Good morning, how are you? It's nice to be with you. Thank you very much for having me along. It's really nice to be here. David and I have been down to the house a few times as mum and dad, so it's nice to be with you. Thanks for having me. If you have a Bible with you, would you mind turning to Hebrews chapter 1, please? Hebrews chapter 1, please. And just as you're turning to the place today, we'll be looking a wee bit at angels today, so we are. And although in the Bible there's no real one passage that really looks at angels in depth in one passage, this is perhaps the best chapter. So we're going to read here, but throughout the message we'll be flicking to other places. And if you just want to flick about, you can, but there'll be a lot of flicking about and I'll be reading out, so whatever you just want to do yourselves. So Hebrews chapter 1, please. God who at sundry times and in diverse manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets hath in these last days spoken unto us by his son whom he hath appointed heir of all things by whom Also he made the worlds, who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high. Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath been heardens obtained a more excellent name than they. For unto which of the angels saith he at any time, Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee. And again, I will be unto him a father, and he shall be to me a son. And again, when he bringeth in the first begotten into the world, he saith, let all the angels of God worship him. And of the angels he saith, who maketh his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire. But unto his son he saith, thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever. A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom. Thou hath loved righteousness and hated iniquity. Therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fathoms, and thou Lord, in the beginning hath laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of thy hands. They shall perish, but thy remainest, and they all shall wax old, as doth a garment. And as a vesture shalt thy fold them up, and they shall be changed. But thy art the same, and thy years shall not fail. But unto which of the angels saith he at any times, sit on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool? Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for them who shall be the heirs of salvation? Amen. God will bless the reading of his word. Today, as I've said, we're going to try and look at angels. The world is fascinated by angels. Even in my job you hear sometimes people talking about angels and there's movies and books and things all written about angels and songs. There's pop stars sing about angels and things like that. The world is fascinated by angels. But what does the Bible have to say about them. We're not so interested in what the world has to say but what does God say in his book about them? But we can see here in this here passage that the first thing we have to do is see that The Lord Jesus Christ is far above the angels. We see that there in verse 4 in Hebrews chapter 1. In verse 4 it says being made so much better than the angels. That's the purpose of this chapter. The author is trying to tell the readers of this here that don't be looking to the angels, be looking to the Lord Jesus Christ because he's being made so much better than the angels. He's so much better than them. Yeah, the angels, they're good. They're good to look at and be interested in and to study about them, but don't focus on them. Focus on the Lord Jesus Christ because he is so much better than them. So that's the purpose of this chapter. Now, yes, today we'll be looking at the angels, but remember the Lord Jesus Christ is so much better than the angels. and he should be the one that we focus on. And we see that the author, right through the chapter, although he speaks about the angels, he's really trying to focus on the Lord Jesus Christ. He's trying to point the people to the Lord Jesus Christ. We see this here in verse two and three. We see seven wonderful things about the Lord Jesus Christ in verses two and three. We see he is the heir of all things. We see he made the worlds. He's the brightness of his glory. He's the express image of his person. He's a sustainer of all things. Have you ever wondered why the universe is like it is? Like, the sun, how does it not burn out? Like, it's a big ball of fire, really. And for me, in my simple mind, I sort of wonder how many bags of coal would have to keep that thing going. But it never burns out. It just keeps burning. How does the earth keep spinning? Why doesn't it fly off its orbit into another planet? Well, the answer's given here in this verse. The Lord Jesus Christ, he's the sustainer of all things, and that's why everything just keeps going. He's purged our sins, and he sat down at the right hand of God. Seven wonderful things about the Lord Jesus Christ, and can you see the author here of this chapter? Isn't he really giving the Lord Jesus Christ? He's giving him the big build up here, isn't he? He's saying, look how great he is. Look at these seven wonderful things. How wonderful he is. He's so great. how wonderful he is and how we should be focusing on him. Those seven wonderful things and you could spend a long time just looking at those things. And then throughout the rest of the chapter he points us to other things that shows how great the Lord Jesus Christ is. He gives us a great description of the Lord Jesus Christ and says how wonderful he is. He gives the Lord Jesus Christ the big build up for the readers and shows how great he really is. Today we're going to look at the angels and let's see how he describes them in verse 14. Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for them who shall be the heirs of salvation? He's not going up quite the same ways here, is he not? He said, are they not? It doesn't have the same effect. Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth? So we can see right from the outset that the Lord Jesus Christ is so much better than the angels. And he should be really the focus of our attention. But we're looking at the angels today. And first of all, how did the angels start? Have they always been? Or were they created? Or is there anything we know about them from the Bible? Well, to see this here, you have to turn to Psalm 148. Psalm 148, we can learn from this about the angels' beginning. Or have they always been? We'll see this in Psalm 148. Psalm 148. And it says in Psalm 148, praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from heaven. Praise him in the heights. Praise ye him, all his angels. Praise ye him, all his host. So you can see in verse two that the angels are being told to praise God. They're being told to praise God. Then just drop your eye to verse five, because we've seen that it's talking, this is talking about the angels. The angels are to praise God. What does it say in verse five? Let them praise the name of the Lord, for he commanded and they were created. So we can see that the angels were created. haven't always been, they're not like God who has always been. The angels were created, however they were created, well it says there, for he commanded. and they were created. Just God commanded and the angels were created. So they had a beginning and God created them. But is there a clue in the Bible to let us know when they were created? Is there an idea in the Bible? Well to see this here we have to go to Job chapter 38. Job 38 I know there's a lot of flicking about, if you just want to follow along that's okay, if not you can just listen up. Job 38. Job chapter 38 verses 4 to 7, we'll be reading Job 38 verses 4 to 7, we'll see, we'll get an idea of when they were created. Job 38 verse 4. Where was thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare if thou hast understanding. So here right away we can see what is happening. God is speaking to Job here. And he's questioning Job and says, Job, where was thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? He's saying, Job, where were you when I created the earth? Then we'll read verse five. Who hath laid the matters thereof, if thou knowest? For who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the cornerstone thereof? When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy. And we can see here that God is saying to Job, where were you when I created the earth? Where were you when I created the earth? And then in verse seven there he says, When, and then all the sons of God shouted for joy. And the sons of God, that is another name or title for the angels. And God is saying to Job, look, where were you when I created the earth? And the angels, all the sons of God, they shouted for joy when the earth was created. So we can see right away here that the angels had to have been created before God created the earth. So we don't know exactly when they were created but we know that they were created before the earth was created. And what a blessing that must have been for the angels to see the power of God. They were there in Genesis chapter 1 when God created the earth. They were there in Genesis chapter 1 when God made the birds and the animals and man. They saw the power of God. They actually saw it, and they were so amazed that they shouted for joy when they seen it. They were in such wonder of God's power and might. They know how almighty and how powerful he is because they were there and they seen it. No, unfortunately, we weren't there, so we didn't see it. Sometimes I think my daddy's that old, and sometimes I think he was there, so I do that. But we weren't there. we can read about it. We can read Genesis chapter one and we can read about it and we can try and picture it in our head, it might be hard for us, but we can read about it. And we can see how almighty and how powerful God is. And how big is our God, how big is our heavenly father. That he's able just to speak and things come into being. Like in Genesis chapter one, it just says, let there be and there was. You know, today I would love to be able to say, let there be a Ferrari. But I can't. Even if I could, I couldn't afford the car insurance. I couldn't. But that's how powerful God is. He can just speak and things come into being. And you know, sometimes you face difficult problems and sometimes you face trials and there's things that weigh us down. And sometimes we can maybe think to ourselves, there's nothing I can do about this. This is too big for me. Too much of a challenge. But how much bigger is our God than our problem or our care and our burden? How big is He? And you know, in 1 Peter 5, verse 7, it just says, God just says in His word, look, take your care, take your burden and cast it to Him. Cast it to Him and leave it there at Him. My brother, he used to fish when he was younger and I remember when he started he went out and practised his cast. And all it is, is you're throwing the line out there. And that's what God tells you to do. Cast your burden over to Him and leave it with Him. Our problem might be big, our burden, our care might be big, but how much bigger is our God? He's the Almighty and He can deal with it so He can. And leave it with Him