Dr. Robert Jeffress

Robert Jeffress - The Angels and You (Part 1)

May 28, 2026 | 27:29

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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - The Angels and You (Part 1) | May 28, 2026

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With dr. robert jeffress.
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Hi, i'm robert jeffress,
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And welcome again to "pathway to victory."
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All throughout history,
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People have claimed to witness miraculous events
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That can only be explained by the divine.
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Could these supernatural occurrences be the work of angels?
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Well, we shouldn't be surprised
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When we encounter god's invisible forces.
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And today we'll look at several practical ways
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In which angels minister to christians.
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My message is titled the angels and you
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On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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In his book, what the bible teaches about angels,
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And david jeremiah tells the story
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Of missionary john paton and his wife
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Who served in the new hebrides islands.
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And as missionaries to those islands,
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John paton and his wife one night found themselves
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Surrounded by natives
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Who were intent on burning down the missionary compound
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And killing the patons.
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John says all he knew to do was to pray,
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And so for a sleepless night,
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All he and his wife could do
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Was to pray for divine protection.
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The next morning, they looked outside,
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And to their surprise,
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That tribe had left without any explanation.
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A year later, the chief of that tribe
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That had tried to kill the patons became a christian.
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And john paton asked the chief
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To explain what happened that night.
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"why didn't you attack us?'
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And the chief said, "oh, that's easy,
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Because of those hundreds of men
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Who were surrounding your home."
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John paton said, "what men?"
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He said, "we saw hundreds of men in white shining garments
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With swords drawn,
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And we knew we were no match for that force."
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John paton and his wife are convinced
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That what those natives saw
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Was in fact a band of angels god had sent to protect them.
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You know every day there are things that happen
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To you and me that really can only be explained
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By the presence of angels.
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Hebrews 1:14, in talking about angels, says,
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"are they not ministering spirits sent by god
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To render service on behalf of those who inherit salvation?"
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That's why stories like that should not surprise us.
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Angels are working for you and me every day
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And in every way.
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And yet as wonderful as angels are,
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They are no substitute for jesus christ.
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And that's the point the writer of hebrews is making
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In hebrews 1.
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Remember, the book of hebrews was written
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To show how christianity is superior
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To every religion in the world including judaism.
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Jesus christ is the superior priest
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Who has offered a superior sacrifice
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To obtain a superior salvation.
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And so the writer is going through a detailed study
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Of how jesus
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And what he offers surpasses every element of judaism.
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Jesus is superior to the prophets.
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Jesus is superior to the priests.
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Jesus is superior to the levitical sacrificial system,
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And yes, jesus is superior to angels.
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Nevertheless, angels are important
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Even though they are servants of jesus christ.
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And so we've taken that occasion
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To launch into a little miniseries on what the bible says
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To us about the ministry of angels.
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Now, last time, we looked at what angels do
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In the lives of unbelievers.
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It surprises a lot of people to know
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That god has a purpose for the angels
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In the life of non-christians.
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We saw for example that angels are ministers
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Of god's judgment.
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There are occasions in the bible
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Where god renders judgment against a single unbeliever
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Or an entire community of unbelievers
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Like sodom and gomorrah,
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Or he uses angels to kill 185,000 assyrian forces.
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God has a ministry of judgment to unbelievers.
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Secondly, angels are ministers
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Of eternal death to unbelievers.
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Remember that picture in revelation 20
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Of the great white throne judgment?
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The bible says, all unbelievers
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From the beginning of time will be raised from the dead
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For the purpose of everlasting judgment.
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And the bible says,
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If any man's name was not found written in the book of life,
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He was cast into the lake of fire
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And tormented there day and night, forever and ever.
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Who is it that takes that unbeliever
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And deposits him into this very real lake of fire?
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Matthew 13:49 and 50 says it will be the angels.
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But finally, angels sometimes are ministers
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Of god's goodness in the life of a non-christian.
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God actually sometimes uses angels
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To bring good things into an believer's life
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For the purpose of leading that unbeliever to faith.
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Romans 2:4 says, "for it is the kindness of god
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That leads to repentance."
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Now, sometimes i get challenged when i say that.
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God's kindness to unbelievers?
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I thought god hated unbelievers. no, he loves unbelievers.
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He wants them to come to faith.
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And sometimes he uses angels
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To bring that goodness into their lives.
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Now, when people challenge me on that,
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Sometimes they'll cite 1 peter 3:12,
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Which is actually a quotation of psalm 34:15 to 16,
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"the eyes of the lord are toward the righteous,
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And his ears are open to their cry,
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But the face of the lord is against evil doers
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To cut off the memory of them from the earth.
