Robert Jeffress - The Truth About Angels (Part 2)

May 26, 2026 | 27:29

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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - The Truth About Angels (Part 2) | May 26, 2026
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  • From the pulpit of the first baptist church
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  • Of dallas, texas,
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  • This is "pathway to victory" 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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  • Both the old and new testaments contain fascinating accounts
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  • Of people who crossed paths with angels.
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  • So who are these mysterious, invisible beings,
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  • And why did god create them?
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  • Today, we're going to learn about what the bible says
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  • About the nature of angels
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  • And their purpose in our world.
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  • My message is titled: the truth about angels.
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  • On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • ♪ i saw the lord seated high and lifted up ♪
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  • ♪ majestic in splendor ♪
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  • ♪ i saw the lord seated high and lifted up ♪
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  • ♪ filling the temple ♪
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  • ♪ his glory declaring the worth of his grace ♪
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  • ♪ his mercy surrounding the depths of his grace ♪
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  • ♪ glory, glory is the lord ♪
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  • ♪ worthy, worthy is the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ he who was and is and evermore shall reign ♪
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  • ♪ we sing glory, glory to his name ♪
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  • ♪ we sing glory, glory to his name ♪
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  • ♪ our eyes have seen the king ♪
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  • ♪ the lord of all's within us ♪
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  • ♪ under thy majesty ♪
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  • ♪ we stand redeemed in jesus ♪
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  • ♪ glory, glory is the lord ♪
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  • ♪ worthy, worthy is the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ we will love jesus forever ♪
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  • ♪ we sing glory ♪
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  • ♪ glory to his name ♪
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  • ♪ amen ♪
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  • What peter is saying is the prophets didn't understand
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  • Everything they were writing about.
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  • But now the apostles had preached to you
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  • The story of christ and his redemption.
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  • The salvation he offers?
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  • Subject matter which the angels long to look into.
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  • They don't get it, they don't understand it!
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  • In fact, did you know
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  • One of the chief reasons christ saved you
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  • Was so that all creation, ephesians 2 says,
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  • "all creation in heaven, on earth, and under the earth
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  • "can see what a magnificent god we serve."
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  • And jesus christ coming to earth is exhibit a
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  • To all of the created being,
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  • Both in heaven and in earth, maybe on other planets.
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  • I know i'll get letters about that.
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  • I don't know if there are other people out there or not.
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  • But what i do know is:
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  • If there's life in other places in the universe,
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  • God is pointing to planet earth
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  • And saying, "if you want to know what kind of god i am
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  • "and how much i love humanity,
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  • "look and see what i did in sending my son jesus
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  • "to die for this race that i created, the human race."
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  • And that's what the angels don't get.
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  • We are exhibit as of god's love and compassion.
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  • Angels have intellect.
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  • Secondly, angels have emotion.
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  • Job 38, verse 7 says they express joy.
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  • Isaiah 6:3 says they have the ability to worship.
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  • Luke 15 says, verse 10,
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  • That they rejoice when somebody comes to faith in christ.
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  • In our first service today,
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  • The angels in heaven were rejoicing.
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  • I could almost hear them up there praising god
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  • As people came down from every background you can imagine,
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  • Placing their faith in jesus christ.
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  • And in just a few moments
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  • When i give you the opportunity to trust in christ,
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  • The angels are standing on tiptoe
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  • Watching to see what you do and respond,
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  • And they rejoice when you come forward.
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  • Thirdly, the bible says angels have a will.
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  • That is, they have the ability
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  • To choose a course of action and to follow it.
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  • For example, lucifer, satan, the chief angel in isaiah 14,
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  • Remember what led to his downfall?
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  • He said, "i will ascend to god's holy mountain,
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  • "and i will be like the most high."
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  • Five times he says, "i will, i will, i will."
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  • He made a choice,
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  • And he suffered the consequences of that choice.
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  • Revelation 12:4 indicates that a group of angels
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  • Chose to follow him in his rebellion against god
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  • And were cast to the earth and under the earth as well.
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  • And, by the way, that decision is an irrevocable decision.
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  • There is no demon who will ever be redeemed to be an angel,
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  • And there is no angel
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  • Who will ever fall to be a demon again.
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  • It is a once forever decision that is made.
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  • Third, their appearance.
