Given by Tom Clark
                    
Bentonville / Van Buren, Arkansas
                    
October 4, 2025
                
This sermon explores the often-unseen spiritual dimension at work in God’s creation and human affairs. Beginning with Genesis 1, it reminds us that mankind—though made a little lower than the angels—was created in God’s image for a divine purpose that extends far beyond this physical life. Through biblical accounts—from Elisha’s vision of angelic armies, to Ahab’s downfall by a lying spirit, to Job’s trials, and Daniel’s encounter with powerful spiritual beings—the message reveals how invisible forces, both righteous and evil, influence the world around us under God’s sovereign control. Believers are called to recognize this spiritual reality and to live with confidence and discernment, walking by faith rather than sight, trusting fully in God’s plan and protection amid unseen battles.