Angels and Demons (Armor of God Pt.3)
Angels and Demons
Today we’re winding up Part 3 of our Series:
Part 1: Revival and The Armor of God (We covered that there is a spiritual fight trying to keep us from having true REVIVAL in our life, and we need the ARMOR OF GOD to stand against the wiles of the devil. - We covered 3 parts of the Armor.
•The Belt of Truth
•Feet covered with the Preparation of the Gospel of Peace
•Breastplate of Righteousness
Part 2: We covered 3 more parts of the Armor of God.
•Helmet of Salvation
•Shield of Faith
•Sword of the Spirit
Part 3: Today is about the work of Angels and Demons and the spirit world that is very much real.
FACT: Believe it or not, Both were created by God -
Well, not created in the way we know of them today.
In the beginning, when everything else was created, angels were also created.
*********************ANGELS***************************
Hebrews 1:14 NLT “Therefore angels are only servants -spirits sent to care for people who will inherit salvation.”
The spirit world is more real than the reality of this life on earth to us.
There are several things happening behind the scenes in our life, and for our future.
Angels are not just some cute Cupid type thing…
OR Female Fairy type creatures. There are angels for protection, warrior angels, and to be used by God as He sees fit.
Angels are dispatched in the life of unbelievers, drawing them to inherit salvation, and sent to Christians for their good…
Daniel’s prayer was delayed because of the spiritual fight, and work of angels.
In Daniel 10:12-13 NLT: Then he (a Messenger angel) said, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven. I have come to answer your prayer.
But for twenty-one days, the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia (demon) blocked my way. Then Michael, one of the archangels (warrior) came to help me…”
Hebrews 13:2 NLT “Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without even realizing it.”
**************************DEMONS***************************
(I’m not trying to give any “glory” to the devil by speaking of him quite a bit in this message, but the Word of God completely WARNS of his tactics…)
The Bible tells us that the son of the morning was created and was very beautiful and was part of a cheribum and was probably one of the most high ranking angels that there was and his name was “Lucifer” (or satan).
The reason that we are here today, sitting in the service is most likely because we do believe that there is a real heaven and a real hell.
Lucifer, who is also called Satan is called the ruler of darkness. He was given that title by God when he was cast out of heaven because of pride.
CHARACTERISTICS OF LUCIFER AS HE WAS CREATED:
1.Most powerful in rank, and he commanded authority and influence
2.Unmatched Beauty
3.Anointed as a Guardian with direct access to God’s throne.
4.He carried the power of music (worship) by his presence alone.
5.Unrestricted access to the realms of God
6.Radiated light
7.Possessed perfect wisdom
8.Leader that inspired loyalty
9.Created blameless UNTIL…
10.Could inspire worship or rebellion
NO ONE’S GIFT MATTERS WITHOUT OBEDIENCE TO GOD.
Isaiah 14:12-19 KJV (Explaining the fall of Lucifer)
(And when we once felt he had so much control of in the world, we will say “Is THIS the man that made the earth tremble?” As if to say, “He less than I thought he was.”)
There is the time in the earth that God has ALLOWED him to attempt his antics in the earth, but the only power he has is what we give or allow him to try. But there will be a time, as this Scripture refers to, when it will all be stripped away from him and he will be cast into hell!
(This is also explained in Ezekiel 28)
He wanted everyone to look TO HIM instead of look to the Son of God.
When he was cast out of Heaven, the Bible tells us that he took 1/3 of the angels with him.
But the good news is that there were 2/3 of all the angels created that are still on God‘s side, which is the side that we choose as Christians to follow after.
The devil and his demons are the fallen ones and the ones that were cast out of heaven due to Rebellion, Pride and Jealousy.
There are a lot of people walking around today and even in the church, who are so-called “Christians” that allow their life to be ruled by one, if not all three of these characteristics.
Many times they struggle with Pride, Rebellion, and Jealousy in many different forms on a regular basis.
In satan’s deep darkness that’s within him, he has made it his #1 priority in this life to trip us up and cause deception to steal, kill and destroy everything God has planned for our life!