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  • Angels are spirit beings
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  • According to hebrews 1, verse 14.
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  • They don't possess bodies most of the time.
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  • But even though they don't possess bodies most of the time,
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  • They do have some of the limitations that we experience,
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  • Especially in regard to time and space.
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  • For example, daniel 9: 21-23
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  • Speaks of angels flitting about from one place to another.
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  • Daniel 10 speaks about an angel that was delayed
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  • Because of another spirit.
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  • We can deduce from these verses
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  • That angels, unlike god, are not omnipresent.
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  • They can't be more than one place at a time.
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  • Where do angels reside right now?
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  • Well, there's some in heaven, we know.
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  • We'll talk about the subject of guardian angels next time.
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  • I think their location has to do with their rank.
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  • Ephesians 6:12 tells us that there is a ranking of angels.
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  • Some angels are given special assignments over nations.
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  • For example, michael is called the archangel,
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  • The special protector of the nation of israel.
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  • Perhaps there are other angels
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  • Who are assigned to other countries
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  • To fulfill god's purpose for that country.
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  • Although angels are mostly invisible,
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  • At times, they actually take on human form.
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  • They appear as people, sometimes people we don't recognize.
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  • Hebrews 13, verse 2 says:
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  • "do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers,
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  • "for, by this, some have entertained angels
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  • "without knowing it."
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  • Do you remember the stories in the old testament
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  • About abraham and sarah and others who entertained people
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  • That they later found out were actual angels in disguise?
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  • That's why you better be nice to everybody around you.
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  • Look at the person next to you.
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  • Do you realize they could be an angel?
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  • You said, "nah."
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  • -demon, yes, angel, no. -(congregation laughs)
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  • The bible says be nice to strangers.
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  • Sometimes they take on human form.
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  • Sometimes, sometimes their appearance
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  • Can be downright frightening.
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  • Think about those four soldiers on duty
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  • Guarding the tomb of jesus
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  • And the angel who rolled the stone away.
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  • I mean, they were frozen in panic.
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  • Or think about gabriel
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  • When he appeared to mary and then to elizabeth.
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  • And remember what gabriel always had to say,
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  • First thing he always had to say,
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  • Whether it was to mary, elizabeth,
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  • Or to the shepherds watching their flock by night,
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  • He always had to start out with, "fear not, fear not!"
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  • I mean, that just wasn't an angelic greeting.
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  • He was saying, "please don't have
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  • "a heart attack on me here.
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  • "fear not, i'm here with good news.
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  • "i've got good news for you."
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  • A lot of times when an angel showed up,
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  • It was with bad news.
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  • But gabriel said this is good news.
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  • Sometimes the appearance of angels,
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  • The form they take, is unbelievable.
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  • In revelation chapter 10,
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  • We're told about the mighty angel
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  • Who could put one foot on a continent
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  • And put another foot in the sea.
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  • Now, that's one big angel.
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  • So they can appear in a number of ways.
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  • Angels are wonderful, they are helpful,
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  • But they are never to be taken as superior to jesus christ.
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  • Jesus is superior to these curious beings called the angels.
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  • In what way are they superior to the angels?
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  • We're starting in verse 4.
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  • The writer to hebrews points out four ways
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  • Christ is superior to the angels.
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  • Now, i want to say again,
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  • I appreciate those of you who prayed for me
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  • As i talked to jewish talk show host dennis prager,
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  • A wonderful guy.
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  • But did you notice, when i was talking to him,
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  • I mainly quoted from the old testament?
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  • I did that for a reason.
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  • He didn't accept the new testament.
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  • You heard him say paul was mistaken
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  • When he wrote galatians 3.
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  • Jesus probably didn't say
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  • What we think he said in the new testament.
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  • But he revered the old testament.
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  • So i said, "okay, let's make the argument
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  • "from the old testament,
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  • "that we have a messiah
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  • "who died for the sins of the world."
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  • Well, i got that idea from the writer of hebrews.
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  • Because that's what the writer of hebrews does.
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  • He quotes extensively from the old testament.
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  • Remember, he's trying to convince these jewish christians
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  • Not to give up christianity for judaism.
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  • Because he shows from the old testament
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  • How christianity is superior to judaism.
