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Good morning, open up your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 1.
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So a little heads up, if I slur my speech or I create some new words you've never heard of before,
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! Just go with it. Example, I created a word called perspection the other day, I think which is the blend of perceptive and perspective.
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So, just a heads up, that happens. But, we are in the book of Hebrews, going verse by verse.
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I know there's a lot of excitement about this, especially in my own heart.
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And related to that, I thought I would give a book plug, which is related to the sermon today.
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But it's a book called Loving the Old Testament by Alec Mortier, and forward by Tim Keller, Don Carson. Good book.
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But, he has this little section in here that I would really appreciate it, called,
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What Would Jesus Say About the Old Testament? Kind of thing.
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And it says,
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He says,
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If we walked up to Jesus and says to Him,
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Why are you quoting so much of the Old Testament?
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Please tell me,
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Why are you quoting it so much?
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He would say,
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The old what?
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I don't know what you mean.
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What do you mean by the Old Testament?
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And in our poor, flustered way,
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because we didn't expect that answer from Him,
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we would begin to explain to Him what we meant by the question,
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Why do you keep quoting the Old Testament?
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And in the long run,
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the Lord Jesus would say to us kindly,
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Oh, I see.
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You mean the Holy Scriptures.
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Why didn't you ever call them by such a weird name?
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You mean the Scriptures.
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And we find that in John 10, 15,
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the Scriptures cannot be broken.
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That is the wording we have used,
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not the Old Testament,
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but the Scripture.
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And if we went on talking to the precious Savior,
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He would again say,
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Oh, I see what you mean.
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You mean the Word of God.
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Just as we hear His words in Mark 7, 13,
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making the Word of God non-effect
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because of your tradition.
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And if we pursued the manner a little further,
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He would say to us,
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Why do you call it the Old Testament?
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It is God's law.
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So, as in Luke 10, 26,
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What is the written law?
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And what is your reading of it?
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Jesus would have known what we meant,
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not have known what we meant by the Old Testament.
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He would say the Scriptures,
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the Word of God, the law.
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It's not attacking the name,
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but really just the understanding
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of how people just continue to think
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it has no relevance
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as we're our Lord,
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you know, held it in very, very high esteem.
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So, example in our text today,
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there are many citations
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from what we would call the Old Testament.
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And the New Testament writers
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always proved what they said
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by pointing back to the Scriptures.
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And that's a pretty arrogant thing
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when we say that we don't have to prove
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what we say by the Scriptures themselves.
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But Nathan's already given you
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a lot of really good context
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just on the book of Hebrews.
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But to kind of keep in mind
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that it was obviously written
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to a Jewish audience.
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And there are probably, in my opinion,
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like three different camps of Jews
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in this group.
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There are some who have converted
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and actually become followers of Jesus,
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believed Him to be the Messiah
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and fulfillment of the Scriptures.
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And then there are some
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who are kind of on the fence
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trying to decide,
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like, do we throw ourselves
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and become followers of Jesus
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or do we remain in the Old?
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And then there's the camp
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trying to pull them back
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into the Old.
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There's the...
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So, a lot of times
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when you're reading Hebrews,
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it's good to kind of think about
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who He actually might be addressing.
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And then our text today
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is kind of a continuation
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of what Nathan preached on last week
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of how Christ is supreme
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and Christ is better,
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Christ is more prominent,
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and He is the fulfillment
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of what was in the Old.
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So, as we read this,
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we'll start in verse 1
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because it's just sort of a continuation.
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Hebrews 1.1
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Long ago, at many times
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and in many ways,
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God spoke to our fathers
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by the prophets.
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But in these last days,
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He has spoken to us
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by His Son,
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whom He appointed
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the heir of all things,
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through whom also
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He created the world.
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He is the radiance
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of the glory of God
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and the exact imprint
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of His nature,
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and He upholds the universe
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by the word of His power.
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And after making purifications
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for sins,
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He sat down
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at the right hand
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of the Majesty on high.
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Having become
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as much superior
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to angels
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as the name
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He has inherited
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is more excellent
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than theirs.
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For to which of God's angels
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did God ever say,
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You are my Son,
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today I have begotten you?
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Or again,
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I will be to Him a Father
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and He shall be to me a Son.
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And again,
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when He brings
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the firstborn
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into the world,
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He says,
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let all of God's angels
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worship Him.
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Of the angels,
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He says,
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He makes His angels
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winds
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and His ministers
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a flame of fire.
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But of the sun,
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He says,
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Your throne,
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O God,
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is forever and ever.
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The scepter
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of uprightness
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is the scepter
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of Your kingdom.
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You have loved righteousness
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and hated wickedness,
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and therefore,
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God,
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Your God,
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has anointed You
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with the oil of gladness
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beyond Your companions.
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And You,
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Lord,
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laid the foundation
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of the earth
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and the beginning
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of the heavens
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are the work
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of Your hands.
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And they will perish,
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but You will remain.
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They will wear out
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like a garment,
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like a robe.
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You will roll them up
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like a garment.
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They will be changed,
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but You are the same.
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And Your years
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will have no end.
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And to which
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of the angels
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He has ever said,
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Sit in My right hand
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until I make
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Your enemies
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a footstool
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for Your feet?
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Are they not
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all ministering spirits
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sent out
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to serve those
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for the sake of
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those who inherit salvation?
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So,
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in our text today,
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the writer of Hebrews,
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whether it was Paul
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or Apollos
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or someone else,
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is addressing
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an issue
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that was going on
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at this time,
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but a lot of
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angelic confusion
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both then and now
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in a lot of ways.
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So,
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we're talking about
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angels today.
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But we're also
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talking about
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Christ's superiority
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and His ability
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to rule over angels.
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angels,
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and most of us
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would probably
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think about
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angels as
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protector,
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guides.
