out God's Providence in the lives of those, that inherit 537 00:35:45,500 --> 00:35:50,800 salvation action. Those that inherit salvation. 538 00:35:52,300 --> 00:35:58,600 Now who's that? Who are they That's a faithful 539 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:03,100 Christian. Whatever they're doing. 540 00:36:04,700 --> 00:36:07,200 They're carrying out God's. Providential care. 541 00:36:07,700 --> 00:36:10,200 Aren't what's Providence? What is it? 542 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:14,700 Providence is the foreseeing care and guidance of God? 543 00:36:15,900 --> 00:36:18,500 Now, I'm going to tell you right now, if you ask me, how God 544 00:36:18,500 --> 00:36:20,700 takes care of his Providence, I'm going to tell you, I don't 545 00:36:20,700 --> 00:36:23,800 know. If you're going to ask me a 546 00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:25,100 question. Was that coincidence or 547 00:36:25,100 --> 00:36:26,500 Providence? I'm going to say, I don't know. 548 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,700 Somebody said, one time it's probably Providence when you 549 00:36:30,700 --> 00:36:34,800 can't determine whether it was a coincidence or Providence. 550 00:36:36,100 --> 00:36:38,600 I like what Joe hisle says, though, coincidence is 551 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:44,900 Providence incognito. Nothing happens by happenstance 552 00:36:45,100 --> 00:36:49,300 or chance. I just know that God is in 553 00:36:49,300 --> 00:36:53,000 control and I know that he is. Providential care is always 554 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:56,500 there in, according to his will, I just know that how does he get 555 00:36:56,500 --> 00:37:00,100 it done? Well, according to this, Angels 556 00:37:00,100 --> 00:37:02,200 are doing something to help him do that. 557 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,400 Those that are Heirs of Salvation. 558 00:37:04,500 --> 00:37:08,600 Iums are said, this angels are among the instruments or 559 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:13,700 agencies, which God uses in his treatment of and care for his 560 00:37:14,100 --> 00:37:19,300 own then thersites this passage. And when Peter had come to 561 00:37:19,300 --> 00:37:23,700 himself, he said, now I know for certain that the Lord has sent 562 00:37:23,700 --> 00:37:27,200 his Angel and has delivered me from the hand of Herod. 563 00:37:27,300 --> 00:37:32,600 And from all the expectation of Of the Jewish people, all right. 564 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:37,100 God uses them how he does that? I don't know. 565 00:37:37,500 --> 00:37:40,800 I just know that he does, because that's what it said, but 566 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:43,200 there are two points of clarification of two phrases. 567 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:47,800 We got to talk about, okay? And that is number one, the 568 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:52,500 phrase we shall judge. Angels, what does that mean? 569 00:37:54,100 --> 00:37:59,300 I read so much from different commentators on that and it's 570 00:37:59,300 --> 00:38:02,100 interesting. All the varying interpretations 571 00:38:02,100 --> 00:38:04,900 of that. One commentator said, well, what 572 00:38:04,900 --> 00:38:08,500 is talking about is talking about judging Fallen Angels, the 573 00:38:08,508 --> 00:38:12,700 bad, Wicked ones, and gave a whole lot of reasons for that. 574 00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:16,900 Another said, no, it's judging the righteous angels and gave a 575 00:38:16,900 --> 00:38:20,200 whole lot of reasons for that. Well, how's that for a definite, 576 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:23,500 maybe? What's he actually talking 577 00:38:23,500 --> 00:38:26,400 about? When it says, judge Angels. 578 00:38:26,900 --> 00:38:31,000 Well, let's notice in 1st Corinthians chapter 6 and verse 579 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:34,700 3. Paul says, do you not know that 580 00:38:34,700 --> 00:38:39,800 we know who's we Christians? We shall judge Angels. 581 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:43,400 How much more things that pertain to this life, okay? 582 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:46,900 Here it says that we are going to judge Angels. 583 00:38:46,900 --> 00:38:51,500 If we go back to verse 2, okay? Remember there's a context and 584 00:38:51,500 --> 00:38:54,600 there's a reason Paul wrote what he wrote was talking about going 585 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:57,200 to the law against of brother. Don't do that first Corinthians 586 00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,800 6. Okay, let's go back to verse 2 587 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:03,000 in verse 2. It says that Saints or 588 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:08,600 Christians will judge the world. I thought Jesus was going to be 589 00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:14,800 the judge. He is incidentally, Jesus is 590 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:20,200 your savior now. But when time shall be no more, 591 00:39:21,100 --> 00:39:23,300 he won't be the Savior. He'll be the judge. 592 00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:29,600 Jesus is the judge so you and I that are Christians. 593 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:34,000 We won't have any part of judging the world in that day. 594 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:39,400 The Lord will do that. So what's it mean to judge? 595 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:44,000 The world. It means this. 596 00:39:45,500 --> 00:39:49,900 It means that we judge the world in the sense of warning the 597 00:39:49,900 --> 00:39:54,500 world about coming judgment. This comes from teaching God's 598 00:39:54,500 --> 00:39:57,900 word and also by our righteous example, the life of a 599 00:39:57,908 --> 00:40:01,800 Christian, the word judge in verse two, very important. 