The Work Of The Helpers Of God

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. .