The Blood Of Jesus And The Last Days - Part 2 by Keith Malcomson

praise god welcome to our sunday morning meeting here we're going to turn to the word of god this morning again carrying on from last sunday morning we're going to look at revelation chapter 12 again and this is part two of our message here dealing with the blood of jesus and the last days last week we began to look at revelation 12 and we saw in that final chapter that three things come together and converge together in that chapter the first thing is a unique prophecy which i believe is for this hour a remarkable prophecy of the accuser of their brethren getting cast out of heaven the second thing that happens is the warfare that goes on a spiritual invisible warfare that goes on in the heavenlies between michael and his angels and satan and his angels and there is no more space or room found in heaven for them they are cast out onto the earth but there's a third thing that converges with these two other events and it's a victory by the blood it's born again believers the church of jesus christ rising up and overcoming the accuser of the brethren by the blood of the lamb we're turning here this morning to the word of god to revelation chapter 12 just reading from verse 7 until verse 11 revelation chapter 12 verse 7 and it says and there was war in heaven michael and his angels fought against the dragon and the dragon fought against his angels and prevailed not neither was their place found any more in heaven and the great dragon was cast out that old serpent called the devil and satan which deceiveth the whole world he was cast out into the earth and his angels cast out with them 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 on which accused them before our god day and night and they overcame him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony and they love not their lives unto the death let's pray here this morning as we come to the word of god father i thank you for the power in jesus blood what would we do with such an adversary as this old serpent as this dragon as the devil as satan how would we stand against his accusations this old serpent that was in the garden with adam and eve how would we stand against his lies his accusations his falsehoods if we didn't have the blood of the lamb yet here this morning by grace alone by faith through that blood and the finished work of calvary we know that we have gained a victory over the accuser of the brethren and my god in faith we know here this morning nor god there is an hour where you yourself are going to cast satan down and he shall accuse the saints no more there is coming an end to every accusation to the throwing of accusations against your saints and lord jesus we ask let it be amen let it come to pass we pray for it let your kingdom come and your will be done on earth even as it is in heaven in jesus mighty name amen we come here to part two of this message from revelation chapter 12 and we've called this the blood of jesus and the last days it's so vital that we see the importance the power and the place of the blood of jesus in these last days if ever we needed to be gripped that we are in the midst of the beginning of sorrows that we are in those days that are set in the stage for all of prophecy to come to pass we need to be gripped by this and as we do we need to see the vitalness we need to see the power and the virtue that is within the blood of jesus christ we come here to part two the blood of jesus and the last days we dare not face these last days we dare not face the year that's ahead of us unless we overcome by the blood of the lamb it must be through the blood by the blood with the knowledge of the blood and faith in the blood it says here in revelation chapter 12 and verse 10 concerning the accuser of our brethren being cast on which accused them before our god day and night verse 11 and they overcame him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony and they loved not their lies unto the death i want you to see here the marvelous truth of scripture here that we overcome the accuser of the brethren only by one way chapter 12 here is marked by the accuser of the brethren we see the casting down for the first time in 6 000 years of history for the first time in 2000 years of church history we see the accuser of the brethren that has accused the saints of god morning day and night morning and night he has accused the saints of god he has been regular and faithful in his ministry against the saints of god and here we read in this chapter for the first time in 6 000 years he is cast out of heaven and he shall no longer make any accusations against the saints of god notice here how we overcome and get a victory against the accuser of the brethren it is by two things by the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony notice here that to gain a victory against satan against the accuser of the brethren it's gotta be by the blood the accusations of satan the accusations against you in your christian life you cannot stand against them unless you go to the blood it's only by the blood of the lamb do you see that when the accuser comes against us when the devil comes against us you have got to be driven to the blood of the lamb notice here it is the blood of the lamb it is the lamb of god we are laid back as we face the accuser of the brethren we are driven to return to calvary to look to calvary again to remember what happened on the cross when jesus was offered as a lamb without spot or blemish saints we overcome we gain a victory we triumph over the devil we subsume under us we gain a victory over the accuser but only by the blood of the lamb it's by the blood through the blood because of the blood that we gain a victory against the accuser of the brethren but it goes further and it says and by the word of their testimony by these two things we gain a victory against the accuser of the brethren by the bloodshed by the lamb of god on that old tree called calvary by that precious blood but also by the word of our testimony what is the word of our testimony it is the spoken word it is literally a testimony carried it is something that you as a believer you can speak out and you testify to it is the word of your testimony that word testimony there means evidence true record the facts are a personal report in other words through the blood and through our personal testimony of what that blood has done in our life a real experience of the blood there is evidence i know the blood has given me a victory i know the blood has forgiven my sins i know the blood has brought me into relationship with god i'm made righteous i'm justified by faith i made clean through the precious blood of the lamb i'm walking in a relationship with god but by the blood of the lamb since this is how you gain a victory against the