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Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv » 🌐 2026-08-14
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🤗☁️🌈☁️🪽😇🪽🫂🛐🧘🏿‍♀️💒🏩🩷🗣️🌬️🌪️💨🌀⛵🌊👣👑🕊️💦❤️‍🔥✝️🌎🌐🩵🤟🫧🤗[Jesus answered them!*“Did I not choose you?*the twelve?*& yet one of you is a devil!”*He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot!*for he!*one of the twelve!*was going to betray him!]🤗🫧👣🧘🏿‍♀️🩷💛🩵☁️🌈☁️🪽😇🪽🫂🛐🧘🏿‍♀️💒🏩🩷🗣️🌬️🌪️💨🌀⛵🌊👣👑🕊️💦❤️‍🔥✝️🌎🌐🩵🤗

(John 6:60-71)
#Words #of #Eternal #Life #Devil #Betrayal #Deciples #Twelve #GOD #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Ghost #Savior #Light #Miracles #Teaching #World #People #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Love #Spirit

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv » 🌐 2026-08-14 / 2026-08-14
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Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv » 🌐 2026-08-14
@LisaWarnerLisaLuv@mastodon.social

🤗☁️🌈☁️🪽😇🪽🫂🛐🧘🏿‍♀️💒🏩🩷🗣️🌬️🌪️💨🌀⛵🌊👣👣👣🌊🤔👑🕊️💦❤️‍🔥✝️🌎🌐🩵🤗(*& Simon Peter answered him!*“Lord!*to whom shall we go?*You have the words of eternal life!*& we have believed!*& have come to know!*that you are the Holy One of God!”)👉

(John 6:60-71)
#Words #of #Eternal #Life #Devil #Betrayal #Deciples #Twelve #GOD #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Ghost #Savior #Light #Miracles #Teaching #World #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Caring #Hospitality #Understanding #Love #Curious #Spirit

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv » 🌐 2026-08-14
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🤗☁️🌈☁️🪽😇🪽🫂🛐🧘🏿‍♀️💒🏩🩷🗣️🌬️🌪️💨🌀⛵🌊👣👣👣🌊🤔👑🕊️💦❤️‍🔥✝️🌎🌐🩵🤗(So Jesus said to the twelve!*“Do you want to go away as well?”*& Simon Peter answered him!*“Lord!👉

(John 6:60-71)
#Words #of #Eternal #Life #Devil #Betrayal #Deciples #Twelve #Devotional #GOD #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Ghost #Savior #Light #Miracles #Teaching #World #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Hospitality #Helping #Others #Gentleness #Understanding #Everyone #Unity #Love #One #Another #Curious #Spirit

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv » 🌐 2026-08-14
@LisaWarnerLisaLuv@mastodon.social

🤗☁️🌈☁️🪽😇🪽🫂🛐🧘🏿‍♀️💒🏩🩷🗣️🌬️🌪️💨🌀⛵🌊👣👣👣🌊🤔👑🕊️💦❤️‍🔥✝️🌎🌐🩵🤗((Jesus said!*“This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father!”*After this many of his disciples turned back!*& no longer walked with him!)👉

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv » 🌐 2026-08-14
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🤗☁️🌈☁️🪽😇🪽🫂🛐🧘🏿‍♀️💒🏩🩷🗣️🌬️🌪️💨🌀⛵🌊👣👣👣🌊🤔👑🕊️💦❤️‍🔥✝️🌎🌐🩵🤗((For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe!*& who it was who would betray him!)*& he said!👉

(John 6:60-71)
#Words #of #Eternal #Life #Devil #Betrayal #Deciples #GOD #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Ghost #Savior #Light #Miracles #Teaching #World #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Caring #Hospitality #Helping #Others #Gentleness #Understanding #Everyone #Unity #Love #One #Another #Curious #Spirit

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv » 🌐 2026-08-14
@LisaWarnerLisaLuv@mastodon.social

