Lesson 4

Review
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Why Study angels
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Errors in our thinking about angels
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Angels were created by God
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Number of angels
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Angels are greater than man in knowledge
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Angels are spirits
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Angels are more powerful than man
 Review
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The Fall of Angels
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The Work of Angels
They guide and encourage God's people

Matthew 28:5-7

Act 8:26,”Now an angel of the Lord said to

Philip, "Rise and go toward the south to
the road that goes down from Jerusalem to
Gaza." This is a desert place. “
They are executors of God's Judgment

Genesis 19:12-13

King Herod-
Act 12:23 “Immediately an angel of the
Lord struck him down, because he did not
give God the glory, and he was eaten by
worms and breathed his last. “
They are executors of God's Judgment

Revelation 16
They carry the Saved Home after Death

Luke 16:22 ,”The poor man died and was

carried by the angels to Abraham's side.
The rich man also died and was buried,”
 Their Future Work
They will announce the Lord's Return

1Th 4:16 ,” For the Lord himself will

descend from heaven with a cry of
command, with the voice of an archangel,
and with the sound of the trumpet of God.
And the dead in Christ will rise first.”
 Their Future Work

2 Thessalonians 1:7-8

Matthew13:49,”So it will be at the close of

the age. The angels will come out and
separate the evil from the righteous”
 Their Future Work

Revelation 21:12 “It had a great, high wall,

with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve
angels, and on the gates the names of the
twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were
inscribed--”
 Discussion

Now that you know the work of angels in

our lives, how will this knowledge affect
you this week?
 The Work of the Fallen Angels

The are actively involved in opposing God

and his program

Matthew 4:10
Matthew 16:23
 The Work of the Fallen Angels

They endeavor to separate the believer from

Christ
“For I am sure that neither death nor life,
nor angels nor rulers, nor things present
nor things to come, nor powers”
Romans 8:38
 The Work of the Fallen Angels

The oppose the work of the good angels

Daniel 10:12-13
 The Work of the Fallen Angels

They spread false doctrine

“not to be quickly shaken in mind or
alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken
word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to
the effect that the day of the Lord has
come.”
2 Thessalonians 2:1
 The Work of the Fallen Angels

They spread false doctrine

“Now the Spirit expressly says that in later
times some will depart from the faith by
devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and
teachings of demons,”
1 Timothy 4:1
 The Work of the Fallen Angels

They work against our spiritual progress

Ephesians 6:12

Since Satan cannot attack God directly he

goes after God's children.
 The Work of the Fallen Angels

We must remember that Satan was defeated at the

cross

“ Since therefore the children share in flesh and

blood, he himself likewise partook of the same
things, that through death he might destroy the
one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,”
Hebrews 2:14
 The Work of the Fallen Angels

We are already on the winning side of the

battle!
 The Destiny of the Angels

The fallen angels will have their part in the

lake of fire.

"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart

from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire
prepared for the devil and his angels.”
Matthew 25:41
 The Destiny of the Angels

The good angels will exist along side us

forever in heaven and on the new earth.
Revelation 21:1-12