accuser of the brethren i want you to realize this morning as we come to this message that our adversary is a vicious enemy he is the accuser of the brethren when we come to the bible we read that the devil comes to real christians real saints to tempt them he comes them to try and sift them or to cut them down he comes to deceive them with lies and falsehood he comes to buffet them or to thump them with his fist he comes to hinder them and to stop them where they are so that they can't advance in the will of god he comes to gain an advantage over them and also to gain a foothold in some area of his life knowing that this devil is real and when we speak about the devil we're taught about his kingdom all his minions fallen angels and demons which are synonymous we're taught about the full structure of his kingdom when i say the devil comes i'm not talking about him personally in every incident in every case but i'm saying every christian encounters the kingdom of satan the powers of darkness wicked spirits lying spirits tempting spirits i assure you the real christian has to face the darkness there is something more than this physical world there is a spiritual realm and we are in a spiritual warfare since knowing all that the devil comes to do and his kingdom does we've got to know what it means to be washed in the blood of the lamb and to be born again it says in colossians chapter 1 and verse 13 listen to what christ has done who hath delivered us from the power of darkness have you been delivered from the power of darkness and have been translated into the kingdom of his dear son this is the work of jesus christ in the born-again experience when you're saved by grace when you put your faith in the blood of the lamb these two things happen jesus himself delivers you out of the kingdom of darkness you're not in his kingdom anymore you've been delivered you've been brought out and he translates you into the kingdom of his dear son this is what god does to us in salvation we're brought out of one kingdom and we're brought into another we're brought out of the kingdom of satan and we're brought into the kingdom of the son of god we have been delivered since i'm not in between i'm not half in and half out you're either in satan's kingdom or you're in the kingdom of his dear son it is one or the other listen you've got to know what it means to be truly born again and washed in the blood of jesus when we go to one john john speaks about this very much in his letter listen to what he says he says concerning those who are born of god are begotten of god in other words they're born again listen to what it says that those that are born of god they keep themselves and the wicked one touches him not a real born again christian you know what he's gonna do he's gonna keep himself he's not gonna play around with sexual sin our drugs are alcohol i assure you the real christian is going to keep himself it is a mark that you're born again that you keep yourself you guard yourself you separate yourself from the darkness of this world saints be a christian in this world the new birth is a mighty thing you are born of the spirit of god and you keep yourself from the devil you guard yourself you don't just accept his lies or you don't just yield to his temptations there is a keeping of yourself oh yes i know there's failures along the way but since i got get up and keep yourself here this morning if you're really born again you can keep yourself you can guard yourself you can watch yourself from the onslaught of hell and it says the wicked one touches him not if you're born again if you're in christ jesus the wicked one touches you not do you know what that greek word means and it's very important it means the wicked one does not attach himself unto you he cannot cling to you he cannot hold you fast he is not there holding you refusing to let go or to have such a grip on your life that you can't get free do you know what i reject the teaching of demonized christians there are no such thing satan can't dwell in you at the same time as the spirit of god you're either in the kingdom of satan or you're in the kingdom of god but you cannot be both you know the church is filled with people and preachers having demons cast out of them they the the church is more like a hospital than a military army but i want to assure you for these last days let the real church of god arise they're not having demons cast out of them they're casting demons out they're not there licking their wounds they're going out to heal the wounds of others who are out there in this sing sin lost world i want to assure you that real christians are not indwelled the devil cannot touch them the evil one can they can be tempted they can sin they can fail along the way they're buffeted many times but i assure you through the blood of jesus they gain a victory over the evil one the devil can not touch you he cannot so grip himself unto you do you know what the word also means it means to appropriate our handle for your own purpose the devil can't use a sin for his own purpose it means to permanently harm this word is vital because the devil cannot touch someone who is really born again and washed in the blood of jesus if ever we needed to understand that it's in this hour and this generation since you the redeemed of the lord if you're born again if you're washed in the blood here in this church if you know jesus christ you know what i want you to realize there's power power wonder working power in the blood of the lamb and you know what there's a blood washed church that's gonna function in one of the darkest hours in church history this is a remarkable hour we have come to the end of the church age i believe we're right in the last chapter of church history we are the last church that's going to be upon the earth before the coming of the lord i believe we are at the end of it all and you know what we've got to know the power of jesus blood there's a victory it's got to become personal it's got to become our testimony there's got to be evidence that we have a victory over the blood of the lamb when jesus warned the church of the signs that they are going to see just before the end the signs that would indicate that the last generation has come in matthew 24 he gives 10 significant signs and warnings that would indicate the beginning of sorrows or here in other words a period of time that's going to intensify that's going to grow stronger it's going to become more obvious listen to what he said in matthew 24 9 ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake you know what our world right now is changing single nation you're gonna be hated for christ's sake that didn't used to be the case there were nations where you'd be respected for being a christian for following jesus christ but jesus predicted that this would