Denny answers:
No, we should only worship and pray to God.
God created angels and people for His own glory. Angels serve God and worship Him day and night (Revelation 4:6-8). Angels can help people, but only at God’s command. They do not come to help us because we pray to them.
God created angels with wisdom and power, but only God is all-knowing and all-powerful, so only He can understand and answer every prayer. When we pray to God, we trust and worship Him as the one true God.
Because angels are so strong and bright, people have been tempted to worship them (Colossians 2:18). But good angels always refuse to be worshipped. They point praise to the only one who deserves all worship and prayer—God. The apostle John once fell at the feet of an angel to worship him. The angel said, “Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God!” (Revelation 19:10b).
Although we should only worship and pray to God, God has sent angels in answer to prayer. See the Bible Truths below for amazing examples. If you want to learn more about how to pray to God,
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Before a person can pray to God, he must turn from his sin (Psalm 66:18). When a person trusts Jesus to take away his sins, God rejoices and the angels join in God’s rejoicing. “. . . there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents” (Luke 15:10). To find out how God can forgive your sins,
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Bible Truth
- “[Jesus] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him” (Colossians 1:15-16).
- “who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him” (1 Peter 3:22).
- “So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs” (Hebrews 1:4).
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