Last night in our high school ministry, we started a 2-part series called, "Angels and Demons". We're looking at the reality of spiritual warfare and talking about ways that we can see/sense the spiritual realm impacting our lives daily.
As I began preparing, I had a strong sense that the enemy would work hard to distract students (and me) from what God wanted us to know and understand in this area. So, last night, we tried to kill a few myths:
#1 - Everyone should pray to their guardian angel (while guardianship may be a reality, the phrase "guardian angel" is not actually found in Scripture - and angels should not be prayed to or worshipped - Hebrews 1 talks about this)
#2 - The devil is just a halloween character - no big deal
#3 - Angels are little babies with wings
#4 - The devil is everywhere and can control anyone at his choosing
#5 - They don't exist - This is the scariest one to believe
The truth is that they do exist... and the battle fought in the spiritual realm is a battle that impacts us on a daily basis - whether it is a spirit of complacency, insecurity, lust, deception, pride, fear, anger, etc, we lose regularly because we don't pay attention.
Here are a couple key truths we ended with:
- This is REAL. It's scary. Apart from Christ, we walk this battle every day alone, in fear, in emptiness, and in darkness.
- The reason we turn on lights when we're afraid is because we were made for the Light.
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