be one of the last signs of his comment to make the church look up for the redemption drought night to look for the coming of the lord jesus christ do you know what he said all nations are going to hate you you the church the redeemed of the lord because of the name of jesus christ there's going to be a radical change in our culture our society our politics all of this makes us look up since i'm not in defeat this morning i'm not scared this morning i'm not trembling this morning i was born for this hour jesus warned me about this hour he gave indications he explained it and he showed me what the church is to be we are going to live and we are living in an hour when the real people of god are hated for his namesake in every single nation he goes further and he says and then so at a time where the nations are literally beginning to hate real believers and then shall many be offended talking about those in the church they're going to be offended they're going to trip over it they're not going to be able to handle this hatred they're going to say this shouldn't be happening everyone should love me i just want to love jesus they're going to get offended people in the church who were happy a year ago are suddenly as this hatred arises they're going to become offended and listen jesus said and shall betray one another offense will lead to betrayal and shall hate one another i believe this pinpoints people who are professing to follow christ to love christ to be in the church but our whole world is going to so change the whole culture of this generation is going to so dramatically begin to change there's going to be a progression from offense to betrayal to hatred step by step we are gonna see a judas generation in the church arise people are gonna shock you people who said they once loved jesus you're gonna be shocked at what they're gonna do they're gonna sell out jesus for a lousy 30 bits of silver and shall hate one another you know what hatred is it is to love less to have no emotion no natural feeling and betrayal leads to that betrayal always leads to no feeling before you betray a man or a woman you have to be in a condition where you just don't feel anything anymore you you'll sell them out betray them be unfaithful not be a real christian i assure you there is something at work in your heart it also says in matthew 24 and verse 12 and because iniquity shall abound because it's going to multiply it's going to explode what is inequity it is lawlessness it's the greek word for lawlessness in other words an utter contempt for law it means a break-in of all law god's law man's law the tradition of law it is a throwing away of all boundaries all distinction of all regulation it is going beyond god's law that's what jesus said this last hour would be like iniquity is going to a bound it's going to multiply this lawless spirit that we are watching right now in our nations i mean the river banks are busting there's no more restriction there's always been inequity there's always been homosexuality there's always been sin there's always been abortion there's always been depravity but you know what it's bursting its banks since welcome to the last of the last days to the last chapter of church history you need to be equipped on this message is to stir you to be equipped this isn't for the light this isn't for the frivolous but this is for those who truly love jesus christ it says there and jesus warned 2 000 years ago he warned us clearly he said an hour is coming i'm giving you the signs that you've reached the last days that you're living in the last hour i'm showing you clearly that because iniquity abounds because it begins to overflow in every nation every area of society the love and that word love is a gappy love the love of many is going to grow cold it's going to wax cold a gappy love is going to become filial love that's in the church and it's taught about real genuine born-again believers those that are born again washed in the blood you know what he says the love of many is gonna grow cold i want to give you a serious warning but i want to give you the remedy the remedy is the blood of jesus christ nothing will keep you as fervent as the blood of jesus nothing will keep you as fresh as the blood of jesus christ i'm telling you this morning hard again a victory over the accuser of the brethren who is it behind this rise of iniquity who is it behind this flood of abomination in this hour it is the accuser of the brethren who is this accuser of the brethren we're told in revelation 12 and verse 9 this accuser who is going to get cast on since i've told you how dark it'll get but i'm telling you of a church that's going to rise up in such an hour in such a climate and by the blood they're going to gain a victory over the accuser of the brethren what the devil means for evil to annihilate the church to corrupt the church to pollute the church to compromise the church there is going to arise a church that's going to gain a victory over that same accuser it is going to rise up in this last hour it says in revelation 12 and 9 and the great dragon was cast out that old serpent called the devil and satan which deceiveth the whole world he was cast into the earth and his angels were cast out with them before the final prophecies are fulfilled before the rise of antichrist there's going to be a church that overcomes by the blood of the lamb saints i'm talking to you this morning we are that generation we are the church prophecy is about to come to pass and i assure you our time is restricted our time is limited for this casting out of the accuser of the brethren the rising up of the church to overcome by the blood for michael and his angels to triumph against the accuser of the brethren all of this is coming in very fast and i believe we're there we are going to be put in a situation where we'll have no choice but to lay hold of the blood of the lamb and by a personal experience overcome the accuser of the brethren notice here concerning the accuser of the brethren it gives two animals and two names the two animals are the dragon and the serpent in this chapter chapter 12 of revelation the dragon is mentioned eight times he's only mentioned 13 times in the entire book of revelation he's not called the dragon anywhere else in the bible but he is called the dragon here in other words the devil is defined as a dragon more in revelation 12 than any other chapter of the entire bible look at him in this chapter we see his tale drawn down a third of the stars of heaven that means a third of the angels that become demonic spirits we see him there waiting to devour the man-child we see him in heaven fighting michael we see him trying to destroy the woman i'm pursuing after her and then after that we see him making war with the remnant of her seed this dragon has seven heads and ten