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 To listen back to anything.

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 Now today I want to do something loosely related to what we've been doing.

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! But it's kind of a bit of an appendix to the series.

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! And it's something I've mentioned throughout this series, but we never really got into it.

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 Today we are looking at angels, demons, and the devil.

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 I want us to ask today, what or who are these things?

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 We hear about them in the Bible, but what kind of power do they have?

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 And how should we think about them?

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 And how do they even relate to us?

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 How do we kind of think about this?

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 Because the Bible talks about them a lot.

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 In fact, when you read the Gospels, we're in the beginning of the Gospels at Christmas, aren't we?

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 And some of the first characters you meet are angels, aren't they?

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 So who announces Jesus' conception and birth?

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 It's angels.

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 And then you read on in the Bible, who does Jesus meet?

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 He meets demons, unclean spirits.

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 And then he meets the devil as he's tempted in the wilderness.

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 As soon as we open the New Testament, as soon as we open the Bible, we encounter these things everywhere.

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 And so they seem such key figures.

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 But we don't know much about them, do we?

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 We don't often think about them.

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 So what are they?

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 Well, let's just dive in and look at the first thing.

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 Angels.

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 Angels.

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 Angels.

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 Now, the word angel comes from the Greek word angelos, which means either angel, kind of in what we're thinking of, or it can mean messenger, right?

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 A human messenger.

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 And in Hebrew, the word is malach, meaning, again, angel or messenger.

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 And so humans can be referred to as angelos, like in James 2, Rahab's spies, the spies that go to Rahab, they're referred to as angels, messengers.

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 But actually, a large use of the word angelos, it seems to refer to these non-human, supernatural messengers from God.

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 So as soon as you open up the Bible, Genesis 1, you quickly realise this world isn't purely just science and material stuff.

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 So first of all, there's a creator.

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 So God made all of this.

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 But also, we quickly realise that there are supernatural creatures in existence.

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 So in Genesis 3, we meet a talking evil serpent, don't we?

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 And at the end of Genesis 3, we meet creatures called cherubim, who have a flaming sword to guard the Garden of Eden.

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 And then Genesis 21, we meet angels speaking from heaven.

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 So Genesis 21, and God heard the voice of the boy, that's Ishmael, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her,

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 What troubles you, Hagar?

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 Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.

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 And then at the beginning of the Gospels, we quickly meet these things called angels, don't we?

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 Who remembers what happens to Zechariah when he enters the holy place in the temple?

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 Well, what does he meet? What appears in front of him? An angel.

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 So Luke 1, and there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

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 So no one's allowed into this place.

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 Zechariah, once a year, he's allowed in.

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 But somehow he goes in, and in front of him appears this thing, this angel.

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 And he has a message from God about the future.

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 And so from the outset, the Bible speaks of these supernatural creatures called angels.

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 And they seem to be non-human, but they can talk.

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 They seem to have supernatural knowledge of events.

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 They have direct messages from God.

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 They seem to be directly sent from God.

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 And they seem to interact with this world in a supernatural way.

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 They can just appear and disappear.

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 But what exactly are they?

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 Well, let's break this down.

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 There are a few sub-points.

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 First thing, angels are real creatures.

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 In all these cases, we are never given the impression that the appearance of angels are kind of hallucinations.

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 Or just these unreal things that people are seeing.

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 No.

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 In every case, it is read as real history.

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 So Adam was real.

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 And so the cherubim in front of the garden is real.

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 Zechariah is as real as the angel that he saw in the holy place.

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 As real as the resurrection is, so are the angels who appear in the tomb.

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 And so whatever they are, we'll get into what they are, but whatever they are, they are real.

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 They exist.

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 And they aren't equals with God.

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 They're not kind of other gods alongside God.

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 No.

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 Think back to our Sunday school on God.

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 That's definitely not the case.

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 But they are creatures made by God.

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 So Nehemiah 9, God made the host of heaven.

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 That's referring to angels.

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 Angels.

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 These are all real creatures beneath God, made by God.

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 And so think back to our creature, creative creature distinction.

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 Forget this bit in a moment.

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 I'll explain that in a second.

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 But this is all things, right?

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 All things.

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 Angels are included in this.

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 Okay?

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 But they aren't like creatures that we encounter in this universe, are they?

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 They aren't like humans or dogs or birds.

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 They seem to interact with this physical world in unusual ways.

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 They seem to be something kind of beyond physical.

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 More than physical.

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 That is to say, second sub-point, angels are spiritual creatures.

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 So look at Hebrews 1, 14.

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 In this chapter, the writer to the Hebrews, he's been talking about angels and how Jesus is greater than them.

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 And he speaks of angels in this verse.

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 And look what kind of creature they are.

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 Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

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 Angels seem to be a part of this, not a part of this visible universe, but a part of a different invisible spiritual realm.

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 They are spirits.

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 So Colossians 1, 16 speaks of an invisible spiritual aspect of creation that the Son of God created.

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 For by him, by Jesus, the Son of God, for by him all things were created, all things, here we go, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible.

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 There is an invisible aspect to creation.

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 And look at Ephesians 6.

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 This is talking about evil spiritual creatures.

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 We'll get onto that at the end.

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 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

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 And when it's talking about the heavenly places here, it's not talking about heaven, like in our session.

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 It's not talking about heaven of heavens.

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 It's talking about a spiritual realm, the heavenly places.

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 We get the impression that there is an invisible, supernatural, spiritual, behind-the-scenes existence to creation.

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 An invisible realm to this creation.

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 Where spiritual forces, good or bad, spiritual forces and spiritual creatures are at work in this realm.

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 So heaven would be included in that invisible aspect of creation because we can't see it.

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 It's kind of, it's not a part of, we can see it when we get there, but we can't see it right now.

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 But it seems to be talking more than just about heaven because it's talking about evil spiritual forces here.

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 There's another invisible spiritual dimension to our creation.

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 So, I think that has illustrated.

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 I wonder if you can tell me what it is.

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 It's kind of like if you peel back the visible part of creation.

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 Does that look like that?

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 Like peeling back, right?

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 Peeling back.

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 Go behind the scenes of the invisible, of the visible thing.

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 We can see our universe.

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 We can see heaven when we get there.

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 Other people will see heaven when they go there.

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 But if there's an invisible aspect of running throughout all of creation, a spiritual invisible realm,

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 it's kind of, it's all this kind of behind-the-scenes action.

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 We peel back reality.

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 Okay?

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 So that's called, there's the invisible...

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 spiritual realm.

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 There you go.

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 And angels seem to be a part of this invisible spiritual realm,

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 but they are spiritual creatures.

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 Now, what does spiritual actually mean?

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 Are they kind of made of this ethereal plasma that we kind of can or can't touch?

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 We're not sure.

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 Or are they made of something funky like that?

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 Well, the answer is, we don't know.

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 We're never given details.

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 But spiritual beings seem to just be in contrast with the normal physical beings of this universe.

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 And so they're not quite like what we know of.

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 They seem to not be bound by physical limitations as we are.

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 So, like with Zechariah, angels can appear spontaneously.

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 Right?

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 They're not omnipresent.

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 Only God is that.

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 But they seem to just not be interacting with this physical world in ways that we can understand.

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 And they can appear in dreams as well, like with Joseph.

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 Do you remember Joseph in Matthew 1?

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 But sometimes they do appear in visible forms, don't they?

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 When we encounter them in the Bible, they're in visible forms.

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 So they sometimes appear as men.

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 Think about the resurrection.

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 Jesus' tomb.

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 They appear in bright clothes.

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 Some of them seem to have wings.

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 We see that in Isaiah 6 when we glimpse into heaven.

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 And there's something striking about them when they do appear.

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 They don't look like they're from this universe.

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 They look supernatural.

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 So think about how people react to them.

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 The women at the tomb, they were frightened when they saw these men.

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 Zechariah was scared when he saw that thing in the holy place.

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 It wasn't like, oh, there's some guys just sitting over there.

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 There's something striking about them.

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 Now, we don't know if they look like that all the time.

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 Or maybe they just kind of appear temporarily to be seen by people.

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 But whatever it is, there is something otherworldly about them.

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 And we don't know what they're made of.

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 But they're called spiritual beings.

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 And that means that they have supernatural qualities.

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 This is the third sub-point.

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 Let me just list some descriptions about them.

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 So angels are described as mighty.

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 2 Thessalonians 1.

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 They are powerful and are able to do supernatural things in this universe.

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 So think about how did the stone get moved at the resurrection?

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 You know, the women were wondering how it's going to be moved.

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 But the angel moves it.

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 Or think about the locked prison in Acts 5.

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 An angel was kind of instantly could open these locked prison doors.

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 So angels are mighty.

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 Angels are very knowledgeable.

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 So when Jesus talked about his return,

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 think back to a couple of weeks ago,

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 he says, Matthew 24,

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 He seems to suggest,

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 even compared to humans,

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 angels know a lot about creation.

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 They're very knowledgeable.

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 They're advanced.

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 Angels are also moral creatures.

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 So look how they're called.

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 They're described as holy.

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 Matthew 25.

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 Obedient.

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 There are elect angels.

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 But also 2 Peter 2.

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 You have angels.

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 There are angels that fell into sin.

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 We'll get on to that next.

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 But something to see here.

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 That they are moral creatures.

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 That they're not like planks of wood.

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 They are moral creatures with moral responsibility.

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 And so, accordingly,

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 Christ will judge fallen angels in the end.

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 Jude 6.

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 And Jesus says something interesting in Luke 20 about angels.

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 He says angels don't die.

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 So in Luke 20,

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 Jesus is talking about our resurrection,

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 the resurrection of believers.

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 And he says, Luke 20, 36,

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 he says,

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 they, believers,

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 cannot die anymore in the resurrection

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 because they are equal to angels.

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 angels.

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 So angels,

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 like our undying resurrection cells,

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 angels don't die.

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 Angels don't seem to be susceptible to death and injury like we are,

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 but probably that's because they're spiritual creatures as well.

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 And so they don't die.