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Some people say, "see there, pastor?
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God listens to the prayers of christians, the righteous,
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But he doesn't listen to the prayers of non-christians."
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Well, these verses describe god's general attitude
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Toward unbelievers.
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It's true that generally god does not listen
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To the prayers of unbelievers.
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That is his general pattern,
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But that doesn't mean he does it every time.
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Sometimes god acts against that general pattern,
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And he does something exceptional.
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I'd like to illustrate it this way.
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Anybody who knows me well at all knows i would rather endure
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A root canal than sit down
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And watch a three-hour football game on television.
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That is one of my least favorite things to do.
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That's my general disposition toward football on television,
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But that doesn't mean i never watch a football game.
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It would surprise some of you to know
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That there's sometimes a game i'm interested in,
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And i'll turn on the television, and i'll watch it briefly.
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Whenever amy walks into the living room,
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And if she hears a football game blaring
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From the television, she is convinced
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That an intruder has broken into our home,
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Killed her pastor, and seized control of the remote control.
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That's my general attitude, but it's not always my attitude.
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It's the same here with the angels
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And god listening to the prayers of unbelievers.
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God generally does not hear the prayers of unbelievers,
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But sometimes he acts in an opposite way.
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But even though god has a plan
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For the angels and unbelievers,
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What i want you to see today is angels' major purpose
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Is in the lives of believers like you and me.
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And in the few minutes we have this morning,
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I would like to look at four very specific ministries
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Of angels in your life and in my life.
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First of all, god uses angels
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To sustain and encourage us.
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That means to provide for our physical needs, especially
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In times of stress.
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Ken and suzy ware were ministers to lausanne, switzerland,
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And on a particular saturday morning, they had no money
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And had no way to have groceries for themselves
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And their infant child.
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And so suzy ware says all that she knew to do was to pray,
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And she prayed very specifically.
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She said, "lord, we need five pounds of potatoes.
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We need two pounds of flour.
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We need pears, carrots, and veal cutlets.
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Please send them. amen."
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That was her prayer.
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A few hours later,
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She says they heard a knock at their door,
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And she opened the door,
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And there was a strange man there in his thirties
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Or early forties, she said,
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With a radiant glow about him.
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And he said to her, "i'm bringing what you ordered,"
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And he had a basket with him.
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She said, "what are you talking about?
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I didn't order anything."
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He said, "i brought you what you ordered."
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She ushered him in.
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He emptied the basket,
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And it was exactly what she had prayed for.
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She and her husband were so astounded that when he left,
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They went to the apartment window to watch him leave.
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They never saw him exit the apartment building.
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They opened their door from the apartment
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And looked down the only hallway.
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He wasn't there as well.
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They were convinced even to this day
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That what they experienced
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Was the provision of god sent through an angel.
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Now we listen to those fantastical stories
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And say, "i just can't believe that.
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I just don't believe that happens."
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I see some of you're skeptical as well.
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Why should we be skeptical?
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If we know that god uses angels to bring judgment
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And death against a single person
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Or 185,000 assyrian soldiers,
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Why should we be surprised that those same angels
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Don't have the ability to provide for our needs?
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We see that in the life of jesus, by the way,
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The angel's provision for his physical needs.
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Matthew 4:11 says, after 40 days
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Of testing in the wilderness
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In which jesus had been fasting,
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The bible says, "then the devil left him,
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And behold, the angels came
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And they began to minister to him."
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We shouldn't be surprised
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That angels do the same for us as well.
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You know, one of the greatest illustrations
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Of the angel's ability to sustain
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And encourage us occurs in 1 kings 19.
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Turn there for just a moment, would you, to 1 kings 19.
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Elijah has just had that successful battle on mount carmel
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To prove who was the true god, the god of israel.
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And remember, he had killed the 850 prophets
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Of baal and asherah.
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It was the high point of his life and ministry,
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But there was one person who wasn't excited
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About the outcome of that battle, queen jezebel.
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When she heard that her false prophets
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Had been killed by elijah,
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She set her sights on god's prophet
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And said, "within 24 hours, this guy is dead."
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And when elijah heard that, he began to run.
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Verse three of 1 kings 19 says,
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"he became afraid, and he ran for his life.
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And he came to beersheba, which belongs to judah,
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And he left his servant there."
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Verse four, "and he himself went a day's journey
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Into the wilderness
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And came and sat down under a juniper tree.