600 00:40:02,100 --> 00:40:05,900 It actually means to pronounce an opinion concerning, right and 601 00:40:05,900 --> 00:40:09,300 wrong. That's the judging we're talking 602 00:40:09,300 --> 00:40:11,100 about people. People said don't judge, don't 603 00:40:11,100 --> 00:40:14,000 judge the Bible never said though, judge says judge with 604 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,500 righteous judgment. You know, a Paul saying is Paul 605 00:40:16,500 --> 00:40:21,500 says you that are Christians can judge the World by what by 606 00:40:21,500 --> 00:40:24,500 pronouncing, or by coming up with an opinion of what's right 607 00:40:24,500 --> 00:40:25,800 or wrong. How am I going to know that? 608 00:40:25,900 --> 00:40:30,000 My opinion, no, by the word of God, I can know what's right and 609 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:33,800 wrong and by my Godly life, my example. 610 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:38,700 That's how you judge the world. Not that we're going to sit in 611 00:40:38,700 --> 00:40:43,000 Judgment at the end. So that's judging in verse 2. 612 00:40:44,300 --> 00:40:48,800 But to know about judging, in verse 3, about judging angels, 613 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,100 we have to go to another passage. 614 00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:54,500 We have to go to Hebrews chapter 2 and verse 5. 615 00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:59,300 For he has not put the world to come of which we speak in. 616 00:40:59,300 --> 00:41:05,000 Subjection to Angels. Remember when I said that the 617 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:09,100 Bible describes the angels, as God's Mighty angels, and I said 618 00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:11,900 that they were limited but they're greater than man. 619 00:41:12,100 --> 00:41:15,800 I said there are superior to man, but inferior to God, right? 620 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:19,900 Okay, what's beautiful, is what the Hebrew writer is saying? 621 00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:22,300 He has not put the world to come? 622 00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:25,000 That's after this life. After the resurrection, that's 623 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,000 in heaven. He has not put the world to come 624 00:41:28,300 --> 00:41:31,500 in, subjection to angels. That means I will not be in 625 00:41:31,500 --> 00:41:34,500 subjection to Angels. and neither will you, if you're 626 00:41:34,500 --> 00:41:41,000 saved and you go to heaven, The judging Angels means this. 627 00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:50,100 Angels will be in subjection to us as we are connected to Jesus 628 00:41:50,100 --> 00:41:56,700 Christ. Remember when we said about, The 629 00:41:56,700 --> 00:42:00,100 innumerable multitude in heaven Before the Throne, and the lamb 630 00:42:00,100 --> 00:42:02,000 and God's going to be there. All that memorable life. 631 00:42:03,300 --> 00:42:06,800 Beautiful point though. Who's going to know the song? 632 00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:10,400 The song of the redeemed, the song of the Lamb. 633 00:42:11,500 --> 00:42:14,800 It's those that are in the body, those that are in Jesus Christ, 634 00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:19,600 those that are in the church, So angels will be in subjection to 635 00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:22,700 us then as we are connected to Jesus Christ. 636 00:42:24,300 --> 00:42:27,200 What else? Okay, here's another one. 637 00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:32,000 What does this mean? Entertaining, Angels on. 638 00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:38,500 Oh, where's All right. I've heard people say my whole 639 00:42:38,500 --> 00:42:44,000 life will you know after all After all, we just don't know. 640 00:42:45,100 --> 00:42:48,300 We may be entertaining an angel unawares. 641 00:42:49,100 --> 00:42:51,700 So I got to do good to everybody, or for everybody, I 642 00:42:51,707 --> 00:42:53,500 got to do that because who knows? 643 00:42:53,500 --> 00:42:56,900 It may be an angel. Is that the point. 644 00:42:57,200 --> 00:43:00,900 Let's notice the passage in Hebrews chapter 13, and verse to 645 00:43:01,700 --> 00:43:04,000 do not forget to entertain strangers. 646 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:08,800 That's the point for in doing. So notice some is the new King 647 00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:14,500 James have unwittingly entertained, angels, Now, notice 648 00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:18,300 does it say that you may entertain Angels know. 649 00:43:18,500 --> 00:43:24,600 It says some have in the past unwittingly entertained angels. 650 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:31,300 let me tell you about the some Two examples. 651 00:43:31,300 --> 00:43:35,100 I just gave it to about Abraham. In Genesis Chapter 18 verses 1 652 00:43:35,100 --> 00:43:38,400 through 3. Entertaining Angels unawares. 653 00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:41,200 How about lot in Genesis 19? Verses 1 and 2? 654 00:43:41,700 --> 00:43:48,400 Entertaining Angels unawares. What's the whole point, folks? 655 00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:52,100 The point is not this. It is not. 656 00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:57,600 So that we are extending Hospitality to somebody because 657 00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:00,100 the greatest thing we could possibly do is entertain an 658 00:44:00,100 --> 00:44:01,500 Angel. That's not what that means. 