Angels: Ministering Spirits - Page 9

Aquila · #1 03-18-2013, 06:11 AM

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Originally Posted by jen4yeshua

Aquila, I have experienced a watcher I think.I will tell you later.

Excellent testimony. Thank you for sharing. Angels can be very facinating.

jen4yeshua · #2 03-18-2013, 06:28 PM

No problem. I wasnt sure if my pm went through as my sent messages folder shows as empty.

Aquila · #3 04-08-2013, 12:34 PM

I was sitting at my desk here at work at about 1:30 pm and suddenly I was prompted by the Spirit to pray for someone going through a trial. I had no idea who I was to pray for or specifically why I was supposed to pray. So, I did what anyone might do in the year 2013... I posted it on Facebook in the hopes that the person who needed it might receive it. Here is the prayer I was prompted to pray:

Heavenly Father, I do not know who this is for. However, I feel that within the past 30 minutes someone has become in great need of prayer. We call upon your grace and your mercy in the name and authority of Jesus. We stand against the discouragement and lies of the enemy. Heavenly Father, I pray that angels of peace and encouragement surround whomever this is intended for. Set a hedge about them, and may your angels speak words of peace into your child's spirit. May the Holy Spirit, our Comforter, enshroud them and may the gift of faith flow until this trial passes. We give you thanks and praise in all things. In Jesus name I pray.

Amen.

What intrigued me was the prompting to pray for angelic assistance. I prayed it without hesitation. But I do sometimes wonder, are angels prepared to minister through our prayers??? How do we "activate" them? How do we set a "spiritual tone" wherein they can manifest and work? Do we bind the hands of angels through negativity and doubt? How do they "minister"? Can they "speak" into our spirits? What do you do if you sense that an angel is attempting to communicate to you?

I have a lot of thoughts on this subject, some are just my own conclusions from experience, study, and prayer. Hardly dogma or what I'd consider "doctrine".

Lastly, what are "angels"? Yes, we know that they are living spirits. However, are they "creations" or "emanations"??? In my studies some have proposed that angels are creations while others have proposed that they are emanations from God's own being and are thus living extentions of the finer points of His nature. Is it possible that some angels are creations and others (the Angel of the LORD for example) are emanations?

Some real wild stuff. Thought I'd post and ramble just see what might become of the conversation.

God bless.

Aquila · #4 04-09-2013, 06:33 AM

On the emanation thought... what if they indeed are individual spiritual creatures created to be channels of God's power? Thus, they are creations through which God Himself emanates and is revealed to man. Thus, any angel through which God chooses to speak becomes, the Angel of the LORD. I say this because an angel COULDN'T be strictly an emanation from God. Why? Because Satan would have been an emanation. And since there is no sin or darkness in God's nature, Satan's fall would have been impossible. Now, if the Angels are creations through which God manifests at times, Satan very well could have rebelled and as a result ceased to be a willing channel of God's presence and power.

It's interesting.

Aquila · #5 04-09-2013, 06:44 AM

Is there anyone here that believes in angels and happens to allow that belief to be a strong aspect to their faith in Christ? I'm feeling drawn into the study of angels, spiritual warfare, and deliverance.

TGBTG · #6 04-09-2013, 08:16 AM

Angels are ministering spirits sent to minister to us, the heirs of salvation (Heb 1:14). But I don not belive we should get tied up into studying angels.

I believe Jesus shows us the order of operation when the soldiers came to arrest him.
Matt 27:53
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

Our communication is with God. Then God decides as far as how he wants his angels to minister to his children.

We see a similar thought in the case of Cornelius.

We don't want to fall into the trap of "imaginations originating from our fleshly thoughts."

Phil 2:18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

So, I personally would not get into studying angels or that sort of thing. Commune with God alone. If God wants to send an angel to his child for a specific purpose, he will.

Esther · #7 04-09-2013, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by TGBTG

Angels are ministering spirits sent to minister to us, the heirs of salvation (Heb 1:14). But I don not belive we should get tied up into studying angels.

I believe Jesus shows us the order of operation when the soldiers came to arrest him.
Matt 27:53
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

Our communication is with God. Then God decides as far as how he wants his angels to minister to his children.

We see a similar thought in the case of Cornelius.

We don't want to fall into the trap of "imaginations originating from our fleshly thoughts."

Phil 2:18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

So, I personally would not get into studying angels or that sort of thing. Commune with God alone. If God wants to send an angel to his child for a specific purpose, he will.

If you had not studied about angels you would not have been able to share this information.

Studying does not equate to worship IMO

Aquila · #8 04-10-2013, 07:08 AM

Angels also have some degree of control over nature and the elements:

Revelation 7:1
And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

Thus, I propose that there be a subclass of angel. For example from this verse I conclude that there very well might be an:

Angel of the North
Angel of the South
Angel of the East
Angel of the West

Perhaps these four angels have a considerable amount of authority with regards to wind and weather.

Aquila · #9 04-10-2013, 07:19 AM

Angels can also be evangelistic...

Revelation 14:6
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

This specific angel described here may be one of untold hundreds of thousands of angels, or an angel of authority over others. These evangelistic angels often pave the way for the Gospel to be preached by speaking into the souls of men warning and conviction for sin. Then, when we arrive and preach in the power of the Holy Spirit, there is less resistence in the minds of men.

Heavenly Father, I pray that you would send out your evagelistic angels to warn of sin and testify of your goodness and grace to those that we love so dearly who still need a revelation of who you are and what you have done for them. I pray that through this, they accept this glorious gospel of truth. I pray this in Jesus name. Amen.

Aquila · #10 04-10-2013, 07:23 AM

Here's something interesting that happened yesterday that included thoughts about angels. My fiance has an angel coin that was a gift that she carries in her change purse. We were out and about shopping and taking care of various errands together last night and for some reason, as money changed hands between us... I continued to discover her coin in my change. This happened maybe three or four times. lol I laughed and said, "Maybe it's a message. Angels are with me." lol