horns this dragon is the one who is just about to empower a political economic and religious system it's going to arise on on the earth once he's cast under the earth he's going to empower and it inhabit a demonically controlled political system across our world that's who the dragon is but it's not the dragon we're dealing with here we're dealing with the serpent the serpent is the one who comes before the dragon we're we read of the serpent three times in this chapter and we read of him of his face and of his mouth notice that very carefully about the serpent in this hour that we live in the serpent who is the dragon who is the devil who is satan as a serpent his mouth and his face is very important when we look for the serpent we go back to genesis chapter 3 and verse 1 and it says now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field that means cunning crafty shrewd to be smooth in your words to be crafty in your actions your plans your motives all of the devices that you put into operation we are dealing with a serpent that was in the garden of eden we are dealing with a serpent that had a dealing with our first parents 6 000 years ago i want you to realize that the serpent has been coming against accusing man tempting them deceiving lying manipulating standing against them for 6 000 years since the garden of eden the name satan and devil here are also important satan is taken from the hebrew and has the meaning of adversary he stands against he resists on this name satan is used 14 times in the book of job if you want to understand who satan is how he operates what his task is remember name denotes character if you want understand what god means by calling him satan or exposing him as satan do you know what go to the book of jew and see how satan dealt with job you are looking at what it means to be satan you're looking at a definition of his character in his nature he is also called the devil here which is the greek word diabolus that word diabolus means false accuser or one who comes to slander it's not just one who accuses but he makes false accusations it comes from the verb word or the action word diablo meaning the act of accusing someone or the through darts and actually is where you'd have arrows or darts and you would throw them that's where it comes from the accuser throws words and that's where we get the word diabolus he is throwing accusations he is throwing slander he is throwing mud he is defaming your character since i'm telling you who the serpent is who this accuser of the brethren is here in revelation 12 he is revealed in all of his fullness he is defined in his character in his calling in his history he is the the cover is pulled back and we see who the accuser is and you know why you need to know this this morning is we are so ignorant when thoughts come to our mind when somebody speaks to us the wrong thing or a wrong teaching when we see things go on in our world we don't realize who is operating there we are so blind and ignorant so often to who it is that's working in the dark i assure you this word devil is used 34 times and even once of judas in the gospel it is a real thing that we are facing here as the devil hurls and throws a verbal assault against who the brethren the blood washed believer in the lord jesus i've got three points for you here now that i've laid a foundation i i want you to hear this we're in the last days we're in the last hour of church history there is a vital role for us to play in the world we may look small and insignificant but i assure you a believer that discovers and renews his knowledge of the blood of the lamb is going to find himself in a place of experiential victory in this hour since the battle is coming to us whether you like it or not you better hear what i say you better be instructed by the spirit of god because there is coming a flood of the accuser of the brethren the like of which you and i have never yet seen in our generation it's going to engulf every nation every government ever all legislation it's going to come against our children in the schools it's going to affect you in the workplace it's going to affect you from the highest realms of authority to the lowest i assure you the accuser of the brethren is bringing the battle to us but it is time for the church to rise up to stand by virtue of the precious blood and to gain the victory over the accuser of the brethren what the devil means for evil god is gonna use for good what the devil thinks is gonna floor us and wipe this out it's gonna be used to stir us up to stand up as the redeemed of the lord i've got three points here for you this morning as we look a bit closer at this number one a he is a personal accuser i want to show you three different realms of how the accuser comes on how we gain the victory but i want you to see this one first he is a personal accuser you see i want you to stop and to consider this for a moment that the accusations of the one in revelation 12 who's going to get cast on those accusations that are going to come to an end it's a personal accuser that you're looking at you are looking at your personal accuser you see the accuser of the brethren is an accuser of you if you're a born-again blood-washed believer you are a brother he is an accuser of the brethren of the brotherhood of jesus christ those born again by the grace of god he is an accuser directly of you and notice with me here we knew from scripture that the accuser of the brethren he will have a direct line towards you he will tempt you he will speak to you he will attack you since if you find yourself in a place of condemnation and guilt through your own personal sin you've sinned against god it is time to turn to the blood of jesus if you're in this gathering and you're listening my words this morning and you're there's condemnation and there's guilt and there's thoughts and there's feelings and you feel a far off it is time for you to overcome the accuser by the blood of jesus you may say i deserve this yes you do but it's time to rise up by the grace of god and say god forgive me i'm so sorry for sinning against you will you wash me you've just gained a victory over the accuser of their brethren it says in one john chapter 3 and 20 for if our heart condemn us god is greater than our heart some of you think because your own heart condemns you that you need to stay in that case you know what god is greater than your own heart your c your conscience may be condemning you your own heart may condemn you because of something you've said or something that you've done or something that you've thought but i want to assure you god is greater than your heart the blood of jesus christ washes you from all sin there is a victory in the blood of jesus you may be in a battle against the accuser he's pointing out your past sins he's pointing out