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Children may
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think of them
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as some
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angelic,
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imaginary friend
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that they may have.
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All sorts of things,
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but in this time,
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there was a
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dangerous teaching
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that was kind of
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a mixture of
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local Jewish
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folklore
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and paganism
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central to the idea
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that angels
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could come to you
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and help protect you
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from evil spirits.
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So,
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they would wear
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amulets and other
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things just as
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protection from
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evil spirits.
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And an old
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ancient
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amulet that was
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worn around the
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neck around this
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time says
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on the inscription,
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Michael,
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Gabriel,
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Raphael,
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protect the one
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who wears this.
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Flee,
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O hated one,
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Solomon pursues you.
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So,
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this
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superstition,
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I guess,
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around angels
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that they were
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somehow protectors
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against evil spirits
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in a paganistic
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kind of way.
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And,
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as we know
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very well,
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if you know
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some of this stuff,
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but a lot of
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the world's
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false religions
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and cults
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have been started
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by someone
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who said
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they had an
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angelic encounter
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and they were
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given certain
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things to
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follow.
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So,
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in Islam,
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Muhammad claimed
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an angel
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appeared to him
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showing him
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the true
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and new way.
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In Mormonism,
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Joseph Smith
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claiming to receive
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revelations from
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the angel Moroni
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and God the Father
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and Jesus the Son.
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So,
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we need to be aware
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that this kind
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of stuff is real,
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but are they
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really from God
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or are they
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from the enemy?
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There's a lot
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of warnings
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about having
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misunderstandings
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about angels.
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examples.
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For example,
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2 Corinthians
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chapter 2
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verse 13,
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for such men
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are false
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apostles,
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deceitful workmen,
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disguising themselves
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as apostles of
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Christ.
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And no wonder,
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for even Satan
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disguises himself
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as an angel
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of light.
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So it is no
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surprise if his
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servants also
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disguise themselves
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as servants
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of righteousness.
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righteousness.
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We all know
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the famous
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Galatians chapter
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1,
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but even if we
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or an angel
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from heaven
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should preach
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to you
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a gospel
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contrary to
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the one we
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preach to you,
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let him be
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accursed.
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So isn't that
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crazy that some
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of these world
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religions and
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cults were
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started by this
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very thing that
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they had just
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read and been
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aware,
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be warned.
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but it goes
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on even like
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our modern
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day perception
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of angels
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as these
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sweet and
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docile creatures
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that kind of
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come and
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hang out with
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us.
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A lot of
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that is kind
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of depicted
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in western
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art and
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statues and
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other things.
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But as we
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know,
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the famous
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screw tape
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letters were
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as a fictional
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work of one
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demon instructing
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another demon on
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how he ought to
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act around
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humans.
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And regardless
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to angels,
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he said that
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the depiction
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of these angels
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was more of
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a soft,
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not powerful
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kind of
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creature.
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And he says,
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finally,
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the soft,
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slim,
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girlish,
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and angels
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of the 19th
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century art
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shape so
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feminine that
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they avoid
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being voluptuous
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only by their
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total insipidity.
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Big word there.
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The frigid
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auras of
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teton table
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paradise.
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They are
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pernicious
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symbol.
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In the
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scripture,
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the visitation
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of an angel
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always is
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alarming and
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has to begin
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by saying,
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fear not.
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But the
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Victorian angels
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look as if
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they're going
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to say,
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they're there.
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angels.
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So,
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we have all
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kinds of
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different ideas
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of angels,
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but I'm
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really thankful
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that I had
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a chance
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to study
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this more
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in depth
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because it
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was a good
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reminder for
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me.
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It was such
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a good
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reminder.
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One of my
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close brothers
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has more
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of a
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Pentecostal
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background,
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and he a
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long time
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ago said,
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I feel like
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the people
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in the
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reform camp
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overthink
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everything and
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are too
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academic,
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and I had
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the other
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response of
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like,
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well,
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I think
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the R2,
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you know,
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not as
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academic and
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not so
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right on,
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but he is
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a true
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brother,
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but he
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always just
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reminded me
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like,
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look,
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we live
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in a
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spiritual
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realm.
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There are
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spiritual
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realities
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that I
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feel like
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you just
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can't put
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in the
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natural
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world,
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and you
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have to
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like,
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so he
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was always
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challenging
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me in
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that area,
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and I'm
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really
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thankful.
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But a
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few things
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just to
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kind of
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look at
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before we
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start.
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unpacking
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the text
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just about
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angels and
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generals and
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things to
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kind of hang
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your hat on,
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I guess,
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is a
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definition of
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what is an
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angel.
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Created
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spiritual
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beings with
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moral judgment,
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high intelligence,
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possessing great
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power,
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and yet without
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physical bodies.
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Sort of a
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safe definition
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without getting
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into all the
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other deals.
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those are
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also referred
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to throughout
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scripture as
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the holy
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ones,
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spirits,
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watchers,
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thrones,
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dominions,
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principalities.
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And we
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know there
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are several
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types of
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angelic
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beings kind
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of singled
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out in
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scripture.
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A
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cherubim
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who were
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given the
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task of
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guarding the
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entrance of
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the garden
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of Eden
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in Genesis
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3.
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They accompany and serve God as he goes about, Psalm 18.
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Then we know the seraphim, some of my favorite ones to think about from the encounter of Isaiah 6,
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the flaming ones who have six wings and whose voices shake the foundations that you're standing on, praising God.
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We know that they have rank and order.
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Michael was called the archangel in Jude 9.
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He's also called the chief of princes in Daniel 10 and a warrior and leader of the angelic host.
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In Revelation 12, verse 7, it says,
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Now a war arose in heaven, and Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon,
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and the dragon and his angels fought back.
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But he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.
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So we don't really think about that kind of stuff.
