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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - The Truth About Angels (Part 2) | July 29, 2025
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- [narrator] from the pulpit
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- Of the first baptist church 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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- ♪ who can satisfy my soul like you ♪
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- ♪ who on earth could comfort me ♪
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- ♪ and love me like you do ♪
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- ♪ who could ever be more faithful, true ♪
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- ♪ i will trust in you ♪
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- ♪ yes i will trust in you my god ♪
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- ♪ who can satisfy my soul like you ♪
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- ♪ and who on earth could comfort me ♪
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- ♪ oh and love me like you do ♪
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- ♪ who could ever be more faithful, true ♪
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- ♪ i will trust in you ♪
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- ♪ oh i will trust in you my god ♪
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- ♪ there is a fountain who is the king ♪
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- ♪ victorious warrior and lord of everything ♪
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- ♪ my rock ♪
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- ♪ my rock my shelter ♪
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- ♪ my very own ♪
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- -♪ blessed redeemer ♪ -♪ blessed redeemer ♪
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- ♪ who reigns upon the throne ♪
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- ♪ there is a fountain who is the king ♪
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- ♪ victorious warrior and lord of everything ♪
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- ♪ my rock ♪
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- ♪ my rock my shelter ♪
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- -♪ oh my very own ♪ -♪ my very own ♪
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- -♪ blessed redeemer ♪ -♪ blessed redeemer ♪
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- ♪ who reigns upon the throne ♪
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- ♪ he reigns, he reigns on the throne ♪
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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 one of the most influential books ever written
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- On this fascinating subject is "angels: god's secret agents"
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- By the reverend billy graham.
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- Dr. graham combines testimonies and accounts of those
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- Who have encountered angels with clear
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- And concise truth from scripture,
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- And you're invited to request an exclusive special edition
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- Of dr. graham's classic book,
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- Featuring a brand new foreword from dr. jeffress,
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- When you give a generous gift to "pathway to victory."
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- ♪ music ♪
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- What peter is saying is,
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- The prophets different understand everything
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- They were writing about.
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- But now, the apostles have 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.
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- They don't understand it.
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- In fact, did you know one of the chief reasons
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- Christ saved you was so that all creation,
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- Ephesians 2 says, "all creation in heaven, on earth,
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- And under the earth,
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- Can see what a magnificent god we serve."
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- Jesus christ in his 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,
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- 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 and saying,
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- "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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- That's what the angels don't get.
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- We're exhibit a's 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 38:7 says, "they express joy."
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- Isaiah 6:3 says, "they had the ability to worship."
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- Luke 15 says, verse 10, that they rejoice
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- When somebody comes to faith in christ.
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- Our first service today,
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- The angels in heaven was rejoicing, 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 when i give you the opportunity
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- To trust in christ,
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- The angels are standing on tip-toe watching
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- 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 to choose a course of action
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- And to follow it.
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- For example, lucifer, satan, the chief angel,
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- In isaiah 14, 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 and he suffered the consequences
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- Of that choice.
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- Revelation 12:4 indicates that a group of angels chose
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- 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 who will ever fall
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- 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 according to hebrews 1:14.
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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 speaks of angels flitting about
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- 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 who are assigned
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- To other countries to fulfill god's purpose
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- 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.
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- Sometimes people we don't recognize.
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- Hebrews 13:2 says, "do not neglect to show hospitality
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- To strangers, for by this
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- Some have entertained angels without knowing it."
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- You remember the stories in the old testament
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- About abraham and sarah and others
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- Who entertained people that they later found out
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- 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," well.
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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 guarding
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- The tomb of jesus 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 when she appeared to mary
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- 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 a heart attack
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- 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 ya."
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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 10, we're told about the mighty angel
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- Who 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.
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- 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 four,
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- The writer to hebrews points out four ways christ
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- 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 last night
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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 what we think he said
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- 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 who died for the sins of the world."
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- Well, that's, 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 four, "jesus having become as much better
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- 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 a superior name
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- Over the angels.
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- A superior name.