and let Him deal with it. So we've seen the creation of the angels, but now we're gonna look at the comparison of the angels. How do we compare to them? Or how do we match up to them? Well, look at Hebrews chapter one, verse 14, if you still have your finger in the place. Sorry, I should have said, keep your finger in Hebrews chapter one, because throughout we'll be flicking back to this chapter. In Hebrews chapter one, Verse 14. It says in Hebrews chapter 1 verse 14, are they not all ministering spirits? So we can see straight away, they're spirits. They're spirits, they're not like us. They're invisible. We can't see them. But we know from the Old Testament that they can appear in human flesh. Like in Genesis chapter 19 verse 1, It says, and there came two angels to Sodom of Eden, and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom, and Lot, seeing them, rose up to meet them. So we can see two angels came to Sodom, and Lot, he saw them, and he went to meet them. And we know from reading down the rest of the chapter that they appeared as men. So angels, although they're spirits and they're invisible, at times in the Old Testament, they have appeared in human flesh. So they have. But is there any other interesting things we know about them? Well, I believe there's something interesting we can learn about them in Mark chapter 12, verse 25. Mark 12, 25. And the Lord Jesus Christ here is speaking about the great resurrection. He's answering a question about it in Mark chapter 12, verse 25. Mark chapter 12 verse 25. For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels which are in heaven. So Christ speaking about the great resurrection says that after that there you'll not be marrying and you'll not be given in marriage, you'll not be procreating. And then he goes on just at the end to say, are as the angels which are in heaven. So we can see here that the angels, they don't marry and they don't procreate. So we've learned that there about the angels. They don't marry and they don't procreate. But how do we match up to them? Are they better than us? Are we better than them? How do we match up? Well, the answer we can see is in Hebrews again. If you flip back to Hebrews, and this is actually in chapter two, so it is. Hebrews chapter 2, and we'll look at verse 6 and 7. Hebrews chapter 2, verses 6 and 7. It says, but one in a certain place testeth that, saying, what is man that thou art mindful of him, or the son of man that thou visitest him? So we can see the question in verse 6, what is man? So what is man? The answer is seen in verse 7. Thou madest him a little lower than the angels. So can you see that man is created a little lower than the angels. If this is where the angels are, man is just a little lower than them. Manus is just a little lower than the angels. The angels are just a wee bit above us. But how is this? Why are the angels just above us? Well, they're wiser than us. You don't have to turn to these places here. We're just going to look quickly at these verses. But they're wiser than us. They're wiser than us. In 2 Samuel 14 verse 20, The people are praising Joab. Joab has done a great thing, so he has, and this is what the verse says in 2 Samuel 14 verse 20. To fetch about this foremost speech, hath thy servant Joab done this thing? And my Lord is wise according to the wisdom of an angel of God. So Joab has done this great thing and the people are saying, you know, Joab, he's so wise. Who would have thought of doing such a thing? He's so wise, no one else would have thought of that there. And what are they going to say? You know, it's almost as if he's got the wisdom of an angel. He's so wise, he's like got the wisdom of an angel. So we can see that the people that praise Joab, they're saying he's got the wisdom of an angel. And that must mean the angels are wiser than us. They're wiser than us. Also, we see that they're greater in power and might than us. We see this in 2 Peter 2, verse 11. It says, whereas angels, which are greater in power and might. So angels are greater in power and might than us. And as well, they speak a different language. than us down here on earth. They speak a different language. We know this from 1 Corinthians chapter 13 verse 1 where it says, though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels. So there's an angelic language that we don't speak down here on earth. But we can see that we are a little lower than the angels. They're greater in power and might than us. They're wiser than us. But the thing is, we may be a bit lower than them, but they're a lot lower than the Lord Jesus Christ, who they are. We can see this in Hebrews chapter 1 verse 6. It says, and again, when he bringeth in the first begotten into the world, he saith, and let all the angels of God worship him. Can you see what the angels have to do? They might be above us, a little bit above us, but they still have to worship the Lord Jesus Christ. They have to worship him because he is so much greater than them. He is so much better than them. And they have to worship the Lord Jesus Christ. But that made me think about, you know, if we're a little lower than the angels, But the angels, they have to worship the Lord. They have to bow before him, they have to worship him. It made me think, how much does the Lord Jesus Christ love me? Now the angels, they have to fall, they have to worship the Lord Jesus Christ, yet the Lord Jesus Christ became a man, didn't he? He humbled himself and became a man. He had to become lower than the angels that worshipped him and become a man. He had to become a little baby. His first bed was in a manger, sure it was. An animal feeding through it. How low did the Lord Jesus Christ have to humble himself to be able to save us? He had to leave heaven, become lower than the angels to make a way of salvation possible for us. And it made me think, how much does he love us? How much does he care for us that he was willing to do that? He knows there is no other way of salvation for us. There's no way we could save ourselves because of our sin. We have broken God's laws and there is no way we could save ourselves but the Lord Jesus Christ thought I love them enough that I'm going to become a little lower than the angels. I'm going to become a baby. I'm going to become a man and I'm going to go to the cross and die for them so that I can save Simon Thompson, so that I can save the world. Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world. But you know, when he was on the cross, I believe that Psalm 22 is a great prophetic psalm. Psalm 22 verse 6, what does it say? But I am a worm and no man, our approach of men and the spies of the people. And I believe that is picturing the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross and he says, but I am a worm a no man. Not only did he make himself a little lower than the angels by becoming a man, when he was on the cross he could say, I am a worm and no man. Our reproach of men and the spite of the people, how low did he have to stoop? And when we consider that there, where the angels had to worship him, he made himself like a worm, a no-man. How low did he have to stoop to purchase our salvation? Surely we can never question the love that the Lord Jesus Christ has for us when we consider the great things that he has done for us on the cross. He loves you unmeasurably, you can't measure it. But we have seen how the angels were created and we have seen how we compare to them. But we're going to look at their calling. The calling of the angels and we see this in Psalm 103. Psalm 103 verses 20 and 21. Please keep your finger in Hebrews there. We see the calling in Psalm 103 verses 20 and 21. Psalm 103 Verses 20 and 21. Bless ye the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments. Heartening unto the voice of his word, bless ye the Lord, all ye his host, ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. You can see here in this here verse that it describes the angels. And it says often, that do his commandments. Can you see that the angels, they obey God 100% of the time. They obey his commandments right down to the T. And you know, this proves that they love God, doesn't it? Because in John chapter 14, verse 15, the Lord Jesus Christ said, if you love me, keep my commandments. If you love me, keep my commandments. And what do the angels do according to this verse that we've just read? They do his commandments. And they are proven. that they love God through their obedience. By the fact that they obey him they are proving that they love God. And I wonder, does that describe you? Can you say I'm a bit like the angels and do God's commandments? That I prove that I love God because I'm obeying him 100% and keeping his commandments? You know in the New Testament God doesn't really say in the New Testament, thou shalt x, y, and z. But he says, the Lord Jesus Christ just said, if you love me, keep my commands. If you love me. Do you prove that you love God by obeying him 100% of the time? You know, we have just looked and seen how much the Lord Jesus Christ loves us, that he is willing to lower or humble himself and become a little lower than the angels. And when he was on the cross, become a worm and no man. How much does he love you? But I wonder, how much do you love God? How much do you love him? He says, if you love me, keep my commandments. We need to take time out to read God's word because this is how God tells us how he wants us to live our lives. And if you're not reading this book, if you're not studying it, well you don't know what God wants you to do or you don't understand then how God wants you to live your life. And many believers today, I know especially people more my age, they don't really make time to read the Bible or to study it and they don't know how God wants them to live. And then how can they prove that they love God? Because they don't know what God says and they don't know, they can't keep God's commands, they can't obey him because they don't know what he says. One of the foundations of the first thing is to get into God's word, to read it and study it. Because then you'll know how God wants you to live your life. You know, someone once told me that the Bible, I think it's called in the Prosthetics, I think, is basic instruction before life's ending. And you know, it's simple, it's not 100%, but I think it's very good. Bible, basic instruction before life's ending. And this is God's basic instruction for us as we live. And we need to get into the book and to read it. to know how God wants us to live our lives. But back to Psalm 103, in verse 21, it says, ye ministers of his. That's how the angels are described, they're ministers of his. In other words, they serve God. Simply they serve God, and believer, do you serve God? It's a question that I have to ask myself as well. Do you serve God like the angels? Because the angels are ministers of his. But even if you just look at the word angel and look into it, it simply means messenger of God. They're messengers for God and they carry his messages. And right throughout the Bible we can see that they carry God's messages. And you know, I wonder, could you be described as an angel, a messenger of God? If you were to look at some of