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Today we share on how to work with God's angel. We take our test Acts chapter 12, and this time we are looking at verse 5. We'll just look at verse 5 to 10.
Indians are organized into ranks and they operate in military fashion. You operate a military fashion. Angels have names. Every angel has a name. Every angel has a name. Every angel, all angels have distinct personalities, and the angels have specific assignments given to them at every point in time. The times that angels possess that God has given them that is beyond what humans possess. For instance, God has given angels high-end knowledge. God has given angels greater power, mobility, so that is why angels can move from the heart back into the solar sphere in seconds.
Angels are God's Messengers. God's Messengers whose chief business is to carry out his order in the world. And we also shared 20 facts about angels. They are mentioned 306 times in the scriptures. Angel mentioned 202 times, and the word Angels mentioned 104 times using the King James version. Angels were great. We are all created by God, including the Fallen Angels, Satan, and all the millions and millions of angels that have today become demons because of their joint rebellion with Satan. They were all created by God. Angels were present at the creation of the world, and Angels were created to live forever. They were created to live forever. Their purpose is to glorify God as their primary summary of it all.
That there are different types, orders of angels, different orders of angels, different classifications. Angels are Spirit beings. Angels are Spirit beings. They are invisible beings, although on rare occasions they can come in human form and appear in human form, fear a human form. They are invisible. They ask so many, so many. Some have the conviction that they are obviously in the trillion bracket. Some are cherubim, some are seraphim. They possess superhuman intelligence. And take note of this, as we are advancing in these end times, there are things, they are, they'll be released, release, release of knowledge, but it's timed, it's timed indeed. In the Book of Daniel, it says, "And the knowledge shall increase in those days," referring to the end times. And I've told you, as I said last week, one of the things God has shown us is that a lot of the things that were done supernaturally in the past, through miracles, as time is proceeding now, a lot of those things will be achieved through science and technology. So please, we, we as believers and as serious believers, we should have this understanding.
So in those days, God, fruit of the womb, God can, you know, God will visit, and there will be miraculous conception. But in these times, when God wants to do it, sometimes it will still be through that old pattern. And then sometimes God will do it through innovations, IVF innovations, medical innovations, scientific innovations, technological innovations. So to this end, God, through the Holy Spirit or through angels, will be releasing information to men and women who will now come up with these inventions and discoveries. They are more intelligent than men, and they are stronger than men. They possess a will. They possess a will. They do not marry. Angels do not marry. So the only time angels are married was when the Fallen Angels in the earlier days, culminating in the time of Noah in Genesis 6. Angels now started befriending beautiful ladies on Earth, married some of them, and they started having sexual intercourse, and that was how giants emerged, giants, the Nephilim, Nephilim. Angels are not meant to marry. And that's why today, today, some of the spirit husbands that are still tormenting some ladies, when they appear, they see them as, as giants, as giants. Pray that God will send fire to consume every spirit husband that is still, still holding captive anyone listening to this message.
So they do not marry. So to, to, to wipe off that strange generation of people that were now moving around the Earth, God, among other reasons, the wickedness in that time was at an unacceptable level. So God said, "I, I have to destroy the whole Earth, save for Noah and a few." So God sent the flood, and the flood wiped out all of them. That was how God stopped it at that time. So they do not marry.
Angels are not omnipresent, that means they cannot be everywhere at the same time. They cannot be everywhere at the same time. They are not omnipotent, which means they do not have unlimited power or unlimited authority. They don't have unlimited power. They are not omniscient, which means they do not have the power to know everything. They don't have the power to know everything. That was why in those, some of those encounters in Revelations, he said to that man, he said to John, he said, "Do not write down what you have said." Don't write it down. And we've seen from many scriptures that what is in your mind, especially a lot of things that are in your mind, the spirits, the spirits cannot, the devil or his fallen angels, demons cannot know what is in your mind. So they don't have the power to know everything. They don't have the power to know. So sometimes when you keep something to your chest, you keep something to yourself, there's no way it's going to leak out. So there's no way they can also sabotage it because they already know ahead of time.
They report directly to God. They report directly to God. And they can appear to man in human form, even though they are always generally invisible, but they can sometimes appear to man in human form. They appear to Abraham, Genesis 18. He is, so, you know, two angels came with God in that visitation. And then while God stayed back and was in that prevailing talk with Abraham, the other two angels that came with God were the ones now that went to Sodom and Gomorrah and were received by Lot. And unfortunately, God, from Genesis 18:20 to 21, said the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is so great, so great, so great.
