["Pomp and Circumstance"]
That we set aside for singing and preaching and fellowship for that you'd meet with us today and help us to draw closer to you
In jesus name we pray. Amen
Turn to song 178
Song number 178
Jesus loves even me 178 on the first
I am so glad that our father in heaven
Tells of his love in the book he has given
Wonderful things in the bible I see
This is the dearest that jesus loves me
I am so glad that jesus loves me
jesus loves me
I am so glad that jesus loves me
jesus loves even me
Though I forget him and wander away
Still he doth love me wherever I stray
Back to his dear loving arms would I flee
When I remember that jesus loves me
I am so glad that jesus loves me
jesus loves me
I am so glad that jesus loves me
Me jesus loves even me good on the last
Oh, if there's only one song I can sing
When in his beauty, I see the great king
This shall my song in eternity be
Oh, what a wonder that jesus loves me
I am so glad that jesus loves me
jesus loves me
I am so glad that jesus loves me jesus loves even me good
Amen, all right. Well, let's take our bulletins
We'll look some announcements real quickly
If you do not have a bulletin raise your hand and one of our ushers can get one for you if you need a bulletin
Just put your hand up and we'll get one for you the verse this week second peter 318
But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our lord and savior jesus christ to him be glory both now and forever. Amen
And that's a good verse there. We like that if you open up your
Bulletin, you'll see our service time sunday morning service 10 30 a.m
And we're glad that you're with us
Of course on sunday morning on the lord's day for church and we do invite you to be back tonight at 6 p.m
For the evening service and the evening service is different than the morning service different songs that are sung different sermon that's preached
Just one more opportunity to be in god's house with god's people under the preaching of the word of god
And then of course we have our soul winning times and we'd love you to join us for our main
Sowing time on saturday mornings at 10 a.m. It's our big soul winning rally and we all have
Also additional sewing times on thursdays and sundays if you'd like to go sewing this afternoon
There'll be an opportunity for you to be able to do that
If you look across the page there, you'll see our announcements and upcoming events
And of course, we've got uh, the spirit world series that we're back in
We took a break from that last week, but we're back in that uh this week and we're looking studying angels from the bible
Today so we're studying the spirit world and uh things of that nature and we're going to be looking at the subject of angels this morning
and then of course we want you to
Be aware and remember that this saturday october 19th at 5 p.m. Is our spanish service
and
We're going to have of course spanish preaching and singing and then a potluck afterwards
So if you can bring a dish to share we'd appreciate it
And of course everybody's invited to come out to that
Uh, if you speak spanish if you know a spanish speaker or if you're wanting to learn spanish, then the spanish service is for you
And then we want you to be aware of the harvest party coming up on thursday october 31st at 6 p.m
and uh
we're gonna have an annual chili cook-off and games for all to play and if you want to be part of the
chili cook-off
you need to make sure that you bring your chili no later than 6 p.m because there's a bit of a process getting all the
The samples out for the judges and we have to get them to have their samples before everybody else can eat
So we you you just can't be late. All right. Now if you come late, we'll still eat your chili, but
You can't be part of the competition or if you want to just bring chili because that's the dinner
That's the meal for the night, but not be part of the competition. That's fine, too
But if you want to be part of the competition
You have to be here by 6 p.m. And if you know, you should just try to be here by 6 p.m
Anyway, it starts at 6
There's a 50 gift card for the first place winner 25 gift card for the second place winner
Also, we'll have our annual ladies and men's basketball game
So ladies if you want to play there's a sign-up sheet
In the foyer and make sure you sign up and then just be aware to bring you know, the right shoes and all of that
And also if you want to help
With other things cornbread or desserts there's sign-up sheets in the foyer as well
So, please make sure you do that
There's other things there for you to look at if you look at the back of the bulletin birthdays and anniversaries
for the month of
October
Today is joe maples the third birthday on october 13th
So happy birthday to him and also brother matt and miss casey taylor have an anniversary on october 15th
Miss julene has a birthday on october 16th. Brother. Adam has a birthday on october 18th and brother edgar has a birthday on october 19th
Miss nicole
Has a birthday on october 19th as well. And so does brother keith revas have a birthday on october 19th
Praise report money matters all
Of those things are there for you to look at and if you are a first-time guest, we're glad that you're here
We have a gift we'd like to give you is just walk out of the church building this
Morning as you go out our foyer there. You'll see a little table set up and on that table
You'll see these little gift bags
Please grab one on your way out as a gift from us to you for being our guest this morning
And we'd love for you to take one of these before you leave and also if you are a guest
We'd ask that you please take a moment to fill out the communication card
Which is inserted in your bulletin and if you need a pen just raise your hand
And one of our ushers can bring you by a verity baptist church pen
You're welcome to keep the pen of course as a gift from us as well. We'd like to
Send you something in the mail, but we need your information to do that
So, please take a moment to fill the card out when we're done with the announcements
We're going to sing a song when we're done singing. We're going to receive the offering as the offering plate goes by
You can drop this card in the offering plate and then just one real quick announcement
I need to meet with the vbc team captains today at 5 p.m
In my office if you're a vbc team captain, please I know it's a short notice and I apologize for that
But I need to meet with you today at 5 p.m
And please see brother oliver about that and confirm with him if that's something that you can or cannot do
And I appreciate your help with that. Okay, I think that's it for all the announcements
So let's go and take the course of the week and we're going to sing there's a new name written down in glory
As we prepare to receive the offering
This this morning. I was once a sinner sing it out on the first
I was once a sinner
But I came
Pardon to receive from my lord
This was freely given
and I found
That he always kept his word
There's a new name written down in glory
And it's mine
Oh, yes, it's mine
And the white road angels sing the story
a sinner
There's a new name written down in glory
And it's mine
Oh, yes, it's mine
With my sins forgiven I am bound for heaven
Nevermore to roll
Sing it out on the second. I was humbly kneeling
at the cross
Fearing not but god's angry frown
And I saw
Was written down
There's a new name written down in glory
And it's mine
Oh, yes, it's mine
And the white road angels sing the story
a sinner
There's a new name written down in glory
And it's mine
Oh, yes, it's mine
With my sins forgiven I am bound for heaven
Nevermore
To roll good singing out on the last in the book is written
saved by grace
Oh the joy that came to my soul
Oh
Now I am forgiven
And I know
By the blood I am made whole
There's a new name written down in glory
And it's mine
Oh, yes, it's mine
And the white road angels sing the story
a sinner
Yes
There's a new name written down in glory
And it's mine
Oh, yes, it's mine
With my sins forgiven I am bound for heaven
Amen good singing before the guys come up just want to remind you of course that we are a family integrated church
What that means is that children and infants are always welcomed in the service
We do not separate children from their parents for any reason
However, we do have mother baby rooms and daddy rooms available for your convenience
All of the rooms have comfortable seating. They have monitors or windows set up so you can watch the service and listen to it
So if you have a child that's being distracting during the service
So if you need some privacy
We would encourage you to use those rooms if you're not sure where they're at
You can look at the back of the bulletin and you'll see a layout of our church building
It'll show you where the restrooms are where the mother baby rooms are the daddy room
Also, please don't forget to turn your cell phones off or place them on silent during the service
So that they don't go off in the middle of the sermon. We'd appreciate your help with that right now
It'd be a good time to just check your phone. Make sure it's on silent or vibrate or something like that
All right. We'll have the guys come up and help us with the offering at this time
And let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer
Heavenly father lord
we do love you and we
Ask that you would
Meet our needs financially or we pray that you'd bless the gift and the giver
We pray that you'd meet with us as we open up your word as we study the bible together in jesus name. We pray. Amen
So
Turn your bibles to hebrews chapter one
Hebrews chapter one if you do not have a bible, please raise your hand
And an usher will bring you one
Hebrews chapter one we will read the entire chapter as our custom
Hebrews chapter one just keep your hands up and an usher will bring you a bible
Hebrews chapter one the bible reads
God
Who at sundry times and in divers manners fake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets?