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And he requested for himself that he might die.
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And he said, 'it is enough now, oh, lord, take my life
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For i am not better than my fathers.'"
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How do you explain elijah's wanting to die?
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You know, i often say
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That he wasn't really serious about that.
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If he had wanted to die,
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He could have stayed right there with queen jezebel.
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She would've finished him off. he ran.
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The reason he was
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So discouraged and depressed
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Was he was physically exhausted.
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Vince lombardi one time said,
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"fatigue makes cowards of us all."
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Whenever we get run down physically,
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It affects our emotions.
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It affects us spiritually as well.
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Elijah had just expended great emotional strength
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In that battle for the gods on mount carmel.
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When he ran, he had become physically exhausted.
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God understood that. he knew what elijah needed.
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What elijah needed most
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Was not to read chapter out of his bible.
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He didn't need to pray.
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Instead, he needed sleep, and he needed nourishment.
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Look at 1 kings 19:5-7.
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"and elijah lay down,
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And he slept under a juniper tree.
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And behold, there was an angel touching him,
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And he said to him, 'arise, and eat.'
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Then he looked,
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And behold there was at his head a bread cake
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Baked on hot stones and a jar of water.
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So he ate, and he drank.
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And he laid down again." what happened?
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There he was by himself out in the wilderness.
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The first thing he did was go to sleep.
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You know, somebody once said,
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Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is take a nap.
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Some of you right now are discouraged.
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It's because you're not getting enough sleep.
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It changes your perspective on everything.
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We need to rest.
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But he also needed to eat, and once again,
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The angel provided a bread cake baked on hot stones.
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You've heard me say before, this is the first case
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Of angel's food cake ever found in history right here.
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The angel baked the cake for elijah.
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God knew what he needed,
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And the important point is he used an angel to provide
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For elijah's physical need,
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But it wasn't just his physical need.
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By this miraculous provision by the angel,
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God was saying to elijah, "i'm not through with you yet.
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I still have my eye on you.
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I know where you are,
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And i'm still going to continue to use you."
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We shouldn't be surprised that angels do that
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For us as well.
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Secondly, angels can reveal god's will to us.
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The bible says sometimes god will use an angel
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To reveal his will to us.
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Now, you know, we saw in hebrews 1 that this book,
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The bible, is god's complete and final revelation.
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Everything we need to know about god is found in this book.
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There is no new doctrine.
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There is no new revelation
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That people are receiving from god.
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Jude verse three says, "the faith, the body of faith
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Has been once for all delivered to the saints."
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When somebody gets on television
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Or somebody stands in an arena
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And says, "god has given me a fresh revelation,
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A new revelation about himself,"
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Turn off the television set.
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That's a heretic speaking.
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God hasn't given any new revelation about himself.
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It's all right here in the book,
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Everything we need to know about god.
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But it is true god gives us personal revelation
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Of how we should conduct our lives.
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Every day, we need the leadership of god in our work,
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In decisions about our family, our finances, our education,
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And 1,000 other areas.
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And the question is, how does god provide that leadership
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That we need?
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Romans 8:14 says, "all of those who are being led
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By the spirit of god, these are the sons of god."
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If you're a child of god, you know the holy spirit,
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The spirit of god is going to lead you.
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But how does he provide that leadership?
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Well, sometimes he does it
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Through the principles in his words.
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Sometimes he does it through the wise counsel
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Of other believers.
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Sometimes he does it through the desires
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That he places in our hearts.
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Sometimes he does it through circumstances,
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But sometimes he actually will use an angel
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To reveal his will to us.
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I'll admit that's not the norm, but it does happen.
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If you don't believe me, just consider these examples
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In the bible where an angel revealed god's will.
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Matthew 1:20-21,
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It was an angel who revealed to joseph
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That he was to take mary as his wife.
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It was an angel who revealed to the women
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That they needed to come to the empty tomb
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Where jesus had been.
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It was an angel who guided philip where to go
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On his way to gaza between jerusalem and gaza
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In acts 8:26.
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Remember, in acts 27, paul was on a ship headed to rome,
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And they got involved in a storm.
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And the people were afraid they were going to die,
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And an angel revealed to paul that they would not die.
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It's not the norm,
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But i do believe sometimes angels are used
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To reveal god's will to us.
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I was reading this week the account of that pastor,
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Ad van hoose of the bible center in evansville, indiana.
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Pastor van hoose says
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That he had gotten to the place in his ministry
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Where he'd become tremendously discouraged.