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We tend to just make our faith about right here.
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But there is an eternal and unseen realm that the Scripture screams at us if we would just pay attention.
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And so we at least know there are four functions of angels that we see in Scripture.
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I'll give you the four.
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There could be more, but I think this summarizes pretty well.
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Angels continuously worship and praise the God they serve.
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Angels continually worship and praise the God they serve.
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Nehemiah chapter 9.
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You are the Lord, you alone.
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You made the heavens and the heaven of heavens with all their hosts,
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the earth and all that is in it, the seas and all that is in them.
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You preserve all of them, and the host of heaven worships you.
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So, very majestic language, angels.
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The second function, angels minister to believers.
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They serve and help and minister to children of God, those who are in Christ.
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Psalm 34, verse 7,
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The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him and delivers them.
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Angels, thirdly, communicate God's message to man.
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We see this a lot.
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Gabriel visiting Mary, a lot of other messenger angels.
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And then, fourthly, angels will be given the task with carrying out God's final earthly judgments
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and ushering in the second coming of Christ.
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It says in 2 Thessalonians, Paul writes,
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God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you
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and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us.
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When the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire,
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inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God
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and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
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So, it's awesome what angels are.
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I think most of us would just tend to dismiss the idea.
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I've never really had much conversation with people about an angelic host.
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But as powerful as they are,
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the writer of Hebrews is trying to say that
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Jesus is superior.
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He is greater.
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He's more powerful.
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The angels serve and worship Him.
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As we've been reading in the first few verses there,
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He is superior.
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And the word is kind of used of more advantageous, more excellent,
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far surpassing is Jesus,
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the Son of God than the angelic host.
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So, a writer uses Scripture from the Old Testament to prove what he's saying.
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He's pointing back and saying,
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this is why Jesus is superior to angels.
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So, I have four.
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Nope, five of them.
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I was going to combine two, but just for sake of clarity,
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we have five.
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Five reasons why Jesus is deemed far superior to angels.
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First off, Christ's superior name.
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Christ's superior name.
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If you look at verse 4 in Hebrews,
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having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
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For to which of the angels did God ever say,
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you are my son, today I have begotten you.
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Or again, I will be to him a father and he shall be to me a son.
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So, in the ancient mind, obviously, names were a lot more important than they are now.
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They represent a person's character, their ability, their mission,
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especially when that name was given to them by God.
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And Jesus Christ, you know, we know that means to save the Savior, the Messiah, the Anointed One.
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But here, he says,
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God never looked at any of his angels and said,
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you are my son, today I have begotten you.
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Capital S, if you would.
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Jesus possessed the name of son from all eternity,
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and he will always retain that name.
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The perfect tense of the phrase,
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name has inherited,
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it indicates that he will always keep that name.
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No angel was ever created by God and called a son.
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And so, just so you know, another reference to angels,
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they're referred to as the sons of God in Job 1.6,
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but the high title and name given to the son is different.
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He uses Psalm 2 here, which is a well-known messianic psalm,
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a picture of the Messiah,
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to which the Jews understood, at least in their minds,
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to be one day fulfilled in a descendant of King David.
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But the heart of the psalm is fulfilled in the reign of Jesus,
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Yahweh's son, the Anointed King,
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both in the present and the future, Zion.
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So the phrase, though Jesus always existed as God's son,
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it says, today I have begotten you.
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It could be kind of expressed this way,
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without butchering the language.
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God has begotten the already living son.
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If you would, today.
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Indicates Jesus was born at a certain point in time in our world,
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and he lived here among us in the incarnation.
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But in Romans 1, 1 through 5,
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this is further proof of this.
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Paul is referring to this idea of Psalm 2.
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And he says,
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The gospel of God was promised beforehand through his prophets
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in the Holy Scriptures concerning his son,
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who was descended from David according to the flesh,
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and was declared to be the son of God in power,
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according to the spirit of holiness,
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by his resurrection from the dead.
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So he uses that.
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Today I have begotten you.
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You are my son.
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And then he also uses, in the second part of, I mean, in verse 5,
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he quotes from 2 Samuel chapter 7,
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which is another strong messianic passage,
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commonly known as the Davidic covenant,
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where God makes a covenant with David and his descendants.
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But the prophet Nathan told David after his death
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that he would have a son,
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a covenant heir that would build a house of God
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and would establish a throne that would last forever.
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But a lot of people would say,
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Wasn't that Solomon?
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But the problem was,
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Solomon sinned greatly in the eyes of the Lord
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and was not the fulfillment of that prophecy.
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His throne was not established forever.
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As we know.
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So the promise can really only be fulfilled
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by the one God designates as his son
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that will be established forevermore.
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So both Psalm 2 and 2 Samuel 7
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are tied together in this idea.
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So when the angelic host visited Mary in Luke 1,
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Gabriel, right?
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He said,
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He will be great,
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and he will be called the Son of the Most High,
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and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,
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and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever.
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And of his kingdom there will be no end.
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A direct fulfillment of Psalm 2.
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This poetic expression of Jesus has a higher name,
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a higher status,
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a higher title than any angel could ever have.
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And it was echoed, right, at his baptism.
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This is my beloved son.
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The transfiguration, the same thing.
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So Jesus is superior in his name,
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his title over angels.
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Secondly,
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he goes on to argue that Christ's superior honor,
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Christ's superior honor,
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which we kind of see in verse 6.
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And again,
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when he brings the firstborn into the world,
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he says,
22:25
let all God's angels worship him.
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So this next argument is saying,
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Jesus is worshiped and adored and feared by angels.
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Again, Nathan explained this last week,
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but the phrase firstborn is not implying that Jesus was created,
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but the word just really denotes prominence of position,
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of title,
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using the rights,
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the privileges that were given to the firstborn,
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particularly the son of the king.