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his son?
Whom he hath appointed heir of all things by whom also he made the worlds
Who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person and upholding all things by the power of his word?
When he had by himself purged our sins
Sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high
Being made so much better than the angels as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they
For unto which of the angels said he at any time?
Thou art my son
This day have I begotten thee
And again, I will be to him a father and he shall be to me a son
and again
When he bringeth in the first begotten into the world he saith and let all the angels of god worship him
And of the angels he saith who maketh his angel spirits and his minister is a flame of fire
But unto the son he saith thy throne. Oh god is forever and ever
A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom
Thou has loved righteousness
and hated iniquity
Therefore god even thy god hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows
And thou lord in the beginning has laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the works of thine hands
They shall perish but thou remainest and they shall all wax old as that the garment
And as a vesture shall thou fold them up
And they shall be changed but thou art the same and thy years shall not fail
But to which of the angels said he at any time?
Sit on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool
Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
Let's pray
Father god
Thank you for this day. Thank you for this opportunity to come together
Please bless pastor in the message. Please. Let it bring glory and honor to you in the name of jesus christ. I pray. Amen
Amen
All right, we're there in hebrews chapter number one and of course this morning
We are continuing our series entitled the spirit world and it's been a little bit of a doctrinal series
as we've been looking at
What the bible teaches and what we refer to as the spirit world and if you remember, uh, we took a break last week
And we dealt with a different subject
But when we started the series we spent an entire sermon on the subject of heaven
And then we spent an entire sermon on the subject of hell and today we are going to talk about
Angels next week just in time for uh halloween
I guess we'll be talking about demons and devils what the bible teaches about that
Then we'll have an entire sermon on the subject of the devil himself and then we'll have a sermon on spiritual warfare
So that's what's coming up over the next several weeks. But today
We are talking about angels and I want you to notice there in hebrews 1 and verse 7
The bible says this and of the angels he saith who maketh his angel spirits and his ministers a flame of fire
But unto the sunny saith thy throne oh god is forever and ever a scepter of righteousness is the scepter
Of thy kingdom look down at verse number 14. The bible says are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for them?
Who shall be heirs of salvation?
So the bible talks about this concept of angels it teaches about this concept of angels
And there's lots that can be said about angels now. I don't just by way of introduction
I just want to cover this real quickly. I don't want to spend a lot of time on this
There's a false doctrine out there
That says that angels are the sons of god or that the sons of god are angels
and sometimes people go to like genesis chapter 6 and they'll
Look at verses that refer to the sons of god and they'll say that they are angels
However, whenever we say the bible we need to allow the bible to define itself and the bible serves at its own dictionary and here in
Hebrews chapter 1 just real quickly. I'd like you to look down at
Verse number 5 hebrews 1 5 the bible says for unto which of the angels said he at any time thou art my son
This day have I begotten thee and again I will be to my father and he shall be to me a son
I want you to notice that the writer of hebrews is asking this question and the answer to the question is none
That's the point of the question. He's he's saying can you tell me?
He said unto which of the angels
Said he at any time so to which of the angels has god ever said at any time thou art my son
This day have I begotten thee and he says or unto which of the angels he says and again which of the angels?
Did god ever say I will be to him a father and he shall be to me a son
And the point that's being made here is that god has never looked at an angel and said you are my son
I am your father
So that's a false teaching and again that's more of a dispensational thing we could spend a lot of time on that
That's not really the scope of the sermon. I do want to cover that especially we're here in hebrews one that
The bible does not teach that angels are the sons of god and again, uh dispensationalists teach that mormons teach that
But the bible does not teach that
Now also by way of introduction, uh, i'd like you to keep your place there in hebrews
We're going to come back to hebrews throughout the sermon
But i'd like you to go with me if you would to the book of revelation revelation chapter number two
Last book in the new testament should be fairly easy to find revelation chapter number two
and
I want to define the word angel for you and the bible uses the word angel and and the word angel
Is a word that means messenger
And I want you to notice that sometimes
Sometimes
the bible refers to
An individual as an angel and it's not talking about like the angelic being that we unite think of with wings or whatever
But it's just referring to someone who's a messenger because the word angel means messenger
And i'll just we we could look at a lot of examples of this i'm not going to do that
But i'll just give you some real quick examples
For example in revelation chapter two and in revelation chapter three
We have the lord jesus christ, of course appearing to john on the allopatmus and he's giving him the book of revelation
But before he gives the the views of end times he has these messages to these seven churches in asia
And he directs that message to the angel of that church notice revelation two and look at verse number one
he says unto the angel of the church of
Ephesus and in verse number
Eight he says and unto the angel of the church in smirna
And in verse number 12, he says and to the angel of the church in pergamos and in verse 18
He says and unto the angel of the church in thyatira
And if you flip over to chapter three and verse one, he says and unto the angel of the church in sardis
And chapter three and verse seven and to the angel of the church in philadelphia
and chapter 3 and verse 14 and unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans
and what I want you to notice here when he's talking about the angel of the
church of Ephesus and Smyrna and Pergamos and Thyatira and Sardis and
Philadelphia and Laodicea he's talking about their pastor he's directing the
message to this individual unto the angel of the church but the word angel
simply means messenger and he's saying unto the messenger of so he's talking to
the preachers or the pastors of those churches and that same Greek word the
Greek word that is translated angel in our King James Bible is also translated
in other areas in our King James Bible as the word messenger so we need to
understand the word angel means messenger we call angels angels because
they are messengers of God but there of course are other times when the Greek
word angel is being used in our New Testament and it's simply in our King
James translated as messenger and it's talking about just someone delivering a
message because that's what the word means so just by way of introduction I
want to explain that and make sure that you understand that go to Revelation
chapter 8 real quickly and while you turn there let me just talk about this
when we talk about angels there are different types of angels because
angels are messengers and and there's different types of messengers and some
angels in the Bible and some individuals that are referred to as angels in the
Bible are human beings because the word angel means messenger sometimes in the
Bible an angel is a heavenly creature and sometimes it is a human being
sometimes even in Revelation you find where somebody appears to John and he
starts you know bowing down and worshiping them and they're like no no
I'm I'm someone just like you are I'm just a human being just like you are so
God uses human beings as messengers in the Bible and sometimes they're referred
to as angels but then there are of course what we think of as angels these
angelic beings so sometimes they're heavenly creatures sometimes they're
human beings for example again the context I just showed you Revelation 2
and 3 the messengers of the churches up is referring to pastors and to the
