This aurora is beautiful; looks like an angel, doesn’t it? Well, it is a heavenly phenomenon, and not a genuine angel. There are real angels and we read about them all the time in the Scriptures. People have been impressed by their beauty and their power and some have even worshiped them. Angels serve God and announce his will, but are not God and should not be worshiped ( See also Luke 2:8-14 and Hebrews 1:1-7 ). The Gospel message has always been about Jesus; his death, burial and resurrection ( 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 ). Some early Christians in the region of Galatia were told that there was another Gospel besides what the apostle Paul had preached to them. AND, when Paul heard about this, wrote the following to them...
Galatians 1 ( World English Bible )
1, Paul, an apostle (not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead),
2, and all the brothers* who are with me, to the assemblies of Galatia:
3, Grace to you and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,
4, who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—
5, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
6, I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”;
7, and there isn’t another “good news.” Only there are some who trouble you, and want to pervert the Good News of Christ.
8, But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any “good news” other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed.
9, As we have said before, so I now say again: if any man preaches to you any “good news” other than that which you received, let him be cursed.
10, For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.
11, But I make known to you, brothers, concerning the Good News which was preached by me, that it is not according to man.
12, For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.
The truth is that there is only one savior, one way to eternal life and it is through Jesus ( John 14:6 ). Jesus and Jesus alone is the one that Moses referred to in Deuteronomy 18: 18-19 and that was confirmed in the New Testament ( See Acts 2:22-36; 3:18-23; John 1:45 ). Christians are to rely on The Gospel message and only the Gospel message as defined by the Scriptures themselves ( See Revelation 22:18f; Deuteronomy 4:2; 12:32; Proverbs 30:6; 1 Peter 4:11; 1 Corinthians 4:6 ).
The study of angels is worthwhile, but remember that Jesus is the one and only savior of mankind. See Isaiah 43:11 with Luke 19:10, John 1:14-18 and John 14:6. Hold fast to this truth and never, ever depart from it.
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