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So it's in relationship to his status and of high rank.
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He is a image of the invisible God,
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the firstborn of all creation,
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Paul said,
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Colossians 1.
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So where he cites,
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let all God's angels worship him.
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He's using the Greek translation of the Hebrew
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from Psalm 97, verse 7,
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or Deuteronomy 32.
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It can be said that,
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think about Jesus' life,
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and when he walked on this earth,
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when he came into the world,
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he was worshiped, right,
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by an angelic host that ushered in his coming to this world in Luke 2.
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Think of some others.
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During his temptation,
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after he survived in the wilderness,
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the temptation of the enemy,
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it says that angels ministered to him after that.
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And in the darkness of Gethsemane,
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before his crucifixion,
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it says that God sent an angel to stand and strengthen him,
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to encourage him,
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to help him remember, right?
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So we know that Jesus is the exact imprint of God's nature,
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which we read in verse 3.
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So the chief employment of angels is to worship and praise God,
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and so they're doing that with the Son,
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who is that exact imprint.
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Only God is worthy of worship, right?
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We know examples in Scripture where an angel appears to someone,
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and someone falls down,
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and they say,
24:30
Get up!
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I am not God.
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Do not worship me.
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So angels will worship,
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fear, love, and revere the invincible Son of God.
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A proof text, Revelation 5,
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we all know that.
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The living creatures and the angels,
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myriads of myriads,
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thousands of thousands,
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saying with a loud voice,
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Worthy is the Lamb,
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who was slain,
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to receive power, wealth, and wisdom,
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and might, and honor,
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and glory, and blessing.
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So we know that.
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That's Revelation 5, 11 through 13.
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For sake of time,
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just a proof text there.
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But thirdly,
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thirdly,
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Christ's superior status
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over angels.
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See this in verse 7.
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Writer says,
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Of the angels,
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he says,
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He makes His angels winds,
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His ministers a flame of fire.
25:37
But of the sun,
25:38
he says,
25:38
Your throne, O God,
25:40
is forever and ever.
25:41
The scepter of uprightness
25:43
is the scepter of your kingdom.
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You have loved righteousness
25:47
and hated wickedness.
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Therefore,
25:49
God,
25:50
your God,
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has anointed you
25:52
with the oil of gladness
25:54
beyond your companions.
25:57
So His status,
25:58
He has a higher
25:59
status.
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Here's the simple comparison.
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Angels are servants.
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Jesus is the sovereign.
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The angels are servants.
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Jesus is the sovereign.
26:14
And again,
26:15
he quotes from two passages.
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Psalm 104,
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which speaks about
26:21
God being the all-powerful creator
26:23
and sustainer of things,
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which is also mentioned
26:26
earlier in Hebrews.
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And it's even implying
26:29
that this is understood
26:30
that the splendor of angels
26:32
comes from God's creative hand.
26:35
The sun employs His angels
26:37
as heavenly ministers
26:39
to carry out His will.
26:41
And we see that,
26:42
right,
26:42
in Scripture.
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Winds,
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fire,
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thunder,
26:44
lightning,
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which He carries out
26:46
His decrees
26:47
and judgments
26:48
on the earth.
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John Owen said
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this is a picture
26:52
of their power
26:55
and powerful,
26:57
effective,
26:58
agile,
26:58
and swift
26:59
in carrying out
27:00
God's will.
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Then he quotes
27:04
Psalm 45,
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verses 6 and 7.
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And this is a psalm
27:09
that is extolling
27:10
the Davidic king,
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which only Jesus,
27:13
as the Davidic Messiah,
27:15
truly meets the description for.
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And break this down
27:20
in three different ways here.
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And then Psalm 45,
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6 through 7,
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that he's quoting.
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But it describes
27:27
the king's throne,
27:28
his scepter,
27:29
and his anointing.
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His throne implies
27:32
that his rule
27:33
will never come to an end
27:35
as he sits
27:36
at the right hand
27:37
of the Father.
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His scepter,
27:41
a symbol of power
27:42
and authority
27:43
where he executes
27:44
righteousness.
27:47
And his anointing
27:48
with the oil of joy
27:49
or gladness,
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the joy of
27:52
the heavenly king,
27:53
the joy
27:55
that was set
27:56
before him
27:56
that he knew
27:57
he would receive
27:58
at the Father's right hand.
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So,
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they are.
28:03
Angels are great.
28:04
They're splendid.
28:04
They're majestic.
28:05
They're powerful
28:06
beyond our wildest dreams.
28:08
But they are
28:08
not
28:10
greater
28:11
than the Son.
28:12
They are servants
28:13
of the Son.
28:13
and they tremble
28:15
before him.
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Fourthly,
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Christ's
28:21
superior
28:22
existence.
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Christ's
28:26
superior existence.
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Seen in verses
28:28
10-12.
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And you,
28:33
Lord,
28:33
lay the foundation
28:34
of the earth
28:34
in the beginning
28:35
and the heavens
28:36
are the work
28:37
of your hands.
28:38
They will perish
28:39
but you remain.
28:41
They will all wear out
28:42
like a garment.
28:43
Like a robe,
28:44
you will roll them up.
28:46
Like a garment,
28:47
they will be changed.
28:48
But you are the same
28:49
and your years
28:51
will have no end.
28:53
Now,
28:54
it's saying that
28:55
angels were created
28:56
things.
28:57
Christ has
28:58
always existed.
28:59
He has always existed
29:01
and he will always
29:01
exist.
29:02
He will never
29:03
change
29:03
this idea
29:05
of being
29:05
immutable,
29:07
eternal.
29:08
Christ has a superior
29:09
existence
29:10
to angels.
29:12
He will,
29:13
saying here,
29:13
that all creation
29:14
will be
29:15
unmade
29:16
and remade
29:17
one day
29:17
but God
29:19
and his son
29:20
remain the same
29:21
and are unchanged.
