Angels as Ministers
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
At the heart of Christianity is the affirmation that there is much more to reality than what meets the eye. Today, R.C. Sproul interacts with Scripture's revelation of angels as ministers who serve the people of God.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Let him see, not let him see a hallucination, not let him see a vision of what's not real. |
| 0:07.6 | Let him see what's really out there. |
| 0:11.4 | And when he opened his eyes, the assembled host of angels was vastly superior in number |
| 0:18.4 | in power to all of those chariots and armies of the King of Syria. |
| 0:24.6 | And that's what God tells us is the world in which we live. |
| 0:33.6 | Do you believe in angels? Do you believe in demons? Just because we may not be able to see something |
| 0:41.5 | with our naked eye doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. After all, God himself is invisible. |
| 0:49.2 | It's good to have you with us for this Saturday edition of renewing your mind as we start a two-message study |
| 0:55.3 | on angels. Although there is some fascination out there concerning the existence of angels or supernatural |
| 1:02.5 | creatures, there is widespread skepticism when it comes to believing in the existence of anything |
| 1:08.1 | beyond this visible and material world. |
| 1:11.7 | Today we'll begin R.C. Sprawl's series titled Angels and Demons. |
| 1:16.7 | You can own this series when you give a donation at Renewing Your Mind.org before midnight tonight. |
| 1:22.6 | We'll send you the DVD and we'll unlock the messages and the study guide in the free Ligonier app. |
| 1:29.5 | Well, let's see what the Bible has to say about angels. |
| 1:33.3 | Here's Dr. Sprawl. |
| 1:37.0 | One of my favorite angel narratives in all of Scripture is one found in the second book of Kings, and I enjoy this particular |
| 1:48.0 | narrative because it reveals directly and indirectly so many things that we need to understand |
| 1:56.0 | about the nature and function of angels. So let's take a few moments to look at this narrative |
| 2:02.2 | that takes place during the life of the prophet Elisha in 2nd Kings, beginning in verse 8. |
| 2:11.5 | Here's the text. Second Kings chapter 6, beginning at verse 8. |
| 2:20.3 | Now, the king of Syria was making war against Israel, and he consulted with his servants, saying, |
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