Angels: Do angels work in the New Testament church today?

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 

By the Bible we see whether or not God still uses such things as angels in the New Testament Church.

 

Do we have examples in the New Testament of angels being used for the work of God?

 

After I was born again, I went to the Bible and read each example concerning angels in the New Testament.

 

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Some examples of angels working in NT.

 

Matthew 1:18-25  Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.

20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. 21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:  25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.

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Luke 1

 

26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.

28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.

30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. 31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.

38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. 

And the angel departed from her.

 

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In a dream, God told Joseph to take the young child, Jesus, and Mary and flee into Egypt because Herod would try to kill Jesus.  So Joseph by night took them into Egypt.

 

Matthew 2

 

19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.

21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

 

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Examples in Bible of angels being sent to help men who already have the Holy Spirit in them.

 

Acts 12

 

5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.

7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.

9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.

10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.

11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

 

When we read from Bible such examples, we can be assured that God could do the same thing for us today in the church if needed.  And we know that God uses HIS angels today in the NT Church to help the church and also to deliver messages to the church as in the following case of the apostle Paul.

 

Acts 27  (Paul speaking when their ship was in danger of being shipwrecked)

 

20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.

21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.

22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.

23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,

24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.

An angel instructs Philip:

 

Acts 8:26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.

 

An angel speaks to Cornelius a Gentile to get Peter to preach to him that he and his household could be saved:

 

Acts 10:32-33  Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.

33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.

 

An angel removes the great stone from the tomb of Jesus:

 

Matthew 28:2  And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

 

Seven angels brought the wrath of the great tribulation of God upon the earth:

 

Revelation 8:2  And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.

 

One by one, these angels sounded their trumpets and then came the plagues of God upon the earth to judge the earth at the end of the world.

 

Jesus sends HIS angels to gather the elect of God and remove them from the earth before the earth is destroyed by God.

 

Matthew 24:31  And HE shall send HIS angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

 

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As I read such scriptures in the New Testament Bible, I see how God uses angels to help HIS people today and to do HIS will, and I am assured angels are still used by God for our benefit to show us the will of God.

 

In January, 1980, I was asleep in the night when a very loud "trumpet like" voice spoke 3 words into my ear:  "Hertford, Seattle, KWJS"

 

(I believe this message, which caused me to go on radio to exhort the church, was spoken by an angel, because it was so loud and "trumpet like" and often I read about angels speaking with such power.)

 

Also in 1982, in a dream, an angel spoke to me to warn me not to go out for I would be in great danger, and he said:  "Don't go until you see Exodus 15."  So I cancelled all my meetings which I had planned for that year.

 

And the Holy Spirit reminded me of this scripture:  

 

John 16:1-3  Jesus said:  These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.

2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor ME.

 

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