He has two goals:
-To hinder God’s purpose in any area he can try
-And his desire to extend darkness and broaden its influence
This is WHY we have to be aware that we are in a battle, and this is why we’ve been talking about the importance of being prepared spiritually at all times with the Armor of God.
The enemy cannot overcome you if the power of God resides in you in the extent that it’s supposed to!
John 14:30 KJV Jesus says, “Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world comes, and has nothing in me.” (The enemy isn’t going to find compromise in me, so he doesn’t have a foothold!)
NLT “I don’t have much more time to talk to you, because the ruler of this world approaches, but he has no power over Me.”
As I mentioned in Hebrews 13:2, that we should be careful that we entertain angels unaware…
Most of the time we associate that verse of scripture with entertaining the 2/3 of the heavenly angels as to feeding the poor or helping an elderly person or buying a meal for a homeless person
I believe that we also entertain spiritual demons, while we’re unaware also by the lifestyles that we live and by our habits, and things we open the door to.
The book of Jude warns us about watching out for these kinds of people, however sometimes it’s easier to identify these traits and characteristics in other people, but it is sometimes difficult to see this in ourselves.
This is why we need the Holy Spirit! At the end of the book of Jude, He encourages us to continuously pray and hold each other up in prayer, praying in the Holy Ghost and to keep our mind stayed on Jesus.
Because the enemy goes around as a roaring lion seeking who he might devour, trying to trap us and catch us up and make us question and doubt the God who we worship and were created for.
We must always be cautious to try the spirits with discernment and watchful on every level, remembering that not all things that appear good are actually good.
The Bible tells us that Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
2 Corinthians 11:14 NIV. “And no wonder; for Satan himself is transformed (or masquerades himself) as an angel of light.”
Billy Sunday: “Going to Church on Sunday doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a Garage makes you a car.”
People go around wearing their Cross necklaces with no mind to what it means or stands for or represents.
Genesis 3:1-10 NLT
The devil is a big talker and uses REASONING to persuade people to do his desire, just like he did in the Garden of Eden:
The devil will come to tempt you with something by planting a seed in your mind as a thought by saying, “Go ahead you can give into that, it’s not THAT bad….. You deserve it, you worked hard all week and you deserve SOME pleasure…”
James 1:14-15 KJV “but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.”
The devil can’t CREATE anything…but he USES our own fleshly desires many times to accomplish what he wants.
So if we end up slipping up and giving into the thought, then the devil comes immediately to you and condemns you with, “You’re a hypocrite, look at what you did, now there’s no use to try cuz you just messed up so why get up and try to do right… you thought you were free of this, but apparently you weren’t! ….No use to go to Church this Sunday or bother picking up your Bible cuz you’re just a big faker.”
Just like the devil is represented as a Snake, Did you know that SOME SMALLER snakes are more venomous than LARGER snakes?!
Things that look SMALL in our life and creep in as a small thing, can actually have a big impact on our spiritual life, which in turn affects our life, our marriage, our position as a Man or Woman of God, or God’s purpose for you, etc.
We don’t have to be AFRAID of the devil. But we DO have to be AWARE of his devices and be willing to SUBMIT ourselves to God, and RESIST the devil so he will flee.
(Once you submit yourself to God, THEN you have the power to resist the devil.)
2 Corinthians 4:4 KJV “The god of this world has blinded the eyes of them that believe not, LEST (to cause to prevent) the light of the glorious gospel of Christ who is the image of God should shine unto them.”
Ephesians 4:27 KJV (Don’t provide opportunity, or open the door for the devil to have an influence of control in your life)
“Neither give place to the devil.”
1.Most powerful in rank, and he commanded authority and influence
2.Unmatched Beauty
3.Anointed as a Guardian with direct access to God’s throne.
4.He carried the power of music (worship) by his presence alone.
5.Unrestricted access to the realms of God
6.Radiated light
7.Possessed perfect wisdom
8.Leader that inspired loyalty
9.Created blameless UNTIL…
10.Could inspire worship or rebellion
NO ONE’S GIFT MATTERS WITHOUT OBEDIENCE TO GOD.