preachers to the human messengers of that of those churches however there are
times when angels are non-human and that's usually what we think of they're
the angelic beings you're there in Revelation 8 let me just read to you
from Isaiah chapter 6 Isaiah chapter 6 and verse 1 you don't have to turn your heart
just read this to you the Bible says in the year that king Uzziah died I saw
also the Lord sitting upon a throne high and lifted up and his train filled the
temple above it stood the seraphims each one had six wings with twain he covered
his feet and with twain he covered his I'm sorry with twain he covered his face
and with twain he covered his feet and with twain he did fly also in Ezekiel
I'm not gonna have you turn there for sake of time but if you read Ezekiel
chapter number one we get this very vivid description of a cherubim and I
just read to you from Isaiah 6 that was a seraphim in Ezekiel chapter 1 we get a
description of a cherubim and these are angelic beings these are creatures from
heaven with the wings with all of that I asked you to go to Revelation chapter 8
and I apologize just flip back to Revelation chapter 4 just real quickly
Revelation chapter 4 and look at verse number 6 real quickly here in
Revelation 4 we have a picture of the throne of God and the Bible says in
Revelation 4 and verse 6 and before the throne there was a sea of glass like
unto crystal and in the midst of the throne and round about the throne were
four beasts full of eyes before and behind so these are not human beings
they're called beasts they're creatures a beast is an animal and the first beast
was like a lion and the second beast like a calf and the third beast had a
face as a man and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle and the four beasts
had each of them six wings notice that this is similar to what we read in Isaiah
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
so I want you to notice that there are angels in the Bible that are just human
beings and some of them are still alive just pastors of churches some of them
are in heaven they're already dead and in heaven but they're still human beings
and then there are angelic beings these creatures that are referred to as bees
cherubim seraphim with wings and all of all of that go to Revelation 8 look at
verse 13 real quickly revelation chapter 8 and verse 13 the Bible says and I be
held and heard revelation 8 13 notice what it says and I be held and I and
heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven all right so here we see an
angel flying through the midst of heaven look at revelation 14 and verse 6 and I
saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven so when you see angels in the
Bible and they have wings or six wings or eyes full you know four different
faces and and they are called beasts you know that's an edge what we would call
an angelic being or a creature then there are other times when you have
angels and they're just human beings that are acting in the role of a
messenger of God so I want to make that clear by way of introduction go back to
Hebrews if you would and let me just say this for for clarity for the rest of
this sermon when I say angel in this sermon I am referring to the angelic
being I'm referring to the non human angels I realize there are some human
angels humans that are referred to as angels because they're messengers
because the word angel means messenger even our own King James Bible rightfully
will do will translate the Greek word that is also translated as angel will be
translated as messenger but for the purposes of this sermon we're talking
about the angelic beings all right the creatures up in heaven and and that's
what we are talking about so when I say angel that's what I'm referring to just
for sake of clarity so let me give you some thoughts with regards to what the
Bible teaches about angels and maybe you can I'll give you three teachings
on the angels and I'm gonna give you three applications for the angels as a
conclusion this morning and if you like maybe you can jot this down of course I
always encourage you to take notes on the back of course the week there's a
place for you to write down some things number one when we talk about these
angelic beings what should we know about them one angelic beings are spiritual
beings they are spiritual beings now if you go back to Hebrews chapter one we
already looked at this chapter we already read it but I want you to just
point out a few things for you Hebrews 1 and verse 6 the Bible says this and
again when he bringeth in the first begotten into the world he saith and
this is talking about Jesus when God the Father brought the first begotten into
the world he saith and let all the angels of God worship him so when Jesus
was born God commanded let all the angels of God worship him of course if
you're familiar with the Christmas story you know that's true there's a whole
host of angels that appeared and glorified him and and and worship them
for seven and of the angels he saith I want you to notice what he says about
the angels he says who maketh his angels spirits who maketh his angels spirits so
I want you to notice that the Bible teaches that these angelic beings are
spiritual beings they are spirits which is why we're studying them in a series
called the spirit world because there is the physical world that you and I live
in but then there is a spirit world and when we get to the sermon on spiritual
warfare we're going to talk about how sometimes the curtain is pulled back and
and a door is opened and we are able to see and even transfer from within and
without the physical world into the spiritual world but angels the Bible
tells us are spiritual beings he says who maketh his angels spirits and his
ministers a flame of fire look down at verse 13 again Hebrews 1 and verse 13
but to which of the angels said he at any time sit on my right hand until I
make thine enemies thy footstool again the idea is that he's never said that to
an angel he's never said to an angel sit on my right hand he's never said to an
angel thou art my son this day have I begotten thee he's never said to an
angel any of those things verse 14 he says are they not all ministering
spirits now I want you to understand he the context is telling us this that God
has never said and the question is unto which of the angels said he at any time
sit on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool and then he says
here's why I've never said that to an angel because are they not all
ministering spirits now we're gonna get back to the word ministering in a minute
but I want you to notice that the Bible calls them spirits they are ministering
spirits sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation I keep
your place there in Hebrews and go with me if you would to the book of
Colossians Colossians chapter number one if you go backwards from Hebrews you're
gonna go past the book of Philemon Titus 2nd and 1st Timothy 2nd 1st Thessalonians
into the book of Colossians Colossians chapter number one Hebrews Philemon
Titus 2nd and 1st Timothy 2nd and 1st Thessalonians Colossians Colossians
chapter 1 and look down at verse number 16
angels or angelic beings are spiritual beings what that means is that they are
spirit beings and what that means is that they live in the spirit world
remember we talked about the spirit world and we're gonna talk about it more
when we get into spiritual warfare but notice let me just give you a couple of
verses about this spirit world in which the angels live Colossians 1 16 says
this for by him were all things created this referring to Jesus by him were all
things created that are in heaven and that are in in earth I want you to
notice what it says next visible and invisible so the Bible says by him were
all things created that are in heaven and that are in earth visible that's the
physical world and invisible that's the spirit world whether they be thrones or
dominions or principalities or powers all things were created by him and for
him and I would submit to you that both the visible and the invisible world we
learn this from Daniel and we'll talk about it again when we get to the spirit
to the spiritual warfare sermon but both the visible world and visible world both
have thrones and dominions and principalities and powers both we have
thrones and dominions and people politicians principalities powers people
that are in charge of the physical world we live in today there are presidents
that run countries but the Bible tells us also that we wrestle not against
flesh and blood that's the visible world that's the physical world we wrestle not
against flesh blood but against principalities against powers against
the rulers of the darkness of this world against spiritual wickedness in high
places that's the spirit world that's the invisible world and that's who were