🤗☁️🌈☁️🪽😇🪽🫂🛐🧘🏿‍♀️💒🏩🩷🗣️🌬️🌪️💨🌀⛵🌊👣👣👣🌊🤔👑🕊️💦❤️‍🔥✝️🌎🌐🩵🤗(Jesus said to them!*“The words that I have spoken to you are spirit!*& life!*But there are some of you who do not believe!")👉

(John 6:60-71)
#Words #of #Eternal #Life #Devil #Betrayal #Deciples #GOD #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Ghost #Savior #Light #Miracles #Teaching #World #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Gentleness #Understanding #Unity #Love #One #Another #Blessed #Gifted #Curious #Bright #Spirit #Friends

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv » 🌐 2026-08-14
@LisaWarnerLisaLuv@mastodon.social

🤗☁️🌈☁️🪽😇🪽🫂🛐🧘🏿‍♀️💒🏩🩷🗣️🌬️🌪️💨🌀⛵🌊👣👣👣🌊🤔👑🕊️💦❤️‍🔥✝️🌎🌐🩵🤗(Jesus said to them!*“Do you take offense at this?*Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?*It is the Spirit who gives life!*the flesh is no help at all!👉

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv » 🌐 2026-08-14
@LisaWarnerLisaLuv@mastodon.social

🤗☁️🌈☁️🪽😇🪽🫂🛐🧘🏿‍♀️💒🏩🩷🗣️🌬️🌪️💨🌀⛵🌊👣👣👣🌊🤔👑🕊️💦❤️‍🔥✝️🌎🌐🩵🤗(But Jesus!*knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this!*said to them!*“Do you take offense at this?👉

(John 6:60-71)
#The #Words #of #Eternal #Life #Devil #Betrayal #Deciples #Twelve #Devotional #GOD #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Ghost #Savior #Light #Miracles #Teaching #World #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Gentleness #Understanding #Everyone #Unity #Love #One #Another #Curious #Bright #Spirit

דער קערפער פֿון השם » 🌐 2026-08-14
@dukepaaron@babka.social

[cue old Der Stürmer joke for poignancy here]

Why we put this nonsense out into the ether ourselves is beyond me.

"There’s a different question being asked, largely in #Democratic circles, of today’s #Jewish #presidential# candidates: “Is he the ‘right’ kind of Jewish #candidate to be #president?” — a question that is almost entirely centered around a candidate’s position on #Israel and how openly he identifies with his #religious #faith.

A long list of Jewish candidates are considering a presidential campaign or are being touted as credible contenders, ranging from moderates like #Pennsylvania #Gov. #JoshShapiro, #Sen. #ElissaSlotkin (D- #MI) and former #Chicago #Mayor #RahmEmanuel to #progressives like #Illinois Gov. #JBPritzker and those who straddle the ideological divide, like Sen. #JonOssoff (D- #GA)."

https://jewishinsider.com/2026/08/jewish-u-s-2028-presidential-candidates-israel-antisemitism/

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv » 🌐 2026-08-14
@LisaWarnerLisaLuv@mastodon.social

🤗☁️🌈☁️🪽😇🪽🫂🛐🧘🏿‍♀️💒🏩🩷🗣️🌬️🌪️💨🌀⛵🌊👣👣👣🌊🤔👑🕊️💦❤️‍🔥✝️🌎🌐🩵🤗(When many of his disciples heard it!*they said!*“This is a hard saying!*who can listen to it?”*But Jesus!*knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this!*said to them!)👉

(John 6:60-71)
#The #Words #of #Eternal #Life #Devil #Betrayal #Deciples #Twelve #GOD #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Ghost #Savior #Light #Miracles #Teaching #World #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Caring #Unity #Love #Curious #Spirit

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv » 🌐 2026-08-14
@LisaWarnerLisaLuv@mastodon.social

🤗☁️🌈☁️🪽😇🪽🫂🛐🧘🏿‍♀️💒🏩🩷🗣️🌬️🌪️💨🌀⛵🌊👣👣👣🌊🤔👑🕊️💦❤️‍🔥✝️🌎🌐🩵🤗(Apostle John)*[When many of his disciples heard it!*they said!*“This is a hard saying!*who can listen to it?”👉

