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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - The Truth About Angels (Part 2) | May 26, 2026
- Ephesus, thessaloniki, the greek islands.
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- ♪ music ♪
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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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- (congregation applauds)
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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."
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- Now, i know in the king james versions
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- It says that jesus was made better than the angels.
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- Did you know that's the verse
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- The jehovah's witnesses cult uses
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- As the foundation of their belief system?
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- 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.
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- 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:
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- "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?
- 00:14:42.771 --> 00:14:45.474
- Well, at one point when jesus was on earth,
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- 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.
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- "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?'"
- 00:15:33.188 --> 00:15:37.259
- 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.
- 00:15:53.776 --> 00:15:56.512
- 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
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- 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.
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- Romans 1:4 says, "he was declared to be the son of god
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- "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
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- 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
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- 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:
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- "if you are a christian,
- 00:17:57.399 --> 00:17:59.201
- "one day you will reign with the son of god."
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- 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.
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- He's a superior object of worship.
- 00:18:12.748 --> 00:18:14.883
- 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.
- 00:18:24.593 --> 00:18:26.161
- "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.
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- 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
- 00:18:40.943 --> 00:18:42.711
- 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
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- Because he rules over a superior kingdom.
- 00:19:33.262 --> 00:19:36.698
- Verses 7 to 12, look at verse 7.
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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,
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- 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:
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- Always available to assist.
- 00:21:22.637 --> 00:21:26.808
- Angels are on call day and night to render service
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- To those of us who need it,
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- Who are inheritors of salvation.
- 00:21:34.082 --> 00:21:37.052
- In his book that i mentioned earlier
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- On the subject of angels,
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- Billy graham recounts the true story
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- Of dr. s.w. mitchell, a celebrated philadelphia neurologist
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- Who had gone to bed one night
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- 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,
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- 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,
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- 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,
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- 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,
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- To help those who've inherited salvation.
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- On what the bible teaches about 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?
- 00:26:54.602 --> 00:26:57.572
- 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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