actually at war with we're not at war and we're not wrestling with flesh and
blood but we're at war with the rulers of the darkness of this world those
that are on the wrong side in this invisible world in this invisible
warfare or in the spirit world spiritual warfare so the angels are spirit beings
and they live in the spirit world next week we'll talk about demons and we'll
talk about that whole thing and how that happened and and and we'll give you all
the details with regards to that let me give you another just verse that or a
story that highlights the spirit world I go to second Kings in the Old Testament
keep your place in Hebrews if you would but go to second Kings in the Old
Testament if you find the one in two books are all clustered together for
second Samuel for second Kings for second Chronicles I'd like to find second
Kings chapter number six second Kings chapter number six and this is going to
be like I said more of a study these first three points are just what the
Bible teaches and I'm gonna give you three quick applications second Kings
chapter 6 and verse 15 the Bible says this and when the servants of the man of
God was risen early and gone forth behold and a host compass the city both
with horses and chariots and his servant said unto him alas my master how shall
we do and of course this is a story of the prophet Elisha and Elisha is having
a king come against him trying to capture him and his servant wakes up in
the morning and he looks out and he sees these are real physical people and
a physical army he sees and the host compass the city both with horses and
chariots the word compass means to surround so he says the whole little
city and town that they're in there there's a whole host a whole army of
horses and chariots and his servant said unto him alas my master how shall we do
so he's saying what are we going to do our whole little city in town you're
surrounded by this army that is coming to arrest you and and to get you look at
verse 16 and he answered this is Elisha the man of God speaking to his servant
and he answered fear not he says for they that be with us are more than they
that be with them look at verse 17 this is one of my I love this story in the life of
Elisha verse 17 and Elisha prayed and said Lord I pray thee and notice the prayer
he says open his eyes that he may see and the the prayer that he was asking
here is that God would open his eyes to see not just the physical world but the
spiritual world not just the visible world but the invisible world and he
said open his eyes that he may see and the Lord opened the eyes of the young
man and he saw and behold the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire
round about Elisha the Bible says that the mountain was full of horses and
chariots here's your key that it's these are spirit beings of fire so horses that
are made out of fire chariots that are made out of fire round about Elisha and
what we learn from from from this story is this that though you and I are not
Elisha and we do not have the privilege to just put on spiritual goggles and
look into the spirit world and see the spirit world at all times what we need
to realize is that the visible and the invisible the physical and the spirit
world are existing simultaneously at the same time and though we cannot see it we
need to understand that even now there is spiritual forces around us there is a
spiritual warfare going around around us and we need to have enough faith and
understanding of these things from the Word of God to realize that though we
cannot see it it does not mean it doesn't exist and here Elisha his
servant saw the physical threat but Elisha saw the spiritual help and he
said open his eyes that he may see and the Lord opened his eyes of the young
man he saw and behold the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire so
we see that angelic beings are spiritual beings they are spirit beings
themselves and they live in the spirit world let me give you a second thought
this morning if you kept your place in Hebrews and I hope you did I'd like you
to go to second Peter from Hebrews second Peter chapter 2 if you if you
have your place in Hebrews continue to keep your place in Hebrews but go to
James first Peter second Peter Hebrews James first Peter second Peter let me
give you a second thought in regards to these spirit beings and like we saw in
in the story of Elisha sometimes the visible and invisible world cross paths
and they they intertwine and we see this going back and forth between the two
here's point number two no point number one angelic beings are spiritual beings
point number two angelic beings are supernatural beings they're
supernatural beings and of course they're spirit beings but they're not
just spirit beings they're supernatural beings in second Peter 2 and verse 11
the Bible says this whereas angels notice what it how it says about angels
which are greater in power and might bring not railing accusations against
them before the Lord now what I want you to notice and I'm not gonna get into the
context of second Peter 2 we maybe we'll get into that at another time but what I
want you to notice is here that Peter is describing angels and he describes them
as being greater in power and might and the question would be greater than who
and what he's saying is that they're greater than humans he says whereas
angels which are greater in power and greater in might than us they are
supernatural beings go to Psalms if you would Psalm 103 if you open up your
Bible just right in the center you're more than likely following the book of
Psalms Psalm 103 and then I'm gonna ask you do me a favor put a ribbon or a
bookmark or something there in Psalms because we're gonna leave it and we're
gonna come back to it and I've already asked you to keep your place in Hebrews
and please continue to do that but also keep your place in Psalms if you do not
mind Psalm 103 and and look down at verse number 20 let me show you how
they're how they're supernatural they're not only spirit beings but they're
supernatural beings and I think this is interesting the Bible tells us that one
of the ways that angels are supernatural is that they have supernatural strength
Psalm 103 in verse 20 the Bible says this bless the Lord ye his angels notice
what it says that excel in strength that do his commandments hearkening unto the
voice of his word so the Bible tells us that angels excel in strength and again
the idea is in comparison to who in comparison to human beings the Bible
tells us that they are supernatural beings and they are they you say well
what makes them supernatural well they have supernatural strength not only that
but the Bible tells us go to Ezekiel if you would Ezekiel chapter 1 just real
quickly you're there in Psalms you go Paus Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of
Solomon Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Ezekiel chapter 1 if you go just
towards the end of the Old Testament you get those big major books of the Bible
Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Ezekiel chapter 1 Ezekiel chapter 1 has
a whole long description about the cherubims I'd encourage you to read
that on your own time we won't do that for sake of time now but in Ezekiel 1
verse 14 the Bible says and the living creatures ran and returned the living
creatures is referring to these cherubim these angels and the living creatures
ran and returned as the appearance of look at these words flash of lightnings
so it's talking about how fast they run how they ran and they returned and he
said as they ran and as they returned he said it looked like just flash of
lightning and what he's saying is that they not only Psalm 103 have
supernatural strength but they also have supernatural speed now here's what I
think is interesting is that the devil is always trying to copycat the Word of
God and the devil is always trying to mock the Word of God and today the devil
wants to get a bunch of young people all excited about stupid movies of
individuals that are not from this world and they can fly and they have
supernatural strength and they run like the flash but yet he just ripped it all
off from the Word of God because the Bible already talked about the fact that
there was these supernatural beings these spiritual beings and they have
supernatural strength they have supernatural speed they fly through the
air I mean look you ought to just get excited about the Word of God instead of
getting excited about some stupid comic book get excited about the Word of God
because you know the word of the here's the thing about the Word of God this is
actually real spider-man is not real Superman's not real Batman's not real
but this is real the Bible actually says that these individuals exist there are
these creatures they are spiritual beings they are supernatural beings they