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  • And it's interesting that in these four instances
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  • He quotes from the old testament
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  • To show that jesus is superior to the angels.
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  • How is he superior?
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  • Look at verse 4.
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  • "jesus having become as much better than the angels,
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  • "as he has inherited a more excellent name than they."
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  • First of all, christ possesses
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  • A superior name over the angels.
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  • A superior name.
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  • Now, i want you to look at this phrase, verse 4.
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  • "jesus has become much better than the angels."
  • 00:13:58.327 --> 00:14:02.197
  • Now, i know in the king james versions
  • 00:14:02.197 --> 00:14:04.199
  • It says that jesus was made better than the angels.
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  • Did you know that's the verse
  • 00:14:08.904 --> 00:14:10.539
  • The jehovah's witnesses cult uses
  • 00:14:10.539 --> 00:14:13.575
  • As the foundation of their belief system?
  • 00:14:13.575 --> 00:14:16.278
  • See, they don't believe jesus existed co-equal with god.
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  • They say jesus was made, he was created.
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  • Therefore, he is less than god the father.
  • 00:14:23.018 --> 00:14:25.254
  • And they say, "look, it says right here, jesus was made.
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  • "jesus was made."
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  • No, that greek word, ginomai, is best translated:
  • 00:14:30.426 --> 00:14:33.262
  • "he has become much better than the angels."
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  • That's how the new american standard translates it.
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  • "he has become much better."
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  • Not, he was made.
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  • In what sense has he become better than the angels?
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  • Well, at one point when jesus was on earth,
  • 00:14:45.474 --> 00:14:48.677
  • He was lower than the angels.
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  • When he took on human form, now listen to this,
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  • He didn't give up his deity, but he took on humanity.
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  • He voluntarily limited himself.
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  • He limited his rights while he was on earth.
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  • So, for a while, he existed
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  • Like you and i exist right now.
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  • We are lower than the angels.
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  • But now that he is in heaven
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  • As king of king and the lord of lords,
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  • He is superior to the angels
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  • Just as we will be one day as well.
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  • The bible says that he has a superior name.
  • 00:15:16.839 --> 00:15:20.409
  • Now, look at this in verse 5.
  • 00:15:20.409 --> 00:15:22.244
  • "for to which of the angels did he ever say,
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  • "'thou art my son, today i have begotten thee?'
  • 00:15:25.614 --> 00:15:30.319
  • "and, again, "'i will be a father to him
  • 00:15:30.319 --> 00:15:33.188
  • "'and he shall be a son to me?'"
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  • Is god saying that there was a point in time
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  • That jesus became the son of god?
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  • There are some very good conservative theologians
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  • Who believe that, before bethlehem, jesus was equal to god,
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  • But he was not the son of god.
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  • He only became the son, they say,
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  • When he came to bethlehem.
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  • There he became the son of god.
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  • I don't believe that.
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  • I believe jesus always existed as the eternal son of god.
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  • If you understand the phrase, son of god,
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  • It doesn't mean lesser than the father.
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  • It's a great position of authority, the son of.
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  • But, if that's true, then what does this mean:
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  • "today, i have begotten thee"?
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  • Well, this is a quotation of the old testament.
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  • It's a quotation of psalm 2:7.
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  • It's a psalm that pointed to the coronation of the messiah,
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  • When everyone on earth would recognize
  • 00:16:33.115 --> 00:16:35.517
  • That the messiah was truly the son of god.
  • 00:16:35.517 --> 00:16:40.789
  • Now, here's the big question:
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  • When was jesus recognized as the begotten only son of god?
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  • Some people say: "well, it was at his baptism."
  • 00:16:48.530 --> 00:16:49.798
  • Well, there were only a handful of people there.
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  • Some people say it was at the transfiguration.
  • 00:16:51.633 --> 00:16:53.602
  • No, only three disciples saw that.
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  • Some people say it was at his death.
  • 00:16:55.604 --> 00:16:57.306
  • Weren't many there either.
  • 00:16:57.306 --> 00:16:59.575
  • No, paul tells us when he was recognized as the son of god.
  • 00:16:59.575 --> 00:17:04.079
  • Romans 1:4 says, "he was declared to be the son of god
  • 00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:09.418
  • "with power at his resurrection from the dead."
