Psalm 91:11-12 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 

Do you remember this?

I have a dream, a song to sing to help me cope with anything

If you see the wonder of a fairy tale you can take the future even if you fail

I believe in angels something good in everything I see

I believe in angels

When I know the time is right for me I’ll cross the stream – I have a dream

Abba, 1979

According to a Gallup poll, belief in angels and demons is on the rise in the United States. In 1994, 72% of Americans said they believed in angels; by 2004, it was 78%. Belief in the devil has risen in even more startling fashion — from 55% in 1990 to 70% in 2004. Isn’t that interesting, when conventional Christianity appears to be in decline?

There’s something I find even more interesting though. There are some Christians who don’t believe in Devils, or in angels either.  According to a 2009 Barna survey, almost 60% of Christians either strongly agreed or somewhat agreed with the statement that Satan “is not a living being but is a symbol of evil”. A much smaller number of Christians — 6% according to a 2011 AP survey, don’t believe in angels.

Let me make my position clear. I believe in the real, literal, existence of angels, satan and demons. I am sure that on occasion Myra and I have been attacked by demons, and have only repelled them by prayer. I believe that on countless occasions, so many that we would be amazed if we saw them, angels have stood beside us and protected us.

What I don’t understand is how Christians can not believe in angels, demons and the devil. Consider these scriptures:

And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back side, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? (Revelation 5:1-2)

And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. (Luke 11:14)

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. (John 8:44)

I don’t need to analyze the texts. The point is that the Bible attests to the existence of angels, demons, and the devil. You cannot reject them without rejecting the truth of the Bible. Christians who refuse to accept the evidence of scripture have been deceived by the father of lies! We are surrounded by a world of spirits that we rarely see:

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (Ephesians 6:12)

Stand firm, and believe!