fly through the air they have supernatural strength they excel in
strength and they have a super natural speed they are described as a flash of
lightning is what they're running is described as go back to Hebrews if you
would keep your place in Psalms we're gonna come back to Psalms but go back to
Hebrews chapter 1 so we're talking about these angels they're angelic beings they
they are spiritual beings they are supernatural beings but then let me give
you a third thought in regards to what the Bible teaches about angels and it
is this that they are serving beings they are serving beings they were
created to serve now we've already seen these verses but let me just point it
out to you again Hebrews 1 7 and of the angels he saith who maketh his angel
spirits we've already talked about that but then I want you to notice these
words and his ministers and his ministers the word minister means a
servant someone who is a minister is someone who has a ministry and often
pastors are referred to as ministers why because our job is to serve and here the
Bible says his ministers but we're not talking about human ministers he says
and his ministers he's made them a flame of fire remember the story of Elisha he
saw the horses of fire the chariots of fire here he sees ministers that are a
flame of fire and of course he's talking about angels who maketh his angel
spirits and his ministers a flame of fire and what I want you to notice here
is that angels are not only referred to as messengers but they are referred to
as ministers what does that mean it means that they serve they were created
to serve look at verse 13 Hebrews chapter 1 and verse 13 but to which of
the angel said he at any time sit on my right hand until I make thine enemies
like footstool again remember he's never said that to an angel he's never said to
an angel thou art my son this day have I begotten thee he's never said to an
angel I am your father and you're my son he says I've never said that and here's
why I've never said it verse 14 are they referring to the angels not all
look at the word ministering spirits now we highlighted the fact earlier that
they're spirits but I want you to notice they're not just spirits they're
ministering spirits they're serving spirits who make it an angel spirits and
his ministers a flame of fire are they not all ministering spirits sent for to
what were they sent forth to do they were sent forth to minister for them who
shall be heirs of salvation so why don't you notice that they are ministering
spirits they are serving spirits so they are the angelic beings are spiritual
beings the angelic beings are supernatural beings and the angelic
beings serving beings they were created to be ministers and you say well who do
they minister to well notice again verse 14 are they the days referring to angels
not all ministering the word ministering means serving spirits said
are they are angels not all ministering spirits and and then he says this sent
forth to minister he said aren't they all ministering spirits and they were
sent forth to minister they were sent forth to serve for them who shall be
heirs of salvation he said well who are the heirs of salvation that's us those
are saved individuals and the Bible says that the angels were sent forth to
minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation so God has created the angels
to primarily serve us to serve believers to serve Christians let me just show
this to you from different passages of Scripture go back to Psalm if you would
Psalm 34 and look at verse number 7 Psalm 34 and verse 7 the Bible says
this we already saw in Hebrews 1 14 that they are ministering spirits sent forth
to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation in Psalm 34 in verse 7 the
Bible says this and the angel Lord in camp it round about so here the Bible
is talking about an angel this is the angel of the Lord he's in campus or he
is camping roundabout roundabout who then that fear him and deliver them so
the angel Lord is in camping roundabout then that fear him referring to the Lord
and the angel Lord is delivering them so when we see that they are ministering
spirits sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation you say
well what are they doing exactly as a minister to us one thing they're doing
is they're in camped roundabout them that fear him and deliver it them they
are guarding us they are camped around us and they are guarding us according to
Psalm 34 and verse 7 keep your place there in Psalms we're gonna come back to
it go to Matthew chapter number 18 Matthew chapter 18 first book in the New
Testament should be fairly easy to find Matthew chapter 18 once you notice what
Jesus said about these angels Matthew chapter 18 and verse 10 Matthew chapter
18 and verse 10 because again we saw that they're spiritual beings we saw
that they're supernatural beings we saw that they're serving beings and if
you're curious how are they serving well one way we already saw is that there are
guarding they are in camped roundabout then that fear the Lord and they deliver
them so say so so they're they're guarding us that's what the Bible says
and people sometimes will ask like does the Bible teach the concept of guardian
angels and I've heard even Baptist say like oh guardian angels that's not
something down the Bible I would disagree with that I think that's
exactly what they do that's what the Bible seems to indicate that the angels
of the Lord that's not the only thing they do but that's definitely something
they do they he in campus roundabout them that fear him and deliver them you
say well I don't know show me another verse Matthew 18 look at verse 10 here's
what Jesus said Matthew 18 10 he says take heed that you despise not one of
these little ones referring to a little child for I say unto you that in heaven
look at look at these words their angels do always behold the face of my father
which is in heaven so God said hey Jesus said be careful take heed that you
despise not one of these little ones he said hey don't mistreat one of these
little ones don't mistreat your children or children in general here's why
because their angel now when you see the word of air that's possessive not a
random angel in general the angels know their angel like they've got an angel
assigned to them and their angels do always behold the face of my father
which is in heaven so I think based off these verses I think it's safe to say
that yeah there are guardian angels and they're ministering spirits and they are
sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation and even
little children have their angels assigned to them there's angels assigned
to little children that do behold the face of my father which is in heaven and
the angel Lord in campus right about them that fear him and deliver that
deliver them so we see that these angels do serve as a guardian so if you want to
call it a guardian angel it sounds like there are guardian angels and we know
that little little ones have at least multiple angels because it says their
angels and I don't know how it works I'm not gonna sit here and pretend that I
know how it works but to me it kind of sounds like you know I have this idea
that like we all have this like security detail of angels and it also seems like
to me based off what we read in 2nd Kings about Elisha that based on on how
much of a threat you are in this battle we find ourselves in called spiritual
warfare based off how many threats you have I think is how God decides how many
angels he's going to put in your security detail because Elisha was doing
a lot for God Elisha was fighting the devil fighting the world fighting the
enemy he literally had a whole host a whole army of enemies that that
encompass the entire city but you know what he also had a big security detail
of angels that were protecting as well and you know it's kinda like it's kinda
like this presidential debate you know Trump needs more security because we
were trying to kill and and Kamala Harris you know I don't know maybe she
has one or two Secret Service if she needs that but you know so so that's
what it just seems like to me it seems like every Christian at least has some
some angels watching out for them but you know the bigger threat you are in
the bigger of a target you are in spiritual warfare maybe you've got more
more angels and look I don't I don't know about you but I'd like to get to
heaven one day and I'm not saying that I'm doing anything great for the Lord or
whatever but it'd be nice to get to heaven and be like here's a whole
security detail that we had just for you Pastor Jimenez you know there's just a
whole 100 angels you know were set aside to keep you safe while you were
engaged in spiritual warfare I don't know about you but I just I don't want
to get to heaven and be like yeah you got the Kamala Harris detail because
