111. angels, not evangelists
Angels in the Bible do many things to benefit human beings, including announcing the birth of the Savior (Luke 2) But there is one distinctive activity that angles do not do; preach the gospel. One example: Acts 10 tells us of the righteous Roman soldier Cornelius (see 110), who was told by an angel to send for the apostle Peter, the man who would preach to him the gospel. Why didn't the angel himself present the gospel? This never happens i the Bible, nor anywhere in Christian history. The gospel is the good news of sinners being saved from their sin--something the angels cannot experience themselves. Only a saved sinner can preach the gospel to sinners.
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