29:23
We all know that
29:24
to be true
29:25
about this world.
29:26
Everything around us
29:27
is falling apart.
29:28
The creation
29:29
is groaning
29:30
but we know
29:31
that it will be
29:32
renewed one day.
29:34
Everything around us
29:35
is changed
29:36
but Jesus remains
29:36
the same
29:37
today,
29:40
yesterday
29:40
and forever.
29:43
Fifthly
29:44
and lastly
29:45
some other things
29:47
we'll look at
29:48
in a second
29:48
but
29:48
if we look at
29:49
our text
29:50
verse 13 and 14
29:51
we see Christ's
29:53
superior
29:54
vocation
29:55
or his
29:56
work.
29:57
What does he do?
29:59
And to which
30:00
of the angels
30:01
has ever said
30:02
sit at my right hand
30:03
until I make
30:04
your enemies
30:05
a footstool
30:07
for your feet.
30:08
And are they not
30:09
all ministering
30:10
spirits
30:10
sent out to serve
30:11
for the sake
30:12
of those
30:12
who inherit
30:13
salvation?
30:15
So
30:16
Christ rules
30:18
and angels
30:18
serve.
30:19
It's kind of a
30:19
connection to
30:20
their status.
30:22
It's like
30:22
what does the king
30:23
do?
30:23
He rules.
30:24
What do angels
30:24
do?
30:25
They serve.
30:26
So this is getting
30:27
into their function
30:27
and
30:29
there's a lot
30:31
to consider here
30:32
but one of my
30:33
favorite psalms
30:34
as of late
30:35
the last few
30:36
years
30:36
has become
30:38
Psalm 110.
30:39
Have any of you
30:40
ever really studied
30:41
Psalm 110?
30:42
How many books
30:43
have been written
30:43
about Psalm 110?
30:46
Not many.
30:47
One of those
30:48
forgotten ones
30:48
but
30:49
it's quoted
30:50
in the New Testament
30:51
14 times.
30:54
It shows
30:54
that it's one
30:55
of the most
30:55
significant
30:56
Old Testament
30:56
passages
30:57
in the mind
30:58
of New Testament
30:58
writers
30:59
when it comes
31:00
to talking
31:00
about the Messiah.
31:02
And from
31:03
Psalm 110
31:03
you see this
31:05
idea of God
31:06
making Christ's
31:07
enemies a
31:07
footstool for
31:08
him.
31:10
And a cool
31:11
beautiful picture
31:12
of this custom
31:14
for a defeated
31:15
king to throw
31:16
himself down
31:17
prostrate before
31:18
the conquering
31:18
king.
31:20
And the sign
31:21
of submission.
31:23
And then the
31:24
victorious king
31:25
would put his
31:26
feet on top
31:26
of the
31:27
conquered king
31:28
forcing his
31:30
neck down to
31:31
the ground
31:31
basically saying
31:33
you're my
31:33
footstool.
31:35
I have
31:35
conquered you.
31:37
So John
31:38
Calvin's
31:39
commentary
31:39
on the
31:41
psalm he
31:41
says from
31:42
this psalm
31:43
from that
31:43
statement of
31:44
this making
31:45
his enemies
31:46
a footstool.
31:48
From this
31:49
let us learn
31:49
that however
31:50
numerous those
31:52
enemies may be
31:53
who conspire
31:53
against the
31:54
son of God
31:55
and attempt
31:56
the subversion
31:57
of his kingdom
31:58
all will be
32:00
unavailing
32:00
for they shall
32:02
never prevail
32:02
against God's
32:03
immutable purpose
32:04
but on the
32:05
contrary
32:06
they shall
32:07
by that
32:08
greatness of
32:08
his power
32:09
be laid
32:10
prostrate at
32:11
Christ's feet.
32:14
Amazing to
32:14
think about.
32:16
So a passage
32:17
I'd like for you
32:17
to turn to
32:19
is 2 Kings
32:22
chapter 6.
32:24
I just
32:28
thought about
32:28
sharing one
32:29
of my
32:29
favorite
32:29
images of
32:31
angels
32:31
in scripture
32:32
but this is
32:34
a prophet
32:34
Elisha
32:35
not Elijah
32:36
but Elisha
32:37
2 Kings
32:41
chapter 6
32:42
and we can
32:44
look down
32:44
at verse 15
32:45
but just so
32:46
you know
32:46
the
32:48
Syrians
32:49
and others
32:50
are out to
32:51
destroy
32:52
the prophet
32:52
to take him
32:54
down
32:54
they're coming
32:56
against him
32:56
with
32:57
an army
32:59
and it says
33:02
that he's in
33:02
Dothan
33:03
that's not
33:03
Dothan
33:03
Alabama
33:04
but in
33:07
verse 15
33:08
we see this
33:09
so I want
33:10
you to just
33:10
think
33:11
which one
33:13
would you be
33:14
here
33:14
would you be
33:14
more like
33:15
his servant
33:16
or be more
33:17
like Elisha
33:18
in your
33:19
awareness of
33:20
a spiritual
33:21
realm
33:21
around you
33:22
verse 15
33:24
when the servant
33:25
of the man
33:25
of God
33:26
rose early
33:26
in the morning
33:27
he went
33:27
out
33:27
and behold
33:29
an army
33:30
with horses
33:31
and chariots