Angels are not to be worshiped. They are not to be worshiped. Angels are invisible most of the time, like we said. And there are different ranks of angels. We distinguish them, you know. And the main difference is that some of them have a higher level of authority than others, higher levels of authority. Their angels are assigned to cities. Angels assigned to regions. Angels assigned to each nation of the world. They are angels assigned to continents. Their angels are assigned to small communities. And from the remarks of our Lord Jesus Christ, everyone has a guardian angel. He said, you know, even the guardians of these little babies will speak out for them in heaven.
In the scriptures, we see two angels being called by name, Michael and Gabriel. Coincidentally, these two are archangels. Michael is also the chief warrior of God's angels, and Gabriel is the chief messenger of God's messenger angels. Then we also mentioned about the Angel of the Lord, that is always described, Angel of the Lord, Angel of the Lord, Angel of the Lord is mentioned 63 times in Scripture. And some Bible scholars believe this Angel is God's accompanying angel. So many instances where reference was made.
Now take notes. Now, because we're closing this teaching, and we are looking at how to work with God's angels. To work with them, you need to know what they are usually sent to do so you can align. At any given point in time, one, several ways through which angels minister to believers. One, bringing messages from God. Angels are sent from God to bring special messages, special messages whose messages to his people. Bring direct messages, specific messages from God. Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, the mother of Samson, Mary, the mother of Jesus, so many of them in scriptures, you see them, you know, they had the privilege of having angelic visitation, and those angels gave specific messages from God too. So the day you have the privilege of having a sudden angelic visitation and the angel is bringing a message from God, don't go and make the mistake of Zacharias where you will still be telling the angel, "Ah, how can this thing be? How, you know, you are now reflecting on the natural odds against that thing happening?" Any message brought from an angel, true angel of God, because there are fake demons that will appear sometimes as angels, true angel from God, a message, I want that message has been confirmed by God, being confirmed by God, so it's going to happen. So you're keen to it immediately and thank God for his word.
Two, they deliver God's words, like scriptures. Now, angels can bring specific scriptures to your attention and also help you to understand that particular scripture.
Number three, they bring God's guidance. They bring God's guidance. So angels can direct people's steps, direct your steps, and as you are going according to their guidance, they will clear the way. They clear the way for you, clear the way for you, clear the way for you, so that you don't, you have this in mind. One of the ways you will work with them is that they will give you guidance at certain points, guidance at certain points.
Number four, they comfort and encourage God's people. Comfort and encourage God's people. God's angels also comfort and encourage people during difficult times, during difficult times, in the difficult.
And number five, they sustain God's people. That is close, so far, but slightly different. So sometimes God will send his angels to strengthen his people, to sustain them. See this happening in the Old Testament. Even Jesus benefited from this.
Number six, they protect and deliver God's people. This one major assignment of angels. They protect God's people. They deliver God's people. Psalm 91 is a powerful scripture that every child of God must declare. You must declare it every day before you leave the house, early, any time after 12, whenever you are having your first devotion of the year, of the day, Psalm 91 must be part of the prayer declarations of every believer. Because one of the scriptures given to us by God to declare, when you declare them, one of those verses, especially like verse 11, releases and activates angelic intervention for protection. So as you declare, as you declare, that you have given them, you know, a fresh order, an opportunity to work on your behalf and on behalf of the people you are praying for, your family. So angels are considered to be special forces and have special assignments from the military branch of Heaven's Kingdom. Psalm 91, verse 11. They also provide deliverance for God's people, as you could see in verse 12, I'm sorry, in Acts chapter 12, see 6-11, you could see how the angel intervened on behalf of Peter.
