The Accuser of the Brethren

The Bible calls Satan the accuser of the brethren; that is, night and day he never stops accusing us of our faults, failures, sins, transgressions and iniquities.  He is the enemy of the Cross of Jesus Christ, because he seeks to undo what Jesus did at the Cross by taking away our sin and satisfying divine justice in our behalf.

People can also take the place of Satan, and accuse us before God and man.  This is an error; that is, we ought to never imitate Satan and accuse the people of God or God Himself of wrongdoing.  We ought to never accuse the brethren of their sins but be forgiving, tenderhearted towards each other, because God in Christ forgave us of all of our sins.  That means no matter how bad it is, we should use divine, holy, and lovely measures in discernment to forgive our neighbor from the heart in light of any accusation.  If there is an accusation, may we forgive each other and love one another in light of the divine teachings of Jesus Christ. 

We know that Satan knows our sins; that is, he keeps track of us regarding our sins to accuse us before God.  Dr. Walter Martin once commented on Satan's intelligence capacities and he remarked it far out did the intelligence communities in our land. We ought to say, "What of it?  I admit that I deserve death and hell, but there is One who paid full and divine satisfaction in my behalf.  His name is Jesus Christ, Son of God, and where He is I shall be also!"  This is something like what Martin Luther would say.

Good Lord, help us to repent of our sins through Jesus crucified.  Deliver us from Satan and lead us to heaven.  Forgive our omissions and commissions of sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.  Amen.