Issue #724 ~July 4, 2022
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"But to which of the angels has He ever said, 'Be sitting at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet'?"
Hebrews 1:13"
"Are they not all ministering spirits, being sent out to render service for the sake of those who are about to be inheriting salvation?"
Hebrews 1:14
We have seen God's son as superior to angels, a King of righteousness, a Creator of the universe, and now we see Him in a position of honor at the "right hand" of the Father.

We saw back in verse 3: "When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high."

The final quotation we have here in verse 13, Quotation 7, focuses on authority. Psalm 110:1: "Be sitting at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet" (NIV).

verse 14: Are they not all ministering spirits, being sent out to render service for the sake of those who are about to be inheriting salvation?"

This verse begins with a reference to the angels, calling them "ministering spirits." Back in verse 7 the function of angels was 2-fold. They are: (1) "winds" and (2) "flame of fire."

Now we learn in verse 14 they are "ministering spirits." There is no salvation provided for angels.

We ought to magnify and marvel in the grace of God, in view of the fact there is no salvation provided for angels.

2 Peter 2:4: "For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment" (NASB).

A minister was visiting some of his members one afternoon. As he knocked on one woman's door she called "Angel, is that you?" The minister replied, "No, but I'm from the same department."

Salvation is not something you can earn or qualify for, it is something which is given as a gift. It is an inheritance which is ours as a result of coming to know Jesus Christ as Savior.

Jesus Christ is the whole truth, and His invitation to you is to experience the wholeness that can be yours by knowing Him. One writer said: "We can come to know Jesus better but we can never find anything better than knowing Jesus."

Francois Fenelon said: "You deceive yourself if you think you are growing spiritually because your curiosity has intellectually explored some spiritual idea. Humble yourself, and do not expect to receive from man that which God alone can give." (The Seeking Heart, 38)
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Praises & Prayer Requests

1.  Pray: "So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will come forth and take out the wicked from among the righteous, Matthew 13:49 (NASB)
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2.  Praise: Bless the Lord, you His angels, Mighty in strength, who perform His word, Obeying the voice of His word! Psalm 103: 20 (NASB)
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3.  Pray: "In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents." Luke 15:10 (NASB)
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4.  Praise: "See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven. Matthew 18:10 (NASB)
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Let's sing as we celebrate the grace of God this morning, something that the angels never experienced. "Amazing Grace":

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound!
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved.
How precious did that grace appear,
The hour I first believed.

Thro' many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come.
'Tis grace that brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.

When we've been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We've no less days to sing God's praise,
Than when we first begun.
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) 

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