659 00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:06,700 I think it means this, you never know the far reaches of 660 00:44:06,700 --> 00:44:09,800 goodness, that can come from helping somebody else. 661 00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:16,400 You just don't know the example, the act of kindness The work of 662 00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:19,200 a Christian you have no idea. You never know. 663 00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:23,000 Jesus wasn't concerned with hey by the way get ready to 664 00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:24,600 entertain Angel. This is what Jesus said. 665 00:44:25,300 --> 00:44:28,200 Matthew 25 and 40 and the King will answer and say to them 666 00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:31,700 assuredly I say to you in. As much as you did it to one of 667 00:44:31,700 --> 00:44:35,000 the least of these my brethren, you did it unto me. 668 00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:38,400 So we're not to be looking for those that are angels because 669 00:44:38,500 --> 00:44:40,500 all we got to do is talk about what he said. 670 00:44:40,500 --> 00:44:45,700 We have to do it to the least of these, my brethren What else? 671 00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:50,800 The flip side of that verse 45, then he will answer them saying, 672 00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:54,800 assuredly, I say to you in, as much as you did it, not to one 673 00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:58,000 of the least of these, you did it not unto me. 674 00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:02,500 So, We're not going to entertain. 675 00:45:02,500 --> 00:45:04,700 I don't believe. I don't believe that we're going 676 00:45:04,700 --> 00:45:07,500 to entertain a person that's actually an angel. 677 00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:09,300 I don't think that's what he means. 678 00:45:09,300 --> 00:45:10,600 I don't think that's what he said. 679 00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:15,900 What I think it means is this as some unknowingly entertained, 680 00:45:15,900 --> 00:45:21,100 angels. You have no idea that you might 681 00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:24,300 entertain somebody and some great good can come. 682 00:45:24,300 --> 00:45:26,300 And you have no idea how good that might be. 683 00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:29,300 I think that's the context. I think that's the point. 684 00:45:30,500 --> 00:45:32,400 And again, I want to stick to what we can do and not 685 00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:35,000 speculate. All right, in conclusion. 686 00:45:36,900 --> 00:45:38,800 What about the work of Angels in the future? 687 00:45:40,300 --> 00:45:42,200 Well, the Bible says that they're going to return with 688 00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:48,700 Jesus in flaming fire. In 1st Thessalonians 4:16. 689 00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:52,100 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven. 690 00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:57,900 With a shout with a voice of the Archangel and with the trumpet 691 00:45:57,900 --> 00:46:00,900 of God and the dead in Christ will rise. 692 00:46:00,900 --> 00:46:04,600 First at the resurrection somebody's going to shout, 693 00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:08,500 that's the Lord and then it says with the voice of the Archangel 694 00:46:08,500 --> 00:46:11,600 with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 695 00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:15,100 So they're going to be part of the future. 696 00:46:15,700 --> 00:46:19,900 Second Thessalonians, chapter 1, verses 7 and 8 and to give you 697 00:46:19,900 --> 00:46:22,600 who are troubled rest with it with it with us. 698 00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:26,000 When the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty 699 00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:29,900 angels, in flaming fire taking Vengeance on those who do not 700 00:46:29,900 --> 00:46:32,800 know God. And on those who do not obey the 701 00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:36,300 gospel of our Lord, Jesus Christ, they're going to assist 702 00:46:36,300 --> 00:46:39,200 the Lord in that. And finally, one more passage, 703 00:46:39,500 --> 00:46:42,900 one more passage in Matthew chapter 13. 704 00:46:44,100 --> 00:46:48,400 Beginning at verse 43. The son of man will send out his 705 00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:51,500 angels. And they will gather out of his 706 00:46:51,500 --> 00:46:55,900 kingdom, all things that offend those that practice lawlessness 707 00:46:56,600 --> 00:46:59,800 and will cast them into the furnace of fire, there will be 708 00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:02,600 wailing and gnashing of teeth who's going to do that. 709 00:47:02,700 --> 00:47:04,600 The Lord will send his angels to do that. 710 00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:09,800 But then I love this, then the righteous will shine forth as 711 00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:11,600 the sun in the Kingdom of their father. 712 00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:14,200 He who has ears to hear, Let Him hear. 713 00:47:15,100 --> 00:47:19,100 I love that phrase and the righteous will shine forth. 714 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:26,300 Folks, I'll tell you, there's a lot of stuff about angels that I 715 00:47:26,308 --> 00:47:29,800 just don't know. But I do think they're 716 00:47:29,800 --> 00:47:32,400 ministering spirits to help carry out the Providence of God. 717 00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:34,100 How God does that? I don't know. 718 00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:39,700 But maybe it's okay not to know. Maybe looking through the eye of 719 00:47:39,700 --> 00:47:42,600 faith is even better when you can't explain it. 720 00:47:42,600 --> 00:47:44,900 But, you know what happens in that better. 721 00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:48,000 Without faith. It's impossible to please God, 722 00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:50,800 just because I may not have all the answers to line it out and 723 00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:53,000 you may not either, doesn't mean it doesn't happen. 724 00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:56,100 Doesn't mean that God's not in control and that doesn't mean 725 00:47:56,100 --> 00:47:59,500 that he's using his mighty angels to carry out, his 726 00:47:59,500 --> 00:48:01,900 providential care. 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