"Ministering Spirits" Hebrews 1:14

There is a special order of heavenly, spirit beings called “the angels of God,” who were specifically created to be "ministering spirits" to God’s elect. These heavenly, ministering spirits were created and sent forth by our heavenly Father to minister to (serve the needs of) those who shall be the heirs of salvation.

An Elect People

God almighty has an elect people scattered through all the human race, through all parts of the earth, who must and shall be saved. For every chosen, redeemed sinner there is an appointed time of love when he must be called by grace (Ezek. 16:6-8). It is the work of the heavenly angels to preserve and protect chosen sinners until the time of their calling. They are instruments of God in prevenient grace, whereby the elect are kept, provided for, and secretly directed through all the days of their rebellion, until they are brought at last to the feet of the Savior.

Heavenly Guardians

The angels’ ministry to God’s elect is not over once the chosen are called. The superstitions regarding each person having a guardian angel is as foreign to the Scriptures as the idea that babies who die in infancy become angels. God’s elect do not have a guardian angel. All God’s angels are our guardians, given charge from our Heavenly Father to guard his chosen (Psa. 91:9-11). None of us will ever know, this side of eternity, what wonders the angels of God have done to protect and care for us during the time of our sojourn on this earth. When our pilgrimage here is over, the angels of God carry God’s Lazaruses away to glory (Lk. 16:22). The angels of God are highly intelligent spirits, excellent in wisdom and power. They are the secret servants of Emmanuel’s kingdom, ministering to all who shall be heirs of God’s salvation. Could we see how they watch over us, how they guard us from countless evils, did we but know how safely they keep us in the midst of countless foes, we would like the prophet’s servant see the mountains around us full of horses and chariots (2 Kgs. 6:17).

Angelic Ministry

A single angel destroyed seventy thousand at God’s command (2 Sam. 24:15), and a hundred and eighty-five thousand Assyrians who came against Israel (2 Kgs. 19:35). How safe God’s elect must be who are protected by the angels of God, kept by the power of God, and are secure in the hands of our omnipotent Savior! Only in eternity will the heirs of salvation begin to discover what we owe to the perpetual ministry of these ministering spirits. Well may the heirs of salvation rejoice with such heavenly protectors surrounding them and ministering to them with unceasing joy. It was an angel who first announced the purpose of Christ’s coming. It was a chorus of angels who first sang the praise of the incarnate God.It was an angel who first announced the resurrection of Christ our Redeemer. It was an angel who sent men to fetch Peter to Cornelius that he might show him the words whereby he must be saved. The angels of God kept us all the days of our rebellion. The angels of God watch over us every hour. The angels of God meet with us in the assembly of the saints. The angels of God always behold our Father’s face in heaven. The angels of God will carry us home. There is a far more intimate relationship between the saints of God and the angels of God than any of us yet know (Heb.12:22-24).