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 But then Jesus also says angels don't breed.

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 So in the same passage,

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 Jesus says in the resurrection,

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 we will also be like angels in that we won't be married.

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 So angels aren't designed to marry.

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 Astonishingly,

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 that is only part of humanity's design.

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 And if they aren't designed to marry,

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 it's unlikely that they're designed to reproduce.

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 It's kind of a bit of an implication about it,

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 but I think we could go that way.

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 And so they're not a race like the human race that have families and grow.

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 No,

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 they don't marry.

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 And God probably made a certain amount of angels.

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 And then that's that,

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 that kind of a part of his initial creation.

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 Angels,

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 I make them.

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 And then that's that.

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 And how many did he make?

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 Well,

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 look at Revelation five.

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 Then I looked and I heard the voice of many angels numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.

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 There are a lot of angels in existence.

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 In fact,

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 the name Lord of hosts.

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 So,

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 you know,

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 God is sometimes referred to as the Lord of hosts.

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 That means the Lord of armies.

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 He's referring to angel armies.

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 It's the host of Nehemiah nine that we,

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 that we read earlier.

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 So,

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 so God is the God of armies of thousands of angels.

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 And there seem to be different types of angels.

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 So,

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 uh,

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 we hear of cherubim in Genesis three.

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 Cherubim are kind of,

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 they're related to guarding.

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 Usually there's seraphim in Isaiah six,

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 that they be related to worship.

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 And there are archangels.

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 Now,

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 we don't really know what they are,

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 but the term is referring to something kind of superior ruling around about the angels.

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 Um,

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 you see that in Jude nine.

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 And we don't know the details about this,

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 but,

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 but there seems to be some sort of order and class to angels.

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 Yeah.

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 And look how the Westminster large catechism sums all this up.

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 we've been reading through the large catechism in our staff meetings.

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 It's been great.

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 How did God create angels?

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 God created all the angels,

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 spirits,

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 spiritual beings,

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 immortal.

00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:02.159
 They don't die.

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 Holy.

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 They're moral,

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 excelling in knowledge that they seem to have superior knowledge,

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 mighty in power.

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 And he created them to execute his commandments and to praise his name.

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 Yeah.

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 Subject to change.

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 Now notice here,

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 it mentions why God made angels.

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 So two purposes to execute his commandments and to praise his name.

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 These are the two big reasons why angels were made and what they do in creation.

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 And so let's look at that.

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 The next sub point,

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 the purpose of angels.

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 So the first purpose is worship.

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 So look back to Nehemiah 9 again.

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 You have made heaven,

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 the heaven of heavens.

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 That's talking about actual heaven.

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 With all their host,

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 the host of heaven worships you.

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 Angels are made to worship God,

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 to vocally praise God in heaven.

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 And that's what we see when we get glimpses into heaven.

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 So Isaiah 6,

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 the seraphim cry out,

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 holy,

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 holy,

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 holy,

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 before the throne.

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 Revelation 5,

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 thousands of angels are before the throne in heaven.

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 Same with a loud voice.

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 Worthy is the lamb who was slain.

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 And so the purpose of angels,

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 the first purpose,

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 it's to praise God.

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 But also,

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 there's another purpose,

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 to execute God's plan of salvation.

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 So look at Hebrews 1 again.

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 This is a remarkable purpose of angels.

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 Hebrews 1, 4.

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 Are they not all ministering spirits

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 sent out to serve

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 for the sake of those

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 who are to inherit salvation?

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 Angels exist.

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 And angels work

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 for the sake of those

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 who are to inherit salvation.

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 Do you realize what he's saying here?

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 Angels exist

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 for the sake of the church.

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 For you.

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 Now this doesn't mean

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 that there are guardian angels,

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 kind of one for every one of us.

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 That idea kind of developed

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 in the medieval church

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 and there's no indication

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 in the Bible

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 of guardian angels,

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 kind of one for every person.

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 There's nothing like that

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 in the Bible.

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 But we do see here

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 that they exist for us

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 more in the sense

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 that they are God's workers

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 in this world

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 to serve the church

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 and execute

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 his plan of salvation.

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 So in Psalm 91

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 we see that they are said

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 to watch over all the saints.

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 1 Timothy 5

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 that the church is present

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 before the angels.

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 In Jude 9

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 that the archangel Michael

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 is said to be

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 fighting behind the scenes

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 against the devil

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 in the invisible

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 spiritual realm.

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 And we constantly see

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 throughout the Bible

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 that angels are messengers

00:20:13.459 --> 00:20:14.859
 of revelation

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 and messages

00:20:16.539 --> 00:20:18.899
 to God's people.

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 So angels aren't sent

00:20:20.879 --> 00:20:21.939
 just to have a little chat.

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 They're there for

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 kind of big salvation

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 revelation purposes.

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 And we see that

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 throughout the Bible,

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 particularly Christmas time.

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 What do we see

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 all the time at Christmas?

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 it's angels

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 revealing these things.

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 And so

00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:39.900
 they are servants of God.

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 This is how you think about them.

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 They are servants of God.

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 His workers

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 whom he sends out

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:48.600
 to drive salvation forward.

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 Working out his plan.

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 And that's why

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 they're always there

00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:56.860
 at the key point,

00:20:57.020 --> 00:20:58.200
 key turning points

00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:58.820
 of salvation.

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 Have you ever noticed that?

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 So who announces

00:21:02.939 --> 00:21:04.639
 the birth of Jesus

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 to the shepherds?

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 It's angels.

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 Who ministers to Jesus

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 after his temptation?

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 It's angels.

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 Who is there

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 at the tomb

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 in the resurrection?

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 It's angels.

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 Who is there

00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:19.539
 at the ascension

00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:20.740
 speaking to the disciples?

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 It's angels.

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 And who will accompany

00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:25.379
 Jesus when he returns?

00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:27.619
 His mighty angels.

00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:27.799
 angels.

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 All the key

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.639
 turning points

00:21:31.639 --> 00:21:32.259
 of salvation.

00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:35.279
 And so angels

00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:36.699
 are remarkable,

00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:38.039
 powerful creatures.

00:21:38.979 --> 00:21:40.059
 Something we can't

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.819
 really fathom.

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:41.739
 We're just kind of

00:21:41.739 --> 00:21:43.599
 tip of the iceberg here.

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 But what's amazing

00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:48.199
 is that they exist

00:21:48.199 --> 00:21:49.439
 to serve us.

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 To execute God's

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:53.239
 plan of salvation

00:21:53.239 --> 00:21:54.079
 for us.

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 And in fact,

00:21:56.379 --> 00:21:56.919
 Peter says

00:21:56.919 --> 00:21:58.500
 something remarkable

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:59.159
 about angels.

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 He talks about

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:01.419
 all that God

00:22:01.419 --> 00:22:02.480
 is doing in the church,

00:22:02.619 --> 00:22:03.139
 our salvation,

00:22:03.399 --> 00:22:04.159
 and he says,

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:05.119
 1 Peter 1,

00:22:06.399 --> 00:22:07.519
 the things that have

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:08.720
 now been announced

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.319
 to you

00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:10.619
 through those

00:22:10.619 --> 00:22:11.059
 who preach

00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:11.740
 the good news

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.159
 to you

00:22:12.159 --> 00:22:13.139
 by the Holy Spirit

00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:14.079
 sent from heaven,

00:22:14.679 --> 00:22:15.899
 these things

00:22:15.899 --> 00:22:16.599
 announced to you

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 are things

00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:18.359
 into which

00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:19.500
 angels

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.799
 long to look.

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:24.200
 God's work

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:25.139
 in the church,

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.759
 the power

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.659
 of the gospel

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 at work

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:29.019
 in this world,

00:22:29.639 --> 00:22:30.639
 Christ's

00:22:30.639 --> 00:22:31.599
 salvation

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:32.419
 in the lives

00:22:32.419 --> 00:22:32.940
 of sinners,

00:22:33.159 --> 00:22:33.879
 God's work

00:22:33.879 --> 00:22:34.619
 in your life

00:22:34.619 --> 00:22:35.379
 right now,

00:22:36.159 --> 00:22:37.399
 these are things

00:22:37.399 --> 00:22:38.799
 angels

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:40.399
 long to look

00:22:40.399 --> 00:22:40.819
 into.

00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:43.200
 Angels

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:44.240
 long to

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:45.359
 peer down

00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:46.480
 and see

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.200
 what Christ

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.659
 is doing

00:22:47.659 --> 00:22:48.359
 here on earth.

00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:50.199
 angels

00:22:50.199 --> 00:22:51.139
 long to

00:22:51.139 --> 00:22:51.859
 see

00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:52.679
 why

00:22:52.679 --> 00:22:52.979
 the

00:22:52.979 --> 00:22:53.399
 Son of

00:22:53.399 --> 00:22:53.599
 God

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:53.959
 became

00:22:53.959 --> 00:22:54.479
 flesh.

00:22:55.919 --> 00:22:56.500
 Angels

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:57.479
 long to

00:22:57.479 --> 00:22:57.899
 peer

00:22:57.899 --> 00:22:58.399
 into a

00:22:58.399 --> 00:22:58.719
 Sunday

00:22:58.719 --> 00:22:59.339
 sermon.

00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:01.639
 But these

00:23:01.639 --> 00:23:02.279
 angels

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:03.099
 long to

00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:03.599
 look into

00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:04.639
 your salvation.

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:07.259
 And why

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:07.579
 is that?

00:23:07.639 --> 00:23:08.119
 Why do

00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:08.459
 these

00:23:08.459 --> 00:23:09.319
 mighty

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:10.099
 angels

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:11.859
 who know

00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.539
 the heavenly

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.179
 realms,

00:23:14.159 --> 00:23:14.799
 why do

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.240
 they

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:15.859
 long to

00:23:15.859 --> 00:23:16.179
 peer

00:23:16.179 --> 00:23:16.639
 into our

00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:17.059
 lives?