your lack of sanctification he's pointing out something in your life this morning that you've been struggling with you want to be like jesus you want to walk with god but there's one thing you've been wrestling with you know what the accuser of the brethren he'll be there to accuse you he will come and accuse you he'll say what sort of christian are you you'll never change you'll never be free you'll never grow beyond this you'll you'll never get the victory over me things can i tell you when the tempter comes the accuser it is time to lay hold of the blood of jesus you need to turn around to that devil this morning and said i'm washed by the blood of the lamb i'm forgiven by the precious blood of the lamb i can gain a victory by the blood of the lamb i'm not the worthy one i'm not the perfect one but the lamb of god died at calvary his blood was shed for me that i make go free i want you to see that the chooser of the brethren has a direct attack to you you may think it's your own thoughts you may think that it's you condemning yourself but he is a condemner he is a liar he is a murderer how do we know the difference between the devil condemning us and the holy spirit convicted the devil says you're dying you're out and there's no hope for you you know over the past three months i've had a number of emails and conversations with individuals black sliders who once knew jesus christ and they said i've sinned and i cannot be forgiven i i don't think god can forgive me maybe i've sinned away the day of salvation do you know the holy spirit when he convicts you of sin he always leads you back to the blood and he says there's power in the blood there's power in the blood there's forgiveness in the blood of jesus you you say but you don't know me i want to tell you one of christ's son apostles peter the apostle chosen by christ raised up you remember christ one day prophesied peter there's a day coming you're gonna deny me peter said never i i i all the rest might but i will never deny you you know it was only days later he's standing warm in his hands by the fire the world's fire there's roman centurions there there's little handmaidens and he's there in the coldness of night standing with the ungodly standing amidst her conversation warm in his hands seeking to get warm by the fire of this world in that environment he denied jesus christ three times what a heartbreaking thing do you know what happened next he was heartbroken he went out and he wept he went out and he wept i can assure you the accuser of the brethren came to him do you know what he done next he went and took those other fishermen apostles and he said come let's go fishing you know what he gave up in the ministry and he went back to his fishing nets when christ next finds him he's out there fishing again he's turned away from ministry gave up and preaching why three times he denied jesus christ and said i do not know him i do not know him you realize that the devil came in on that as the accuser of the brethren don't you realize the devil must have said i've got peter now peter will never recover from this you say how do you know that the devil was there jesus said jesus had said previously to peter peter satan has asked to sift you like weight but i prayed for you that your faith will not fail he didn't pray that he wouldn't fail he prayed that his faith wouldn't fail peter did fail and i assure you the accuser was there to say you're finished you're finished how can you call yourself a christian but that man had a a new meeting with the lord jesus christ i tell you christ came looking for him he is the good shepherd he he goes looking for that one sheep that's gone astray if he done that for peter he'll do it for you i can assure you my friend there's an accuser of the brethren that great man of god on the day of pentecost stood up and preached and three thousand are born again don't tell me there isn't a victory over past failure don't tell me there isn't power in the blood don't tell me that you can't rise up out of the pit of guilt and of condemnation of hopelessness of having gone back to your fishing nets since when you see christ again and all that he's done for you you'll stand up and preach again under the power of the holy spirit that's always a personal accuser satan comes to accuse you personally but notice further he doesn't only accuse you to you but he accuses god about you he accuses god and listen he goes to god when you're innocent as the accuser of the brethren satan is a false accuser he doesn't just go when you sin or you fail or something happens satan goes to god to accuse you when you haven't done anything wrong you say where do you get that i find it in the book of job if you go to the book of job you'll find this as clear as day it is god himself who points out to satan the righteousness of a man of god who skewed sin that there was no one on god's planet who was quite like job well you know what satan said then satan answered the lord and he said does job job fear god for not do you know what he's doing he is accusing job to god this is what satan still does today through the saints of god he makes accusations that are not true he even creates and invents um scenarios of what you would do in certain situations if god allows it to happen in your life you know satan goes to god and he challenges him and says you know this no good uh saint of god you just let him have a bit of suffering and he'll deny you that's what he's saying here about job he says does job fear god for not he said why wouldn't he fear you he's challenging joke and he's saying that fear of god isn't the real fear of god it's a fear that's birthed out out of greed actually he all he is is a greedy selfish so-and-so satan begins to accuse job unto god so it's not only the accuser accuses you to yourself he accuses you to god he goes to god listen further and he says put my forth thin hand and touch tube and all that he has and he will curse you to thy face what a challenge that this is satan the accuser saying to god just you touch him let some things go wrong in his life and i know he'll curse you to your face this was a righteous godly believer a man who walked with god who had integrity who could control his speech and yet there is the devil unseen to him unknown to him invisibly at the throne of god saying if you allow these things to happen to job he will curse you to his face do you know that the devil makes such accusations about you do you know god has a large certain things in your life to prove that there's more in you than the devil accuses you of don't you realize that there's things in life trials and troubles and things we don't understand that it is the devil accusing you at the throne of god and yet god allowed all of this you know why there is something real in you that he is gonna manifest