33:32
was all
33:33
around the
33:33
city
33:34
and the servant
33:35
said
33:36
alas
33:37
my master
33:38
what shall
33:39
we do
33:40
he said
33:41
do not
33:42
be afraid
33:43
for those
33:44
who are
33:44
with us
33:45
are more
33:46
than those
33:47
who are
33:47
with them
33:48
then
33:49
Elisha
33:50
prayed
33:50
and said
33:51
oh lord
33:52
please
33:53
open his
33:54
eyes
33:55
that he
33:55
may not
33:55
that he
33:57
may see
33:57
excuse me
33:58
that he
33:58
may see
33:58
so the
33:59
lord
33:59
opened the
34:00
eyes
34:01
of the
34:01
young
34:01
man
34:01
and he
34:02
saw
34:03
and behold
34:04
the mountain
34:05
was full
34:06
of horses
34:06
and chariots
34:07
of fire
34:08
all around
34:09
Elisha
34:10
and when
34:11
the syrians
34:12
came down
34:12
against him
34:13
Elisha
34:13
prayed to
34:14
the lord
34:14
and said
34:15
please
34:16
strike
34:16
this
34:17
people
34:17
with
34:18
blindness
34:18
so he
34:20
struck
34:20
them
34:20
with
34:21
blindness
34:21
in
34:21
accordance
34:22
with the
34:22
prayer
34:22
of
34:23
Elisha
34:24
what a
34:27
what a
34:28
picture
34:28
so
34:30
you always
34:33
have to be
34:33
careful
34:33
when you
34:34
do this
34:35
but
34:35
are you
34:37
tempted
34:37
just to
34:37
think
34:38
that's
34:38
the
34:38
scripture
34:38
that's
34:40
the
34:40
scripture
34:40
well
34:42
I'm sure
34:44
many of us
34:45
are aware
34:45
of very
34:47
similar
34:47
stories
34:47
in the
34:48
history
34:49
of the
34:49
church
34:49
outside
34:50
of just
34:50
the
34:50
scripture
34:51
where the
34:52
same
34:52
thing
34:52
happened
34:53
I was
34:55
going to
34:56
read you
34:56
a couple
34:57
so all
34:59
of us
34:59
are aware
35:00
of
35:00
good old
35:01
John
35:01
Patton
35:02
the old
35:04
Scotsman
35:04
missionary
35:05
went to
35:05
the
35:05
cannibals
35:06
and they
35:06
said
35:06
you'll
35:07
be eaten
35:07
by
35:07
cannibals
35:07
you'll
35:08
be
35:08
consumed
35:09
if you
35:10
go and
35:10
try to
35:10
share
35:10
the
35:11
gospel
35:11
with
35:11
these
35:11
people
35:12
but
35:13
I'll
35:15
refrain
35:15
from
35:15
quoting
35:16
what he
35:17
said
35:17
back
35:18
but
35:18
you know
35:20
the giggles
35:20
tell me
35:20
I'll know
35:21
what he
35:21
said
35:21
but while
35:23
he was
35:23
in the
35:24
New
35:24
Hebrides
35:24
the
35:26
headhunters
35:26
the
35:26
cannibals
35:27
were
35:27
all
35:28
around
35:29
and they
35:29
were
35:30
very
35:31
intent
35:31
on
35:31
taking
35:32
his
35:33
life
35:34
and
35:34
that
35:34
of
35:34
his
35:34
wife
35:35
and
35:36
they
35:36
were
35:37
in a
35:37
hut
35:38
they
35:39
could
35:39
hear
35:39
the
35:40
cries
35:40
and
35:40
screams
35:41
of the
35:41
natives
35:41
all
35:41
around
35:42
them
35:42
coming
35:43
toward
35:43
them
35:43
and so
35:45
they shut
35:45
the door
35:45
and began
35:46
to pray
35:47
just for
35:48
God's
35:49
intervention
35:49
for
35:50
protection
35:51
and
35:53
here's
35:54
kind of what
35:54
happened
35:55
on that
35:57
dark night
35:57
a Scottish
35:59
missionary
36:00
and a couple
36:00
found themselves
36:02
surrounded by
36:02
cannibals
36:03
intent on
36:04
taking their
36:04
lives
36:05
the
36:05
terror
36:06
filled
36:06
the
36:06
night
36:06
they
36:07
fell
36:07
on
36:07
their
36:07
knees
36:07
and
36:08
prayed
36:08
that
36:08
God
36:08
would
36:08
protect
36:09
them
36:09
intermittent
36:10
with their
36:11
prayers
36:11
the
36:11
missionaries
36:12
heard the cries
36:12
of the
36:13
savages
36:13
and expected
36:15
them to come
36:15
to the door
36:16
at any
36:16
moment
36:17
but as the
36:18
sun began to
36:19
rise to their
36:19
astonishment
36:20
they found
36:20
that the natives
36:21
were retreating
36:22
into the forest
36:22
the couple's
36:24
heart soared
36:24
to God
36:25
and it was a
36:26
day of rejoicing
36:27
the missionaries
36:29
bravely continued
36:30
their work
36:30
but about a year
36:31
later a
36:32
chieftain from
36:32
that tribe
36:32
was converted
36:33
as the
36:35
missionary
36:35
spoke with
36:36
him
36:36
he remembered
36:37
the horror
36:37
of that
36:37
night
36:38
he asked
36:39
the
36:39
chieftain
36:39
why he
36:41
and his
36:41
men did
36:42
not kill
36:42
them
36:43
and the
36:44
chief
36:44
replied
36:44
who are
36:46
those men
36:47
who are
36:47
with you
36:47
the missionary
36:49
answered
36:49
why there
36:50
was there
