SERMONS: Angelic Forces

Angelic Forces

Text: Luke 10:17-20

I. Intro. Who are angels – puffy boys with wings on the back?

 

II. Biblical angels are messengers, guardians, and worshipers.

Messengers – Gloria, Angels told to shepherds of Nativity

Guardians – Ps. 91:11    

Worshipers – Holy, holy, holy

 

Jesus teaches the 72 who returned from the mission that we have the power over the spirits/angels. But the main reason for joy is not the ruling over them but the fact that our names are written in heaven (Luke 10:20).

Humans have a special status in the created world – angels either obey God or they follow the evil one.

Unlike them we are called to the light,

but being born into the world possessed by the original sin, we disobey God.  

 

III. Take away.

Therefore, our obedience is a result of the work of the Holy Spirit

Given at the Baptism,

Nurtured during worship, and

Sealed for the Heavens

In this new obedience we can learn from angels how to:

Worship – vigorously and gloriously, 

Guard the sanctity of the Church by maintaining the discipline, and

Deliver the message of salvation to those who did not meet Jesus yet, like the shepherds on the night watch who went to see the Baby of Bethlehem, the savior of the World.