he's gonna bring it forth he knows it you're not serving him for greed it it's not out of a fear taught by man but there is real integrity there's real integ integrity the accuser of the brethren studied you very carefully he studied his lifestyle his conduct he noticed the hedge in a rhyme jube's life he studied his family very carefully he counted his possessions he knew where it all was he was able to attack it and he also noted the work of his hands and his influence and that generation oh what a thing to challenge and yet it was all in god's plan god actually had a plan and drawn satan's attention to him it wasn't out of god's control god was using the accuser god was using satan god was using the devil in jube's life it's hard to accept that i know it's hard to see and understand it and yet at the end of the story what we see of job is he comes forth as gold out of the trial god will never allow the accuser to stand and accuse you without having a plan and a purpose in it we read about another man who he wasn't an innocent man who the devil accused but actually there was an issue in his life listen the accuser also accuses god when there is something in your heart and life in zechariah chapter three we read a very important chapter there zechariah is all about the people of israel after the 70-year captivity they make that long journey from babylon back into the city of jerusalem to begin to rebuild the house of god the temple of god there are two leaders cerebral is the political leader the governor the one with royal blood in his veins and by his side is the high priest called joshua a man of god a spiritual man these two men led the people of god back their people their true leaders who love god and want to walk with god but in zechariah chapter 3 the prophet comes to joshua with a open vision a prophecy forum listen to what it says in zechariah 3 and 1 and he showed me joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the lord and i believe that's jesus christ the angel of the lord he was standing before him and satan standing at his right hand to resist him i want you to see here here is the high priest the most religious and spiritually alive man in the nation the man that's gonna lead them back to restore the house of god a man who longs for revival he is a leader who desires the spirit of god to move but you know what as he stands before the lord at his side stands satan and satan is there at his right hand to resist him the word resist means to attack to accuse or to condemn the devil is standing beside him i'm choosing him accusing him i believe he's accusing them before god i believe satan was standing as these men make their way back to have another revival to rebuild jerusalem you know where satan is he is standing at the right hand of joshua joshua cannot see it the prophet has to reveal it the preacher has to make it clear but there is satan at his side accusing him accusing him you know what i believe he was saying how can you use a man like this to bring revival how could you use a man like this in a position of ministry how can you use a man like this to restore the house of god i believe he was accusing joshua before the presence of god and yet joshua did not know until the prophet revealed it do you know what happens here as satan is accusing him and resisting him listen to what the lord says the lord rebuked thee o satan you know what he is dealing with the accuser of the brethren just like christ prayed for peter that his faith would not fail here is the lord standing with joshua you know what thank god the lord doesn't leave us in the hands of the accuser he says the lord rebuke thee o satan and it says in verse three now joshua was clothed with filthy garments and stood before the angel you know this is one of the holiest man in the nation and yet in the vision we see filthy garments there was an issue here maybe a lack of sanctification maybe some issue with his wife at home maybe some issue he's trying to work through his own heart maybe something with his children i don't know but his garments were filthy and you know what satan took opportunity and he says god you can't use this man you you can't lay your hand on this man but you know what the lord done yes the lord reveals the filthy garments maybe this was something joshua's life he wasn't even aware of maybe his heart was sincere and pure and he wasn't aware of issues going on in his life of some blemish that the devil was choosing you know what the lord the lord's never scared to expose and reveal something that is hidden god does reveal sin our filthy garments listen to what the lord says take away the filthy garments i believe this high priest was trusting to the blood of the lamb i believe this is him overcoming by the blood of the lamb i believe this is him gaining a victory against the accuser of the brethren what does the lord say take away his filthy garments and he said this shall pass this i iniquity will pass from me and i will closely with the change of raymond he given new clean garments that's what the blood of the lamb does next of all he give him a new fair miter for his head you know what was written on the mitre of the high priest holiness unto the lord what a remarkable thing that amidst the battle was satan the accuser of the brethren just as satan comes to accuse the lamb of god our great high priest our advocate comes to bring deliverance saints he'll meet with you this morning he'll give you new garments he'll give you a new hat for your head he'll announce your head with the oil of gladness he rebukes satan on the basis of his own righteousness he changes this man of god and clues him in heart holiness and then he instructs him if you walk with me if you obey me then i'll bless you since that is the first point here this morning the devil is a personal accuser we see it with peter with joshua with job sometimes he brings false accusation sometimes true accusations and sometimes he's trying to prophesy something in the place this is the accuser of the brethren sometimes he is accusing you of what is real in your life sometimes he just lies about you the accuser of the brethren how do you overcome them by the blood of the lamb you accuse them you you overcome them when the accusation is true are you there this morning and the devil is accusing you how dare you sing the songs of zom how dare you pray this morning how dare you approach the lord this morning how dare you break bread this morning someone likes you you know what you can gain a victory this morning by saying oh god forgive me cleanse me wash me maybe there's nothing in your heart but the accuser's coming saying you're proud you're arrogant maybe he's accusing god about your lack of sanctification and your growth in christ overcome them by the blood of the lamb i do want to be like jesus i