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv » 🌐 2026-08-14
@LisaWarnerLisaLuv@mastodon.social

🤗☁️🌈☁️🪽😇🪽🫂🛐🧘🏿‍♀️💒🏩🩷🗣️🌬️🌪️💨🌀⛵🌊👣👣👣🌊🤔👑🕊️💦❤️‍🔥✝️🌎🌐🩵🤗*The Words of Eternal Life!🤗☁️🌈☁️🪽😇🪽🫂🛐🧘🏿‍♀️💒🏩🩷🗣️🌬️🌪️💨🌀⛵🌊👣👣👣🌊🤔👑🕊️💦❤️‍🔥✝️🌎🌐🩵🤗👉

(John 6:60-71)
#The #Words #of #Eternal #Life #Devil #Betrayal #Deciples #Twelve #Devotional #GOD #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Ghost #Savior #Light #Miracles #Teaching #World #People #Remember #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Caring #Hospitality #Helping #Others #Gentleness #Understanding #Everyone #Unity #Love #One #Another #Curious #Bright #Spirit

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv » 🌐 2026-08-14
@LisaWarnerLisaLuv@mastodon.social

☁️🌈☁️🪽😇🪽🫂🛐🧘🏿‍♀️💒🏩🩷🗣️🌬️🌪️💨🌀⛵🌊👣👣👣🌊🤔👑🕊️💦❤️‍🔥✝️🌎🌐🩵💁🏿‍♀️*[THE FOLLOWING VERSES FROM CHAPTER (John 6)*RECORDED BY “APOSTLE JOHN” TELLS US ALL ABOUT MANY SUBJECTS!*& IMPORTANT THINGS!*SUCH AS JESUS DOING MIRACLES!*& TEACHING EVERYONE!*& INCLUDING HIS DECIPLES THAT FOLLOWED HIM!*&]*The Words of Eternal Life!👉

(John 6:60-71)
#Words #of #Eternal #Life #Devil #Betrayal #Deciples #Twelve #GOD #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Ghost #Savior #Light #Miracles #Teaching #World #Pray #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Love

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv » 🌐 2026-08-14
@LisaWarnerLisaLuv@mastodon.social

☁️🌈☁️🪽😇🪽🫂🛐🧘🏿‍♀️💒🏩🩷🗣️🌬️🌪️💨🌀⛵🌊👣👣👣🌊🤔👑🕊️💦❤️‍🔥✝️🌎🌐🩵💁🏿‍♀️*[DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS ACROSS THE EARTH THE FOLLOWING VERSES FROM CHAPTER (John 6)*RECORDED BY “APOSTLE JOHN”👉

(John 6:60-71)
#The #Words #of #Eternal #Life #Devil #Betrayal #Deciples #Twelve #Devotional #GOD #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Ghost #Savior #Light #Miracles #Teaching #World #People #Remember #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Caring #Gentleness #Understanding #Everyone #Unity #Love #Curious #Bright #Spirit

Gems of Knowledge » 🌐 2026-08-14
@gemsofknowledge.com@gemsofknowledge.com

The Time of Sifting and Burning

God's refining process isn't always comfortable, but it has a purpose. Sifting separates. Fire purifies. And sometimes God allows both to expose what doesn't belong and strengthen what does. Paul said, “I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing.” (1 Corinthians 9:26, NLT) He wasn't faking it or merely going through the motions. His faith was real, and so was his determination to follow Christ. If this is a season of sifting and refining, we don't have to be afraid of what will remain. Jesus already won.💎 [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

Today’s One Year Bible Verses: Nehemiah 7:73b–9:21, 1 Corinthians 9:1–18, Psalm 33:12–22, Proverbs 21:11–12

Jesus Has Already Won

After yesterday’s Gem about standing and fighting with the Lord, I felt a little worried about how it might make people feel. After all, end times and spiritual warfare can feel scary or intimidating and I think because of this the Lord chose to give us reassurance in the middle of the warning with this Gem of Knowledge:

“Don’t worry about what will happen. I already won. Now is the time of sifting and burning.”