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  • It was at his resurrection when god reached down
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  • And delivered his son from the jaws of death,
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  • That the world saw
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  • That jesus was truly who he promised to be.
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  • Unless you think i'm jumping to something there,
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  • I was just reading last night before i went to bed
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  • From acts 13, paul's sermon
  • 00:17:27.669 --> 00:17:30.939
  • On his first missionary journey at pisidian antioch.
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  • And he's talking about jesus and the resurrection,
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  • That that was the defining sign
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  • That he was the begotten son of god.
  • 00:17:39.948 --> 00:17:42.151
  • And then he quotes the same psalm, psalm 2:7.
  • 00:17:42.151 --> 00:17:45.487
  • "today, i have begotten thee."
  • 00:17:45.487 --> 00:17:48.824
  • And that's why i say christ possesses a name
  • 00:17:48.824 --> 00:17:51.360
  • That no angel possesses, that is, of the son of god.
  • 00:17:51.360 --> 00:17:55.130
  • And by the way, romans 8:17 says:
  • 00:17:55.130 --> 00:17:57.399
  • "if you are a christian,
  • 00:17:57.399 --> 00:17:59.201
  • "one day you will reign with the son of god."
  • 00:17:59.201 --> 00:18:02.938
  • If we endure with him, paul said,
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  • We shall also one day reign with him.
  • 00:18:05.007 --> 00:18:08.010
  • Secondly, christ is a superior object of worship.
  • 00:18:08.010 --> 00:18:12.748
  • He's a superior object of worship.
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  • Nowhere in the bible are we told
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  • To pray to angels or to speak to angels
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  • Or to request the assistance of angels.
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  • We are to speak and pray and worship god.
  • 00:18:21.723 --> 00:18:24.593
  • Look at verse 6.
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  • "and when, again, god brings the firstborn into the world,
  • 00:18:26.161 --> 00:18:28.764
  • "he says," and he quotes from the old testament,
  • 00:18:28.764 --> 00:18:31.066
  • "and let all the angels of god worship him."
  • 00:18:31.066 --> 00:18:34.536
  • When jesus came to earth, he didn't worship the angels.
  • 00:18:34.536 --> 00:18:36.905
  • The angels worshiped him.
  • 00:18:36.905 --> 00:18:39.141
  • Remember the apostle john?
  • 00:18:39.141 --> 00:18:40.943
  • He was tempted to worship the angels
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  • When he was on patmos receiving the revelation.
  • 00:18:42.711 --> 00:18:45.681
  • Remember revelation 19:10 says,
  • 00:18:45.681 --> 00:18:47.916
  • "and i, john, fell at the angel's feet to worship him,
  • 00:18:47.916 --> 00:18:51.620
  • "and he said to me, 'do not do that.
  • 00:18:51.620 --> 00:18:53.822
  • "'i'm a fellow servant of yours and your brethren
  • 00:18:53.822 --> 00:18:57.092
  • "'who hold the testimony of jesus.
  • 00:18:57.092 --> 00:18:59.027
  • "'worship god.'"
  • 00:18:59.027 --> 00:19:01.697
  • Do you know, interestingly, the only person in the bible
  • 00:19:01.697 --> 00:19:05.133
  • Who ever encouraged somebody else
  • 00:19:05.133 --> 00:19:07.703
  • To worship or speak to angels was satan.
  • 00:19:07.703 --> 00:19:12.207
  • Remember when jesus was being tempted in the wilderness?
  • 00:19:12.207 --> 00:19:15.310
  • What did satan say to jesus?
  • 00:19:15.310 --> 00:19:16.845
  • "oh, go to the angels, they will minister to you.
  • 00:19:16.845 --> 00:19:21.450
  • "they will protect you.
  • 00:19:21.450 --> 00:19:22.918
  • "seek help from the angels."
  • 00:19:22.918 --> 00:19:24.920
  • No, we're to never worship angels.
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  • We're to worship god who created and rules over the angels.
  • 00:19:27.589 --> 00:19:31.660
  • Number three, christ is superior
  • 00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:33.262
  • Because he rules over a superior kingdom.
  • 00:19:33.262 --> 00:19:36.698
  • Verses 7 to 12, look at verse 7.