do want to mature i do want complete victory then rest in the precious blood of the lamb the accuser that we overcome by the blood of the lamb and our word of our testimony is overcome by the precious blood it is the blood the lamb of god that gives us the victory second of all a brotherly accuser a brotherly a chooser he's not only a personal accuser he is a brotherly accuser what do i mean by the accuser of the brethren being a brotherly accuser do you realize he will go to your brothers in the church and accuse you he will go to them he will speak sentences are points up now he is a an accuser of the brethren but also he can go to you he can come to you with thoughts with feelings with ideas pointing things out and he can actually begin to accuse your brother in christ without foundation like with the first point sometimes it may be true sometimes it is utterly false first of all where there is no issue you could become an accuser of your brother at the instigation of satan stirring you up you know what and there is no issue there's no biblical issue there's nothing they're doing wrong you may not like the way they look the way they dress the way they speak or their humor or their temperament you your heart might rise up against someone and yet if i ask you what's the issue you can't even point it at anything you know in in mark chapter 7 we and christ speak and he speaks about an evil eye do you know what an evil eye is it is to be an accuser of the brethren an evil eye is to look in someone else with an evil heart or with a wrong heart it's placed alongside fornication adultery and murder if you are there with an evil eye against a genuine believer in christ and yet there's no good reason and you don't deal with it biblically but yet you look on them you have attitudes you have thoughts and you tolerate it and you never deal with that you don't come to the blood of jesus you don't plead the blood of jesus over the situation do you know what it's called it's called an evil eye and it's like murder do you realize how much rises up in the church and really it's the accuser of the brethren behind it do you know the devil loves to divide and to conquer you know he loves to set a real christian against another real christian he'll stir up david's brothers to accuse him of pride in his heart that's why you've come to the battlefield he'll stir up joseph's fit brothers with envy towards her brother sam look at this arrogant little boy look at his attitude he's trying to rule over us i assure you there is an accuser of the brethren he not only goes to god to accuse you he not only accuses you of your own sin but he actually comes to you to transplant you from your brothers and your sisters in christ jesus i want to exhort you here for a moment be very careful of the thoughts that come to your mind test everything by the word of god only deal with your brother and sister according to the written scriptures it says in exodus 20 and verse 16 thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor you shall not bear false witness again in exodus 23 and 1 thou shalt not raise a false report put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness you realize if you make a false accusation and you can claim the covering of the blood but if you make a false accusation against a brother and you harbor it or you share it with others and you've never dealt with it in a right way do you realize it is something that god detests it is something that god is against to bear a false witness in other words lie or to misrepresent or to claim that things are in their heart that are not in their heart friends you don't know what is in a man's or a woman's heart unless their words explicitly reveal it or their actions reveal it and then it's in the open you don't know what's in someone's heart and you better take heed to yourself rather than delving into other people's lives be very careful there is an accuser of the brethren that would love to divide christians and be also very careful do you realize the accuser of the brethren likes to stir up back fighting slander gossip lion false accusation he loves to do it in the home he loves to do it in the church he loves to do it amidst brethren it says in proverbs 6 and 16 these six things does the lord hate in other words they're an enemy he hates them six things yay seven are an abomination unto him why would he say hate six but there's seven that's an abomination well he goes on the list six things idolatry and other things that god hates but there is a seventh listen to what the seventh is he that soweth discord among brethren if you ever find a christian and he goes about sowing discord sharing things and he's never dealt with it in a right way in a biblical way he's just causing division in the church i want to show you the devil is using that man the accuser of the brethren is using that man now let me say something more i want to tell you that that man what he's doing sowing discord or division among brethren that god says he not only hates it but it's an abomination it's an abomination onto him i mean there's nothing worse it is worse than murder you think murder is bad god says someone who sews discord is far far worse now i know we live in a generation it says don't judge you're not allowed to judge and i'm not of those because i've done a whole teaching 15 messages on how to judge biblically i'm not of those who say you can never accuse your brother because the bible says there's a time when you ought to point out your brother's sin there's a time when we ought to judge one another in fact it says in john 7 24 jesus talking he says judge righteous judgment again in 1 corinthians 5 and 12 paul the apostle says ye judge them that are within the church in deuteronomy 1 and 16 it says and i charged your judges at that time sin hear the causes between your brethren and judge righteously between every man and his brother since there's an entire teaching that says we are meant to judge there are verses that show that we ought to make an accusation where there is something viable but you better be very careful that you're on scripture ground it says in galatians 2 and 11 but when peter was come to antioch i paul withstood him meaning i was against him i resisted him i opposed him to his face publicly because he was to be blamed this is paul publicly to the face of peter in a church at antioch you know why because peter was compromising and bringing something into that church i assure you there's a right time to deal with issues in the body of christ we read in romans 16 17 now i beseech you brethren mark them which cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned and avoid them notice here he says only avoid or separate yourself from those who make divisions and offenses that are country to doctrine in other words it might be