Do Ungodly Sinners Have Guardian Angels?

[seekingthetruth]

They will not do for us the things that we cannot do for ourselves.
Even Jesus knew this fact.
The devil tempted him to throw himself down from the temple and let the angels catch him.
His answer?
"Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God!"

I agree with totally. But the idea here is that some believe that we have a personal guardian angel assigned to us specifically.

I do believe that the angels in Matthew 18:10 intercede for the children to God, but only because that they are not lost yet and donnot realise they need Jesus to intercede for them. When we are adults we have Jesus to intercede for us, and have no need for angelic intercession.

john

 

[DHK]

I agree with totally. But the idea here is that some believe that we have a personal guardian angel assigned to us specifically.

I do believe that the angels in Matthew 18:10 intercede for the children to God, but only because that they are not lost yet and donnot realise they need Jesus to intercede for them. When we are adults we have Jesus to intercede for us, and have no need for angelic intercession.

john

Of course. There is only one man that can come between God and man, the man Christ Jesus.

 

[The Biblicist]

Of course. There is only one man that can come between God and man, the man Christ Jesus.

Mt 18:10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

Acts 1215 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.

Heb. 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

Ps 34:7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

These texts do not apply to the lost but they do apply to the saved

 

[billwald]

>Obviously unsaved people do not have a "guardian angel."
>They "minister" to the saved.

The rain falls on the just and the unjust.

 

[DHK]

>Obviously unsaved people do not have a "guardian angel."
>They "minister" to the saved.

The rain falls on the just and the unjust.

But salvation doesn't.

 

[David Lamb]

I agree with you 100%. What I am arguing with is the idea that God has assigned us all a personal gaurdian angel.. the Bible does NOT say this, and it is wrong to teach it that it does.

The OP was a question of whether God assigns guardian angels to everyone, even the lost. My contention is that the idea of guardian angels, even for saved peole is a myth, and should NOT BE TAUGHT OR ACCEPTED AS BILBLE TRUTH!

It is simply not in the Bible

John

I, too, agree that the bible does not teach that each believer has a particular angel assigned to him/her by God.

What confused me in your post 34 was that in it, you quoted DHK's post 33, which meant that your challenge, "Show me where it says that God assigns us a personal angel to guard us, please," seemed to have been addressed particularly to him.

What you have now written makes it clear that DHK and you and I (and others) agree that the bible says nothing about indiviudual angels being assigned to individual believers.

 

[The Biblicist]

I, too, agree that the bible does not teach that each believer has a particular angel assigned to him/her by God.

What confused me in your post 34 was that in it, you quoted DHK's post 33, which meant that your challenge, "Show me where it says that God assigns us a personal angel to guard us, please," seemed to have been addressed particularly to him.

What you have now written makes it clear that DHK and you and I (and others) agree that the bible says nothing about indiviudual angels being assigned to individual believers.

Mt 18:10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

Acts 1215 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.

Heb. 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

Ps 34:7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

These texts do not apply to the lost but they do apply to the saved.

So you would disagree with Christ in his use of "THEIR" angels and with the early church at Jerusalem their use of "HIS" angel and disagree with David and the writer of Hebrews that angels were "FOR THEM" and "DELIVERETH THEM."

If these personal pronouns do not demand that children of God have angels assigned to them then why use such expressions?