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God's Angels by Our Side
Hebrews 1:1-14
Sermon by Rick Crandall
Grayson Baptist Church - July 7, 2013
*Chuck Swindoll shared a great testimony that he heard from one of his mentors.
It was about a missionary home on furlough.
He was traveling by car from church to church.
And one rainy evening he faced a long, lonely, all-night journey.
So, he asked the Lord to help him stay awake and make it safely to the next place he would minister.
*Just a few minutes later he came upon a man on the side of the road, thumbing a ride.
Although the missionary rarely picked up hitchhikers, he felt sorry for the man out in the rain and offered him a lift.
*As the two of them began to visit, the missionary was thrilled to discover that the stranger was a believer.
And that they had many mutual friends in the Lord's work.
Time quickly passed as they laughed and shared stories.
*The fellowship was so good that the missionary hated to see dawn come, and hear his new friend say, "Well, here's where I get off."
Before saying goodbye, the missionary invited him to have a cup of coffee at a roadside cafe.
*Then, as they parted, they promised to pray for each other.
But a couple of minutes down the road, the missionary realized that he had failed to get the man's address and phone number.
So he quickly went back to the café, but there was no sign of the man.
*When he asked the cook if he'd seen which way the other fella had gone.
He was shocked to hear him respond: "What other fella?
You came in here alone.
I wondered why you ordered two cups of coffee."
*The missionary glanced at the table where the two had sat and noticed that the other cup was still full to the brim.
Then he remembered that the hitchhiker had been standing in the pouring rain.
But when he got in the car, he wasn't wet! (1)
*Have you ever seen or heard from an angel?
Some of us are sure we have.
And some of us here today might not even believe in angels.
But what does the Bible say?
Here God gives us 3 great truths about His angels:
1. First: God wants us to know that His angels are a matter of fact.
*Angels are just as real as you and me.
And this passage of Scripture is not primarily about angels.
It's mainly about Jesus Christ.
But the Word of God does speak about angels here, as well as many other places.
And when it does, it always speaks of them in a totally matter-of-fact way.
*Hebrews 1:5&6 begins with a question about God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ:
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For to which of the angels did He (i.e.
God the Father) ever say: "You are My Son, today I have begotten You?
And again: "I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son?''
6.
But when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says: "Let all the angels of God worship Him.''
*Angels are just as real as we are.
But I suppose there have always been people who did not believe in angels.
We see some of these unbelievers in Acts 23:6-8.
There, Paul appeared before the council in Jerusalem, and God's Word says:
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But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee; concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!''
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And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the assembly was divided.
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For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection and no angel or spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.
*Those unbelieving Sadducees had also shown up back in Mark's Gospel.
And there Jesus schooled them with these words:
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"Are you not therefore mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures nor the power of God?
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For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
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But concerning the dead, that they rise, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the burning bush passage, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?
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He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living.
You are therefore greatly mistaken.''
(Mark 12:24-27)
*Those Sadducees were greatly mistaken about the resurrection.
And they were greatly mistaken about God's angels.
We don't want to make the same mistake as the Sadducees!
And as we go through the Bible, we see that the word "angel" appears 286 times.
Angels are as real as we are.
-If angels aren't real, then Luke 1 isn't true, because there the angel Gabriel appeared to Zacharias to tell him about the upcoming birth of his son, John the Baptist.
-If angels aren't real, then Luke 1 is also untrue, because there the Bible also tells us that Gabriel appeared to tell Jesus' mother Mary about the coming Savior.
-If angels aren't real, then Matthew 1&2 aren't true, because God's Word tells us there that an angel spoke to Joseph in his dreams.
-If angels aren't real, then Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Paul and even Jesus are all dishonest.
And the Bible is untrue.
*But God's Word IS true.
And angels are just as real as we are.
*Many people have been blessed as God pulled back the curtain and let them see angels at work in their lives.
Some of you have met Dr. Michael O'Neal who works up at St. Francis Hospital.
Michael graduated from Claiborne Christian School in 1996, the same year as our Becky.
*That spring I sat with Michael's dad at one of Becky's softball games.
There Pastor O'Neal told me about the terrible accident his son had the year before.
Young Michael shot himself in the foot while he was cleaning a deer rifle.
The bottom of his foot was virtually blown away.
*It happened on a Saturday.
Of course the family was devastated.
The doctor them that if he could save what was left of the foot, Michael would limp for the rest of his life.
And he would never be able to play sports again.
*At some point, Pastor O'Neal went to take a shower, and he fell in the shower.
His wife thought he was having a heart attack.
But, in fact, he was hearing from an angel of the Lord.
*Pastor O'Neal did not see the angel.
But he clearly heard the angel speak.
And the angel said, "I am an angel of the Most High God.
And I have been sent to give you the message that your son is going to be fine.
He is going to be completely healed.
And I want you to give this message to your son and to the church tomorrow."
*A few days later, Pastor O'Neal was meeting with the orthopedic doctor.
And he told the doctor about the angel's message.
The doctor drew close and said, "You may know a lot about theology, but I know a lot about medicine.
And it's not going to happen."
*Now you know that I believe in using doctors.
They are a gift from the Lord for our health.
And I take my blood pressure medicine every day.
But God knows infinitely more than the best doctor.
And that young man was completely healed.
He didn't have a bit of a limp, and he was able to play sports.
In fact, Michael wound up being faster than he was before the accident.
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