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The Accuser of our Brethren

The Holy Days of God give us an idea of how this world will end and how the Kingdom of God will be established on earth. It is during the fall Holy Days that we celebrate the return of Jesus, the banishment of Satan, and the establishment of God’s Kingdom. Though there are many verses to show this process, there is one verse that gives us a clear picture of who and what Satan is.

Revelation 12:10
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

Satan is identified as the accuser of our brethren, our brothers and sisters in Christ. In heaven on his throne, our Father has Satan as his adversary, or opponent. Instead of accusing our brethren before God day and night, God takes a much different approach and an example for our review is found in the Book of Job.

Job 1:6-11
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

Our Father in heaven is different than Satan because God defends us before evil and Satan accuses us before righteousness. The difference between the two is bigger than night and day. As Christians, do we emulate our Father or do we emulate Satan in our lives? As humans, we will have differences of opinion based on our understanding. When we encounter this situation, are we more likely to defend a person with a difference of understanding, or are we more likely to accuse the other person? We can defend or accuse using overt or covert language. For instance, if two people have a difference of opinion based on understanding, it is possible to be very vocal and call each other names or to be more subtle and to say something like true Christians would understand a particular viewpoint. Both approaches are accusatory. It is an entirely different approach to defend a difference of opinion based on understanding of third party and to esteem that person highly. During his ministry, Jesus clear the importance of this principle.

Matthew 5:21-26
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

The agreement with our adversary that Jesus is showing is one of respect, esteeming the other person. There are probably as many reasons why Christian will accuse Christian before God as there are Christians under the sun. And for those who disagree with my understanding, I wish you peace. I do believe that the denominator for accusations is lack of love and abundance of fear in our hearts. As Christians, we are to love each other and the love we have for each other is to be a sign for others.

John 13:35
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

When we have love for each other so that it is easy for others to see, then our discipleship and our calling will be fruitful. Others will see the sincerity of our faith, and as God calls them, they will respond to the calling. They will not fall on the stony ground where the hardness of hearts is located. They will fall on the fertile soil where love abounds and then in the end the great spiritual harvest will occur.

All verses are from the King James Version.
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