For the angel of the LORD is a guard; he surrounds and defends all who fear him.  –  Psalm 34:7

 

The information we will be talking about in the discussion of angels will be adapted from the book, Angels, Elect and Evil by C. Fred Dickason

People have long since been intrigued by the possibility that an unseen spirit world exists.  And interestingly enough, people often seek out these things because something inside them seems to be calling them to fill a “hole”.

It is when we feel this pull, that we need to proceed with caution.  Take the time to engage your reasoning skills, while putting your emotions on the back burner for a bit.

                

Remember the Garden of Eden? It was described as a place of safety and beauty.  A place where animals and people lived together as friends. You may also remember that Satan, in the form of a serpent, enticed and led astray Adam and Eve with lies.  Although subtle lies, they were still a distortion of God’s Truth.

These are the same subtle lies Satan used on people in the past, us today, and will he will continue to use in the future.  Why?  Because they work.  These lies successfully pull people away from the love, security, and guidance of God, towards chaos, insecurity, fear, and confusion.

                

Satan doesn’t entice people over to his “team” so that he can love and provide for them.  On the contrary, he just doesn’t want you to be on God’s “team”.  So when you choose not to follow God, who are you following?  The culture?  Your friends?  TV personalities?  Who or what?  When you don’t follow God, you end up lost, flaying around, bouncing from one popular idea to the next.  Seeking and searching.  All the while knowing something is missing, but not knowing what.

                  

Let’s use the internet as an example.  It is a fantastic resource. It allows us to network with people, to stay connected, to get information, to make purchases, it provides a platform to get our ideas heard, like my blog :), to get recipes, to learn to play guitar, to learn what’s going on in other parts of the world, etc.

But, with all the good, there’s comes all the bad.  Seems like there is always two sides to every story. The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.  –  Proverbs 18:17

In the example of the internet there’s pornography, reconnecting with “old” lovers or “new” lovers when your spouse is no longer “exciting” to you, or anonymity when you post pictures and/or comments you never would in “real life”.

I could go on and on, but I think you get the point.

So keep this in mind:  have cautious awareness when discussing angels.