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- Now i want you to look at this phrase, verse four,
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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 as the foundation
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- Of their belief system?
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- See, they don't believe jesus existed coequally 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,
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- 'jesus was made.
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- Jesus was made.'"
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- No, that greek word "ginomai"
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- Is best translated, "he has become much better
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- 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," 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,
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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 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 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.
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- Now look at this in verse five,
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- "for to which of the angels did he ever say,
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- 'thou art my son,
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- Today i have begotten thee?'
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- And again, 'i will be a father to him,
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- And he shall be a son to me?'"
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- Now i want you to put your rubber boots on
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- For just a moment.
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- We're going to wade into some deep theological waters
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- For about two minutes.
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- Don't drown, stay with me on this, okay?
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- This is a very puzzling phrase,
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- "thou art my son, today i have begotten thee."
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- Is he saying, 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,
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- Jesus was equal to god, 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
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- Of the messiah, when everyone on earth would recognize
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- That the messiah was truly the son of god.
- 00:15:22.277 --> 00:15:27.549
- 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."
- 00:15:35.224 --> 00:15:36.492
- Well, there were only a handful of people there.
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- Some people say it was at the transfiguration.
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- No, only three disciples saw that.
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- Some people say it was at his death.
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- Weren't many there either.
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- 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 that jesus was truly
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- 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 on his first missionary journey
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- At pisidia and 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.
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- And then he quotes the same psalm, psalm 2:7,
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- "today i have begotten thee."
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- 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.
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- And by the way, romans 8:17 says,
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- "if you are a christian, one day you will reign
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- With the son of god."
- 00:16:48.030 --> 00:16:49.565
- "if we endure with him," paul said,
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- "we shall also one day reign with him."
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- Secondly, christ is a superior object of worship.
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- He's a superior object of worship.
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- Nowhere in the bible are we told to pray to angels
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- 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.
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- Look at verse six, "and when again god brings the firstborn
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- Into the world, he says,"
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- And he quotes from the old testament,
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- "and let all the angels of god worship him."
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- When jesus came to earth, he didn't worship the angels.
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- The angels worshiped him.
- 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:25.868
- Remember the apostle john.
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- He was tempted to worship the angels
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- When he was on patmos receiving the revelation.
- 00:17:29.471 --> 00:17:32.341
- Remember, revelation 19:10 says,
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- "and i, john, fell at the angels feet to worship him.
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- And he said to me, 'do not do that;
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- I am a fellow servant of yours and your brethren
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- Who hold the testimony of jesus; worship god.'"
- 00:17:43.619 --> 00:17:48.457
- Do you know, interestingly, the only person in the bible
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- Who ever encouraged somebody else
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- To worship or speak to angels was satan.
- 00:17:54.429 --> 00:17:58.934
- Remember when jesus was being tempted in the wilderness?
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- What did satan say to jesus?
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- "oh, go to the angels.
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- They will minister to you.
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- They will protect you.
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- Seek help from the angels."
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- No, we're to never worship angels.
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- We're to worship god, who created and rules over the angels.
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- Number three, christ is superior
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- Because he rules over a superior kingdom.
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- Verses 7 to 12, look at verse seven,
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- "and of the angels he says,"
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- Again an old testament quotation,
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- "who makes his angels winds,
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- And his minsters a flame of fire."
- 00:18:32.568 --> 00:18:35.404
- Angels, like wind and fire, are servants of christ.
- 00:18:35.404 --> 00:18:38.874
- They are constantly going back and forth doing his will.
- 00:18:38.874 --> 00:18:42.678
- We don't have time to look at it,
- 00:18:42.678 --> 00:18:44.079
- But verses 10 to 12 tells us that one day jesus
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- Is going to roll up the present and heavens and earth
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- Like an old garment and discard them.
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- 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.
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- Finally, christ is superior to the angels
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- Because he will enjoy a superior victory.
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- Verse 13 says, "but to which of the angels
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- Has he ever said, 'sit at my right hand,
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- Until i make thine enemies a footstool, for thy feet?'"