the messages that the angels carried, just even in the New Testament, We can see that in Luke chapter one that the angel Gabriel came and told Mary that she was going to become pregnant and that she was going to give birth to the Son of God. And we can see the message the angel Gabriel told Mary then, that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of God. What a message that was, the angel Gabriel told. In Matthew, or sorry, in Luke chapter two, and the angel announced the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ to the shepherds. And how did they describe him? They said he's the saviour, didn't they? They said he's the saviour. What a message that was, that the Lord Jesus Christ, he's the saviour. And then in Matthew chapter 28, wasn't it, and the angel told the two Marys that the Lord Jesus Christ, he's not in the tomb, because he's risen, he's come back to life. What messages the angels carried. But you know the thing is, You can carry those exact same messages today to the people outside, to the people that you work with, to the people, your neighbours, to your family. You can carry that same message that the angels carried. You can tell them that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of God, just like Gabriel told Mary. You can be like the angel that spoke to the shepherds and said that the Lord Jesus Christ, he's the saviour. He's the only way that you can have salvation. He's the only saviour. And you can also be like the angel Matthew chapter 28, it told the two Marys that the Lord Jesus Christ, he's not in a tomb, he's risen, he's alive today, he's a living saviour. And they can pray to him and ask him to forgive them for their sins because he lives. But back to Psalm 103, verse 21, and it says about the angels that do his pleasure. And you can see the action of the angels. It's to do the pleasure of the Lord, that's all they want to do, they just want to please God Whatever pleases Him, they'll do it. They're not so interested in doing whatever suits themselves, they just want to please God. And you know, I wonder, does that describe you? How do you live your life? Are you living for the pleasures of the world? Are you living to please someone else? Are you living to please God? What describes you the best? I wonder, is there something in your life that's maybe displeasing to God? Well, if there is, need to really try and sort it out and you know as we've seen earlier on that God is our heavenly father and he loves us and he cares for us and we can cast our burden and care upon him if there's something in our lives that we're struggling with we can take it to him in prayer he's our heavenly father he loves us and he cares for us and he'll help us to sort out that thing in our life that is bringing this pleasure to him he'll help us with it And you know He'll help us to live for Him if we really try to. And you know it's when we live to please the Lord that we find real fulfilment in life. See there's a verse in Revelation chapter 4 verse 11 and it says this, And for thy pleasure they are and were created. We can see that the purpose we were created for was for thy pleasure. It's for God's pleasure. And when we're bringing pleasure to the Lord, we're fulfilling our purpose. That's why we were made, to bring pleasure to God. And when we're bringing pleasure to God, we're fulfilling our purpose. The very reason why we were made. So we've seen The angels, how they were created, we've seen how we compare to them. We've seen the calling of the angels. But quickly and finally, we're going to look at the curve of the angels. The curve of the angels. You know, quite often you hear people talking about guardian angels. Is there such a thing? Well, we're going to look at this here just quickly in closing. Hebrews chapter one, verse 14. Again, please, if you still have your finger, please, in Hebrews chapter one. Hebrews chapter 1 verse 14. And it says in Hebrews chapter 1 verse 14, are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for them who shall be the heirs of salvation? So we can see that the angels again, they're described as minister. In other words, they serve. But who are they serving in this verse? It says heirs of salvation. So that means believers. born again believers. They're ministers to the born again believers. Now notice what it doesn't say. It doesn't say that they're ministers unto everyone. No, it's just to the heirs of salvation. They're not ministers unto unbelievers. They're not ministering unto people who haven't put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. It's just to the born again believers. If you've put your trust in the Lord Jesus Christ, well then, this verse is describing the angels as that they're ministering unto you. But remember, as we've seen, they're spirits, so we can't see them. We mightn't realise that they're actually ministering unto us. We mightn't see it. We mightn't really notice it, but they're there. according to this book, God's Word, and God says that they're ministering unto us, even though we mightn't see it and even though we mightn't notice it, they're ministering unto us. They're there. But do you know, in the New Testament church, there did seem to be a belief in guardian angels. There did seem to be a belief. In Acts chapter 12, remember, Peter was in jail. He was in jail and the church, the gather to gather, And they had a prayer meeting. And they were praying for Peter. They were praying their hearts out for him. They were praying to God and bringing their burden before him. And remember what happened. An angel then come and break Peter out of