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Aug 10, 2023 · The angels live in the presence of God, so why would they be interested in human salvation (Matthew 18:10; 22:30)? Believers in Jesus Christ understand what it is like to be dead in sin and alienated from God (Ephesians 2:1–3). They also understand the overwhelming grace and mercy shown in Christ dying the death they deserve (Ephesians 2:13).
3. Then, again, we are hindered by our bodies — one-third of our time is taken up in eating and sleeping. Angels are free from all this. 4. Then consider how much more we know than we did fifty years ago. Yet the angels witnessed the birth of the worlds and systems of worlds.
- 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...
Nov 21, 1993 · 1. Peter points out the amazing fact that Christ himself—the Spirit of Christ—hundreds of years before his own death and resurrection, was predicting his own death and resurrection. Look at the middle of verse 11: "The Spirit of Christ within [the prophets] . . . predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow."
Jul 29, 2014 · We can trust and put our faith in it; even if we die, we will go to heaven. This reality should comfort the believer. Remember the Greatness of Salvation in that Even Angels Desire to Understand It. Even angels long to look into these things. 1 Peter 1:12. This salvation is great because even angels desire to look into it.
In 1 Peter 1:12 it shares that angels actually long to understand salvation because it's not something they have experienced themselves. Salvation makes them rejoice (Luke 15:10) but it separates ...
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It is a military term and carries the idea of warfare. Angels are referred to as the “host,” which calls our attention to two ideas. First, it is used to describe God’s angels as the “armies of heaven” who serve in the army of God engaged in spiritual warfare (Ps. 89:6, 8; 1 Sam. 1:11; 17:45).