36:50
were no
36:50
men
36:51
with me
36:51
there was
36:52
just me
36:52
and my
36:52
wife
36:53
and the
36:54
chieftain
36:55
began to
36:55
argue
36:55
with him
36:56
saying
36:56
no
36:56
there were
36:58
hundreds
36:58
of tall
36:59
men
36:59
shining
37:00
garments
37:00
with drawn
37:01
swords
37:01
circling
37:02
about your
37:02
house
37:03
so we
37:03
couldn't
37:03
attack
37:04
you
37:04
we ran
37:05
back into
37:05
the jungle
37:06
it's good
37:09
stuff
37:10
I'm going
37:11
to read
37:12
you one
37:12
more
37:12
there was
37:14
a
37:14
in east
37:15
africa
37:16
back in
37:17
the 1950s
37:19
there was
37:20
an uprising
37:21
of a
37:21
tribe
37:22
very hostile
37:22
tribe
37:24
and they
37:25
went to
37:26
a nearby
37:27
village
37:27
that had
37:28
around
37:29
300 men
37:29
women
37:30
and children
37:30
and they
37:31
killed all
37:31
of them
37:31
slaughtered
37:33
the entire
37:34
village
37:34
mainly
37:35
because they
37:36
were
37:36
Christians
37:37
or known
37:40
to be
37:40
but there
37:41
was an
37:42
academy
37:42
nearby
37:43
the
37:43
Rift Valley
37:44
Academy
37:44
was kind
37:45
of a
37:45
private
37:45
school
37:46
for missionary
37:46
children
37:47
to go
37:48
and stay
37:49
kind of
37:49
like
37:49
black
37:50
forest
37:51
would be
37:51
in
37:51
Germany
37:52
and they
37:54
knew
37:54
that this
37:54
tribe
37:55
was coming
37:56
that way
37:56
they could
37:57
hear them
37:57
shouting
37:58
battle
37:59
cries
37:59
had
38:00
all
38:01
kind
38:01
of
38:01
weapons
38:01
and
38:02
torches
38:02
and they
38:02
they came
38:03
around the
38:04
school
38:04
and this
38:04
is what
38:04
you read
38:05
in the
38:07
darkness
38:07
slighted
38:08
torches
38:08
were seen
38:08
coming
38:09
toward the
38:09
school
38:10
soon
38:11
there was
38:11
a complete
38:12
ring of
38:13
terrorists
38:13
around the
38:14
academy
38:14
cutting off
38:16
all avenue
38:16
of escape
38:17
shouts
38:18
and curses
38:19
could be
38:20
heard
38:20
coming from
38:21
the
38:21
mamas
38:21
which is
38:22
the
38:22
tribe
38:22
they
38:24
began
38:24
to
38:24
advance
38:25
on
38:25
the
38:25
school
38:25
tightening
38:26
the
38:27
circle
38:27
shouting
38:28
louder
38:28
and louder
38:29
coming
38:30
closer
38:30
and then
38:32
unexpectedly
38:32
when they
38:33
were close
38:34
enough
38:34
to throw
38:35
spears
38:35
they
38:35
stopped
38:36
they
38:37
began
38:37
yelling
38:38
and
38:38
retreating
38:39
running
38:39
back
38:40
into
38:40
the
38:40
jungle
38:40
the
38:42
army
38:42
eventually
38:43
was called
38:43
out
38:44
and
38:44
captured
38:45
this
38:45
band
38:45
of
38:46
raiders
38:46
later
38:47
at
38:48
their
38:48
trial
38:48
their
38:49
leader
38:49
was
38:50
called
38:50
to
38:50
witness
38:51
and the
38:52
judge
38:52
questioned
38:52
him
38:53
on
38:53
this
38:53
particular
38:53
night
38:54
did
38:55
you
38:55
kill
38:55
the
38:55
inhabitants
38:56
of
38:56
lorry
38:56
which
38:57
is
38:57
that
38:57
village
38:58
and
38:58
he
38:58
said
38:58
yes
38:58
we
38:59
we
38:59
did
39:00
we
39:00
killed
39:00
them
39:00
all
39:01
and
39:02
then
39:02
the
39:02
judge
39:02
said
39:03
well
39:03
why
39:03
did
39:03
you
39:03
not
39:04
go
39:04
on
39:04
to
39:04
complete
39:05
your
39:05
mission
39:05
like
39:05
why
39:05
didn't
39:06
you
39:06
attack
39:06
the
39:06
school
39:07
the
39:08
missionary
39:08
school
39:08
and
39:10
the
39:10
leader
39:11
of
39:11
the
39:11
mamas
39:12
answered
39:13
we
39:15
were
39:15
on
39:15
our
39:15
way
39:15
to
39:16
attack
39:16
and
39:16
destroy
39:17
them
39:17
as
39:17
well
39:17
the
39:22
between
39:22
us
39:23
and
39:23
the
39:23
school
39:24
there
39:24
were
39:25
huge
39:25
men
39:26
dressed
39:26
in
39:26
white
39:27
with
39:28
flaming
39:28
swords
39:28
we
39:29
became
39:30
afraid
39:30
and
39:30
we
39:31
ran
39:31
and
39:31
we
39:31
hid
39:32
going
39:34
on
39:34
there's
39:35
just be
39:36
aware
39:36
right
39:37
this
39:38
isn't
39:38
just
39:38
fairy
39:40
tale
39:41
this
39:41
isn't
39:41
just
39:42
the
39:42
hobbit
39:43
more
39:43
the
39:43
rings
39:43
this
39:43
is
39:44
even
39:44
better
39:44
right
39:45
reality
39:46
spiritual
39:47
realities
39:47
around
39:48
us
39:49
a
39:50
scripture
39:50
that
39:52
has
39:52
probably
39:52
been
39:53
abused
39:53
a
39:53
little
39:54
bit
39:54
Hebrews
39:56
13
39:56
verse
39:56
2
39:57
says
39:57