That changes how we look at everything.

Yes, there is a spiritual battle. Yes, Scripture tells us difficult times will come. And yes, God is clearly calling His people to prepare. But we aren’t fighting to determine who ultimately wins.

Jesus already won.

Through His death and resurrection, Christ defeated the power of sin and death. Whatever happens in this world, the final outcome isn’t hanging in the balance. That means we can prepare without panic, fight without fear, and watch what is happening around us without losing our peace.

But then comes the second part of the Gem: “Now is the time of sifting and burning.”

Those words made me think about what both processes accomplish. Sifting separates. Burning purifies. One reveals what belongs and what doesn’t; the other consumes what cannot remain.

Perhaps that is part of what God is doing right now—not only in the world, but in us.

Today’s reading in Nehemiah gives us a beautiful picture of this. God’s people gathered together and listened as the Book of the Law was read aloud. As they heard God’s Word, they began to understand how far they had wandered. They wept, confessed their sins, worshiped, and remembered God’s faithfulness throughout their history.

The Word exposed what needed to change, but God wasn’t exposing them simply to condemn them. He was bringing His people back to Himself.

That’s an important distinction.

When God sifts us, things become visible. Motives are revealed. Compromise becomes harder to justify. Things we’ve depended upon may suddenly prove unreliable. And when He allows the heat to increase, what is genuine becomes increasingly distinguishable from what is not.

That can be uncomfortable, but it can also be merciful.

Fire is used throughout Scripture as an image of testing and purification. It burns away what doesn’t belong so that what remains can be made stronger and purer. If God is preparing His people for what lies ahead, perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised when He begins removing things that would keep us from standing when the pressure increases.

Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 9 fit beautifully here. He describes the discipline of an athlete who trains with purpose. “So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing” (1 Corinthians 9:26, NLT). Paul wasn’t pretending or merely going through the motions. His faith was real, and so was his determination to follow Christ. He understood that following Jesus required intentionality, discipline, and perseverance. He wasn’t casually drifting through his faith and hoping he’d be ready when difficulty came.

Neither should we.

This season isn’t a reason to obsess over every headline or try to identify every prophetic event. It is a reason to ask God, “What are You doing in me?”

What is being sifted out?

What needs to be burned away?

Where has comfort replaced obedience? Where has fear become stronger than faith? Where have we relied on the world for security instead of trusting God?

And when that examination feels intimidating, today’s Psalm brings us right back to peace:

“We put our hope in the LORD. He is our help and our shield.” — Psalm 33:20 (NLT)

Our hope isn’t in our ability to predict what happens next. It isn’t even in our ability to perfectly prepare ourselves.

Our hope is in Him.

So don’t be afraid of the sifting. Don’t run from the refining. Let God remove whatever cannot go where He is taking you.

The battle has already been decided.

Now He is preparing His people to stand in the victory He has already won. 💎

Action (5 Minutes with God)

Take time to be with the Lord today, even if its just 5 minutes. Ask Him:

“Lord, what do You want me to know about this personally?”
- Journal what He gives you through His Holy Spirit.
Then ask, “What do You want me to do?”
- Journal what He reveals – then do it!

Let today be a day of surrender to God. Ask Him to remove anything that weakens your faith and strengthen everything that will help you remain faithful to Jesus.

Prayer

Dear Lord, thank You that I don’t have to fear what is coming because Jesus has already won. When You sift and refine me, help me trust Your purpose instead of resisting the process. Expose anything in my heart that doesn’t belong and burn away whatever would keep me from following You completely. Give me wisdom to recognize what You are doing and courage to cooperate with You. My hope is not in this world or in my own strength. You are my help and my shield. Prepare me to stand firmly in the victory Jesus has already won. In Your name I pray, amen.

