Lee Strobel
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I think the disagreement comes where people think that the scriptural support for it is not strong enough. That if indeed we did have guardian angels, it would be more explicit, it'd be clearer in the Bible that we've got guardian angels. And there's no one verse that I can point to that clearly and unequivocally says,
I think the disagreement comes where people think that the scriptural support for it is not strong enough. That if indeed we did have guardian angels, it would be more explicit, it'd be clearer in the Bible that we've got guardian angels. And there's no one verse that I can point to that clearly and unequivocally says,
I think the disagreement comes where people think that the scriptural support for it is not strong enough. That if indeed we did have guardian angels, it would be more explicit, it'd be clearer in the Bible that we've got guardian angels. And there's no one verse that I can point to that clearly and unequivocally says,
oh yeah, everybody has a guardian angel or every follower of God or whoever has a guardian angel. But I think the passages I just mentioned, at least two passages are suggestive that Peter had his angel and these children had their angel. Who are you talking about there? If it's theirs, that suggests that there would be an angel who was assigned to them.
oh yeah, everybody has a guardian angel or every follower of God or whoever has a guardian angel. But I think the passages I just mentioned, at least two passages are suggestive that Peter had his angel and these children had their angel. Who are you talking about there? If it's theirs, that suggests that there would be an angel who was assigned to them.
oh yeah, everybody has a guardian angel or every follower of God or whoever has a guardian angel. But I think the passages I just mentioned, at least two passages are suggestive that Peter had his angel and these children had their angel. Who are you talking about there? If it's theirs, that suggests that there would be an angel who was assigned to them.
So I lean toward the idea that there is a guardian angel for folks.
So I lean toward the idea that there is a guardian angel for folks.
So I lean toward the idea that there is a guardian angel for folks.
In a sense, I mean, they would certainly be our protectors against demonic influence and demonic harassment and so forth. We see instances of them as being warriors. I'll give you an example. Billy Graham tells this story. There was a true story of a missionary from Scotland who was in a South Pacific island. And the local tribe got very upset that he was there to talk about Jesus.
In a sense, I mean, they would certainly be our protectors against demonic influence and demonic harassment and so forth. We see instances of them as being warriors. I'll give you an example. Billy Graham tells this story. There was a true story of a missionary from Scotland who was in a South Pacific island. And the local tribe got very upset that he was there to talk about Jesus.
In a sense, I mean, they would certainly be our protectors against demonic influence and demonic harassment and so forth. We see instances of them as being warriors. I'll give you an example. Billy Graham tells this story. There was a true story of a missionary from Scotland who was in a South Pacific island. And the local tribe got very upset that he was there to talk about Jesus.
And they went to murder him and his family. And they came and surrounded his house. And so him and his family got in there and they, what can we do? We can pray, that's all we can do. This crowd, this mob is intent on killing us. And so they prayed all night, God protect us, God protect us. And the mob by dawn dissipated and nothing happened. Well, the leader of that mob later became a Christian.
And they went to murder him and his family. And they came and surrounded his house. And so him and his family got in there and they, what can we do? We can pray, that's all we can do. This crowd, this mob is intent on killing us. And so they prayed all night, God protect us, God protect us. And the mob by dawn dissipated and nothing happened. Well, the leader of that mob later became a Christian.
And they went to murder him and his family. And they came and surrounded his house. And so him and his family got in there and they, what can we do? We can pray, that's all we can do. This crowd, this mob is intent on killing us. And so they prayed all night, God protect us, God protect us. And the mob by dawn dissipated and nothing happened. Well, the leader of that mob later became a Christian.
And that missionary talked to him and said, hey, by the way, what happened that one night when you came to kill us and the mob was formed around our house? Why didn't you kill us? And he said, well, we couldn't do it with all those men you had guarding the house. He said, what are you talking about? I didn't have any men guarding the house. He said, no, we saw them.
And that missionary talked to him and said, hey, by the way, what happened that one night when you came to kill us and the mob was formed around our house? Why didn't you kill us? And he said, well, we couldn't do it with all those men you had guarding the house. He said, what are you talking about? I didn't have any men guarding the house. He said, no, we saw them.
And that missionary talked to him and said, hey, by the way, what happened that one night when you came to kill us and the mob was formed around our house? Why didn't you kill us? And he said, well, we couldn't do it with all those men you had guarding the house. He said, what are you talking about? I didn't have any men guarding the house. He said, no, we saw them.
There were these men, they had swords that were drawn and they surrounded your house. And we figured there's no way we can go in and attack these people in light of these guards around the house. Well, who are they? They were angels. And God had sent angels to protect them.