00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:19.599
 Because the

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:20.000
 Son of

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.240
 God

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.719
 didn't

00:23:20.719 --> 00:23:21.339
 come to

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:21.679
 earth

00:23:21.679 --> 00:23:21.979
 for

00:23:21.979 --> 00:23:22.559
 angels,

00:23:23.199 --> 00:23:23.899
 he

00:23:23.899 --> 00:23:24.539
 came

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:25.000
 for

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.539
 you.

00:23:27.399 --> 00:23:28.019
 Look at

00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.619
 Hebrews 2.

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 For surely

00:23:30.959 --> 00:23:31.559
 it is not

00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:32.479
 angels that

00:23:32.479 --> 00:23:33.059
 he helps,

00:23:33.879 --> 00:23:34.399
 but he

00:23:34.399 --> 00:23:35.019
 helps the

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.719
 offspring of

00:23:35.719 --> 00:23:36.359
 Abraham.

00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:44.879
 just think

00:23:44.879 --> 00:23:45.299
 about it.

00:23:46.479 --> 00:23:46.799
 The

00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:47.259
 word

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:50.019
 didn't

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.439
 become

00:23:50.439 --> 00:23:50.799
 an

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.219
 angel,

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:52.859
 did he?

00:23:53.179 --> 00:23:53.979
 The word

00:23:53.979 --> 00:23:54.559
 became

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.539
 flesh.

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.139
 Angels

00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:59.059
 aren't

00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.679
 made in

00:23:59.679 --> 00:24:00.000
 the image

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.439
 of God,

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.259
 only we

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:01.559
 are.

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:03.419
 God

00:24:03.419 --> 00:24:04.019
 didn't

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.399
 love

00:24:04.399 --> 00:24:04.879
 angels

00:24:04.879 --> 00:24:06.000
 so much

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:06.399
 that he

00:24:06.399 --> 00:24:06.859
 sent his

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:07.500
 only son.

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:07.759
 No,

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.440
 he loved

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.539
 us.

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:12.019
 And he

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.980
 made angels

00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:13.740
 to serve

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.759
 you in

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.059
 your

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.559
 salvation.

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.919
 And so

00:24:18.919 --> 00:24:19.399
 just a few

00:24:19.399 --> 00:24:19.819
 points of

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.419
 application on

00:24:20.419 --> 00:24:20.679
 this.

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:21.839
 First thing

00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:22.059
 is,

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.980
 realize that

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.679
 angels exist.

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.980
 There are

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:28.039
 real

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.839
 spiritual

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.619
 forces out

00:24:29.619 --> 00:24:29.879
 there,

00:24:29.959 --> 00:24:30.779
 and angels

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.199
 are a

00:24:31.199 --> 00:24:31.559
 part of

00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:31.839
 that.

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:33.659
 They are

00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:34.179
 God's

00:24:34.179 --> 00:24:35.000
 workers in

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.500
 this world.

00:24:37.699 --> 00:24:38.219
 Second

00:24:38.219 --> 00:24:38.479
 thing,

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.759
 given that

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.379
 this is the

00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:40.799
 purpose of

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.219
 angels,

00:24:42.219 --> 00:24:43.099
 this is why

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.459
 we don't

00:24:43.459 --> 00:24:44.359
 worship angels.

00:24:45.459 --> 00:24:45.979
 And I'm not

00:24:45.979 --> 00:24:46.319
 saying you're

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:46.739
 tempted to

00:24:46.739 --> 00:24:47.039
 do that,

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.619
 but I think

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.239
 it's good to

00:24:48.239 --> 00:24:49.539
 realize what

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:49.819
 we're doing

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:50.039
 here.

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.299
 Firstly,

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:53.099
 Paul forbids

00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:53.759
 the worship

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.399
 of angels in

00:24:54.399 --> 00:24:55.079
 Colossians 2.

00:24:55.159 --> 00:24:55.459
 3.

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.579
 But also,

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.539
 angels are

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.500
 not made

00:24:59.500 --> 00:24:59.819
 to be

00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:00.319
 worshipped.

00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:01.839
 They are

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.380
 made to

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:03.019
 serve us,

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.619
 serve the

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:04.240
 church.

00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:05.359
 They're

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:06.900
 made to

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:08.559
 help us

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.500
 worship God.

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.519
 And so

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:12.019
 to worship

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.579
 them, it

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:12.859
 would be

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.220
 utterly

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:13.940
 upside down,

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.140
 wouldn't

00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.299
 it?

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:17.240
 But also,

00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:17.819
 third thing,

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.799
 don't pray

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.420
 to angels.

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.420
 So God

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:22.599
 uses angels,

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.420
 but that

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:25.240
 doesn't mean

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.339
 we pray to

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:26.960
 angels for

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.119
 help.

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.279
 No,

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:29.420
 we pray to

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:30.039
 God for

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.200
 help.

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.639
 That's how

00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:31.420
 Jesus teaches

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:31.819
 us.

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:32.920
 And then

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:34.059
 God responds

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.639
 as he likes,

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.139
 whether he

00:25:35.139 --> 00:25:35.700
 uses angels

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.099
 or not.

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:36.680
 We don't

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.079
 really know

00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:37.879
 how he

00:25:37.879 --> 00:25:38.200
 works,

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.500
 if he

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:38.899
 does work

00:25:38.899 --> 00:25:39.740
 when he

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.319
 uses angels.

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.700
 But we

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.220
 pray to

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.639
 God,

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.339
 and then he

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:44.819
 helps us

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.160
 in whatever

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.519
 way he

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:45.839
 likes.

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.899
 Which brings

00:25:47.899 --> 00:25:48.220
 me to the

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:48.819
 final application,

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:49.660
 focus on

00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:49.940
 God,

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.519
 not angels.

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:52.579
 God

00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:52.740
 in all

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.059
 this,

00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:54.200
 we start

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.700
 thinking about

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.059
 these things,

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.480
 it's easy to

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.119
 get carried

00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:58.019
 away with

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.299
 all this,

00:25:58.379 --> 00:25:58.660
 isn't it?

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:00.879
 God has

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.700
 told us

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.259
 about angels,

00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:02.859
 he's told us

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.319
 remarkable

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:03.779
 things,

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.099
 that there

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.619
 are things

00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:05.059
 to know

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.680
 about them,

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.019
 but the

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.839
 point isn't

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.559
 to focus

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.039
 on them,

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.480
 it's to

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:11.059
 focus on

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.480
 God.

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:13.619
 It's to

00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:14.619
 realise he

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:15.279
 is in

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.740
 charge of

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.440
 this heavenly

00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:16.920
 host.

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.980
 He is

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.660
 in complete

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:20.039
 power and

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.800
 control over

00:26:20.800 --> 00:26:21.420
 this spiritual

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:21.960
 world,

00:26:22.320 --> 00:26:23.480
 and he's

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.220
 made these

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.980
 angels to

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:26.080
 serve you.

00:26:27.580 --> 00:26:28.180
 He is

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:29.080
 doing heavenly

00:26:29.080 --> 00:26:30.160
 majestic

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:31.019
 things all

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.620
 for you

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.080
 and your

00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:32.580
 salvation.

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.279
 And so

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.100
 that is

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:37.000
 angels in

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.539
 a nutshell.

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.820
 I'll pause

00:26:39.820 --> 00:26:40.039
 there for

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.460
 questions,

00:26:40.560 --> 00:26:40.800
 actually,

00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:41.160
 and then

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:41.940
 we'll move

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.340
 on to

00:26:42.340 --> 00:26:43.160
 humans and

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:43.460
 the devil.

00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.240
 How long

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.400
 have we

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:44.620
 got?

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.200
 Okay,

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.519
 for time.

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:54.259
 Oh,

00:26:54.360 --> 00:26:54.460
 yeah,

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:54.800
 Lancashire.

00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:56.140
 Yes,

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.320
 so,

00:26:56.560 --> 00:26:58.080
 what do you

00:26:58.080 --> 00:26:59.060
 talk of the

00:26:59.060 --> 00:26:59.380
 cup,

00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:00.039
 or the

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.380
 Hebrew

00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:01.860
 cherubim,

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:03.180
 and going

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:03.539
 into

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.960
 1712,

00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:05.440
 16

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.480
 cherubim,

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:07.460
 what do you

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:07.900
 think is

00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.600
 the significance

00:27:08.600 --> 00:27:09.400
 of that

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:10.080
 cherubim

00:27:10.080 --> 00:27:10.560
 and the

00:27:10.560 --> 00:27:11.100
 ancient

00:27:11.100 --> 00:27:11.539
 carved

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:11.600
 ones?

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.960
 You mean

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.860
 the golden

00:27:13.860 --> 00:27:14.740
 carved

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.160
 ones?

00:27:15.820 --> 00:27:16.060
 No,

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.379
 not the

00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:16.639
 golden

00:27:16.639 --> 00:27:17.019
 cut.

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:17.579
 No,

00:27:17.639 --> 00:27:17.740
 no,

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:17.919
 so,

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.059
 no,

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:18.460
 the golden

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:18.819
 cut,

00:27:18.919 --> 00:27:19.019
 like,

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:19.240
 the,

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:20.039
 the,

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.059
 the,

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.919
 the,

00:27:20.919 --> 00:27:21.519
 the cherubim

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.200
 manufactured

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:23.559
 on the lid

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.119
 of the covenant,

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.440
 is that,

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:24.879
 is that what you're

00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:25.399
 referring to?

00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:26.140
 Yeah,

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.140


00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.200
 yeah,

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:29.640
 yeah,

00:27:29.780 --> 00:27:30.740
 what's the

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.320
 significance of

00:27:31.320 --> 00:27:31.580
 that?

