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Angels and Demons
Angels and Demons
Story of the Girl walking down the alley
This topic is not an easy topic to preach on
I’ll tell you, this is not a fun topic to study at night lol
we must not ignore it, we must prepare like a storm. Hurricane hitting California example.
Most people get their information about Angels and Demons from Hollywood, this a mistake
Anytime we base theology on Hollywood we will have a mistaken idea of what is real
Movies and TV’s shows
Touched by an angel
A tv show that showed Angels sent to help human kind
City of angels
about an angel that gave up his angelicness to be with a human woman
Supernatural
This long-running series follows brothers who hunt supernatural beings, including angels and demons
But what does the Bible say about angels and demons
First we must look at what the word Angel means, “Messenger” and the is always used in the Masculine.
There are no female angels and there no Baby angels,
Biblical Foundation: Angels
Understanding Angels
Defining the Term "Angel" - Messengers of God
Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
Angels and Demons are created beings
Demons being fallen angels
For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.
Now before we go any farther lets understand something
Fallen Angels can never go back to a relationship with God.
like us if we pass away with a relationship with God we will be separated from Him and we have a choice up until we breathe our last breath , Angels had there choice when they followed Lucifer
The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
Now demons have a new mission as Anthony The Great says
Envious of us Christians, the demons meddle in everything in their efforts to stop us getting to heaven: they do not want us to make it to the place from which they fell.
Anthony the Great
These fallen angels followed Lucifer when he rebelled against God
People like to say, “Why would God create Satan”
Well He didn’t, God created Lucifer a power angel who was given great authority.
Lucifer, like us had freewill and choose to Rebel against God and was defeated
“Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“ ‘You were the seal of perfection,
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
You were in Eden,
the garden of God;
every precious stone adorned you:
carnelian, chrysolite and emerald,
topaz, onyx and jasper,
lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl.
Your settings and mountings were made of gold;
on the day you were created they were prepared.
You were anointed as a guardian cherub,
for so I ordained you.
You were on the holy mount of God;
you walked among the fiery stones.
You were blameless in your ways
from the day you were created
till wickedness was found in you.
Through your widespread trade
you were filled with violence,
and you sinned.
So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God,
and I expelled you, guardian cherub,
from among the fiery stones.
Your heart became proud
on account of your beauty,
and you corrupted your wisdom
because of your splendor.
So I threw you to the earth;
I made a spectacle of you before kings.
By your many sins and dishonest trade
you have desecrated your sanctuaries.
So I made a fire come out from you,
and it consumed you,
and I reduced you to ashes on the ground
in the sight of all who were watching.
The sin of pride welled up inside of Him
and he fell and now he wants to take us with him
however
We must not get so busy counting demons that we forget the holy angels.
Billy Graham
Angels have a much more important place in the Bible than the devil and his demons.
Billy Graham
See the enemy has lost and wants to take us with him, but we must understand that we are not in this fight alone.
First and most importantly we have God taking care of us
The devil and demons have no power against God
And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.
When we are followers of Him, the Holy Spirit dwells in us, and with the Holy Spirit we are able to cast these evil spirits away.
God has also assigned Angels to help us
Set up Daniel and the lion’s den
(NIV)
At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den. When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?”
Daniel answered, “May the king live forever! My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.”
God sends angels to help us, and protect us
Story of the Angel pulling me back from getting hit by a car
when it is not our time I believe God has sent angels to help us.
But we must make sure that we are not opening the door for these demonic presences to come in
When I was a kid I was told if I listen to rock music I was inviting the devil in
but there are things in our world that might be opening the door
Ouija boards
some music
things that are not of God
things of the lustful nature
and so on
Must must always be looking to God, if we let these things into our life it is possible we are opening a door for these things to come into our life and then they we try to influence our actions
We must be ready
If we are not growing in our faith, not making our faith a priority it is easier for us to fall to influences
Influences are not the same as possession
Yes possession can happen to unbelievers
Influences are when those whispers come in
If we are not actively seeking God we are opening ourselves up to attacks without the one that has the power to defeat them.
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