Some angels are giving defensive roles, while others are giving offensive roles. Some defend, some protect, why some attack and execute judgment. They attack and execute judgment. So they are guardian angels that protect. Those ones play defensive roles. Protect your children. They protect you. And every true church that God has set up are given mighty angels. Every church that God has genuinely put in place, they are given mighty angels. When Christ was addressing the church, you could see, you could see that clearly in Revelations chapter 2 and verse 3, and chapter 3. Two testimonies, how some people walking in the mine were trapped, and to the glory of God, two came out alive. And when they came out, they testified that they were able to survive on the ground for so long, weeks, for several weeks, some weeks, it under. They were ministered to by an angel. That an angel came to them, and they saw the angel. They saw the angel. For one of them, subsequently became a minister of God and started sharing his testimony all over the United States. We are this thing happened. And I also shared with you another testimony of John G. Patton, a pioneer missionary in the New Hebrides Islands in the mid-19th century, you know, where one night he was praying, he was with his wife at the headquarters of the mission house, and some militants from that, from that locality came to attack and to kill them. And when they saw what was about to happen to himself and just the two of them, they started praying for God's intervention, praying. And they prayed to daybreak. But by daybreak, they were surprised that I, they didn't even bother to knock, who, knock on the door. And then, so when they looked out, they were shocked to see that there was nobody outside. The crowd of attackers they saw earlier that prompted their intensive prayer were not there. And they didn't know what exactly happened. A year later, the chief of that tribe accepted Christ. So Patton was curious to know what happened on that dangerous night and asked the chief, "What kept him from burning the house and killing the couple?" So the chief was surprised by the question and replied, "Who were those men who had, who you had with you there?" "Who were those men?" And Patton replied, "There were no men there, just my wife and myself." The chief said, "They had seen hundreds of men on God cycling the mission headquarters, cycling." So sometimes when the police will stop you on the road, you know, unknown to you, you are, you are not alone. They are seeing someone else with you. They are seeing someone else in front of the car, unknown to you. So when you come and you know, yeah. So a lot of things are happening around us, and we don't even know what is really, really happening. He said, "They had seen hundreds of men on God cycling the mission headquarters, big men in shining garments with swords drawn. They've tried men because of that were afraid to attack, so they dispersed." It was only at this moment that Patton recognized that God had sent angels to protect the couple. God will always arrange for your protection. Let Heaven hear your amen.
So like we said earlier, this shows you that you should learn to also recognize the demanding benefits of receiving and relating well with true ministers and verses of God and the missions they represent. So when you receive ministers of God, you, you'll reverence the mission houses that God has generally put in place. There are some things that are attached, and one of those things are angels assigned to, assigned to those ministries.
And lastly, number seven, angels bring judgment. Divine judgment on people who defy the Lord. They bring divine judgment on people who defy the Lord, and they fight physical battles for God's people. So these are two major roles of angels. So a major role of angels is to help fight God's battles and execute his judgment in the world. Angels are, you know, they can be fierce warriors, fierce warriors who oppose demons and fight individual battles with them. So many instances, so many instances where you're saying just coming to protect and defend God's people. Like, for instance, there was a single night, you know, Second Kings 19:8-35, where a single angel happened to defend God's people in Jerusalem, killed 185,000 soldiers of the mighty Assyrian Empire.
So two closing remarks. Angels are assigned over cities, communities, nations, communities, cities, nations, regions. Now take note, there is a constant battle between God's angels and demonic spirits and fallen angels. This battle is also affected by the prayers of people. The intensity of your prayers will affect the nature of the battle that goes on in the spiritual realm. And then lastly, praying in tongues enhances angelic assistance. Praying in tongues enhances angelic assistance. Praying in the spirit causes a lot of things to happen positively. So when you pray in the spirit, for instance, angels have access to your own book of destiny. They open your book of destiny, and whatever is supposed to be done now, at this season in your book of destiny, the angels of God are able to go out and begin to enforce and execute it. So when we are praying out in the spirit, also your prayer points are perfect, 100 in agreement with the plan of God and the timing of God. So angels will always execute any prayer you pray in the spirit because it's 100% in agreement with God's will and also 100% in agreement with God's timing. So angels, you know, they love when believers are praying in the spirit because you are setting the stage for them to go right into action. And we've said it earlier, just like the Holy Spirit, you can, you can got angels when you take certain actions that you ought not to, based on what you, the understanding you have as a mature believer. Many of the things we have shared today are meant to prepare you to know how to conduct yourself as a believer and in times, rare times of angelic visitation in life. So I pray that more than ever before, from now, you will begin to enjoy angelic interventions, angelic support. Every time you pray, something will certainly happen because your prayer points, especially when you are praying in the spirit, are in agreement with the plan of God and the timing of God. And that is all the angels need to go to work. Every time you pray, angels will go to work immediately in the name of Jesus.