Part 1: Revival and The Armor of God (We covered that there is a spiritual fight trying to keep us from having true REVIVAL in our life, and we need the ARMOR OF GOD to stand against the wiles of the devil. - We covered 3 parts of the Armor.
•The Belt of Truth
•Feet covered with the Preparation of the Gospel of Peace
•Breastplate of Righteousness
Part 2: We covered 3 more parts of the Armor of God.
•Helmet of Salvation
•Shield of Faith
•Sword of the Spirit
Part 3: Today is about the work of Angels and Demons and the spirit world that is very much real.
FACT: Believe it or not, Both were created by God -
Well, not created in the way we know of them today.
In the beginning, when everything else was created, angels were also created.
*********************ANGELS***************************
Hebrews 1:14 NLT “Therefore angels are only servants -spirits sent to care for people who will inherit salvation.”
The spirit world is more real than the reality of this life on earth to us.
There are several things happening behind the scenes in our life, and for our future.
Angels are not just some cute Cupid type thing…
OR Female Fairy type creatures. There are angels for protection, warrior angels, and to be used by God as He sees fit.
Angels are dispatched in the life of unbelievers, drawing them to inherit salvation, and sent to Christians for their good…
Daniel’s prayer was delayed because of the spiritual fight, and work of angels.
In Daniel 10:12-13 NLT: Then he (a Messenger angel) said, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven. I have come to answer your prayer.
But for twenty-one days, the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia (demon) blocked my way. Then Michael, one of the archangels (warrior) came to help me…”
Hebrews 13:2 NLT “Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without even realizing it.”
**************************DEMONS***************************
(I’m not trying to give any “glory” to the devil by speaking of him quite a bit in this message, but the Word of God completely WARNS of his tactics…)
The Bible tells us that the son of the morning was created and was very beautiful and was part of a cheribum and was probably one of the most high ranking angels that there was and his name was “Lucifer” (or satan).
The reason that we are here today, sitting in the service is most likely because we do believe that there is a real heaven and a real hell.
Lucifer, who is also called Satan is called the ruler of darkness. He was given that title by God when he was cast out of heaven because of pride.
CHARACTERISTICS OF LUCIFER AS HE WAS CREATED:
1.Most powerful in rank, and he commanded authority and influence
2.Unmatched Beauty
3.Anointed as a Guardian with direct access to God’s throne.
4.He carried the power of music (worship) by his presence alone.
5.Unrestricted access to the realms of God
6.Radiated light
7.Possessed perfect wisdom
8.Leader that inspired loyalty
9.Created blameless UNTIL…
10.Could inspire worship or rebellion
NO ONE’S GIFT MATTERS WITHOUT OBEDIENCE TO GOD.
Isaiah 14:12-19 KJV (Explaining the fall of Lucifer)
(And when we once felt he had so much control of in the world, we will say “Is THIS the man that made the earth tremble?” As if to say, “He less than I thought he was.”)
There is the time in the earth that God has ALLOWED him to attempt his antics in the earth, but the only power he has is what we give or allow him to try. But there will be a time, as this Scripture refers to, when it will all be stripped away from him and he will be cast into hell!
(This is also explained in Ezekiel 28)
He wanted everyone to look TO HIM instead of look to the Son of God.
When he was cast out of Heaven, the Bible tells us that he took 1/3 of the angels with him.
But the good news is that there were 2/3 of all the angels created that are still on God‘s side, which is the side that we choose as Christians to follow after.
The devil and his demons are the fallen ones and the ones that were cast out of heaven due to Rebellion, Pride and Jealousy.
There are a lot of people walking around today and even in the church, who are so-called “Christians” that allow their life to be ruled by one, if not all three of these characteristics.
Many times they struggle with Pride, Rebellion, and Jealousy in many different forms on a regular basis.
In satan’s deep darkness that’s within him, he has made it his #1 priority in this life to trip us up and cause deception to steal, kill and destroy everything God has planned for our life!