you're not that big of a threat and you just kind of ramble you know I want the
Donald Trump detail you know I want the I'm engaged in this and I'm a threat
detail of angels so get involved in spiritual warfare get involved in
fighting the battles of the Lord because Elisha sure seems like he had a good a
good detail but what do these angels do they are guardians but not only that not
only are they guardians but the Bible also seems to indicate and again I'm not
going to get into and pretend that I understand how all of this works I don't
think anybody really understands how all of it works but the Bible seems to also
indicate that not only are they guardian angels but they serve as transportation
they serve as guardians and they serve as transportation go to go back to Psalm
Psalm 18 if you would and look at verse number 9 which is kind of makes sense I
served in the United States Air Force and you know obviously there's lots of
different divisions in the way that the military is is divided but honestly if
you want to just get real and I realize I'm getting very general right now but
if you want to get very general when it comes to a military whether it's the Air
Force or any others I mean I didn't I didn't serve in any other branch of the
of the military but I'm sure they're all the same you can pretty much just divide
them into two sections you've got the fighters and then you've got
transportation because that's just kind of how it works you know you've got
people that fight either their soldiers that are that are fighting or they're
flying machines that are fighting you've got people that are fighting and
everybody else is loading boats and loading trains and loading ships and
whatever and planes because you need both in a military you need people that
are gonna fight but you need to get the people they're gonna fight where they're
gonna fight you need to get resources the people are gonna fight so you can
kind of really cut down any military into you know the fighters and
transportation and let me just say this I don't mean that in any sort of way
transportation is extremely important all throughout history militaries have
been defeated and they have been crippled not because they didn't have
the right amount and well-trained fighters but they just did not have good
logistics and did not have the ability to get those people food and weapons and
and and resources needed and therefore lost major battles as a result which is
why when you study wars in history when you study the Civil War Revolutionary
War what are they often doing they're going after transportation lines they're
trying to make sure that they can cut off the supply chain to these
individuals so to me it's interesting because you kind of see the same
dynamics with these angels you've got the fighters the Guardians and then
you've got transportation someone 18 look at verse 9 he bowed the heavens
also and came down and darkness was under his feet look at verse 10 and he
this is talking about God by the way rode upon a cherub and did fly yea he
did fly upon the wings of the wind so here the Bible is telling us that there's
one of these cherubim is actually being used on like a transportation like a
beast of transportation or transportation vehicle because I was
that he rode upon a chair look at Psalm 68 verse 17 Psalm 68 verse 17 the Bible
says this the chariots of God case you know what a chariot is on earth but what
about the chariots of God he says the chariots of God are 20,000 even
thousands of angels the Lord is among them as in Sinai in the holy place so
here we have a verse where God is actually just looking at the angels and
he's calling and the Bible is calling them the chariots of God he rode upon a
cherub he's calling them the chariots of God go to Matthew chapter 24 and by the
way let me say this I don't have time to develop it you study it out on your own
Ezekiel chapter 1 I preach through the entire book of Ezekiel you find our
Ezekiel 1 sermon I went into detail about this I'm not gonna do it now but
in Ezekiel chapter 1 and again I'm not gonna sit here and pretend and act like
I understand how all this works but in Ezekiel chapter 1 when he's giving that
whole description of cherubims he spends a lot of time talking about their
wheels and they've got a wheel within a wheel and they can they can turn this
way and turn that way and they've got all these wheels and to me I you know I
read the chariots of God are 20,000 even thousands of angels and then he's
talking about these cherubims having wheels he's calling them chariots you
know I don't know how it all works but it seems like some of them are guarding
and some of them are transportation now let me give you some practical verses
about how they transport Matthew 24 look at verse 31 Matthew 24 verse 31 this is
talking about the rapture Matthew 24 31 and he shall send his angels with a
great sound of a trumpet and they shall gather together his elect from the four
winds from one end of heaven to another if you remember the story of Elisha that
we keep referencing in 2nd Kings he saw horses and chariots of fire right Elijah
gets carried up to heaven in a chariot of fire those might have been cherubims
these transportation wheeled cherubims that are spiritual beings look at Luke
16 Matthew Mark Luke Luke chapter 16 and again I'm not being very dogmatic
about these things you have a different opinion keep it to yourself you have a
different opinion that's fine you're gonna have that opinion Luke 16 verse 22
Matthew Mark Luke Luke 16 verse 22 the Bible says this Luke 16 22 and it came
to pass that the beggar died remember the story of Lazarus and the rich man
and it came to pass that the beggar died and look what it says was carried by the
angels into Abraham's bosom the rich man also died and was buried so the
Bible here tells us that even Lazarus when he died he was carried by the
angels into Abraham's bosom you know we we often spiritualize this and we think
all one day I'm gonna die and my spirit my soul is gonna separate from this body
and you know if you think of if you even think about angels carrying you up to
heaven you think of like an angel coming down and grabbing you by the arms and
taking you up to heaven and I'm not disagreeing with that that might be the
case you know I don't know how it all works but it might just be like a
chariot of fire you know it's just like hop on in you're dead now welcome to the
spirit world and you just ride up to heaven like Elijah like Elijah did in a
chariot of fire but we know that we are carried by the angels into Abraham and
they shall gather together his elect he's sent his angels to gather together
his elect so they serve as guardians and they serve as transportation go to
Colossians chapter number two if you kept your place in Hebrews if you
remember if you go backwards you can find Colossians Hebrews Philemon Titus
second and first Timothy second first Thessalonians Colossians Hebrews
Philemon Titus second and first Timothy second and first Thessalonians Colossians
Colossians chapter two so we're learning about angels this morning and here's
what we learned we learned that the word angel means messenger and in the
Bible you have both human angels and what we call angelic beings or referred
to as as angels sometimes the human angels are still alive they're just
mess they're just literally messengers bringing a message sometimes it's not
even spiritual it's just a person bringing a message and sometimes they're
dead but they're still a human being bringing a message and they're referred
to as an angel and then there are these non human angels that's what we read
about in when we read about the cherubims in Ezekiel chapter one or the
seraphims in Isaiah and in Revelation non human angels and here's what we we
know about them these angelic beings are spiritual beings it means that they are
spirit beings and they live in the spirit world we know that they are
supernatural beings the angelic beings are supernatural beings they have
supernatural strength they have supernatural speed they fly through the
air and we know that these angelic beings are serving beings they are they
serve as guardians and they serve as transportation so that's what the Bible
teaches that's the doctrinal aspect of it now let me just real quickly give you
three practical applications with regards to angels number one we should
not worship angels in Colossians chapter 2 and verse 18 the Bible says this let
no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and notice what it
says worshiping of angels let no man beguile you of your reward in a
voluntary humility and worshiping of angels intruding into those things which
he had not seen mainly puffed up by his fleshly mind the truth of the matter is
this that angels are angelic beings are powerful beings the Bible says that we
were made a little lower than the angels and what that means is not in