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:32.940
 And,

00:27:33.320 --> 00:27:33.560
 yeah,

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:33.860
 okay,

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.100
 so,

00:27:34.540 --> 00:27:35.600
 what Lacta's

00:27:35.600 --> 00:27:35.940
 asking,

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:36.820
 there are,

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.700
 when the

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.600
 tabernacle is

00:27:38.600 --> 00:27:39.240
 made and the

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.560
 Ark of the

00:27:39.560 --> 00:27:39.820
 Covenant,

00:27:40.540 --> 00:27:41.140
 they,

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:42.500
 they carve on

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.259
 the lid of the

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.700
 Ark of the

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:43.960
 Covenant,

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:44.840
 there are kind of

00:27:44.840 --> 00:27:45.720
 two cherubim

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.960
 with their wings

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.800
 doing that,

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:49.980
 and that

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.880
 kind of over the

00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:51.100
 lid,

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:52.899
 and God

00:27:52.899 --> 00:27:53.799
 said to dwell

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.000
 there,

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.439
 that's the

00:27:54.439 --> 00:27:55.259
 mercy seat,

00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:56.819
 kind of where

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.539
 God's presence

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.039
 is kind of

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.539
 particularly

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:59.279
 intensified.

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:00.719
 Why

00:28:00.719 --> 00:28:01.419
 cherubim?

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.539
 One,

00:28:05.639 --> 00:28:06.219
 I don't know,

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:07.000
 but I can have

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.419
 some guesses.

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.539
 The whole of

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.079
 the tabernacle

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:10.939
 is designed

00:28:10.939 --> 00:28:11.740
 like heaven,

00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:12.459
 like,

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:12.819
 there's,

00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:13.199
 so,

00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:13.740
 the,

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:17.419
 the veil,

00:28:17.699 --> 00:28:18.299
 kind of between

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:19.299
 the holy place

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:20.299
 and the holy

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:20.879
 of holies,

00:28:21.419 --> 00:28:22.039
 it's kind of

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.859
 embroidered with

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:23.759
 angels on it,

00:28:24.399 --> 00:28:24.719
 and so,

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:26.179
 the whole tabernacle

00:28:26.179 --> 00:28:26.899
 is meant to be

00:28:26.899 --> 00:28:27.359
 like a little

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:28.259
 picture of heaven,

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:29.119
 it's a mini

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.500
 heaven,

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.899
 or kind of a

00:28:30.899 --> 00:28:31.759
 reflection of,

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:32.559
 because that's

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.199
 where God dwells,

00:28:33.219 --> 00:28:33.579
 that's where he

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.399
 specially dwells,

00:28:34.439 --> 00:28:35.119
 just like we saw

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:35.859
 in our session

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.419
 on heaven a few

00:28:36.419 --> 00:28:36.839
 weeks ago,

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:38.219
 and so,

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.359
 God is saying,

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.279
 I specially

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:41.240
 dwell in the

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.919
 heaven of heavens,

00:28:42.699 --> 00:28:43.859
 and this tabernacle

00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:44.759
 is going to be

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.419
 like that,

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.099
 I'm going to

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:47.079
 specially dwell here,

00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:47.699
 and so,

00:28:47.939 --> 00:28:48.699
 the presence of

00:28:48.699 --> 00:28:50.179
 images of angels

00:28:50.179 --> 00:28:50.959
 in that place

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.180
 is,

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.799
 it's not

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.279
 surprising,

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:52.900
 it's a mini

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:53.400
 picture of heaven,

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.640
 but why on top

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:55.079
 of the mercy

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.519
 seat,

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:56.519
 maybe an

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.140
 extension of

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:57.440
 that,

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:59.100
 Paul says

00:28:59.100 --> 00:29:00.519
 that angels

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.220
 are kind of

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:02.160
 intermediaries,

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.559
 they're kind of

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:04.180
 mediators between,

00:29:04.840 --> 00:29:05.299
 yeah,

00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:05.900
 in God's

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.360
 revelation,

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:06.980
 so it could be

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.380
 something to do

00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:07.860
 with that,

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.680
 I don't know,

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.200
 good question,

00:29:09.600 --> 00:29:09.740
 yeah,

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:11.539
 come up with an

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:11.779
 answer,

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.380
 and come back

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:12.740
 in January,

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:24.460
 good question,

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:26.059
 yeah,

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:32.779
 really good

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.099
 question,

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:34.200
 yeah,

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:35.259
 I was hoping

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.579
 someone would

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:35.859
 ask that,

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.200
 that's good,

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:37.400
 so there

00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:38.519
 are times in

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.000
 scripture,

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.200
 and I

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.580
 mentioned this

00:29:40.580 --> 00:29:41.140
 in our

00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:43.120
 adult Sunday

00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:43.519
 school in the

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:43.860
 Trinity,

00:29:44.600 --> 00:29:44.940
 there are

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.559
 sometimes in

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.039
 scripture that

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:47.259
 there is a

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:48.380
 figure referred to

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:48.700
 as the

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.480
 angel of the

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.779
 Lord,

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:50.279
 right,

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.559
 L-O-R-D,

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.100
 capital,

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.700
 angel of the

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:52.860
 Lord,

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:55.500
 and that

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.959
 figure seems

00:29:56.959 --> 00:29:57.619
 to be God

00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:58.039
 himself,

00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.779
 so there are

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.939
 characters called

00:30:00.939 --> 00:30:02.059
 angels that

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.539
 seem to be

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:03.279
 separate from

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.819
 God and

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:05.079
 sent out by

00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:05.579
 God that

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.839
 aren't identified

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.379
 with him,

00:30:07.959 --> 00:30:08.599
 but there seems

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:09.179
 to be also

00:30:09.179 --> 00:30:09.959
 sometimes this

00:30:09.959 --> 00:30:10.399
 figure called

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:11.179
 the angel of

00:30:11.179 --> 00:30:11.819
 the Lord

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:13.619
 that is

00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:14.699
 sent from

00:30:14.699 --> 00:30:14.959
 God,

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:16.439
 but is also

00:30:16.439 --> 00:30:17.639
 identified with

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:17.919
 God,

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.240
 like,

00:30:18.699 --> 00:30:19.199
 referred to

00:30:19.199 --> 00:30:19.579
 as God

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:19.799
 himself,

00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:20.079
 I don't

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.439
 have any

00:30:20.439 --> 00:30:21.240
 verses here,

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:22.159
 it's in the

00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:22.479
 Exodus,

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.079
 you'll see

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:23.299
 that in

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:23.660
 the Exodus,

00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:25.579
 you'll see

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:25.779
 it with

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.279
 Abraham,

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:29.200
 and so,

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:29.660
 yeah,

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.339
 how are we

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:31.259
 to think of

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.940
 that angel

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.500
 of the Lord,

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.079
 yeah,

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:33.720
 it seems to

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.019
 be something

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.720
 quite unique

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.079
 about that,

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:35.819
 it seems to

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.960
 be God

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:38.220
 himself coming

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:38.599
 down,

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.720
 but referred

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:40.500
 to as the

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.120
 angel of the

00:30:41.120 --> 00:30:41.400
 Lord,

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:42.360
 and I,

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:42.720
 yeah,

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.440
 I think you're

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:43.860
 right to say

00:30:43.860 --> 00:30:44.299
 that that

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:46.099
 hints at

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:47.220
 the second

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.559
 person of

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:47.940
 the Trinity,

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:48.460
 it's,

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.720
 we see

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.160
 kind of a

00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:51.680
 glimpse in

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:51.860
 the Old

00:30:51.860 --> 00:30:52.279
 Testament of

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.859
 us,

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.700
 someone can

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.299
 be sent

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:55.119
 from God

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:56.079
 and also

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:56.720
 be God,

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.839
 and so it's

00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:58.279
 kind of a

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:59.220
 kind of a

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.879
 foreshadow of

00:30:59.879 --> 00:31:00.220
 Christ,

00:31:00.399 --> 00:31:00.639
 yeah,

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.500
 Judy.

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:03.099
 In Genesis

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:03.899
 32,

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:05.460
 the angel

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.339
 is described

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:07.240
 as a man,

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:09.680
 but it's

00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:10.180
 in the

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:10.639
 heading,

00:31:10.899 --> 00:31:11.299
 the Bible

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:11.700
 heading,

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:14.420
 it's described

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:15.079
 as God,

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:15.519
 it says,

00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:15.920
 Jacob

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.379
 rested

00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:17.139
 with God,

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:18.559
 so,

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.799
 yeah,

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:19.799


00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.919
 yeah,

00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:23.919
 yeah,

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.619
 yeah,

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.179
 yeah,

00:31:25.179 --> 00:31:25.419
 that's a

00:31:25.419 --> 00:31:25.779
 good point,

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.099
 yeah,

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.200
 yeah,

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:28.139
 just with

00:31:28.139 --> 00:31:28.980
 the use

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.599
 of angel,

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:31.639
 we should

00:31:31.639 --> 00:31:33.139
 read it in

00:31:33.139 --> 00:31:33.519
 context,

00:31:33.639 --> 00:31:34.000
 remember I

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.519
 said angel

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.240
 could mean

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:36.399
 angel as in

00:31:36.399 --> 00:31:37.019
 heavenly angel

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:38.539
 or messenger,

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.539
 human messenger

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.319
 sometimes like in

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:40.779
 James 2,

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:42.839
 so you could

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:43.299
 add a third

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.899
 category of

00:31:43.899 --> 00:31:44.639
 what we need

00:31:44.639 --> 00:31:44.980
 to kind of

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.740
 think about

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.559
 and read in

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:46.899
 context,

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.619
 also it could

00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:48.319
 be the angel

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:48.859
 of the Lord

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:49.720
 God himself,

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:50.500
 so,

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.000
 yeah,

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:52.000
 just read in

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.639
 context when

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:53.119
 we encounter

00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:53.539
 the word,

00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:54.279
 yeah.

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.460
 Anything else?

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.240
 We can do

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.700
 questions at the

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.139
 end as well,

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:04.639
 let's try to

00:32:04.639 --> 00:32:05.480
 finish with

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:06.139
 this next

00:32:06.139 --> 00:32:06.399
 section,

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:06.819
 demons

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:08.299
 and the

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:08.579
 devil.

