Who is the “Accuser of the Brethren (Revelation 12:10)?” Job 1:6-2:7 gives you an idea of who Satan is. Satan is an opponent, or the Opponent; the hater; the accuser; adversary; enemy; one who resists, obstructs, and hinders whatever is good. Since Satan is the Hater, he is totally opposed to God, who is love.
We must
understand that Satan the Accuser makes every attempt to push his agenda on us
and our culture. In other words, he
wants us to be like him and I must say that he is doing a good job because many
of us don’t think that we accuse. I like
to call this agenda the spirit of accusation.
What does
the dictionary say about accusation: It
means to blame, to charge with a fault or offense. Some related words are:
Defame – to harm the reputation of someone
Slander – making a false spoken statement that causes people
to have a bad opinion of someone (Prov 19:9)
Incriminate – to cause someone to appear guilty
Blame – to find fault.
This is prevalent in our culture.
Blame others instead of looking at self.
Condemn – to say someone is bad or wrong
Reproach – a cause of shame
Can we take
time to retrace our steps and review what comes out of our mouth? Have you on occasion when talking to another
person judged, slandered, gossiped, offered your negative opinion, accused,
blamed, caused shame, or condemned someone or something (Church) no matter how
slight? Do these words represent the
spirit of accusation in you? Are we any
better than the “Accuser of the Brethren” if we confess this as truth? For those who have spouses or best friends
and think that you can do these things in the privacy of your house, you may
want to search the Bible to see if you are exception to what God says.
The things
that come out of our mouth affect the physical causing sickness and disease. Pleasant words are health to the bones (Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are like a
honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones). Bones hold the marrow that produces white
cells that fight sickness and disease.
We have all
been guilty of being the accuser of the brethren. It is time to examine ourselves and change
our ways (Lamentations 3:40 Let us
search out and examine our ways, And turn back to the Lord). If what we say does not bring Glory to God,
then don’t say it.
Revelation 12:10 Then I heard a loud
voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our
God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren,
who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.
So, it
comes back to this question: What do you
confess as truth?
Many
blessing to you all,
Tony Sanchez