  • 00:19:36.698 --> 00:19:38.900
  • And of the angels, he says,
  • 00:19:38.900 --> 00:19:41.803
  • Again, an old testament quotation,
  • 00:19:41.803 --> 00:19:43.405
  • "who makes his angels winds
  • 00:19:43.405 --> 00:19:45.741
  • "and his ministers a flame of fire."
  • 00:19:45.741 --> 00:19:48.677
  • Angels, like wind and fire, are servants of christ.
  • 00:19:48.677 --> 00:19:52.114
  • They are constantly going back and forth doing his will.
  • 00:19:52.114 --> 00:19:55.917
  • We don't have time to look at it,
  • 00:19:55.917 --> 00:19:57.319
  • But verses 10 to 12 tells us
  • 00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:59.154
  • That one day jesus is going to roll up the heavens and earth
  • 00:19:59.154 --> 00:20:03.759
  • Like an old garment and discard them,
  • 00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:06.495
  • And there's going to be a new heaven and earth
  • 00:20:06.495 --> 00:20:08.563
  • That he will reign over and we will as well.
  • 00:20:08.563 --> 00:20:12.100
  • Finally, christ is superior to the angels
  • 00:20:12.100 --> 00:20:14.503
  • Because he will enjoy a superior victory.
  • 00:20:14.503 --> 00:20:18.173
  • Verse 13 says:
  • 00:20:18.173 --> 00:20:19.441
  • "but to which of the angels has he ever said,
  • 00:20:19.441 --> 00:20:22.911
  • "'sit at my right hand
  • 00:20:22.911 --> 00:20:24.479
  • "'until i make thine enemies a footstool for thy feet?'"
  • 00:20:24.479 --> 00:20:28.984
  • Did you know one day jesus is not just going to rule over
  • 00:20:28.984 --> 00:20:31.887
  • The earth and the heavens, not just rule over believers,
  • 00:20:31.887 --> 00:20:34.956
  • But unbelievers in hell as well?
  • 00:20:34.956 --> 00:20:37.326
  • His enemies will become his footstool, the bible says.
  • 00:20:37.326 --> 00:20:41.229
  • No angel can ever say that.
  • 00:20:41.229 --> 00:20:44.766
  • And the great news is if you know christ,
  • 00:20:44.766 --> 00:20:47.436
  • Revelation 4:4 says,
  • 00:20:47.436 --> 00:20:49.471
  • You will, with the angels,
  • 00:20:49.471 --> 00:20:51.807
  • Sit around the throne of god and rule over creation.
  • 00:20:51.807 --> 00:20:56.111
  • We've looked at the reality of angels.
  • 00:20:56.945 --> 00:20:58.880
  • We've talked about the superiority of angels.
  • 00:20:58.880 --> 00:21:01.316
  • Now, what is the purpose of angels?
  • 00:21:01.316 --> 00:21:05.220
  • Verse 14 tells us:
  • 00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:07.255
  • "are they not all ministering spirits
  • 00:21:07.255 --> 00:21:11.526
  • "sent out to render service
  • 00:21:11.526 --> 00:21:15.130
  • "for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?"
  • 00:21:15.130 --> 00:21:18.934
  • That's why i call them god's aaa service:
  • 00:21:18.934 --> 00:21:22.637
  • Always available to assist.
  • 00:21:22.637 --> 00:21:26.808
  • Angels are on call day and night to render service
  • 00:21:26.808 --> 00:21:32.080
  • To those of us who need it,
  • 00:21:32.681 --> 00:21:34.082
  • Who are inheritors of salvation.
  • 00:21:34.082 --> 00:21:37.052
  • In his book that i mentioned earlier
  • 00:21:37.853 --> 00:21:40.255
  • On the subject of angels,
  • 00:21:40.822 --> 00:21:42.357
  • Billy graham recounts the true story
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  • Of dr. s.w. mitchell, a celebrated philadelphia neurologist
  • 00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:50.432
  • Who had gone to bed one night
  • 00:21:51.066 --> 00:21:52.300
  • After an exceptionally tiring day.
  • 00:21:52.300 --> 00:21:54.936
  • Suddenly, dr. mitchell was awakened
  • 00:21:54.936 --> 00:21:56.738
  • By someone knocking on his door.