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:09.879
 Now I

00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:10.579
 think this

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:11.240
 deserves its

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:11.899
 own session,

00:32:12.439 --> 00:32:12.799
 in fact I

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.059
 think we

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.539
 might do a

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.000
 Sunday school

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.599
 next year,

00:32:14.679 --> 00:32:15.319
 I've got

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:15.639
 something in

00:32:15.639 --> 00:32:15.960
 my head,

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.599
 I'm planning,

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:18.339
 maybe do a

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:18.740
 Sunday school

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.460
 on God's

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:20.019
 providence

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.819
 and suffering,

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:23.339
 and I

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:23.919
 think demons

00:32:23.919 --> 00:32:24.159
 and the

00:32:24.159 --> 00:32:25.059
 devil would

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:26.079
 be a

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:27.139
 whole session

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:28.240
 of that,

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:30.379
 but let me

00:32:30.379 --> 00:32:30.939
 just do a

00:32:30.939 --> 00:32:31.579
 quick breakdown

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:32.179
 of who or

00:32:32.179 --> 00:32:33.839
 what demons

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.199
 and the

00:32:34.199 --> 00:32:34.679
 devil are.

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:36.059
 So Peter

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:37.279
 and Jude

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:38.779
 tell us God

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:40.379
 created angels

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:41.540
 and two

00:32:41.540 --> 00:32:42.160
 Peter two

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:42.980
 that some

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:44.320
 angels fell

00:32:44.320 --> 00:32:45.060
 into sin.

00:32:45.760 --> 00:32:46.260
 God did

00:32:46.260 --> 00:32:46.660
 not spare

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.140
 angels when

00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:47.680
 they sinned

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.760
 but cast

00:32:48.760 --> 00:32:49.340
 them into

00:32:49.340 --> 00:32:50.680
 hell and

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:51.220
 committed them

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:51.760
 to chains

00:32:51.760 --> 00:32:52.300
 of gloomy

00:32:52.300 --> 00:32:53.000
 darkness to

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.420
 be kept

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:53.920
 until the

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.240
 judgment.

00:32:55.580 --> 00:32:55.900
 And Jude

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.380
 six,

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:57.060
 the angels

00:32:57.060 --> 00:32:57.740
 who did

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.140
 not stay

00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:58.600
 within their

00:32:58.600 --> 00:32:59.140
 own position

00:32:59.140 --> 00:32:59.580
 of authority

00:32:59.580 --> 00:33:00.480
 but left

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:01.000
 their proper

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.860
 dwelling place.

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.500
 There seems

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:04.860
 to be that

00:33:04.860 --> 00:33:05.380
 there was a

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:06.480
 fall of

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:07.580
 angels from

00:33:07.580 --> 00:33:08.100
 heaven at

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.619
 some point.

00:33:09.659 --> 00:33:10.099
 Now we

00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:10.419
 don't know

00:33:10.419 --> 00:33:10.859
 when,

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.379
 probably some

00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:13.199
 point after

00:33:13.199 --> 00:33:13.919
 day six of

00:33:13.919 --> 00:33:14.500
 creation because

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:14.959
 everything was

00:33:14.959 --> 00:33:15.439
 very good at

00:33:15.439 --> 00:33:15.679
 the end of

00:33:15.679 --> 00:33:16.219
 day six.

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:18.439
 So sometime

00:33:18.439 --> 00:33:19.259
 between then

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:19.879
 and then the

00:33:19.879 --> 00:33:20.500
 fall in

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.939
 Eden where

00:33:21.939 --> 00:33:22.279
 the devil

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:22.740
 appears.

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:25.159
 And those

00:33:25.159 --> 00:33:26.379
 angels were

00:33:26.379 --> 00:33:27.439
 thrown into

00:33:27.439 --> 00:33:28.059
 hell, it

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.579
 says here.

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.480
 But at the

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.019
 same time

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:33.539
 fallen angels

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.839
 seem to be

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:36.179
 the demons

00:33:36.179 --> 00:33:37.079
 and unclean

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.899
 spirits that

00:33:37.899 --> 00:33:38.459
 we meet in

00:33:38.459 --> 00:33:39.119
 the gospels.

00:33:40.399 --> 00:33:41.399
 So angels

00:33:41.399 --> 00:33:42.339
 are spirits

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.799
 aren't they?

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:44.099
 That's Hebrews

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:44.419
 1.

00:33:44.959 --> 00:33:45.599
 But the

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:46.240
 demons in

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:47.319
 the gospels

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:48.240
 are called

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:49.099
 unclean

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.779
 spirits.

00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:51.779
 They seem

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.139
 to be

00:33:52.139 --> 00:33:52.779
 unclean

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:53.579
 evil

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:54.579
 versions

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:55.399
 of what

00:33:55.399 --> 00:33:55.980
 angels are.

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:57.519
 And so

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:58.500
 nothing is

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.659
 explicit here

00:33:59.659 --> 00:34:00.720
 but it

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.740
 seems like

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.519
 demons are

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:03.299
 fallen angels.

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.419
 angels.

00:34:04.419 --> 00:34:05.240
 And also

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:06.039
 Jesus speaks

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.940
 of in

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.480
 Matthew 25

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.239
 the eternal

00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:09.579
 fire prepared

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.659
 for the devil

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.179
 and his

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.639
 angels.

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.699
 So the

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:14.259
 devil's

00:34:14.259 --> 00:34:14.800
 minions,

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:16.639
 the things

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.019
 that he

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.579
 leads are

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.099
 called his

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.659
 angels.

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.460
 But those

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:20.840
 things also

00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:21.420
 seem to be

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:21.880
 unclean

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.500
 spirits and

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:22.880
 demons.

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.259
 And so

00:34:24.259 --> 00:34:25.820
 maybe we

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:26.139
 can add

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.579
 these things

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:27.259
 together and

00:34:27.259 --> 00:34:28.380
 maybe gather

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:29.279
 that probably

00:34:29.279 --> 00:34:30.320
 fallen angels

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:31.039
 are the

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.559
 demons and

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:32.099
 the unclean

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:32.559
 spirits.

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:35.480
 And a

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:35.780
 bit like

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.039
 angels,

00:34:36.200 --> 00:34:36.720
 they can

00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:37.039
 do

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.519
 supernatural

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.480
 things

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:39.900
 except that

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:40.400
 they're out

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:40.780
 to cause

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:41.320
 harm.

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.240
 So Mark

00:34:42.240 --> 00:34:42.460
 and I,

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:42.860
 they can

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.560
 take possession

00:34:43.560 --> 00:34:44.160
 of people

00:34:44.160 --> 00:34:45.580
 and control

00:34:45.580 --> 00:34:46.100
 people in

00:34:46.100 --> 00:34:46.640
 their minds.

00:34:46.740 --> 00:34:47.100
 They can

00:34:47.100 --> 00:34:48.200
 give people

00:34:48.200 --> 00:34:49.260
 super strength

00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:49.840
 in Mark

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.220
 5.

00:34:51.180 --> 00:34:51.920
 They have

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:52.440
 special

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:53.280
 knowledge about

00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:54.440
 Jesus in

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:55.260
 Mark 5

00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:55.600
 7.

00:34:57.140 --> 00:34:57.940
 And again,

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:59.480
 like angels,

00:35:00.180 --> 00:35:00.980
 demons are

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.400
 real.

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:01.460
 people.

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:03.220
 So these

00:35:03.220 --> 00:35:03.820
 accounts in

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:04.559
 the Gospels,

00:35:05.700 --> 00:35:07.000
 you must

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.420
 not think

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:07.820
 that these

00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:08.280
 are really

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:09.180
 just epileptic

00:35:09.180 --> 00:35:10.980
 fits, but

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.960
 the writers

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.940
 just call

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.960
 them demonic

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.599
 activity.

00:35:15.660 --> 00:35:16.579
 Mark is

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:17.019
 very clear,

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:18.139
 these are

00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:18.619
 demons.

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:21.059
 Demons are

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.539
 real.

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:24.200
 And their

00:35:24.200 --> 00:35:24.880
 head, their

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:26.059
 leader, is

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.599
 the devil.

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:26.639
 evil.

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:27.799
 So Jesus,

00:35:28.279 --> 00:35:28.719
 in Matthew

00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:29.380
 25 again,

00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:29.880
 he speaks

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:30.179
 of these

00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:30.900
 evil forces

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:31.659
 as the

00:35:31.659 --> 00:35:32.319
 devil and

00:35:32.319 --> 00:35:32.900
 his angels.

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:35.679
 Okay, that's

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.059
 a quick

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:36.759
 overview of

00:35:36.759 --> 00:35:37.059
 demons.

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:38.380
 But now,

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:39.739
 who or what

00:35:39.739 --> 00:35:40.139
 is the

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:40.420
 devil?

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.779
 Well, like

00:35:42.779 --> 00:35:44.339
 demons, the

00:35:44.339 --> 00:35:46.000
 devil could

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.699
 well be a

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:47.539
 fallen angel.

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.559
 So Jesus

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:49.019
 says in

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.559
 Luke 10

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:49.980
 18,

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:51.380
 I saw

00:35:51.380 --> 00:35:52.739
 Satan fall

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:53.440
 like lightning

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:53.980
 from heaven.

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:56.519
 Now, when

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:57.099
 did he fall?

00:35:57.240 --> 00:35:57.559
 When did

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.000
 Jesus see

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.119
 him?

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:59.300
 Again, it

00:35:59.300 --> 00:35:59.760
 must be

00:35:59.760 --> 00:36:00.480
 some point

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.119
 between day

00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:01.500
 six of

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.380
 creation and

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:02.719
 when he

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:03.240
 appears in

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:04.840
 the garden

00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:05.199
 as the

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:05.480
 serpent.

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:06.840
 So at

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:07.440
 some point

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:08.260
 between that,

00:36:08.260 --> 00:36:08.500
 we don't

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:08.820
 even know

00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.240
 how long

00:36:09.240 --> 00:36:09.659
 that period

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:10.019
 is.

00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:12.679
 And why

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:13.079
 did he

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:13.400
 fall?

00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:15.460
 We don't

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:15.719
 know.

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:17.980
 Jude 6

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.400
 says that

00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:19.139
 these angels

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:21.679
 didn't keep

00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:22.480
 their position

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:23.139
 of authority.