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Jesus sifts wheat as a man watches beside a refining fire at sunset, while a glowing cross shines on the horizon, symbolizing God's sifting, purification, and Christ's finished victory.

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv » 🌐 2026-08-14
@LisaWarnerLisaLuv@mastodon.social

🌞🌀🩷⛵🌊🩵🧘🏿‍♀️🏩💛🫂🛐🌴🏖️🐚🐬🏄‍♀️🏝️🏕️🛝⚓🎠🎡🪅🎪🎢🤸‍♀️🪩🎭🦚🎈⛲🤽‍♀️🍉🚣‍♀️🧉🏄‍♀️🐬👣😎💗🐩🐕🐈‍⬛🐈🪁🐑🐦🦦🫧🎢🍰🛼🛼🌍🌐💜💁‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED CURIOUS!*& YEARNING!*BRIGHT SPIRITED!*BLESSED WITH MANY SPECIAL GIFTS FRIENDS I HOPE!*PRAY!*& WISH YOU ALL A FUN!*HAPPY!*WHIMSICAL!*& MAJOR WONDERFUL DAY!*AMEN!†🤗🌏🌐🎠🎡🪅🎪🤸‍♀️🪩🎭🦚🎈🛝🍰🛼🛼🎢⛲🤽‍♀️🍉🚣‍♀️🧉🏄‍♀️🐬👣😎💗🐩🐕🐈‍⬛🐈🪁🐑🐦🦦🫧🪂🍨🤟🤗👉

#GOD #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Ghost #Savior #Light #Miracles #World #Pray #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Caring #Unity #Love #One #Another #Yearning #Blessed #Gifted #Curious #Bright #Spirit #Friends

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv » 🌐 2026-08-14
@LisaWarnerLisaLuv@mastodon.social

🌞🌀🩷⛵🌊🩵🧘🏿‍♀️🏩💛🫂🛐🌴🏖️🐚🐬🏄‍♀️🏝️🏕️🛝⚓🎠🎡🪅🎪🎢🤸‍♀️🪩🎭🦚🎈⛲🤽‍♀️🍉🚣‍♀️🧉🏄‍♀️🐬👣😎💗🐩🐕🐈‍⬛🐈🪁🐑🐦🦦🫧🎢🍰🛼🛼🌍🌐💜💁‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED CURIOUS!*& YEARNING!*BRIGHT SPIRITED!*BLESSED WITH MANY SPECIAL GIFTS FRIENDS I AM FEEDING MY SPIRIT TODAY WITH GOOD!*& LOVING THINGS!(DEVOTIONAL)*& I AM SHARING WITH ALL OF YOU SO WE CAN BE ENLIGHTENED!*ENCOURAGED!*& FILLED WITH POSITIVE HOPE!*AMEN!🙏👉

#Devotional #GOD #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Ghost #Savior #Light #World #Pray #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Love #Blessed #Gifted #Curious #Bright #Spirit #Friends

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv » 🌐 2026-08-14
@LisaWarnerLisaLuv@mastodon.social

#Friday #Devotional #GOD #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Ghost #Savior #Light #Miracles #Teaching #World #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Hospitality #Helping #Others #Gentleness #Understanding #Unity #Love #One #Another #Yearning #Blessed #Gifted #Curious #Bright #Spirit #Friends

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv » 🌐 2026-08-14
@LisaWarnerLisaLuv@mastodon.social

(John 6:60-71)
#Friday #Devotional #GOD #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Ghost #Savior #Light #World #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Hospitality #Gentleness #Everyone #Unity #Love #One #Another #Yearning #Blessed #Gifted #Curious #Bright #Spirit #Friends

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A picture of a young girl walking next to the water on a beautiful smooth sandy beach and her frilly peachy pinkish sun dress is swirling gorgeously as she walks!

the-end-time.org » 🌐 2026-08-14
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Demons and angels

By Elizabeth Prata

I was asked about the spiritual realm. It is a huge subject! Angels are an interesting subject, and I am like many of you who wonder why preachers do not preach on the subject. It IS a legitimate feature of most Systematic Theology divisions, after all. It’s called Angelology.

