The Ministry of the Angels (Part II)

Lesson Content

IV The ministry of the angels in the New Testament:

1. An angel foretold the birth of John the Baptist (Lk.1:11-13).

2. An angel foretold the birth of Jesus (Lk.1:28-31).

3. Angels ministered to Jesus when He finished His forty days fast (Matt.4:2,11).

4. As Jesus prayed in Gethsemane, an angel appeared unto Him and strengthened Him (Lk.22:41-43).

5. An angel rolled back the stone from the door of the sepulchre of Jesus (Matt.28:2).

6. An angel told of the resurrection of Jesus to the women weeping by His grave (Matt.28:5-7).

7. Two angels seated in Jesus’ sepulchre, spoke to Mary Magdalene (Jn.20:11-13).

8. An angel helped the sick to be healed (Jn.5:2-4).

9. An angel delivered Peter from prison (Acts 12:7-10).

10. An angel appeared to Cornelius and instructed him of what he had to do (Acts 10:3- 6,22).

11. Angels carry the souls of the people of God to heaven when they die (Lk.16:22).

12. The Lord will come with the shout of the archangel when He comes to gather His perfected saints (I Thess.4:16).

13. In the middle of the Tribulation Period, Jesus will appear in the clouds of heaven and send His angels to gather the martyrs (Matt.24:30,31; Rev.14:14-16).

14. Angels will fight with the dragon and its angels and defeat them (Rev.12:7,8).

15. At the end of the world, the angels will gather together them which do iniquity and cast them into the furnace of fire (Matt.13:40-42).

Moral

So great was the love of God for man that even before He created him, He first created all other things, including the angels, and gave the angels to be his ministering spirits. They are commanded of God to guard him in his ways and toke ep him from all evil. Therefore we ought to be grateful to God.