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.579
 So it

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:24.900
 could well

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.420
 be to do

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:27.400
 something to

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:27.800
 do with

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:29.059
 pride,

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:30.719
 despising

00:36:30.719 --> 00:36:31.099
 God's

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.860
 authority over

00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:32.380
 the angels,

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:33.119
 but ultimately

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:33.840
 we don't

00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:34.219
 know that

00:36:34.219 --> 00:36:34.519
 this is

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:34.820
 kind of a

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:35.539
 real mystery

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:36.960
 of what

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.480
 caused it.

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:39.159
 But we

00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:39.559
 do know

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:40.240
 his mission.

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:41.980
 If angels

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:42.619
 exist to

00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:42.980
 serve the

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.199
 church,

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:43.579
 Satan

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:44.480
 exists to

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:45.320
 destroy it.

00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:47.000
 So 1 Peter

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:47.780
 5, he's

00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:48.280
 like a

00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:49.000
 lion in

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.780
 this world

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:51.059
 seeking to

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:51.420
 devour

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:52.059
 Christians.

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.299
 Christians

00:36:52.299 --> 00:36:54.559
 by destroying

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:54.960
 their faith,

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:55.480
 particularly

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:56.179
 by fear

00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:56.980
 of persecution.

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:57.659
 That's

00:36:57.659 --> 00:36:58.159
 what 1 Peter

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.460
 is really

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:58.679
 pushing

00:36:58.679 --> 00:36:58.980
 home.

00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:01.219
 And he

00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:02.079
 blinds the

00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:02.599
 minds of

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:03.299
 unbelievers

00:37:03.299 --> 00:37:03.980
 to not

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:04.619
 see the

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:04.960
 light of

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:05.380
 the gospel,

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:05.980
 2 Corinthians

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.360
 4.

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:08.840
 He schemes

00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:09.460
 and plots

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:10.139
 and attacks

00:37:10.139 --> 00:37:10.779
 Christians to

00:37:10.779 --> 00:37:11.219
 fall away

00:37:11.219 --> 00:37:11.519
 from the

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:11.739
 faith,

00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:12.099
 Ephesians

00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:12.559
 6.

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:15.299
 So he's

00:37:15.299 --> 00:37:16.000
 active,

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:16.940
 real in

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:17.820
 this world,

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:18.619
 kind of in

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:19.139
 the behind

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:19.739
 the scenes

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:20.000
 of the

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.459
 invisible

00:37:20.459 --> 00:37:20.859
 spiritual

00:37:20.859 --> 00:37:21.099
 realm,

00:37:21.439 --> 00:37:22.219
 but active

00:37:22.219 --> 00:37:22.679
 here.

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:25.199
 And he

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:25.739
 does have

00:37:25.739 --> 00:37:26.439
 some power

00:37:26.439 --> 00:37:26.879
 to do

00:37:26.879 --> 00:37:27.299
 this.

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.559
 So the

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:29.099
 Bible calls

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:29.699
 him the

00:37:29.699 --> 00:37:30.259
 god of

00:37:30.259 --> 00:37:31.119
 this world.

00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:32.339
 Now,

00:37:32.419 --> 00:37:32.899
 small letter

00:37:32.899 --> 00:37:33.159
 G,

00:37:33.299 --> 00:37:33.579
 we know

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:33.939
 there's only

00:37:33.939 --> 00:37:34.459
 one god,

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:35.139
 but he

00:37:35.139 --> 00:37:35.619
 has some

00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:36.139
 authority,

00:37:36.279 --> 00:37:36.719
 some power

00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:37.000
 in this

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.279
 world.

00:37:37.859 --> 00:37:38.439
 And he's

00:37:38.439 --> 00:37:38.759
 called the

00:37:38.759 --> 00:37:39.379
 prince of

00:37:39.379 --> 00:37:39.799
 the power

00:37:39.799 --> 00:37:40.059
 of the

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:40.439
 air in

00:37:40.439 --> 00:37:40.799
 Ephesians

00:37:40.799 --> 00:37:41.159
 2.

00:37:42.839 --> 00:37:43.139
 And so

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:43.659
 Satan

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:44.659
 is really,

00:37:44.859 --> 00:37:46.039
 he's able

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:47.079
 to control

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.939
 things and

00:37:47.939 --> 00:37:48.939
 influence people

00:37:48.939 --> 00:37:49.239
 in this

00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:49.599
 world.

00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:51.059
 We don't

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.479
 know exactly

00:37:51.479 --> 00:37:52.579
 how all

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:53.139
 this works.

00:37:53.279 --> 00:37:53.819
 It's not as

00:37:53.819 --> 00:37:54.299
 simple as

00:37:54.299 --> 00:37:54.859
 that he

00:37:54.859 --> 00:37:55.479
 takes possession

00:37:55.479 --> 00:37:55.899
 of people

00:37:55.899 --> 00:37:56.159
 and they're

00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:56.500
 kind of like

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:57.119
 robots and

00:37:57.119 --> 00:37:57.500
 they'll do

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:57.919
 things.

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:58.159
 No,

00:37:58.279 --> 00:37:58.639
 it's not

00:37:58.639 --> 00:37:59.719
 quite like

00:37:59.719 --> 00:37:59.859
 that.

00:37:59.959 --> 00:38:00.539
 It's more

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:01.439
 subtle and

00:38:01.439 --> 00:38:02.299
 deceptive.

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:03.500
 And it

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:03.979
 isn't as

00:38:03.979 --> 00:38:04.439
 easy to say,

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:04.619
 oh,

00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:05.519
 that's Satan

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:06.099
 working right

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:06.379
 there,

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:06.679
 you know,

00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:07.500
 he's directly

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:08.159
 active there.

00:38:08.359 --> 00:38:09.119
 It's not

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:10.119
 quite as

00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:10.599
 simple as

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:10.939
 that.

00:38:11.339 --> 00:38:11.739
 Although we

00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:13.459
 can obviously

00:38:13.459 --> 00:38:14.199
 see Satan's

00:38:14.199 --> 00:38:14.579
 work at

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.099
 sometimes.

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:17.099
 But sometimes

00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:17.639
 it may not

00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:18.000
 be Satan

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.419
 at work.

00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:20.840
 But we

00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:21.019
 need to

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.740
 realize his

00:38:21.740 --> 00:38:22.340
 influence is

00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:23.039
 widespread.

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:25.000
 It's on an

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:26.099
 individual level,

00:38:26.780 --> 00:38:27.539
 Ephesians 6,

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:28.400
 as he schemes

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:29.320
 against individual

00:38:29.320 --> 00:38:29.820
 Christians.

00:38:29.820 --> 00:38:29.960
 Christians.

00:38:31.220 --> 00:38:32.019
 It's on a

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:33.000
 wider level as

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:33.660
 he tries to

00:38:33.660 --> 00:38:34.080
 take down

00:38:34.080 --> 00:38:34.680
 churches.

00:38:34.680 --> 00:38:35.340
 We see that

00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:36.480
 in Revelation

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:38.000
 2, in all

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.620
 the persecution

00:38:38.620 --> 00:38:39.059
 that's going

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:39.400
 on.

00:38:40.600 --> 00:38:41.220
 And it's

00:38:41.220 --> 00:38:41.720
 also on a

00:38:41.720 --> 00:38:42.740
 global scale,

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:44.360
 as Satan

00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:46.180
 blinds billions

00:38:46.180 --> 00:38:47.200
 of sinners

00:38:47.200 --> 00:38:47.800
 to the

00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:48.200
 gospel.

00:38:49.580 --> 00:38:50.100
 And Ephesians

00:38:50.100 --> 00:38:50.660
 2 even says

00:38:50.660 --> 00:38:51.280
 that every

00:38:51.280 --> 00:38:52.280
 unbeliever,

00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:53.700
 however kind

00:38:53.700 --> 00:38:54.539
 of nice and

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:54.940
 normal they

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:55.559
 seem, every

00:38:55.559 --> 00:38:56.360
 unbeliever is

00:38:56.360 --> 00:38:57.019
 ultimately

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:58.519
 following the

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:58.880
 devil in

00:38:58.880 --> 00:38:59.300
 their sin.

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:01.519
 And so

00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:02.059
 spiritual

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:03.159
 warfare, it's

00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:03.719
 a reality.

00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:05.559
 There is an

00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:06.860
 invisible spiritual

00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:07.519
 aspect to

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:08.039
 creation and

00:39:08.039 --> 00:39:09.179
 angels, the

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:10.500
 demons and

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:11.579
 Satan are at

00:39:11.579 --> 00:39:13.400
 work in

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:13.860
 that realm.

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:15.820
 And so we

00:39:15.820 --> 00:39:16.460
 should be aware

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:17.039
 of this.

00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:19.019
 We must not

00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:19.759
 think that we

00:39:19.759 --> 00:39:20.380
 live in an

00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:21.519
 easy temptation

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:22.460
 free life.

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:23.840
 No, the

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:24.500
 devil and his

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:25.539
 forces are out

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:26.619
 there trying to

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:27.139
 destroy the

00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:27.579
 church.

00:39:29.679 --> 00:39:30.379
 But I want

00:39:30.379 --> 00:39:30.699
 to end on

00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:31.000
 this.

00:39:31.819 --> 00:39:32.500
 We know

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:33.719
 ultimately they

00:39:33.719 --> 00:39:34.719
 won't destroy

00:39:34.719 --> 00:39:35.259
 the church.

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:37.500
 God is more

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:38.239
 powerful than

00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:38.619
 the devil.

00:39:38.819 --> 00:39:39.940
 Satan's power

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:40.900
 is limited.

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:42.619
 He's under

00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:43.339
 God's authority

00:39:43.339 --> 00:39:43.960
 and he can

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:44.980
 only do as

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:45.759
 much as God

00:39:45.759 --> 00:39:46.279
 allows.

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.719
 So think of

00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:48.460
 Job in Job

00:39:48.460 --> 00:39:48.739
 1.