Angels were created by God before He created the world. We know this from Job, because the angels were already created when God made the world. They shouted with joy at the creation of it. (Job 38:6). In Genesis 1:31 which describes the sixth day, they had not fallen and were still holy, because God declared everything at that point, “very good”.

By Genesis 3:1, some angels had fallen into sin and rebelled. Satan visited Eve and Adam in the garden. We do not know exactly how long between the end of creation day 6 and the fall happened, we just know between Genesis 1:31 and Genesis 3:1 that Satan (a title meaning Accuser or Adversary) was one of them who fell. Most theologians believe his name is Lucifer. According to most interpretations of Revelation 12:3–4, he convinced about a third of the created holy angels to follow him into rebellion against God.

Gustave Dore Lucifer’s fall

Lucifer’s desire and intent is mentioned in Isaiah, a section known as the “5 I Wills”. Isaiah 14:12-15 says-

“How you have fallen from heaven,
You star of the morning, son of the dawn!
You have been cut down to the earth,
You who defeated the nations!
13“But you said in your heart,
‘I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne above the stars of God,
And I will sit on the mount of assembly
In the recesses of the north.
14‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’
15“Nevertheless you will be brought down to Sheol,
To the recesses of the pit.

Ezekiel 28:12-16 mentions satan as one of the highest cherubs who became proud and fell. Sin was found in his heart.

Fallen Lucifer/Satan and his cohorts are now unholy angels, or better known as demons. The demons oppose God by attempting to thwart His plans. They incite sin, make war, lay traps for the unwary, foment chaos, hinder God’s people as one of them did to Daniel in Daniel 10:13, and more. They also have the ability to possess an unsaved person’s body (they cannot possess a Christian, we are sealed with the Holy Spirit, (Ephesians 1:13-14; 1 John 4:4).

What do holy angels do? A LOT! I was surprised when I heard a sermon by John MacArthur and he outlined all the things angels do and I had not known how busy they are! John MacArthur preached on what the angels do in a 3-part series I linked below.

Once you listen to that and then see in the Bible how much angels do and how much they are around, you can’t unsee it!
Angels: God’s Invisible Army, Part 1

Angels: God’s Invisible Army, Part 2

Angels: God’s Invisible Army, Part 3

Angelology and Demonology are fascinating subjects, but we are wise to be cautious about what is real and what is not. Both those subjects, particularly demonology, have a LOT of crazies preaching wrong stuff. Those subjects seem to invite a lot of extra-biblical speculation, experiential anecdotes, and just plain weird doctrines that have no place in any serious discussion.

John MacArthur preached for nearly 60 years. He said there were only two times he came across a demon-possessed person. John Piper preached for nearly that long, he encountered a demonic possession only once. It does happen, make no mistake, but it’s less common that the fringe ‘ministries’ would have us believe.

We cannot see demons, they are spirit beings. If a ministering angel incarnates and walks among us, we most often are unaware of his presence (Hebrews 13:2).

There seemed to be a lot of demonic possession in the Bible but the demons intensify their activity when God’s plan is coming to fruition. The times when the Ark was being built, during the time of the Prophets, and especially during Jesus’ earthly ministry, demons were highly active, according to the Bible.

They will again be given opportunity to do their worst during the Tribulation of the last of the last days, as Revelation describes. But demonic possession is not rampant and most Christians never encounter it.Demons ONLY do as much, no more or less, that Jesus orders them to.

Are demons on earth? Yes. The Bible describes both obvious activity (such as possession) and unseen activity such as war, influence, philosophies, and the like. We know angels appear on earth as noted in Hebrews above. If a third of the angels fell, then there is a one-on-three chance that the angel a person suspects is around may be a demonic one. Not ALL angel activity is a holy angel who is ministering in God’s name. Some ‘minister’ in satan’s name.

