SS - Angels, Satan, & Demons
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Angels
Angels
Created
Nehemiah 9:6 ““You are the Lord, you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you.”
Spiritual
Hebrews 1:13–14 “And to which of the angels has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”? Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?”
Non physical bodies
Appears in human form
Matthew 28:1–5 “Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.”
Moral judgement
Exercised moral judgement when sinned
2 Peter 2:4 “For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;”
High intelligence
Speaking to humans
Matthew 28:5 “But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.”
non physical bodies
Except when taking on human form
Gods warriors
Referred to host (armies) of heaven
Activities
guarding us
Psalm 91:9–11 “Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place— the Most High, who is my refuge— no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.”
Worship
Hebrews 12:22 “But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,”
Praise
Revelation 4:11 ““Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.””
Carry out Gods plan
Psalm 103:20 “Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word!”
Great power
Psalm 103:20 “Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word!”
2 Peter 2:11 “whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against them before the Lord.”
Not superior to humans
Spared Adam & Eve but not fallen angels
2 Peter 2:4 “For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;”
God makes coverings for Adam & Eve
How many?
A LOT
Deuteronomy 33:2 “He said, “The Lord came from Sinai and dawned from Seir upon us; he shone forth from Mount Paran; he came from the ten thousands of holy ones, with flaming fire at his right hand.”
Psalm 68:17 “The chariots of God are twice ten thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.”
Hebrews 12:22 “But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,”
Revelation 5:11 “Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,”
Incredibly large number
Guardian angels?
Psalm 91:11–12 “For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.”
Matthew 18:10 ““See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.”
Zone vs man defense - Grudem
No clear evidence of specific individual guardian angel
“Heaven gained an angel”
Greater to lesser
“Angel of the Lord”
Sometimes the Lord himself
Genesis 16:10–16 “The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.” And the angel of the Lord said to her, “Behold, you are pregnant and shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the Lord has listened to your affliction. He shall be a wild donkey of a man, his hand against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.” So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,” for she said, “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.” Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered. And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.”
Genesis 31:11–13 “Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am!’ And he said, ‘Lift up your eyes and see, all the goats that mate with the flock are striped, spotted, and mottled, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you. I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise, go out from this land and return to the land of your kindred.’ ””
Sometimes appears to be distinguished from God
2 Samuel 24:16 “And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
Psalm 34:7 “The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.”
Examples
Wisdom
Matthew 28:5 “But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.”
Revelation 19:10 “Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
Worship
Isaiah 6 “In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!”
Luke 2:13–14 “And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!””
Join us in worship
Hebrews 12:22–23 “But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,”
Obedience
Psalm 103:20 “Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word!”
Hospitality
Hebrews 13:2 “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”
“Celebrity” bashing only to be the celebrity behind the camera
We will judge angels
1 Corinthians 6:3 “Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life!”
Do angels appear today?
Possibly
Use EXTREME caution
Galatians 1:8 “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.”
Demons
Demons
Evil angels who sinned and fell
2 Peter 2:4 “For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;”
Jude 6 “And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day—”
Satan
Head of demons
Names
Satan
Matthew 4:10 “Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “ ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’ ””
The devil
Matthew 4:1 “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.”
The Beelzebul
Matthew 10:25 “It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.”
The serpent
Genesis 3:1 “Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?””
The ruler of this world
John 12:31 “Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.”
The prince of the power of the air
Ephesians 2:2 “in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—”
He is NOT
Omniscient
Omnipresent
Omnipotent
Murderer
Father of lies
Steal kill destroy
Disguises
Angel of light 2 Corinthians 11:14 “And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.”
Mormonism
On a beautiful clear spring day in the year 1820, a young boy went into the woods to pray and ask God which church he was to join
Suddenly there was a bright light descending upon him “brighter that the sun” and two figures who stood there and told him…
“I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that: ‘they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof.’
Mormonism has led away millions of people
2 nephi 25:23 For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children, and also our brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do.
Manipulates
Eve in garden
Jesus in the wilderness
Anchor yourself in the word of God
You can resist the devil
James 4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
He may be the devil, but he is God’s devil
Job
God created Satan, he was originally good
How could Satan sin?
Theodicy
The devil & demons are not responsible for EVERY evil
James 1:14 “But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.”
My tire is flat, devil
I’m angry, devil
I got passed up for promotion, devil
We need to not fall into the other trap that there is a demonic realm
1 Peter 5:8–9 “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.”
Ephesians 4:26–27 “Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.”
Through death, Jesus has nullified the power of the devil
Hebrews 2:14 “Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,”
Colossians 2:15 “He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.”
Rebuking demons
Luke 10:17 “The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!””
Acts 16:16–18 “As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling. She followed Paul and us, crying out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.” And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And it came out that very hour.”
Demon possession
Possession is not in the original
“Have a demon” or “demonic influence”
Can Christian be “demon possessed”?
will is completely dominated - NO
Sin has no dominion over us Romans 6:14 “For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.”
Demonic influence or attack - YES
Resist the devil (why resist if he can do NOTHING)
Daughter of Abraham
Luke 13:16 “And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?””
2 Corinthians 12:7 “So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.”
Fear of demonic realm
1 John 4:4 “Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”
Luke 10:20 “Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.””
Romans 16:20 “The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.”
The gospel
1 John 3:8 “Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.”