00:39:49.500 --> 00:39:50.119
 When Satan

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:50.679
 attacks Job,

00:39:50.739 --> 00:39:51.619
 he can only

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:52.539
 do so with

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.059
 God's permission.

00:39:53.219 --> 00:39:53.779
 He has to

00:39:53.779 --> 00:39:54.659
 ask God to

00:39:54.659 --> 00:39:55.119
 do that.

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:55.159
 God.

00:39:56.319 --> 00:39:56.579
 And so

00:39:56.579 --> 00:39:57.319
 Satan is

00:39:57.319 --> 00:39:58.199
 like a dog

00:39:58.199 --> 00:39:58.639
 on a leash.

00:39:58.779 --> 00:39:59.519
 Martin Luther,

00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:00.359
 the reformer,

00:40:00.799 --> 00:40:01.239
 he once said

00:40:01.239 --> 00:40:01.920
 that Satan is

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.900
 God's devil.

00:40:03.960 --> 00:40:04.739
 He's not his

00:40:04.739 --> 00:40:05.380
 own separate

00:40:05.380 --> 00:40:05.619
 God.

00:40:05.699 --> 00:40:06.460
 He is God's

00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:06.699
 devil.

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.519
 And so God

00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:09.079
 is the real

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:09.639
 one in charge

00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:10.199
 and one day

00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:11.259
 Satan will be

00:40:11.259 --> 00:40:11.759
 thrown into

00:40:11.759 --> 00:40:12.019
 hell.

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:14.559
 And so God

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:15.219
 has his

00:40:15.219 --> 00:40:15.859
 sovereign hand

00:40:15.859 --> 00:40:16.579
 over everything

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:17.139
 that happens

00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:17.599
 in this world

00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:18.299
 including the

00:40:18.299 --> 00:40:19.019
 devil's work

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:20.199
 and God is

00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:20.639
 in complete

00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:21.279
 control of his

00:40:21.279 --> 00:40:21.500
 church.

00:40:21.659 --> 00:40:22.119
 He's in

00:40:22.119 --> 00:40:23.460
 complete control

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:23.740
 of your

00:40:23.740 --> 00:40:24.220
 life.

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:26.139
 So I don't

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:26.480
 want you to

00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:26.960
 leave today

00:40:26.960 --> 00:40:27.699
 here worried.

00:40:28.220 --> 00:40:28.900
 I want you

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:29.340
 to leave

00:40:29.340 --> 00:40:30.420
 firstly aware,

00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:32.420
 know that this

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:32.860
 is reality,

00:40:33.039 --> 00:40:33.659
 but also I

00:40:33.659 --> 00:40:34.139
 want you to

00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:34.639
 leave knowing

00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:35.539
 that God

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:35.900
 is working

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:36.800
 all these

00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:37.300
 things for

00:40:37.300 --> 00:40:37.519
 the good

00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:37.740
 of his

00:40:37.740 --> 00:40:37.920
 church,

00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:38.780
 using angels

00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:39.599
 and demons

00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:40.039
 and the

00:40:40.039 --> 00:40:40.699
 devil himself,

00:40:41.099 --> 00:40:41.880
 using all

00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:42.500
 these things

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:42.800
 for the

00:40:42.800 --> 00:40:43.440
 ultimate good

00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:43.740
 of his

00:40:43.740 --> 00:40:45.079
 church and

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:45.500
 the glory

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:45.780
 of his

00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:46.059
 name.

00:40:47.280 --> 00:40:47.679
 So I

00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:48.099
 want you to

00:40:48.099 --> 00:40:48.460
 leave here

00:40:48.460 --> 00:40:48.860
 today knowing

00:40:48.860 --> 00:40:49.780
 you have

00:40:49.780 --> 00:40:50.260
 nothing to

00:40:50.260 --> 00:40:50.500
 fear.

00:40:52.780 --> 00:40:53.599
 The piano

00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:54.099
 is definitely

00:40:54.099 --> 00:40:54.480
 playing,

00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:54.860
 isn't it?

00:40:56.260 --> 00:40:56.960
 Let's go

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:57.519
 one or two

00:40:57.519 --> 00:40:57.960
 questions.

00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:03.400
 Chinua.

00:41:03.400 --> 00:41:18.660
 What did

00:41:18.660 --> 00:41:31.340
 Jesus teach us

00:41:31.340 --> 00:41:33.180
 to pray and

00:41:33.180 --> 00:41:33.880
 deliver us

00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:34.360
 from evil?

00:41:34.740 --> 00:41:35.300
 That's one

00:41:35.300 --> 00:41:37.380
 of the basic

00:41:37.380 --> 00:41:38.019
 prayer that we

00:41:38.019 --> 00:41:38.340
 can learn,

00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:38.780
 isn't it?

00:41:39.200 --> 00:41:39.700
 And so one

00:41:39.700 --> 00:41:40.140
 of the basic

00:41:40.140 --> 00:41:40.660
 things we can

00:41:40.660 --> 00:41:41.079
 do, one of

00:41:41.079 --> 00:41:41.220
 the most

00:41:41.220 --> 00:41:41.700
 important things

00:41:41.700 --> 00:41:42.640
 is to pray

00:41:42.640 --> 00:41:43.760
 against the

00:41:43.760 --> 00:41:44.380
 devil's work,

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:44.920
 against the

00:41:44.920 --> 00:41:45.360
 church and

00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:46.079
 in our lives

00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:47.380
 and pray that

00:41:47.380 --> 00:41:48.120
 we will be

00:41:48.120 --> 00:41:48.760
 delivered from

00:41:48.760 --> 00:41:49.500
 his temptation.

00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:50.380
 There's a lot

00:41:50.380 --> 00:41:50.880
 more to say

00:41:50.880 --> 00:41:51.220
 about the

00:41:51.220 --> 00:41:51.760
 devil, how

00:41:51.760 --> 00:41:52.220
 he works

00:41:52.220 --> 00:41:52.760
 temptation

00:41:52.760 --> 00:41:53.559
 and persecution

00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:54.320
 and things

00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:54.579
 like that.

00:41:54.780 --> 00:41:55.220
 So yes,

00:41:55.360 --> 00:41:56.260
 definitely pray

00:41:56.260 --> 00:41:56.820
 against it.

00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:59.059
 What was your

00:41:59.059 --> 00:41:59.559
 other question?

00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:06.559
 I was

00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:08.079
 giving a talk

00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:08.779
 in New Forest,

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:09.400
 I was totally

00:42:09.400 --> 00:42:10.699
 lost and the

00:42:10.699 --> 00:42:11.360
 talk, I was

00:42:11.360 --> 00:42:12.219
 stopped, I had to

00:42:12.219 --> 00:42:13.019
 speak in 15

00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:13.880
 minutes in

00:42:13.880 --> 00:42:15.639
 church and this

00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:16.219
 car came

00:42:16.219 --> 00:42:17.079
 alongside and

00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:17.500
 said, where are

00:42:17.500 --> 00:42:17.719
 you going?

00:42:17.840 --> 00:42:18.320
 I said, there,

00:42:18.400 --> 00:42:18.860
 they said, you're

00:42:18.860 --> 00:42:19.940
 in, they said,

00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:20.599
 just follow me.

00:42:20.739 --> 00:42:21.340
 And I followed

00:42:21.340 --> 00:42:22.639
 this car and

00:42:22.639 --> 00:42:23.460
 it got me there

00:42:23.460 --> 00:42:23.940
 two minutes

00:42:23.940 --> 00:42:24.420
 before I had to

00:42:24.420 --> 00:42:24.699
 speak,

00:42:24.840 --> 00:42:25.159
 literally.

00:42:25.739 --> 00:42:26.420
 And I got out

00:42:26.420 --> 00:42:26.900
 and I wasn't

00:42:26.900 --> 00:42:27.460
 wondering if that

00:42:27.460 --> 00:42:27.940
 was an angel.

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:32.059
 Yeah, we

00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:32.380
 don't know.

00:42:33.760 --> 00:42:34.539
 Yeah, it

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:36.320
 seems to be

00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:38.200
 that angels,

00:42:39.280 --> 00:42:40.220
 so God doesn't

00:42:40.220 --> 00:42:40.679
 have to use

00:42:40.679 --> 00:42:41.280
 angels to do

00:42:41.280 --> 00:42:41.679
 something like

00:42:41.679 --> 00:42:42.039
 that, does

00:42:42.039 --> 00:42:42.220
 he?

00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:43.320
 Like, he can

00:42:43.320 --> 00:42:43.980
 use normal

00:42:43.980 --> 00:42:44.639
 people and

00:42:44.639 --> 00:42:45.400
 craft history

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:46.740
 and events to

00:42:46.740 --> 00:42:47.420
 do that.

00:42:47.800 --> 00:42:48.200
 So we don't

00:42:48.200 --> 00:42:48.480
 have to

00:42:48.480 --> 00:42:48.820
 automatically

00:42:48.820 --> 00:42:49.480
 think that

00:42:49.480 --> 00:42:49.780
 that's an

00:42:49.780 --> 00:42:51.500
 angel, but we

00:42:51.500 --> 00:42:51.900
 don't have the

00:42:51.900 --> 00:42:52.260
 knowledge to

00:42:52.260 --> 00:42:52.679
 say that it's

00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:53.139
 not.

00:42:53.139 --> 00:42:54.980
 it seems to

00:42:54.980 --> 00:42:55.359
 be that

00:42:55.359 --> 00:42:56.579
 there's perhaps

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:57.079
 a bit more

00:42:57.079 --> 00:42:58.299
 of a supernatural

00:42:58.299 --> 00:43:00.159
 aspect to

00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:00.900
 angels.

00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:02.639
 They're perhaps

00:43:02.639 --> 00:43:03.519
 doing stuff more

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:04.219
 behind the

00:43:04.219 --> 00:43:04.759
 scenes.

00:43:06.500 --> 00:43:08.639
 And where we

00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:09.319
 really see them

00:43:09.319 --> 00:43:10.559
 at work, it's

00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:11.400
 in these turning

00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:11.819
 points of

00:43:11.819 --> 00:43:12.219
 redemptive

00:43:12.219 --> 00:43:12.599
 history.