value but it means in ability we don't have the strength that angels do we
don't have the ability angels do we don't have all those things but they are
just ministering spirits so we should not worship angels today many religions
worship angels and you should understand we should to the best of our ability
there's a lot of mystery when it comes to angels and angelic beings but to the
best of our ability we should know what the Bible teaches about angels you can
be curious about angels and study the Bible as long as you actually look
there's nothing wrong with being curious about these things in my opinion as long
as you just actually just study the Bible about it you know and don't go
off on some weird conspiracies about angels and reptilians and whatever you
know but we should not worship angels they are we are lower than the angels
but they are lower than Jesus and and we should not this is not something that we
should do and look everybody has to make their own decisions but I'm not
personally my wife and I we're not even for having like angel figurines and
things like that I'm not one of these people who says that everything is an
idol I don't believe that I don't believe the Bible teaches that but I do
think that we should be careful when it comes to religious figures and for that
reason you know I'm not personally in here in our church you can tell that we
have nothing like that and in our home you know we we kind of just stay away
from from images of angels and things of that sense and again that's a decision
you need to make but the Bible does tell us we should not worship angels so I
would be careful with that and you know this not we don't pray to angels we
don't venerate angels these are not things that we as Christians do number
two let me give you another application go back to Hebrews if you would Hebrews
13 3 applications real quickly number one we should not worship angels they
are lower than Jesus we are lower than them which is why we maybe have this
like human beings have this tendency to want to worship angels but we should
remember that they are lower than Jesus now we were made a little lower than the
angels and Jesus was made a little lower than the angels in his humanity when he
took the form of a man but we know that his name is above every name that at the
name of Jesus every knee should bow every tongue should confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord and that includes all angels and by the way spoiler alert that
includes the devil himself the devil himself is a fallen angel will one day
bow his knee and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the
Father so we should not worship angels we should worship God we should worship
Jesus the Lord Jesus Christ so that's number one number two though we should
not worship angels we should entertain angels we should entertain angels and I
don't mean like entertain them like you're some sort of a circus we should
be hospitable in Hebrews 13 in verse 2 the Bible says this be not forgetful to
entertain strangers for thereby some have entertained angels unawares and the
Bible says that and I didn't get into it in this sermon because I just don't have
the time to I'm gonna try to get into it in the spiritual warfare sermon but I
can't make any promises I'm just you know there's just so much to cover
sometimes that I have to make decisions but the Bible does seem to indicate that
these angels are able to change their appearance and though in their glorified
what we might refer to as a glorified body their spiritual body they are very
threatening and big and powerful and scary that they do have the ability to
make themselves look like normal human being or just someone that wouldn't be
scary to us I realize some angels are human beings I'm talking about the
angelic beings they can also kind of turn that turn turn that glory on and
off and the Bible here is telling us that there are times when you and I may
even come across an angel unawares some have entertained angels unawares and if
you remember we learned about this on Wednesday night that God will often
test us and he'll try us and I think that this might be a test that God does
is that he might send an angel you know we don't know it's an angel unawares to
us in order to test us you know how we're gonna treat them so you say well
how do I entertain angels how am I hospitable and kind to angels if I don't
know who they are I don't it's unawares well here's the advice given to us by
Hebrews in verse 13 and verse 2 be not forgetful to entertain strangers for
thereby some have entertained angels unaware so here's what he says he says
look God might send an angel that you don't know across your path and they
might even he might even test you to see how you treat that individual and he and
he says be kind to them be hospitable with them be generous with them and you
say well I don't know who they are so then he says well then here's what you
do be kind to everyone be respectful to everyone be generous with everybody and
look some of you out there you like to just treat everyone like a jerk and
everybody at the grocery store and everybody at the checkout counter and
everybody working at a drive-thru and every you know whatever every person you
see on the street you want to be mean to them and be a jerk to them and be rude
to them you know you ought to realize that you might be entertaining angels
unawares and and God says be not forgetful to entertain strangers for
thereby some have entertained angels unaware so be careful about being on
this hair trigger this short temper to just start yelling and cussing and
anybody you see anywhere you know I just here's what I envision here's what I
envision I vision that God is up in heaven and he's like I'm getting ready
to give so-and-so I'm gonna give him a promotion at work I'm gonna give him the
big raise that means they get all this time off it's gonna be great but just
real quick before I just unload all this massive blessing let's see how he treats
this let's put it this angel as a as a drive-thru worker that messes up their
meal and then you're just like blankety blank yeah yeah and then I was like oh
nevermind just forget it I'm just telling you do what you want with it but
God says that we entertain angels unawares so this is why we should be
kind and respectful and and look I realize sometimes we run across
reprobates and whatever and I understand all that I'm just saying you know
sometimes people are rude to me out and in in in the streets you I know you've
never imagined that but it happens fine and and you know sometimes I do think
to myself I'll look at somebody and I'm like could this be an angel you know now
when they're transvestite I'm like well no that wouldn't be an angel but you
know they're just some guy that looks like he you know whatever I'm just
saying in general be kind be cool be calm don't live a life of chaos you know
one of my favorite phrases that I've just been saying to myself a lot lately
comes from 1st Timothy where the Bible says that we should pray that we may
lead a quiet and peaceable life and I know that that's not what most of you
want on social media but that's what you should want is a quiet and peaceable
life so we should not worship angels and we should not we should entertain angels
and to do that you just need to be nice to everyone be kind to everyone again
we're not talking about reparates that are trying to attack you or hurt your
families or whatever but in general we should just be cool and calm and
collected and realize that maybe God is sending an angel unawares to see how
you'll treat them and and I want to pass that test if God has sent me that test
and then the last application is this go to 1st Peter chapter 1 you're there in
Hebrews if you go past James into 1st Peter Hebrews James 1st Peter 1st
Peter chapter 1 we should not worship angels we are lower than angels but they
are lower than Jesus Jesus made himself lower than the angels in his humanity
but he has been exalted above all and we should worship him we should entertain
angels and the way we do that is we're just in general we should be kind to
everyone respectable to everyone all those things and then the last
application 1st Peter 1 look at verse 12 I want you to see this verse 1st Peter 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 okay now I want you to notice that the context here
is about preaching the gospel unto whom it was revealed the gospel that not unto
themselves but unto us they did minister the things which are now reported unto
you all right now I'm not necessarily preaching about soul winning although
I'm gonna make a sorting application here in a minute but I don't want you
the way that that's worded if you you could just read past it and and not
catch the meaning and I want you to catch the meaning unto whom it was
