“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, and not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.” (Colossians 2:18-19)
Don’t let anyone defraud you by acting as an umpire. In other words, don’t put up with people who expect you to bow and scrape to them and their false teachings. Don’t let people put you down. Don’t worship angels. Don’t pay attention to people who go around telling wild tales that they have made up. They get all puffed up in their vanity.
Christ is the head of the body, the church, and He is the One who puts us together in one piece. We can grow strong only with the nourishment that God provides. The great British preacher Charles Spurgeon explains:
In Paul’s day there were some who took off the attention of the Christian from the worship of God to the worship of angels. “Angels,” said they, “these are holy beings; they keep watch over you; you should speak of them with great respect”; and then when they grew bolder, they said, “You should ask their protection”; and then after a little while they said, “You should worship them; you should make them intermediate intercessors”; and so, step by step, they went on and established an old heresy which lasted for many years in the Christian church, and which is not dead even now, and thus the worship of angels crept in.
The stories I share with you about angels are intended simply to help make us aware of the spiritual warfare and protection that surrounds us. Through the ages, many Christians have allowed these verses and the heretical practices of other Christians to frighten them away from learning about angels. There is nothing wrong with exploring what the Bible has to say about the subject.
Our passion and our joy revolve around Jesus Christ, who was crucified to pay for our sins. (I Corinthians 2:2) We are not to contact angels unless they contact us. We are not to pray to them. While we can rejoice over the protection they give, we are never permitted to worship them. We are God’s children. They are His servants, nothing more. They are created beings who serve God’s purpose. When the Apostle John was receiving his vision in Revelation, he made a mistake and bowed to the brilliant and radiant angel, who quickly corrected him.And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, “See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” (Revelation 19:10)
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