The work of the Helpers of God Eand what angels do for us.
Heb 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? .
Billy Graham On Angels
Billy Graham says: "As an evangelist, I have often felt too far spent to minister from the pulpit to men and women who have filled stadiums to hear a message from the Lord. Yet again and again my weakness has vanished, and my strength has been renewed. I have been filled with God’s power not only in my soul but physically. On many occasions, God has become especially real, and has sent His unseen angelic visitors to touch my body to let me be His messenger for heaven, speaking as a dying man to dying men."
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I. THE ANGELS OF GOD WORSHIP GOD
Isaiah 6:3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
Rev 4:8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. .
Rev 19:4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. .
Neh 9:6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is herein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. .
A The angels of heaven worship Jesus.
Heb 1:6 And again, when he bringeth in the first begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. .
B. If the angels worship the Lord, should we not also worship God?
II. THE ANGELS OBSERVE THE PEOPLE OF GOD.
Luke 12:8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: Luke 12:9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. .
Luke 15:10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. .
1 Pet 1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
III. THE ANGELS INQUIRE INTO THE PROPHETICAL PLAN OF GOD.
Daniel 12:5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river. Daniel 12:6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
IV. ANGELS PERFORM THE WILL OF GOD
Psalms 104:4 Who maketh his angel’s spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: Psalms 104:5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. .
Daniel 7:10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. .
1 Pet 3:22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. .
V. ANGELS WITNESS THE WRATH OF GOD
Rev 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
VI. ANGLES REJOICE IN GOD’S WORK OF CREATION
Job 38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? .
Rev 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. .
Job 38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? .
Gen 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. .
VII. ANGLES REJOICE IN GOD’S WORK OF REDEMPTION
1 Tim 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. .
Luke 15:10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. .
1 Pet 1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
A. I believe every one of us have a personal guardian angel.
Isaiah 63:9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. .
VIII. We do not worship angels!
Col 2:18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Rev 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. .
Rev 22:8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. 9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
IX. Angels do not marry.
Matt 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
Mark 12:25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels, which are in heaven. .
X. Angels obey God’s Word.
Psalms 103:20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. .
XI. Angels are all around Jesus.
1 Pet 3:22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. .
XII. There are fallen angels.
Jude 1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
XIII. There are many angels.
Psalms 68:17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. .
Heb 12:22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,.
Jude 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
XIV. There are Angels over the Churches in the book of Revelation.
Rev 1:20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. .
Rev 2:1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
Rev 2:8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
Rev 2:12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
Rev 2:18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
Rev 3:1 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. .
Rev 3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
Rev 3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
XV. ANGELS IN THE BIBLE ARE CALLED AND WERE:
- A CELESTIAL SPIRIT
. Called ANGEL OF THE LORD
. Called MORNING STARS
. Hosts
. Called PRINCIPALITIES, POWERS
. Of different orders
. Worship God
. Not to be worshiped
. Do not marry
. Are obedient
. Have knowledge of, and interest in, earthly affairs
XVI. THERE WERE ANGEL APPEARANCES TO:
. To Abraham
. To Hagar, in the wilderness
. To Lot, in Sodom
. To Jacob, in his various visions
. To Moses
. To the Israelites
. To Balaam
. To Joshua, "the captain of the Lord’s host,"
. To Gideon
. To Manoah
. To David, at the threshing floor of Araunah
. To Elijah
. To Elisha while he lay under the Juniper tree
. To Daniel, in the lionsEden
. To Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in the fiery furnace. To Zechariah, in a vision
. To Joseph, in a dream
. At the transfiguration of Jesus
. To Mary, concerning Jesus
. To Zacharias
. To the shepherds
. To Jesus, after His temptation
. In Gethsemane
. At the tomb of Jesus
. At the ascension
. To Peter and John, while in prison
. To Philip
. To Cornelius, in a dream
. To Peter, in prison
. To Paul, on the way to Damascus
. To John, on the island of Patmos
CONCLUSION: Angels will be there on that last day when every knee will bow and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord! Phil. 2nd chapter.
