THE EVIL ANGELS (Pasche)
The Evil Angels.
"Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, Depart
from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil
and his angels" Matthew 25:41
The evil angels were created as good angels. But they sinned
against God and were cast out of heaven. So we are told 2 Pet. 2,4:
“God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down into
hell and delivered them into chains of darkness to be reserved unto
Judgment.” These fallen angels are the original sinners. They
abode not in the truth.
Truthfulness was their nature as given them by God, and they could not be reclaimed. As rebels against their Maker and Lord they were outlawed from the celestial kingdom and forever rejected from His blissful presence. So we read Jude 6: “ The angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, He hath reserved in everlasting chains under dark-ness unto the judgment of the Great Day.” They dare entertain no hope of redemption.
Now they form the kingdom of evil; theirs is the power of
darkness. They are a united host, organized under the direction of
Satan, the prince of the evil spirits. And what do they busy them-
selves with? They are the declared enemies of God and man and
are intent upon destroying the works of God. Their evil intention
at all times is to lead man into sin. They tempt also us Christians
to hate, to lie, to slander; they tempt us to disobedience; they fill
our hearts with impure thoughts. All their faculties are bent on
evil. They are utterly wicked and unclean. They hate, and seek to
destroy, all that is of God and labor to promote evil. They are
cruel adversaries and have great wrath. They cannot but will what
is evil and sinful.
They are enemies whom we dare not ignore. Let us not be
deceived as to these enemies in the spiritual realm! These demons
of hell, with spiritual wickedness in high places, are the greatest
and the most dangerous enemies we Christians have. The apostle
calls them “ principalities and powers.” So great is their power
that no man can overcome them except in the name and by the
power of Jesus Christ, who overcame Satan in our stead and for
our benefit.
Prayer.
Eternal, almighty God and Father, I return unto Thee most
heartfelt thanks for having this day and all the days of my life
graciously kept me through Thy holy angels from all harm and
danger of body and soul; and I pray Thee from my inmost heart,
protect me against the assaults and wickedness of the evil spirits
that they may neither harm nor disquiet me and that Thy will be
done on earth as it is in heaven. Amen.
