Expert: Pastor Don Carpenter - 6/9/2010

Question
Hello Pastor;

1st. Are fallen angels and demons the same thing? What is the difference?

2nd. I was raised a Catholic, converted to the Church of Christ, then the Methodists. I am troubled by the practices of the Methodists. Children leading services, Christmas, Easter, and Halloween.
I have been absent from service for over 1 year. My faith is strong, I read the Bible as often as I can. I pray daily, and try to be the best person I can.
What would you recommend for me?

Thank you for your time.

Answer
Hi Donald

Thank you for this great question.  I am sorry for my late response.  I believe that demons are fallen angels.  I believe that all the Angels that God created were good until Satan led the rebellion then many followed him.

Isaiah 14:12-15
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!  13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.

Ezekiel 28:13-17
13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.    14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. 15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. 16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.

I hope that this helps you.

In Christ
Pastor Don