you
39:59
don't
39:59
neglect
39:59
to show
40:00
hospitality
40:00
to
40:01
strangers
40:01
for
40:03
thereby
40:03
some
40:03
have
40:04
entertained
40:04
angels
40:05
unawares
40:06
meaning
40:08
that
40:08
they
40:08
may
40:09
be
40:09
around
40:09
us
40:10
and
40:10
you
40:10
don't
40:10
know
40:11
a
40:13
story
40:13
precious
40:13
to
40:14
me
40:14
a
40:15
long
40:15
time
40:15
ago
40:16
my
40:16
mom
40:17
was
40:17
I
40:18
think
40:18
three
40:18
or
40:19
four
40:19
years
40:19
old
40:19
living
40:21
toward
40:21
Marble
40:22
Hill
40:22
direction
40:23
Nelson
40:23
Georgia
40:24
which
40:25
is a
40:25
lot
40:25
more
40:26
rural
40:26
than
40:26
than
40:27
now
40:27
but
40:28
my
40:29
grandmother
40:29
who's
40:30
one of
40:30
the most
40:30
God
40:31
fearing
40:31
women
40:33
I
40:33
know
40:34
they're
40:37
riding
40:37
in a
40:37
car
40:37
and it
40:38
was a
40:38
very
40:38
very
40:39
bad
40:39
storm
40:40
thunder
40:41
lightning
40:41
rain
40:41
and
40:42
had a
40:43
flat
40:43
tire
40:44
out
40:45
in
40:45
the
40:45
middle
40:45
of
40:45
nowhere
40:45
in
40:46
this
40:46
wide
40:47
open
40:47
area
40:47
with
40:47
just
40:48
the
40:48
storm
40:48
pounding
40:48
down
40:49
on
40:49
them
40:49
and
40:49
she
40:50
didn't
40:50
know
40:51
what
40:51
to
40:51
do
40:51
and
40:52
couldn't
40:53
call
40:54
didn't
40:54
have
40:54
a
40:55
text
40:55
message
40:55
service
40:56
back
40:56
then
40:56
and
40:58
began
40:58
just to
40:58
pray
40:59
like
41:00
Lord
41:00
please
41:00
get us
41:01
out of
41:01
this
41:01
situation
41:02
this is
41:02
dangerous
41:03
and
41:03
we need
41:04
to get
41:04
home
41:05
please
41:06
provide
41:07
and
41:08
she
41:09
looked up
41:09
and saw
41:10
a man
41:10
walking
41:11
towards
41:11
her
41:11
just
41:11
kind
41:12
of
41:12
out
41:12
of
41:12
the
41:12
blue
41:13
and
41:13
he
41:14
just
41:14
came
41:15
up
41:15
real
41:15
easy
41:15
real
41:15
nice
41:16
and
41:16
was
41:16
like
41:16
do you
41:17
need help
41:17
can I
41:17
help
41:18
you
41:19
said
41:20
yes
41:20
please
41:21
do
41:21
the
41:22
man
41:22
changed
41:22
her
41:22
tire
41:23
my
41:26
grandmother
41:26
was
41:27
looking
41:27
at
41:27
the
41:28
man
41:28
turned
41:28
around
41:29
to get
41:29
her
41:29
purse
41:30
to
41:30
just
41:30
say
41:30
thank
41:31
you
41:31
like
41:31
here's
41:31
some
41:32
money
41:32
within
41:33
three
41:33
seconds
41:34
just
41:34
gone
41:34
like
41:35
in
41:35
the
41:35
wide
41:35
open
41:36
like
41:36
this
41:36
not
41:37
even
41:37
standing
41:37
there
41:37
anymore
41:38
so
41:41
just
41:41
be
41:41
aware
41:41
there's
41:42
a
41:42
spiritual
41:42
realm
41:43
around
41:43
us
41:44
and
41:44
the
41:44
angels
41:45
are
41:45
a
41:45
sign
41:46
of
41:46
God's
41:46
love
41:46
and
41:47
care
41:47
for
41:47
us
41:47
but
41:49
even
41:49
as great
41:49
as they
41:49
are
41:50
be
41:50
aware
41:51
that
41:51
when
41:51
the
41:51
angels
41:51
rebelled
41:52
against
41:52
God
41:52
God
41:53
did
41:53
not
41:54
send
41:54
them
41:54
any
41:54
savior
41:55
so
41:57
how
41:57
much
41:58
more
41:58
value
41:59
are we
41:59
if you
42:00
think
42:00
about
42:00
it
42:00
that
42:01
God
42:02
sent
42:02
us
42:02
a
42:03
savior
42:03
those
42:03
created
42:04
in
42:04
his
42:05
image
42:05
to
42:06
redeem
42:06
us
42:07
!
42:08
in
42:08
closing
42:09
just
42:09
look at
42:09
Colossians
42:10
chapter
42:10
1
42:11
Colossians
42:24
chapter
42:24
1
42:25
verse
42:25
13
42:26
just
42:26
to
42:26
highlight
42:27
Christ's
42:28
greatness
42:29
and glory
42:29
verse
42:33
13
42:33
he has
42:34
delivered
42:35
us
42:36
from the
42:36
dominion
42:37
of
42:37
darkness
42:37
and
42:38
transferred
42:38
us
42:38
to the
42:39
kingdom
42:39
of his
42:40
beloved
42:41
son
42:41
in whom
42:42
we have
42:42
redemption
42:43
the forgiveness
42:44
of sins
42:45
he
42:46
being
42:46
Jesus
42:47
he is
42:47
the image
42:48
of the
42:49
invisible
42:49
God
42:50
the firstborn
42:51
of all
42:51
creation
42:52
for by him
42:53
all things
42:54
were created
42:55
in heaven
42:56
on earth
42:56
visible
42:57
and invisible
42:58
whether thrones
42:59
dominions
43:00
or rulers
43:00
or authorities
43:01
all things
43:03
were created
43:03
through him
43:04
and for him
43:04
and he is
43:06
before all
43:06
things
43:06
and in him
43:07
all things
43:08
hold
43:08
together
43:09
let's pray
43:10
together