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- Did you know one day jesus is not just going to rule
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- Over the earth and the heavens,
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- Not just rule over believers,
- 00:19:20.148 --> 00:19:21.683
- But unbelievers in hell as well?
- 00:19:21.683 --> 00:19:23.952
- "his enemies will become his footstool," the bible says.
- 00:19:23.952 --> 00:19:27.956
- No angel can ever say that.
- 00:19:27.956 --> 00:19:31.326
- And the great news is, if you know christ,
- 00:19:31.326 --> 00:19:33.996
- Revelation 4:4 says, "you will, with the angels,
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- Sit around the throne of god and worship creation
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- And rule over creation."
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- We've looked at the reality of angels.
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- We've talked about the superiority of angels.
- 00:19:48.076 --> 00:19:50.712
- Now, what is the purpose of angels?
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- Verse 14 tells us, "are they not all ministering spirits,
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- Sent out to render service
- 00:20:00.989 --> 00:20:04.593
- For the sake of those who will inherit salvation?"
- 00:20:04.593 --> 00:20:08.263
- That's why i call them god's triple-a service,
- 00:20:08.263 --> 00:20:12.134
- Always available to assist.
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- Angels are on call day and night
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- To render service to those of us who need it,
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- Who are inheritors of salvation.
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- 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.
- 00:20:41.496 --> 00:20:44.166
- Suddenly, dr. mitchell was awakened by someone knocking
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- On his door.
- 00:20:47.202 --> 00:20:48.737
- Opening the door, he found a little girl, poorly dressed,
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- And deeply upset.
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- She told him her mother was very sick
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- And asked the doctor if he would please come with her.
- 00:20:56.578 --> 00:21:00.082
- It was a bitterly cold night in philadelphia.
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- It was snowing.
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- Dr. mitchell said he was bone tired,
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- But he dressed and he followed the girl.
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- As "reader's digest" reports the story,
- 00:21:08.857 --> 00:21:11.860
- Dr. mitchell found the mother
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- Desperately ill with pneumonia.
- 00:21:13.395 --> 00:21:16.231
- After arranging for medical care,
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- He complimented the sick woman on the intelligence
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- And persistence of her little daughter.
- 00:21:21.837 --> 00:21:25.173
- The woman looked at him strangely and said,
- 00:21:25.173 --> 00:21:28.543
- "my daughter died a month ago."
- 00:21:28.543 --> 00:21:31.646
- She added, "her shoes and coat
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- Are still in the closet there."
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- Dr. mitchell, amazed and perplexed,
- 00:21:36.985 --> 00:21:38.987
- Went to the closet and opened the door.
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- There hung the very coat worn by the little girl
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- Who had brought him to tend to her mother.
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- It was warm and dry, dr. mitchell said,
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- And could not have possibly been out in the cold
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- On that wintry night.
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- Is it possible that dr. mitchell
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- Had witnessed the ministry of an angel,
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- An angel who chose to appear in the form
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- Of that mother's daughter to bring help to her
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- When no help was available any other way?
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- We shouldn't be surprised at those kind of stories.
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- ♪ music ♪
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- The bible says angels are real.
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- They are here to minister,
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- To help those who've inherited salvation.
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- ♪ music ♪
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- I'm so glad you chose to join us
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- For today's "pathway to victory,"
- 00:22:33.208 --> 00:22:35.410
- As we open our eyes to the reality of angels.
- 00:22:35.410 --> 00:22:39.247
- It's a fascinating topic,
- 00:22:39.247 --> 00:22:41.049
- And we have so much more ground to cover
- 00:22:41.049 --> 00:22:42.984
- Over these next few days.
- 00:22:42.984 --> 00:22:45.187
- But in the time remaining today,
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- I want to share a note from patricia,
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- Who lives in alabama.
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- Patricia wrote, "i am 86 years old
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- And i've been a christian since i was saved
- 00:22:54.062 --> 00:22:56.465
- At the age of 10.