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The church was growing, but the finances were drying up.
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And he said one afternoon,
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He locked himself in his church study,
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And he demanded that god give him an answer
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Whether he was to stay or leave his ministry.
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He said suddenly he felt a presence in the room,
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And he demanded
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That whoever it was reveal himself immediately.
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The pastor says the he saw the chair
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In front of his desk suddenly become illuminated.
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A bright light enveloped it,
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And he said right in the center,
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There was a black dot that grew and grew and grew
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Until it became the image of a man.
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And the man spoke to the pastor and said,
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"i am here from god,
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And i'm to tell you, you are to stay in this church.
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God has many things he still wants to do from you."
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Pastor van hoose says today he believes
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He had received an angelic visitation.
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Again, that's not the norm,
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But we know from scripture it has happened before,
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And god can reveal himself any way he chooses to do so.
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Now, one word of caution here
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When it comes to angels visiting us
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And giving messages to us.
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Remember, 2 corinthians 11:14 says,
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"for even satan can appear
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As an angel of light."
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Any so-called leadership
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Or message we receive from an angel
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Must be measured against the word of god,
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And any message that comes from an angel
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That contradicts the word of god,
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That doesn't come from god.
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That comes from satan.
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You know, a few of my comments
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Have been in the news recently.
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They've pulled up some of my greatest hits from the past
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And pulled those out again
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In reference to other religions.
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Perhaps you've seen some of them.
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And i mentioned two religions, islam and mormonism.
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And i said they came from the pit of hell.
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Why would i make such a statement like that?
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I wasn't just spouting off.
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There is a reason i singled out those two religions.
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You know what those two religions have in common?
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They both claim to have received their message
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From an angel.
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Muhammad, in the seventh century,
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Says it was a series of angelic visitations
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That gave him the revelation
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That we find now in the koran and became the basis of islam.
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He says an angel delivered that to him.
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Joseph smith says in 1823 that it was an angel,
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The angel moroni, who appeared to him
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And was the keeper of the golden tablets
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That became the basis for mormonism.
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Those two leaders of religions
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That are diametrically opposed to the christian gospel
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Of jesus christ both have as a common point
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The claim of angelic revelation.
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Now, listen to what the apostle paul says
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In galatians 1:8.
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If anyone, if even an angel
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From heaven preaches
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To you another gospel other than christ jesus,
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Let that person be accursed.
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Literally, let him be anathema. let him be damned.
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Paul was a lot harder than i was on those kind of faiths.
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Listen to me. the bible says satan is a liar and a deceiver.
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He is doing everything he can
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To keep people from finding the one way,
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Not a way, the one way to god,
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Which is through faith in jesus christ.
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Jesus said, "i am the way, the truth, and the life.
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No man comes to the father except through me."
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♪ music ♪
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It's absolutely critical
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That we understand the truth about angels,
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Lest we be led astray by false teaching.
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Yes, the angels do minister to us, but nothing they do
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Or say should ever contradict the word of god.
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Well, in the time we have left today,
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Let me share a note i received from a friend in california.
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Because it gets me ready to go back to work,
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And i share the wisdom i get with my friends and family.
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God bless you for making a difference in my life."
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I hope you receive encouragement from this note.
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You are truly impacting others for the kingdom of god.
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Of jesus christ.
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Now stay right there.
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I'll be back with more "pathway to victory"
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In just a moment.
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Deeply personal ways you can make god's word
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A meaningful part of your everyday life,
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Including a practical plan to help you get started today.
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These are the same strategies i use in my own bible study.
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And confidence for your children and grandchildren.
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Whether you've been walking with god for decades
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Or you're just getting started,
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Angels are a very real
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And powerful force in our world today,
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And i believe that understanding the reality
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And the ministry of angels
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Will help us more fully appreciate
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How much god really loves us
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And how he's working in our lives every day.
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Well, angels sustain and encourage us.
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They reveal god's will to us.
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And next time, we'll look at two more specific ways
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That angels minister to christians today.
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Stay tuned for a preview
00:26:47.762 --> 00:26:49.030
Of what's coming up next in our series,
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The truth about angels.
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Who's going to be there to minister to you, to comfort you?
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If you're a christian,
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You have the assurance you won't be alone,
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But you'll have the ministry of angels
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To usher you into heaven.
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Set your dvr
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And join us next time for part two of the message,
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The angels and you, here on "pathway to victory."
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♪ music ♪
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Robert Jeffress - The Angels and You (Part 1)

May 28, 2026 | 27:29

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