No angel is ever elevated to the right hand of God.

In fact, no creature can ever be elevated to the right hand of God.

Nor would God give to any creature all authority in heaven and earth which authority he bestows

upon his son.

And so we see this text emphasizing as strongly as it can the difference between angels and Jesus, the superiority

of Christ over the angels. As an unbelieving teenager, I encountered what many would call today the New Age movement.

Among the crystals and incense, to surprise there was an obsession with if not a worship of

angels this era is not limited to the more fringe areas of society was actually an error that had to be addressed even in the early church.

It's good to have you with us for this Wednesday edition of Renewing Your Mind.

I'm your host, Nathan W Bingham. From skepticism to

obsession even worship there can be extremes depending where you look but as you heard

from RC Sprawl this week we cannot and should not ignore

the reality of angels. Yet at the same time, as you'll make the case today, angels must never

be worshipped. Before we hear from Dr Sprawl,

remember you can learn how to own this entire series

by visiting renewing your mind.org.

Well, here's Dr Sprawl on the question of angel worship.

We ended up our last session in our study of angels in scripture with a brief look at the passage in Joshua 5 where we see the appearance

of the commander or the captain of the Lord of hosts before whom Joshua bowed down in

worship and that raised the question of the propriety of giving worship or veneration to angelic beings.

And this issue became a major problem in antiquity with certain eastern religions that openly practiced

the worship of angels in their system.

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