He has two goals:
-To hinder God’s purpose in any area he can try
-And his desire to extend darkness and broaden its influence
This is WHY we have to be aware that we are in a battle, and this is why we’ve been talking about the importance of being prepared spiritually at all times with the Armor of God.
The enemy cannot overcome you if the power of God resides in you in the extent that it’s supposed to!
John 14:30 KJV Jesus says, “Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world comes, and has nothing in me.” (The enemy isn’t going to find compromise in me, so he doesn’t have a foothold!)
NLT “I don’t have much more time to talk to you, because the ruler of this world approaches, but he has no power over Me.”
As I mentioned in Hebrews 13:2, that we should be careful that we entertain angels unaware…
Most of the time we associate that verse of scripture with entertaining the 2/3 of the heavenly angels as to feeding the poor or helping an elderly person or buying a meal for a homeless person
I believe that we also entertain spiritual demons, while we’re unaware also by the lifestyles that we live and by our habits, and things we open the door to.
The book of Jude warns us about watching out for these kinds of people, however sometimes it’s easier to identify these traits and characteristics in other people, but it is sometimes difficult to see this in ourselves.
This is why we need the Holy Spirit! At the end of the book of Jude, He encourages us to continuously pray and hold each other up in prayer, praying in the Holy Ghost and to keep our mind stayed on Jesus.
Because the enemy goes around as a roaring lion seeking who he might devour, trying to trap us and catch us up and make us question and doubt the God who we worship and were created for.
We must always be cautious to try the spirits with discernment and watchful on every level, remembering that not all things that appear good are actually good.
The Bible tells us that Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
2 Corinthians 11:14 NIV. “And no wonder; for Satan himself is transformed (or masquerades himself) as an angel of light.”
Billy Sunday: “Going to Church on Sunday doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a Garage makes you a car.”
People go around wearing their Cross necklaces with no mind to what it means or stands for or represents.
Genesis 3:1-10 NLT
The devil is a big talker and uses REASONING to persuade people to do his desire, just like he did in the Garden of Eden:
The devil will come to tempt you with something by planting a seed in your mind as a thought by saying, “Go ahead you can give into that, it’s not THAT bad….. You deserve it, you worked hard all week and you deserve SOME pleasure…”
James 1:14-15 KJV “but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.”
The devil can’t CREATE anything…but he USES our own fleshly desires many times to accomplish what he wants.
So if we end up slipping up and giving into the thought, then the devil comes immediately to you and condemns you with, “You’re a hypocrite, look at what you did, now there’s no use to try cuz you just messed up so why get up and try to do right… you thought you were free of this, but apparently you weren’t! ….No use to go to Church this Sunday or bother picking up your Bible cuz you’re just a big faker.”
Just like the devil is represented as a Snake, Did you know that SOME SMALLER snakes are more venomous than LARGER snakes?!
Things that look SMALL in our life and creep in as a small thing, can actually have a big impact on our spiritual life, which in turn affects our life, our marriage, our position as a Man or Woman of God, or God’s purpose for you, etc.
We don’t have to be AFRAID of the devil. But we DO have to be AWARE of his devices and be willing to SUBMIT ourselves to God, and RESIST the devil so he will flee.
(Once you submit yourself to God, THEN you have the power to resist the devil.)
2 Corinthians 4:4 KJV “The god of this world has blinded the eyes of them that believe not, LEST (to cause to prevent) the light of the glorious gospel of Christ who is the image of God should shine unto them.”
Ephesians 4:27 KJV (Don’t provide opportunity, or open the door for the devil to have an influence of control in your life)
“Neither give place to the devil.”
1.Most powerful in rank, and he commanded authority and influence
2.Unmatched Beauty
3.Anointed as a Guardian with direct access to God’s throne.
4.He carried the power of music (worship) by his presence alone.
5.Unrestricted access to the realms of God
6.Radiated light
7.Possessed perfect wisdom
8.Leader that inspired loyalty
9.Created blameless UNTIL…
10.Could inspire worship or rebellion
NO ONE’S GIFT MATTERS WITHOUT OBEDIENCE TO GOD.
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