But they can only go as far as Jesus tells them to. When God told satan he could harass Job, satan was also told not to take Job’s life. When the legion of demons in Gadara met Jesus they begged Him not to send them into the pit (which they knew He could.) He sent them into the pigs instead. Apart from the ones that fell, a few early on disobeyed His orders were locked up (Jude 1:6 and 2 Peter 2:4).

Judas was the only person the Bible records was possessed by Satan. And yet Judas was responsible for his decisions and he freely made them. (The Antichrist will be inhabited by satan in the future, but other people were possessed by other demons, not satan.) So demons are allowed by God to do certain things as part of His desire to push forward His redemptive plan, to test Christians, to sanctify us through trials, to hand over the sinning ungodly to His wrath, and so on.

in 1 Kings 22:20-23 we read that the prophet Micaiah saw the angels both holy and unholy assembled before the throne, and God asked-

‘Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one spirit said this, while another said that. 21 Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ 22 And the Lord said to him, ‘How?’ And he said, ‘I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ Then He said, ‘You shall entice him, and you will also prevail. Go and do so.’ 23 Now then, behold, the Lord has put a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of yours; and the Lord has declared disaster against you.”

Here is Randy Alcorn asking a good question,

Since Satan Knows the Ultimate Outcome of God’s Plan, Why Does He Continue Opposing God?

Spiritual battles take place every day but normally they are against our own sin, against the world that wants us to sin, and against satan’s minions who influence Christians to sin. We defeat them by refusing to sin, praying, and staying in the word of God.

If you know someone who swears they have seen demonic activity, consider that it may be real (but unlikely) but also may be made-up. Sometimes it’s not made up on purpose, sometimes it my be seemingly real to the person but they are being influenced by books or movies… Most of the girls at the Salem Witch Trials that swore they saw the devil were making it up, they confessed later. A servant-sorceress had filled their heads with stories and a kind of mass hysteria ensued, perpetuated by peer pressure and influence. There are many reasons to be cautious about such tales.

It’s the same with holy angels. Hebrews verse says we are unaware. We may suspect, we may actually know in some cases an angel (or a demon) has been around, but it’s of no profit to go around saying this. We read in Colossians 2:18 that-

Take care that no one keeps defrauding you of your prize by delighting in humility and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind,

Though there is much more to be explained about that verse, the gist is-

The peril Paul had in mind here was Oriental mysticism, the belief that a person can have an immediate experience with the spiritual world, completely apart from the Word of God or the Holy Spirit. The false teachers in Colossae had visions and made contact with angels. In bypassing the Word of God and the Spirit of God, they were opening themselves to all kinds of demonic activity—because Satan knows how to give counterfeit experiences to people (2 Cor. 11:13–15). Wiersbe, Warren, The Bible exposition commentary.

Take heed: “Satan knows how to give counterfeit experiences to people“. Too many people excitedly describe an alleged supernatural experience they had with an angel, never supposing it can be an unholy angel AKA a demonic experience!

If we excessiely focus on angels or demons as our niche topic, even if you do read and understand the word of God as a believer, the peril is that we may 1) begin to transfer our worship to the angelic being rather than to Jesus, and 2) our prideful heart will want to become puffed up with what we have seen or experienced. (see Revelation 19:10).

I caution my good sisters against following too may rabbit trails toward the holy angels or the demons. Many ministries who focus too excessively on one or the other seem always to lose their way eithr incrementally or dramatically. The resources below, and the Alcorn one above, are credible.

Further Resources:

Ligonier essay: Angels and demons

Costi Hinn at For the Gospel short definition: Theology Terms Explained: Angelology

Costi Hinn at For the Gospel short definition: Theology Terms Explained: “Demonology”

Grace to You sermon: Satan: What is he like?

Grace to You sermon: Satan: How does he operate?

Martyn Lloyd Jones sermon on Good Angels

His companion sermon, “The Devil and the Fallen Angels” audio was lost. But this link is a transcript of that sermon on the unholy angels- follow up to Martyn Lloyd Jones’ first part called Good Angels by clicking the link which goes to a .pdf.

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