When Satan can no longer deceive us because we live by the truth of God’s word, and when he can no longer cause us to fall into temptation because we are righteous, he then turns to his third weapon of accusation. Because Satan cannot defeat us, he uses accusation to get Christians to battle against one another and change the focus of their fight.
The most subtle weapon in Satan’s arsenal is accusation. He is the master accuser. He accuses God, producing doubt. He accuses our fellow Christians, resulting in division. He accuses our spiritual leaders, creating gossip. He even accuses us to ourselves, causing condemnation.
God has given us the weapon of love to combat accusation. A person who lives in God’s love keeps no record of wrongs and is always willing to humble themselves in any relationship. A person who loves is willing to repent or forgive in order to reconcile.
“Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down. They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. 12Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them!”” –Revelation 12:10-12
Stand Up and Fight
God has not left us defenseless. He has equipped us with spiritual weapons and spiritual armor so we can stand up and fight the devil. Through faith in Christ, we can walk in victory over every attack of our enemy.
“Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” -Ephesians 6:11-17
2 comments:
This is great, Pastor Ron. The enemy really does have many tricks up his sleeves.
Yesterday I was studying David's life and I was reading of the story where Saul was jealous of David and began to fear him cause he knew God was with him. And so Saul "swore to be his enemy from that day" and I kind of saw a similarity in that attitude that Satan has. I think part of the reason why Satan is our enemy is caused by fear...not a fear of 'us', but God in us.
I know there is more to it than that (pride, deceiving himself, hatred), but I thought it was an interesting similarity. What do you think?
Thank you for sharing this. I appreciate that you speak the truth unapologetically. And to be honest, I have been struggling big time with this particular tactic of the enemy. Outside accusations snuck in and became interal and self defeating thoughts and actions. Through you sharing, it has opened my eyes to see that I have been royally tripped up in my walk with God. And now, I know the truth and aslo the scriptures to speak and pray over my life. THANK YOU!!
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