  • 00:21:56.738 --> 00:21:59.441
  • Opening the door,
  • 00:21:59.441 --> 00:22:00.909
  • He found a little girl poorly dressed and deeply upset.
  • 00:22:00.909 --> 00:22:05.414
  • She told him her mother was very sick
  • 00:22:06.181 --> 00:22:07.682
  • And asked the doctor if he would please come with her.
  • 00:22:07.682 --> 00:22:10.719
  • It was a bitterly cold night in philadelphia.
  • 00:22:10.719 --> 00:22:13.488
  • It was snowing.
  • 00:22:13.488 --> 00:22:14.890
  • Dr. mitchell said he was bone tired,
  • 00:22:14.890 --> 00:22:16.725
  • But he dressed and he followed the girl.
  • 00:22:16.725 --> 00:22:19.494
  • As reader's digest reports the story,
  • 00:22:19.494 --> 00:22:22.497
  • Dr. mitchell found the mother
  • 00:22:22.497 --> 00:22:24.065
  • Desperately ill with pneumonia.
  • 00:22:24.065 --> 00:22:26.835
  • After arranging for medical care,
  • 00:22:26.835 --> 00:22:29.271
  • He complimented the sick woman
  • 00:22:29.271 --> 00:22:30.972
  • On the intelligence and persistence of her little daughter.
  • 00:22:30.972 --> 00:22:35.677
  • The woman looked at him strangely
  • 00:22:35.677 --> 00:22:37.479
  • And said, "my daughter died a month ago."
  • 00:22:37.479 --> 00:22:42.350
  • She added, "her shoes and coat
  • 00:22:42.350 --> 00:22:44.920
  • "are still in the closet there."
  • 00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:47.756
  • Dr. mitchell, amazed and perplexed,
  • 00:22:47.756 --> 00:22:49.758
  • Went to the closet and opened the door.
  • 00:22:49.758 --> 00:22:52.694
  • There hung the very coat worn by the little girl
  • 00:22:52.694 --> 00:22:56.298
  • Who had brought him to tend to her mother.
  • 00:22:56.298 --> 00:22:59.434
  • It was warm and dry, dr. mitchell said,
  • 00:22:59.434 --> 00:23:01.536
  • And could not have possibly been out in the cold
  • 00:23:01.536 --> 00:23:04.139
  • On that wintry night.
  • 00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:06.341
  • Is it possible that dr. mitchell
  • 00:23:06.975 --> 00:23:09.177
  • Had witnessed the ministry of an angel,
  • 00:23:10.045 --> 00:23:12.747
  • An angel who chose to appear in the form
  • 00:23:12.747 --> 00:23:14.850
  • Of that mother's daughter,
  • 00:23:14.850 --> 00:23:17.986
  • To bring help to her
  • 00:23:17.986 --> 00:23:20.155
  • When no help was available any other way?
  • 00:23:20.155 --> 00:23:22.924
  • We shouldn't be surprised at those kind of stories.
  • 00:23:23.992 --> 00:23:26.761
  • The bible says angels are real.
  • 00:23:26.761 --> 00:23:29.498
  • They are here to minister,
  • 00:23:30.065 --> 00:23:32.734
  • To help those who've inherited salvation.
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  • Sometimes those problems can strengthen us.
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  • Angels are fascinating, mysterious,
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  • And very real creatures who minister to us,
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  • And i hope today's program
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  • Has provided a helpful lesson
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  • On what the bible teaches about angels.
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  • Well, although the writer of hebrews
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  • Warns against worshiping angels,
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  • He reminds us that god uses angels
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  • To accomplish his purpose.
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  • And next time we're going to look at
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  • The remarkable ministry of angels
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  • To both unbelievers and believers.
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  • Stay tuned for a preview
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  • Of what's coming up next in our series:
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  • The truth about angels.
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  • Did you know angels
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  • Have a very real purpose in the life of unbelievers?
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  • Have you ever heard people say:
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  • "well, god doesn't hear the prayer of non-christians.
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  • "the only prayer he can hear from a non-christian
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  • "is the prayer of salvation."
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  • God can hear any prayer he wants to hear,
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  • And sometimes he does listen to
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  • And even answer the prayers of non-christians.
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  • Set your dvr and join us next time
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  • For the message, "touched by an angel,"
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  • Here on "pathway to victory."
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