00:43:13.659 --> 00:43:14.299
 But that

00:43:14.299 --> 00:43:14.900
 isn't to say

00:43:14.900 --> 00:43:15.379
 that, yeah,

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:16.440
 Ephesians 1's

00:43:16.440 --> 00:43:16.719
 right, that

00:43:16.719 --> 00:43:17.679
 they're ministering

00:43:17.679 --> 00:43:18.480
 spirits serving

00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:19.159
 the church, so

00:43:19.159 --> 00:43:21.039
 maybe, maybe.

00:43:21.039 --> 00:43:21.920
 I don't want

00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:22.380
 you to leave

00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:22.820
 here kind of

00:43:22.820 --> 00:43:23.759
 superstition,

00:43:23.860 --> 00:43:24.480
 oh, I think

00:43:24.480 --> 00:43:24.920
 that's an angel

00:43:24.920 --> 00:43:25.360
 there, or

00:43:25.360 --> 00:43:25.779
 that, I guess

00:43:25.779 --> 00:43:25.880
 it.

00:43:26.219 --> 00:43:27.279
 Like, it's, like,

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:28.779
 God doesn't have

00:43:28.779 --> 00:43:29.400
 to use angels, he

00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:30.759
 works in so many

00:43:30.759 --> 00:43:32.159
 ways, and he

00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:33.300
 uses the church, he

00:43:33.300 --> 00:43:34.279
 uses people to

00:43:34.279 --> 00:43:35.579
 minister to other

00:43:35.579 --> 00:43:36.239
 Christians, you

00:43:36.239 --> 00:43:36.880
 know, we

00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:37.920
 minister to each

00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:39.259
 other, so, you

00:43:39.259 --> 00:43:39.679
 know, I'm not

00:43:39.679 --> 00:43:40.239
 saying you're all

00:43:40.239 --> 00:43:40.980
 angels, you know.

00:43:42.519 --> 00:43:43.920
 And we don't, and

00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:44.440
 think about the

00:43:44.440 --> 00:43:45.099
 negative side, we

00:43:45.099 --> 00:43:45.779
 don't always have

00:43:45.779 --> 00:43:46.320
 to think, like,

00:43:46.460 --> 00:43:47.179
 oh, there are

00:43:47.179 --> 00:43:48.099
 demons at work

00:43:48.099 --> 00:43:48.840
 here, and the

00:43:48.840 --> 00:43:50.380
 devil is at work

00:43:50.380 --> 00:43:51.220
 because, you

00:43:51.220 --> 00:43:51.900
 know, that thing

00:43:51.900 --> 00:43:53.220
 fell off and

00:43:53.220 --> 00:43:54.079
 ruined my day,

00:43:54.160 --> 00:43:55.140
 like, it's, yeah,

00:43:55.240 --> 00:43:56.220
 it's not always

00:43:56.220 --> 00:43:56.740
 like that.

00:43:57.820 --> 00:43:58.760
 That's why I

00:43:58.760 --> 00:43:59.619
 want us to focus

00:43:59.619 --> 00:44:00.559
 on God at the

00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:01.320
 end of this, know

00:44:01.320 --> 00:44:02.119
 God's sovereignty,

00:44:02.900 --> 00:44:04.240
 he is, he's in

00:44:04.240 --> 00:44:04.800
 control of all

00:44:04.800 --> 00:44:05.400
 aspects of your

00:44:05.400 --> 00:44:06.480
 life, but also

00:44:06.480 --> 00:44:07.220
 just have awareness

00:44:07.220 --> 00:44:08.260
 that there are

00:44:08.260 --> 00:44:09.039
 these unseen

00:44:09.039 --> 00:44:09.820
 spirit activities

00:44:09.820 --> 00:44:10.820
 that we need to

00:44:10.820 --> 00:44:11.539
 be careful about.

00:44:14.619 --> 00:44:15.340
 Yeah, David.

00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:33.180
 I need to see

00:44:33.180 --> 00:44:33.700
 what that word

00:44:33.700 --> 00:44:34.620
 is, like, what

00:44:34.620 --> 00:44:36.420
 do we, yeah, we

00:44:36.420 --> 00:44:37.059
 need to, yeah, do

00:44:37.059 --> 00:44:37.460
 you have the

00:44:37.460 --> 00:44:37.680
 passage?

00:44:37.679 --> 00:44:41.279
 Um, yeah.

00:44:44.319 --> 00:44:44.879
 It might be

00:44:44.879 --> 00:44:45.339
 25.

00:44:50.779 --> 00:44:51.339
 We'll have a

00:44:51.339 --> 00:44:51.759
 think afterwards.

00:44:52.059 --> 00:44:52.239
 Right.

00:44:52.599 --> 00:44:52.899
 Yeah, yeah.

00:44:53.019 --> 00:44:53.559
 Good question.

00:44:53.739 --> 00:44:54.079
 Good question.

00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:56.039
 Oh, yeah, yeah,

00:44:56.039 --> 00:44:56.359
 yeah, okay.

00:44:57.559 --> 00:44:58.119
 We'll have a

00:44:58.119 --> 00:44:58.579
 think afterwards.

00:44:58.879 --> 00:44:59.059
 All right.

00:44:59.919 --> 00:45:00.719
 Quick answer is

00:45:00.719 --> 00:45:02.460
 think about how

00:45:02.460 --> 00:45:03.519
 the word is used

00:45:03.519 --> 00:45:04.059
 in context.

00:45:04.659 --> 00:45:05.339
 Does it mean we

00:45:05.339 --> 00:45:05.960
 suddenly transform

00:45:05.960 --> 00:45:06.440
 into angels?

00:45:06.440 --> 00:45:07.000
 There's probably

00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:09.039
 not, so think

00:45:09.039 --> 00:45:09.440
 about how it's

00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:09.639
 used.

00:45:09.860 --> 00:45:10.119
 It could be

00:45:10.119 --> 00:45:10.480
 messengers.

00:45:12.119 --> 00:45:13.920
 On that note,

00:45:13.980 --> 00:45:14.340
 let's pray.

00:45:22.579 --> 00:45:23.280
 Lord God, you

00:45:23.280 --> 00:45:23.980
 are the Lord of

00:45:23.980 --> 00:45:24.679
 hosts, the Lord

00:45:24.679 --> 00:45:25.559
 of angel armies.

00:45:26.280 --> 00:45:27.400
 You are glorious

00:45:27.400 --> 00:45:28.200
 in all your

00:45:28.200 --> 00:45:30.019
 might, and we

00:45:30.019 --> 00:45:30.980
 marvel that you

00:45:30.980 --> 00:45:33.579
 have made these

00:45:33.579 --> 00:45:36.039
 angels to

00:45:36.039 --> 00:45:36.980
 worship you and

00:45:36.980 --> 00:45:37.860
 to serve us,

00:45:37.940 --> 00:45:38.400
 your church.

00:45:39.360 --> 00:45:39.880
 And so, Lord,

00:45:39.960 --> 00:45:41.400
 we marvel at

00:45:41.400 --> 00:45:42.079
 your power,

00:45:42.219 --> 00:45:42.920
 your grace,

00:45:43.599 --> 00:45:44.719
 and we do

00:45:44.719 --> 00:45:45.840
 acknowledge that

00:45:45.840 --> 00:45:46.219
 there is a

00:45:46.219 --> 00:45:46.980
 spiritual reality

00:45:46.980 --> 00:45:47.980
 to creation,

00:45:48.440 --> 00:45:49.539
 and we pray

00:45:49.539 --> 00:45:50.219
 that you would

00:45:50.219 --> 00:45:52.079
 deliver us

00:45:52.079 --> 00:45:53.219
 from the evil

00:45:53.219 --> 00:45:53.820
 one, that you

00:45:53.820 --> 00:45:54.539
 would protect

00:45:54.539 --> 00:45:55.259
 your church,

00:45:55.920 --> 00:45:56.699
 lead us not

00:45:56.699 --> 00:45:57.480
 into temptation,

00:45:58.519 --> 00:45:59.159
 but keep your

00:45:59.159 --> 00:45:59.759
 people safe.

00:45:59.760 --> 00:46:02.740
 and we pray

00:46:02.740 --> 00:46:03.140
 that we would

00:46:03.140 --> 00:46:04.020
 worship you

00:46:04.020 --> 00:46:04.760
 with all our

00:46:04.760 --> 00:46:05.240
 heart, soul,

00:46:05.340 --> 00:46:05.760
 mind and

00:46:05.760 --> 00:46:06.400
 strength today,

00:46:07.060 --> 00:46:07.940
 knowing that you

00:46:07.940 --> 00:46:08.600
 are the Lord of

00:46:08.600 --> 00:46:09.120
 hosts and that

00:46:09.120 --> 00:46:09.700
 you are worthy.

00:46:10.400 --> 00:46:10.860
 We pray all

00:46:10.860 --> 00:46:11.340
 this in Jesus'

00:46:11.480 --> 00:46:11.600
 name.

00:46:11.960 --> 00:46:12.220
 Amen.

00:46:12.219 --> 00:46:32.219
 Hey Grace, you alright?

00:46:32.219 --> 00:46:33.219
 The book?

00:46:33.219 --> 00:46:35.219
 Oh yeah yeah, sure yeah yeah.

00:46:35.219 --> 00:46:36.219
 This one?

00:46:36.219 --> 00:46:37.219
 Yes.

00:46:37.219 --> 00:46:39.219
 This one and this one.

00:46:39.219 --> 00:46:41.219
 Both are on the bookstall.

00:46:41.219 --> 00:46:42.219
 Yeah yeah yeah.

00:46:42.219 --> 00:46:43.219
 Yeah yeah.

00:46:43.219 --> 00:46:44.219
 I can show you.

00:46:44.219 --> 00:46:45.219
 I can show you.

00:46:45.219 --> 00:46:46.219
 Yeah yeah yeah.

00:46:46.219 --> 00:46:51.219
 No worries.