- 00:22:56.465 --> 00:22:58.133
- I'm so blessed by the 'pathway to victory'
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- Television program, especially since my husband and i
- 00:23:00.368 --> 00:23:03.972
- Have been unable to attend worship services.
- 00:23:03.972 --> 00:23:07.476
- Thank you for all that you do in the name of christ."
- 00:23:07.476 --> 00:23:11.146
- Patricia, thank you for your kind words.
- 00:23:11.146 --> 00:23:14.049
- And we are so glad to be able to minister to you
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- And your husband.
- 00:23:16.885 --> 00:23:18.487
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- You're helping us reach men and women all across the country
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- And around the world who are longing to hear the truth
- 00:23:24.993 --> 00:23:28.396
- Of god's word.
- 00:23:28.396 --> 00:23:30.098
- Now, stay right there, i'll be back with more
- 00:23:30.098 --> 00:23:31.967
- "pathway to victory" in just a moment.
- 00:23:31.967 --> 00:23:34.903
- I want to speak tonight on angels,
- 00:23:35.637 --> 00:23:39.040
- Because i want to answer the question,
- 00:23:39.875 --> 00:23:42.210
- Are there angels?
- 00:23:42.210 --> 00:23:46.715
- We have whole bookshelves on demons,
- 00:23:47.516 --> 00:23:50.785
- The occult, and satan.
- 00:23:50.785 --> 00:23:54.389
- But you can hardly find a book on angels.
- 00:23:55.257 --> 00:23:58.593
- But i do know that this book teaches
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- From genesis to revelation the existence of angels.
- 00:24:01.563 --> 00:24:06.034
- To the great patriarchs, angels appeared.
- 00:24:06.034 --> 00:24:09.204
- And the angels appeared all the way
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- Through the new testament.
- 00:24:11.673 --> 00:24:13.475
- People have always been fascinated
- 00:24:14.209 --> 00:24:17.078
- With the subject of angels.
- 00:24:17.078 --> 00:24:19.614
- There are television shows,
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- There are movies about angels.
- 00:24:20.849 --> 00:24:22.651
- People are interested in angels.
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- But is this increase in interest in angels
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- In our country, is it a sign
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- Of a growing spirituality in our country?
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- Or is it an indicator of something else?
- 00:24:38.567 --> 00:24:41.603
- The tendency to substitute the worship of angels
- 00:24:42.604 --> 00:24:45.941
- For the worship of god is nothing new.
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- Angels are wonderful.
- 00:24:50.845 --> 00:24:52.581
- They are helpful.
- 00:24:52.581 --> 00:24:54.282
- But they are never to be taken as superior to jesus christ.
- 00:24:54.282 --> 00:25:03.825
- Angels are fascinating, mysterious,
- 00:25:04.593 --> 00:25:06.962
- And very real creatures who minister to us.
- 00:25:06.962 --> 00:25:10.265
- And i hope today's program has provided a helpful lesson
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- On what the bible teaches about angels.
- 00:25:13.735 --> 00:25:17.272
- Well, although the writer of hebrews warns
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- Against worshiping angels,
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- He reminds us that god uses angels
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- To accomplish his purpose.
- 00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:26.047
- And next time, we're going to look
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- At the remarkable ministry of angels
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- To both unbelievers and believers.
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- Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next
- 00:25:33.321 --> 00:25:35.690
- In our series "the truth about angels."
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- Did you know angels have a very real purpose
- 00:25:40.462 --> 00:25:42.764
- In the life of unbelievers?
- 00:25:42.764 --> 00:25:44.799
- Have you ever heard people say,
- 00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:46.334
- "well, god doesn't hear the prayer of non-christians.
- 00:25:46.334 --> 00:25:50.205
- The only prayer he can hear from a non-christian
- 00:25:50.205 --> 00:25:53.508
- Is the prayer of salvation."
- 00:25:53.508 --> 00:25:55.543
- God can hear any prayer he wants to hear.
- 00:25:55.543 --> 00:25:59.180
- And sometimes he does listen to
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- And even answer the prayers of non-christians.
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- [narrator] 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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