Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship
of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what
they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. They have lost connection with the head, from
whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews,
grows as God causes it to grow. (Col 2:18-19 NIV)
So what about angels?
Every now and then I am jolted by the reality that someone I know depends on
angels more than they depend on Jesus.
Just because something or someone or something exists in the spiritual realms that does not mean that we should worship them or put our trust in them. We do not worship those beings or things that God created whether in this world or in the spiritual realms. We are to worship and put our trust in the one who has charge over all things; the one who created the spiritual realms; the one who created all things.
Angels have many purposes. Some are messengers. Some have been deliverers of God's judgment. Some are ministering spirits. Angels ministered to Jesus after his temptations by the devil in the wilderness. Angels are beings created by God to serve according to God's will. They do not do our will. They do God's will.
We are not to worship angels. We cannot serve two gods. Angels did not create you. They, themselves, are created beings. Angels did not die for you. Jesus did. By worshipping and honoring angels; by lifting them up more than we lift us Christ, we lose the connection we have with the head, from whom the whole body grows, who is Jesus the Christ. We are to worship the one who has charge over angels and not the angels.
God's Peace - Pr. J
Just because something or someone or something exists in the spiritual realms that does not mean that we should worship them or put our trust in them. We do not worship those beings or things that God created whether in this world or in the spiritual realms. We are to worship and put our trust in the one who has charge over all things; the one who created the spiritual realms; the one who created all things.
Angels have many purposes. Some are messengers. Some have been deliverers of God's judgment. Some are ministering spirits. Angels ministered to Jesus after his temptations by the devil in the wilderness. Angels are beings created by God to serve according to God's will. They do not do our will. They do God's will.
We are not to worship angels. We cannot serve two gods. Angels did not create you. They, themselves, are created beings. Angels did not die for you. Jesus did. By worshipping and honoring angels; by lifting them up more than we lift us Christ, we lose the connection we have with the head, from whom the whole body grows, who is Jesus the Christ. We are to worship the one who has charge over angels and not the angels.
God's Peace - Pr. J
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