revealed what is that saying the gospel was revealed to some people but it
wasn't revealed unto them just for them to have it not unto themselves it wasn't
just like okay here's the gospel it's just for you no one else just for you
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 it preaches the gospel
here's what he's saying aren't you thankful that someone who had the gospel
gave the gospel to you aren't you thankful that someone was given the
gospel and they weren't greedy with it they weren't lazy with it they said I've
got to get this to someone else that's the context 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 he's saying aren't you thankful there was a
spirit filled soul winning Christian that went out and preached the gospel
that's the context here's the application last part of verse 12 which
things the angels desire to look into so what is that talking about you know I
think that we are curious about angels I mean I'm curious about angels I like to
say angels in the Bible I don't understand all of it but I think it's
interesting I preach about angels and it gets lots of views online I why because
I think people are curious about angels but here's the curious thing about our
curiosity is as much as we're curious about angels they're curious about us as
much as we're like oh I wonder how they this and I wonder how they that I wonder
you know oh the things that we how does that work the transportation and the
Guardian and who's my guardian and maybe I have Gabriel I doubt it but you know
maybe you know we're curious about angels but the Bible says which things
the angels desire to look into they're curious about us and they're
specifically curious about this and here's what they're curious about here's
what your guardian angel because here's what I know about you no matter how lame
of a Christian you are you've got at least one and here's what your guardian
angel I mean if you could talk to your guardian angel wouldn't you want to I
don't know about you I'd want to I want to I don't be like how many times did
you save my life and they're like every time you got a car you know yeah I mean
I just want to know like I want to talk to them but here's the thing if you want
to talk to your guardian angel you have a whole list of questions you'd ask them
but I can promise you if your guardian angel could talk to you they'd ask you
some questions as well and here's a question they would ask they would ask
how can you who are saved who someone gave you the gospel filled with the
Holy Spirit the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven how can you not share that
with other people that's literally the question they would ask them that have
preached the gospel unto you which the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven and the
angels are scratching their heads which things the angels desire to look into I
mean the angels are just chomping at the bit they're just saying God God let us
do it let us let us do it we'll knock doors well we'll go two by two well we'll
preach the gospel to the whole world we already got it done but God has not
given the ministry of reconciliation to angels he's given it to us and as much
as you and I are curious about it they're curious about us and they're
wondering you're you're not gonna go again you're gonna sleep in on Saturday
again you're gonna work on your gardening again I mean that's odd to me
if your guardian angel could speak to you say that's odd to me because if I
was a human being and God had revealed his word through a King James Bible I'd
read it every day that's what the angel would say if I had access to God the
father to the son the Lord Jesus Christ and I could enter boldly into the throne
of grace and speak to God at any moment I would take advantage of it if God had
given me a place where I could fellowship with God's people and be
under the preaching of the Word of God and they held a service on a Sunday
night your guardian angel would say I'd show up I know you stayed home watching
NBC but if it were me I'd show up that's what he'd say as much as you and I are
curious about angels they're curious about us which things the angels desire
to look into and they say if I was given the Ministry of Reconciliation I'd do
something with it so what's the application here's the
obligation we should take advantage of the things that angels cannot the
preaching of the gospel the living for God the relationship the walk with God
these things these are things that angels they don't know they don't have
access to it we're curious about them and they're curious about us but maybe
we should get a little more curious about what they're curious about because
they look at us and they say which things the angels desire to look into I
said if I could do what you can do I'd do it as far ahead tonight work prayer
Heavenly Father we do love you and we thank you for your word and Lord we do
thank you for the study of angels we understand that angels need to be kept
in their proper place we do not worship angels we do not venerate them we do not
pray to them but they're interesting and I think that the most interesting thing
about them is that they're interested in us we're curious about them and they are
curious about us and Lord I pray that you'd help us to not worship them help
us to be hospitable to them by being hospitable to all but help us to take
advantage of what angels cannot the gospel salvation soul winning prayer Bible
reading church these are things that the angels desire to look into what we love
you in Jesus name we pray. Alright well we're gonna have brother Matt come up
and lead us in a final song just want to remind you a couple of things first of
all don't forget that if you would like to help bring a dessert or cornbread or
ladies if you'd like to sign up for the ladies basketball game at the harvest
party that there are sign up sheets in the back so make sure you go by there
please don't forget about that also I want to encourage you to come back tonight 6pm for the
evening service and we have an exciting service for you tonight at 6pm we call it
the most exciting service of the week and if you were to ask your guardian
angel what would you like to do tonight he would say I'd like to go to church
alright and if you ask the Holy Spirit indwelling in you he'd say the same
thing so I encourage you to be back tonight 6pm and we are actually going to
finish some of you may not remember this but we began a study in the book of
Philemon we're gonna do three sermons in Philemon one for each of the main
characters we went through two of them and then we took a couple of weeks
break but we're gonna finish Philemon tonight in a sermon called Paul the
agent and I want to encourage you to be here tonight as we look at that and of
course I want to encourage you to bring somebody with you next week invite
somebody to church and it's look it's Halloween time people want to talk about
scary things and you know they've got all their scary decorations up and I was
out soloing a couple weeks ago and there's a house and they had all the
ghosts and you know all the scary decorations and they also had a Harrison
Waltz sign and I thought well that must be part of their Halloween display you
know but anyway people are thinking about these things so I want to
encourage you to be here next week we're gonna talk about demons and devils we're
gonna talk about the devil the week after that and then spiritual warfare so
join us for that and then don't forget if you are a BBC team captain I need to
meet with you in my office tonight at 5 p.m. if you would not mind I apologize
for the short notice please see brother Oliver and he can get you signed up for
that if you can come if you can't come please let us know we appreciate if
there's anything we can do for you please let us know we have brother Matt
come up and lead us in a final song
turn the song 261
261
261 on the first
Oh soul are you weary and troubled
No light in the darkness you see
There's light for a look at the Savior
And life more abundant and free
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and praise
Through death into life everlasting
He passed and we follow Him there
Over us sin no more at dominion
For more than conquers we are
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory
Good, let's end it strong on the last
His word shall not fail you He promised
Relieve Him and the will be melt
Then go to a world that is dying
His perfect salvation to tell you
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and praise
Amen, good singing before we leave here
If anybody has questions about salvation,
church membership or baptism, pastor will be at the door
He'd love to talk to you or direct you to someone
who's trained to talk to you about that
I'm going to ask Brother RJ would you close a prayer for us?
Amen.