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Can We Speak with Angels?

Ask Pastor John

Desiring God

John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Scripture includes stories of angels talking with humans through dreams and visions. So should Christians expect, and even pursue, conversations with angels today?

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the Aspector John Podcast.

0:06.1

Today we have an email from an anonymous listener from the Hello Pastor John.

0:10.5

All throughout the Bible we see angels speaking to believers.

0:13.6

They speak sometimes in person and often in dreams.

0:17.7

In that light, the worship pastor at my church recently mentioned to others that he had

0:22.8

regular talks with one angel.

0:25.9

I don't see that dynamic so evident in scripture of ongoing conversations between believers

0:31.9

and angels themselves.

0:33.5

It tends to be more of a monologue mostly.

0:36.5

Someone else in my church suggested the worship pastor is likely speaking to a demon.

0:42.1

In APJ 1618 you address the ministry and purpose of angels today, but not how the angels interact

0:49.0

with believers today.

0:51.3

Do they?

0:52.3

Are angels involved in our daily lives to this degree?

0:55.7

Should we expect to hear from an angel and would it even be possible to have an ongoing

1:01.7

dialogue with an angel themselves?

1:04.5

And could a believer claim to talk with angels actually be talking to a demon?

1:09.3

Yes, it is possible that a person who claims to be talking to an angel may be talking

1:16.0

to a demon.

1:17.0

And the reason I say that is because the Apostle Paul said in 2 Corinthians 1114, even

1:27.7

Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

1:33.1

In other words, it's part of Satan's very nature that he's deceptive and would love

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