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> [Angels can fail because God allows them to make decisions and they are lesser beings than the perfect God. They can go astray, but the task is legitimate. God never tells they aren't allowed to instruct people - "just shut…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-heiser/angels-can-fail-because-god-allows-them-to-make-decisions-and-they/)

[Michael S. Heiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-heiser/)

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## More by Michael S. Heiser

> [We think "reading the Bible in context" means thinking about the handful of verses before and after the verses we're looking at on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-heiser/we-think-reading-the-bible-in-context-means-thinking-about-the/)

[Michael S. Heiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-heiser/)

> [If I were one of the gods who just wound up supervising humans, I'd want to influence the decision-makers to live according to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-heiser/if-i-were-one-of-the-gods-who-just-wound-up-supervising-humans-i-d/)

[Michael S. Heiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-heiser/)

> [What I mean by context is worldview - having the ancient Israelite or first-century Jew in your head as you read. How would an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-heiser/what-i-mean-by-context-is-worldview-having-the-ancient-israelite-or/)

[Michael S. Heiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-heiser/)

> [Why are you uncomfortable with the supernaturalist worldview of the biblical writers? Evangelicals don't want to just say, "Well, the inspired writers were wrong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-heiser/why-are-you-uncomfortable-with-the-supernaturalist-worldview-of-the/)

[Michael S. Heiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-heiser/)

> [We like to pretend the core ideas of the faith are more palatable or workable within our modern rationalistic approach to Scripture than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-heiser/we-like-to-pretend-the-core-ideas-of-the-faith-are-more-palatable-or/)

[Michael S. Heiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-heiser/)

> [Our contexts are foreign. They derive from church tradition that is thousands of years removed from the people who wrote Scripture and the audience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-heiser/our-contexts-are-foreign-they-derive-from-church-tradition-that-is/)

[Michael S. Heiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-heiser/)

> [Rebellion against God results in being cast out of his service. God doesn't run the affairs of the spiritual world or our world with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-heiser/rebellion-against-god-results-in-being-cast-out-of-his-service-god/)

[Michael S. Heiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-heiser/)

> [If you don't have the worldview of the people who produced the Bible - under inspiration no less, - you can't understand what they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-heiser/if-you-don-t-have-the-worldview-of-the-people-who-produced-the-bible/)

[Michael S. Heiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-heiser/)

> [The powers of darkness are still part of the spiritual world - they don't become something else when they rebel against God. Disembodied believers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-heiser/the-powers-of-darkness-are-still-part-of-the-spiritual-world-they-don/)

[Michael S. Heiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-heiser/)

> [The truth is that we don't know much about the spiritual world except for what Scripture tells us, so it's unwise to think we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-heiser/the-truth-is-that-we-don-t-know-much-about-the-spiritual-world-except/)

[Michael S. Heiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-heiser/)

> [Ruling the way God wants you to rule means fostering the ordered relationships he desires, not because he is a killjoy, but because that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-heiser/ruling-the-way-god-wants-you-to-rule-means-fostering-the-ordered/)

[Michael S. Heiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-heiser/)

> [God doesn't save us to perpetuate a particular Christian sub-culture. He saves us to advance a supernatural kingdom that is not of this world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-heiser/god-doesn-t-save-us-to-perpetuate-a-particular-christian-sub-culture/)

[Michael S. Heiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-heiser/)

> [“Conversations didn’t always end well. That sort of thing happens when you demand that creeds and traditions get in line behind the biblical text.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-heiser/conversations-didn-t-always-end-well-that-sort-of-thing-happens-when/)

[Michael S. Heiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-heiser/)

> [We impose our modern worldview on the Bible to make it conform to our intellectual happy place. But we deceive ourselves into thinking this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-heiser/we-impose-our-modern-worldview-on-the-bible-to-make-it-conform-to-our/)

[Michael S. Heiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-heiser/)

> [How much of what the biblical writers believed about the supernatural world do I believe? They weren't us. We are products of the Enlightenment;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-heiser/how-much-of-what-the-biblical-writers-believed-about-the-supernatural/)

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