{"id":36076,"date":"2022-09-13T12:40:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/someone-asked-me-to-explain-why-our-general-overseer-goes-about-with-a-siren-and-bodyguards-please-how-do-i-answer-the-person-as-a-christian-united-kingdom\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T12:40:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:40:26","slug":"someone-asked-me-to-explain-why-our-general-overseer-goes-about-with-a-siren-and-bodyguards-please-how-do-i-answer-the-person-as-a-christian-united-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/someone-asked-me-to-explain-why-our-general-overseer-goes-about-with-a-siren-and-bodyguards-please-how-do-i-answer-the-person-as-a-christian-united-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Someone asked me to explain why our General Overseer goes about with a siren and bodyguards? Please, how do I answer the person as a Christian? (United Kingdom)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p><strong>Summary: <\/strong>No spirit-begotten Christian needs any human bodyguards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion: <\/strong>Angels have and do invisibly minister to all those who have made a consecration to do the will of God and follow in the footsteps of Jesus. We often refer to these angels as &ldquo;<strong>guardian angels<\/strong>.&rdquo; &ldquo;Are not <strong>all angels ministering spirits sent to serve <\/strong>those who will inherit salvation?&rdquo; (Hebrews 1:14) &ldquo;The<strong> angel of the LORD encamps around those <\/strong>who fear him, and he <strong>delivers them<\/strong>.&rdquo; (Psalm 34:7) How blessed each of us is to have a protecting spirit being beside us at all times!<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, true<strong> Christians do not need any human bodyguards<\/strong>. God is well-aware of His children&rsquo;s welfare.<strong> He makes, &ldquo;all things work <\/strong>together <strong>for good<\/strong> to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.&rdquo; Romans 8:28.&nbsp; Sometimes God may do this through our guardian angels. <strong>One angel is much more powerful<\/strong> than a <strong>thousand human bodyguards<\/strong>. Remember how the angel of death, a single angel, killed all the firstborn Egyptians and their firstborn animals in one night during the last Egyptian plague? (See Exodus 12:29-30.)<\/p>\n<p>Recall also the account of the enemy Syrian army coming to capture the prophet, Elisha. Here is the story:<\/p>\n<p>2 Kings 6:14-16 (NLT) &#8211; So one night the king of Aram (<em>Syria<\/em>) sent a <strong>great army<\/strong> with many chariots and horses to surround the city. When the servant of the man of God got up early the next morning and went outside, there were<strong> troops, horses, and chariots everywhere<\/strong>. &lsquo;Oh, sir, <strong>what will we do <\/strong>now?&rsquo; the young man cried to Elisha. &lsquo;Don&#039;t be afraid!&rsquo; Elisha told him. &lsquo;For <strong>there are more on our side than on theirs!<\/strong>&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>2 Kings 6:17-18 (NLT) &#8211; &ldquo;Then Elisha prayed, &lsquo;O LORD, open his eyes and let him see!&rsquo; The LORD opened the young man&rsquo;s eyes, and when he looked up, he saw that the<strong> hillside around Elisha was filled with horses and chariots of fire <\/strong>(<em>an angelic army<\/em>). As the Aramean army advanced toward him, Elisha prayed, &lsquo;O LORD, please make them blind.&rsquo; So the LORD struck them with blindness as Elisha had asked.&rdquo; This story illustrates why we do not need bodyguards.<\/p>\n<p>So, we do not know why the General Overseer would need human protection. Perhaps you might ask the General Overseer, himself, or your denomination why this is being done.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: No spirit-begotten Christian needs any human bodyguards. Discussion: Angels have and do invisibly minister to all those who have made a consecration to do the will of God and follow in the footsteps of Jesus. We often refer to these angels as &ldquo;guardian angels.&rdquo; &ldquo;Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/someone-asked-me-to-explain-why-our-general-overseer-goes-about-with-a-siren-and-bodyguards-please-how-do-i-answer-the-person-as-a-christian-united-kingdom\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Someone asked me to explain why our General Overseer goes about with a siren and bodyguards? Please, how do I answer the person as a Christian? 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