Faith Filled Family Magazine October 2016 | Page 23

while understanding the angel
worship phenomena can spare
us a lot of problems.
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block in the church, threatening
to damage their relationship with
the Lord. Simply put, the worship
of angels is idolatry (Deuteronomy 4:18-20). (Elliot, 1998)

Human fascination with angels
is nothing new. The Colossian
church struggled with believers
who tried to bring angel worship into the church (Colossians
2:18-23). Gnosticism, pagan in
nature, believed in worshipping
angels as part of their polytheistic belief system. They believed
God was inaccessible to man,
but came in the form of angels.
Paul distinctly told the church,
“Do not let anyone who delights
in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you.”
(verse 18). Their angel fascination caused a major stumbling

A host of ways angel worship
appears today. It can be seen
through splinter groups like the
Opus Sanctorum Angelorum,
a Catholic sect. This cult was
founded by an Austrian housewife with an obsession with angels. The Vatican warned bishops in 2010 about wayward
priests from the Angelorum, primarily established in Germany,
Switzerland, Austria, Brazil, and
Portugal. Could we be so easily
deceived as this woman and the
priests who fell for her twisted
view of angels? (Sefton, 2010)
Other places angel worship
can found online. Contacting a

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“guardian angel” or “angel guide”
is done through divination by
mediums. This service will cost
you more then your hard earned
cash, however. Christians and
non-Christians today trust mediums to find out answers to life’s
problems from “angels.” However, these angels are not from
God, they are demons. Those
who have claimed to encounter
angels have put angels in God’s
place. The Halloween season is
coming and more of these ads
will be popping up in the background of our internet browsing,
beckoning our curiosity to check
it out.
Yet the word of God clearly teaches against worshipping anything,
including created beings, except
for Him (Exodus20:4-6, 23:24).
So, how do Christians become