LESSON 6: ANGELS AND MEN

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1. Who are the chief creatures of God?

The chief creatures of God are angels and men.

2. What is an angel?

An angel is a creature who does not have a body.

“Who makest thy angels spirits” (Psalm 103:4).

3. Is an angel a real person?

Yes, an angel is a real person, having a mind and will.

4. How do I know that there are angels?

I know that there are angels because the Bible often speaks of angels, three hundred times, to be exact.

5. Why did God create the angels?

God created the angels

a) to serve Him in heaven

b) to act as His messengers to man

c) to act as guardians over each one of us.

Their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father

Who is in heaven” (Matthew 18:10).

6. Did all the angels obey God?

No, some of the angels, led by Lucifer, or Satan, disobeyed God and were sent immediately into hell. These are the devils.

“There was a great battle in heaven, Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels: And they prevailed not, neither was their place found anymore in heaven. And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who seduceth the whole world” (Apocalypse 12:7-9).

7. How do the fallen angels act toward God and Man?

The fallen angels curse God and try to draw man away from serving and loving God.

“Be sober and watch, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion goeth about seeking whom he may devour, whom resist ye, strong in faith” (1st Peter 5:8).

8. What is man? Man is a creature who has a body and a soul.

“God created man to His own image” (Genesis 1:27).

9. Why did God make me?

God made me to know, love and serve Him in this world so that I might share in His happiness in the next world.

” Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto life everlasting, which the Son of Man will give you”. (John 6:27).

10. How do I know I have a soul?

I know that I have a soul because I can think, do things without being forced, or refuse to do things, make things, enjoy a joke, a book or a movie. An animal cannot do any of these things.

That which makes me able to do them is my soul.

11. Where is my soul?

My soul is in every part of me that is alive.

12. Why can’t I see or feel my soul?

I cannot see or feel my soul because it is a spirit.

13. Where did my soul come from?

God created my soul and joined it to the tiny body in my mother’s womb.

14. How long will my soul and body stay together?

My soul and body will stay together until God separates them. This separation is death.

“Watch ye therefore, because you know not the day nor the hours (Matthew 25:13).

15. What will happen to my soul when I die?

As soon as my soul leaves my body, it will be judged by God for it cannot die.

“We must all be manifested before the judgment seat of Christ, that everyone may receive the proper things of the body according as he hath done, whether it be good or evil” (2nd Corinthians 2:10).

16. What will happen to my soul after it is judged by God?

If I die with no sin on my soul, I shall go to heaven. If I die with a big sin on my soul, I shall go to hell forever.

“For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, but suffer the loss of his own soul?” (Mark 8:36).

17. What will happen to my body when I die? My body will rot away to the earth from where it came.

“For dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return” (Genesis 3:19).

18. Will my soul ever be joined to my body again?

Yes, God will call my body back from the grave and join it once again to my soul on Judgment Day.

“We shall all indeed rise again … In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall rise again incorruptible” (1st Corinthians 15:51 & 52).

19. After the Resurrection, will my body and soul be always together?

Yes, if I am saved, I shall go, body and soul, into heaven. If not, both body and soul will be tortured in hell.

“In the last day I shall rise out of the earth. And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I shall see my God” (Job 19:25, 26).