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Aug 10, 2023 · They desired to know the object to which Scripture pointed. New Testament believers now understand the gospel and the salvation about which the prophets had spoken. Peter then says something unexpected about the angels: “Even angels long to look into these things.” That is, they are curious about the gospel and how and why it was procured.
I. THE NATURE OF THESE ANGELS. The Scriptures have revealed but little about them. The Bible was not given us to reveal their nature, but to make known to us the plan of salvation. Yet there is something about the nature of angels which we may know by the study of ourselves. 1. We have memory. History has a meaning to us.
Nov 21, 1993 · The Angels Love to Look into It. 4. The next thing Peter says to highlight the value of our salvation is that angels love to look into it. Verse 12 (at the end): "things into which angels long to look." This does not mean they want to but can't.
- I. Predicted by The Prophets
- II. Preached by The Apostles
- III. Studied by The Angels
- Three Take-Home Truths
- Abby Cramton
Our text tells us four things about the prophets and their prophecies: A) They predicted the coming of Christ. Did you know there are over 300 separate prophecies in the Old Testament relating to the coming of Christ? That’s 300 arrows shot up in the air, by many different men, in many different places, over a 1,500-year period. And all those arrow...
What the prophets predicted came true in Jesus Christ. The apostles then took the truth about Jesus and proclaimed it to everyone who would listen. Thus did the church spread across the Roman Empire, and 2,000 years later, to the ends of the earth. Today if you add up all the people who are associated with Christianity in some way, the number total...
The final phrase of our text tells us that angels long to look into the things relating to our salvation. There are two different Greek words here. One means to stand on tiptoe, as if you are at the back of a crowd trying to watch a parade. The other means to stoop down. It’s the same word used for Peter and John stooping to look inside the empty t...
Let’s wrap everything up with three concluding points, and one final story. What should we take away from this amazing text? A) Jesus is the meaning of history. History truly is His Story. History is not about men and nations, the movement of armies, and the rise and fall of empires. It’s not about building or buying or getting. History is not the ...
Now here’s the story. Last night as I was working on my sermon, I got to this very point in my preparation, and I realized I didn’t know how to finish the sermon. So I sat there for a while thinking about it. Then the phone rang. Marlene answered it and said, “It’s for you.” I picked up the phone and heard a girl’s voice say, “Pastor Ray, this is A...
Feb 17, 2024 · Through salvation, we can experience freedom from the bondage of sin, finding peace with God, and ultimately entering into a loving and eternal relationship with Him. “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Redemption, a central theme in the Bible, is intricately linked to the meaning and concept of salvation.
Jul 29, 2014 · It was used of Mary stooping down to look into Christ’s tomb (John 20:11). These words show the strong interest that angels have in understanding the experience of our salvation. In the same way that b elievers stand in awe of such realities as the angel ’ s communion with God and the doctrine of the Trinity, angels stand in awe of the ...
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Angels who chose to rebel against God lost their holiness and became locked into an irrevocably fallen state of evil from which they cannot be redeemed. Scripture indicates God does not provide salvation for fallen angels. Hebrews 2:14–16 implies the only way salvation can be provided for fallen beings is by the Savior taking on Himself the ...
