TEXT: "For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;"-2 Peter 2:4

Angels are ministering spirits; they are visible or/and invisible men, sent by God to deliver a message, Judges 13:2-5; Luke 1:11-20, 26-35; Acts 10:1-8. Angels also perform a task, Genesis 19:1-22; Revelation 12:7-9. They do all these for those who shall be heirs of salvation, Hebrews 1:13, 14. Angels are called the sons of God, Genesis 6:2; Job 1:6; 2:1. They are called princes, Daniel 12:1. They are also called stars, Revelation 1:20.

Some of the angels mentioned in the Bible are: Cherubims, Genesis 3:24; Ezekiel 11:22; 28:14; Seraphims, Isaiah 6:2; angel Michael, Daniel 10:13; 12:1; Jude 9; Revelation 12:7, 8; and angel Gabriel, Luke 1:11-20, 26. And some others that were not named.

These angels were created perfect, until iniquity was found in the anointed cherub, Ezekiel 28:11-15. The anointed cherub became Satan the Devil, Genesis 3:1; Revelation 12:9. He deceives man, Genesis 3:1-15. He also deceives one-third of the angels, Revelation 12:3, 4. And these angels became evil like him, Genesis 6:1-4. These evil angels were called devils or demons, Leviticus 17:7; Matthew 4:24. These evil angels deceive, possess, afflict, torment, and even kill people. However, some of them are in hell, chained, and reserved for judgment, 2 Peter 2:4.

Some of them are also in the bottomless pit, Revelation 9:1-11; 20:1-3. Meanwhile, when war broke out in heaven, the devil and his evil angels fought against angel Michael and the good angels, but the devil and his evil angels were roundly defeated and cast out of heaven to the earth, Revelation 12:7-9.

Before now, Satan has a place in heaven, Job 1:6; 2:1. But, after now, he has no more place in heaven, Revelation 12:8. And when the devil saw that he was cast out of heaven to the earth, he was angry, and went to wage war with the remnant of the seed of the woman, who keep the commandment of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Moreover, the final destination, of the devil and his evil angels, is in the lake of fire and brimstone, Revelation 20:10.

And as I said earlier, one-third of the angels supported the devil. These angels were the disobedient angels that sinned, 2 Peter 2:4. And they walk to and fro the earth doing evil with/and for the devil. While two-third of the angels remained loyal to God. They are the good angels ministering to us the heirs of salvation.

Consequently, let us, as children of God, continue to obey God, so that the good angels will continue to minister to us. And God will also continue to deliver us from every evil, Matthew 6:13.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

Pastor K. C.