jail. They broke him out. God answered the prayer of the people and sent the angel to break him out. The angel ministered on to Peter there, just as we've been looking at. But what did Peter do when he broke out? Well, he went to the church, didn't he? He went to the believers. He went to where they gather together. And what did he do? He got to the door and he knocked it. And who went to the door but wee Rhoda. Rhoda went to the door and she saw Peter and she was so excited that Peter was there. She actually forgot to open the door, didn't she? She left him standing at the door. She was so excited that Peter was there and she ran back into the meeting and she said, Peter's at the door. He's here. He's standing at the door there. What did the people say? In Acts chapter 12 verse 15. Then said they, it is his angel. They said, no, no, no, you're wrong. That's not Peter. That's his angel. And we can see that there seemed to be a belief in guardian angels. They seemed to think it was his guardian angel. They doubted that it was Peter. Of course, it really was Peter. But they believed it was his guardian angel. So in the New Testament church, we can see that there was a belief in guardian angels. But this should be no surprise to us, because we can see it in the Old Testament. If you have a Bible, turn to Psalm 91, please. Psalm 91 verse 11. Psalm 91 verse 11 please. Psalm 91 verse 11. And it says, for he shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways. And we can maybe see, this is maybe where the belief in guardian angels started, maybe from this verse. Because God has said in his word that he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. But notice what it says there. It says, give his angels, there's an S there, it's plural. It's not a guardian angel, it's angels, it's plural. And if you believe that you've only one guardian angel, Maybe you're laying yourself out a bit of a disservice because it's plural there. It's angels. And God in his word has said that he has given his angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways. Now, that doesn't mean that you should be jumping red lights and jumping off cliffs and things like that there, because it just says to keep thee in thy way, to keep thee in all thy ways. You're not to put them to the test. You're not to put God to the test. But they're to keep thee in all thy ways. Just as you're going about your daily business, The angels are there looking over you to keep you in all your ways. Isn't that wonderful to know? That God occurs for you that much that He's given His angels charge over you and they're just looking out for you. Not because you're driving about down the road, they're looking out for you and God is giving them that charge. It's nice to know that God loves you enough to do that. It's a nice and comforting thing, but as we said right from the start, we shouldn't be looking to the angels. We shouldn't be looking to the angels, we should be looking to God. And it is nice to know the angels are looking out for us, but how much more wonderful is the promise given in Hebrews chapter 13 verse 5. I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. It's nice to know that the angels are there and they're giving charge over us and they're looking out for us. But the thing is, they're not all powerful, sure they're not. They're not almighty. They're not the ones that created the universe. They're not. It's the Lord Jesus Christ. It's God. And how much more wonderful is it that we've been given that promise, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. That we have the almighty and he says, I will never leave thee. I will never forsake thee. No matter where you are, no matter what you're going through, I am with you. How wonderful is that there? That God is with us through everything. Yes the angels might be there too, but how much more of a comfort is it knowing that the Almighty is there. He is with us in everything. And you know he has promised us in Philippians chapter 4 verse 13, I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. It's not the angels that strengthen us, no, it's Christ. And no matter what we face, who can do all things through Christ will strengthen us. He'll help us through. He'll give us the grace to get through it and he'll strengthen us to be able to do whatever it is. Whatever we're facing, whatever circumstance it is, he'll get us through because Christ strengthened us. And you know, he'll supply all our need. Philippians chapter four, verse 19, but my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. It's not all our greed that he's supplying, it's all our need. And He'll supply all that need and what a comfort that is. But who's it by? It's according to His riches and glory by Christ Jesus. It's not the angels. It's Christ Jesus. And what a saviour He is. He strengthens us. He supplies all our need. And He's with us. He'll never leave us nor forsake us. What blessings those things are. How much does He love us? That He is willing to make Himself a little lower than the angels. And eventually when He's on the cross He could say, I am a woman, no man. We can see the love that he has for us and he redeemed us. He purchased our salvation. He rose again from the dead. Today he lives. all these great promises are there to comfort us. I hope that as we've been looking at the angels you've seen that we've really been looking at the Lord Jesus Christ and what a comfort that is. But we're going to close our meeting with a hymn from, I don't know the name of the hymn but it's the wee one there, sorry the wee blue one and it's three hundred and six