right to divide yourself or cause an offense when it is according to scripture or on the basis of scripture you know sometimes if you don't separate from a brother you're sinning other times if you do separate from a brother you are sinning are you meant to know whether it is a sin to separate or a sin not to separate you've got to know doctrine you've got to know what the bible actually teaches you've got to understand it you know what there are divisions that are sinful and there are divisions christ when he preached he caused a division and yet it was right this is the second great point here and i believe in the last days in the generation brothers are going to betray you and become judases in this hour people in the church are going to get so offended with what's changing in our world they're going to begin to betray one another do you realize we better be careful not to be an accuser of the brethren i believe we're gonna see many rise up in this r who are gonna become accusers false accusers and liars of the brethren and you know what it's the devil working in them but third and lastly the devil is a divine accuser this might sound strange but i want you to hear as we close here and we've got to overcome this kind of accusation and this form of the attack of the accuser of the brethren he not only accuses you not only your brother but he is a divine accuser you know what he does he accuses god to you he accuses god he not only stops at accusing you he accuses god he points a finger he actually will come to you with thoughts with ideas with imaginations and he will accuse god if you're not aware of this you need to wake up to this this morning the devil the accuser of the brethren will not only point the finger at your brother and encourage you to hold a grudge or a bitterness you know what he'll come to you and he'll say god is not doing good by you now i want you to see here that jesus christ in the book of hebrews time after time is called our brethren or we are his brethren he took on us our flesh he took on a human body to become our brethren and in fact in hebrew it says he is not ashamed to be called to or to call us his brethren he is not ashamed can you imagine that jesus christ is not ashamed to call you and i brethren you know why we're redeemed by the precious blood of the lamb but look i want you to see that the accuser of the brethren will accuse god to you going back to the garden of eden when satan the serpent approached eve listen to what he said ye hath god said first of all he asked a question well that's all he done was raise a question you know when you get the devil coming question in the bible you know who you're dealing with he is an accuser he'll start doubting the word of god then i'll lead to an accusation against god himself but you know where it begins before the devil the accuser of the brethren before he ever brings an accusation before he speaks to you and says look at god and accuses god of something you know where he starts he starts with the written scripture with a promise or a certain teaching he actually draws your attention to the promises of god or what god has spoken that's where he begins and he begins to say hath god said do you know what he says straight after that in genesis chapter 3 and verse 1 he utterly denies ye shall not surely die he goes from simply raising a question has god said he raises a question over the word of god whether it's true or not in your life in your experience and then he begins to say you will not die it will not happen it's not true then in verse 5 for god does know in other words eve god knows and he hasn't told you he's hiding something from you he's trying to keep something good uh back from you you know what the devil is doing he is accusing god he is accusing the lord jesus christ he's saying your god isn't good he isn't kind he ends in answering your prayers he isn't merciful he is a hard task master the devil comes to accuse god do you realize how many times the devil has accused god to you i mean the accuser of the brethren and you think it's just you when you think it's just you you don't respond you don't overcome you don't gain a victory over the accuser of the brethren you know what you need to begin to fight when the devil comes to raise a question over the word you need to be very careful in that r like eve she didn't realize she's being led by the news down a certain pathway for god does know that in the day ye thereof your eyes shall be open and ye shall be as gods no and good and evil you know what you're going to be as wise as god you're going to have knowledge like god you're going to have divine wisdom but god's word is keeping you away from that or what about in job chapter 2 you remember job's wife you see god had told satan you can touch job but don't touch his flesh he knew his wife their one flesh their one flesh satan actually couldn't kill job's wife their one flesh he was forbidden and he dare not cross that line but it doesn't mean that he didn't use jube's wife you see if the devil can't take something off you he'll use what you have there in the house if he can't split this church then he'll use things within the church or use individuals that stay in the church if he can't split up a marriage then he'll use the partners to say certain things to each other if he can't get you to a divorce court then he'll just raise up accusations within that very home that's what the devil done with job you see he took his children his wealth and his health but he couldn't touch that lady he couldn't kill her but you know what he done he used her as a mouthpiece i'm talking about accusations from satan against god do you remember what she done and turn into her husband and what she said listen then said his wife unto him does thou still retain that integrity curse god and die do you know where we first hear that statement of curse god and i in the mouth of the accuser of the brethren in the throne of god in heaven satan is there in heaven accusing job he will curse you and die now on earth in jube's home jube's wife has picked this up she is looking at everything happening to his life from the loss of children through the loss of his health and you know what the accuser of the brethren has not only gone to the throne of god but has come to her and she is now speaking the words of the accuser of the brethren maybe they began with the thought and she is accusing god and she is accusing the man of god and she is saying do you still retain your integrity curse god and die don't you realize lady that the devil is using your lips as the accuser against god that god is good i want to tell you god is good even in the midst of jube there scraping the boils on that sheep god is good god is good and job knew enough not to deny god and to hold that tongue you know i want to tell you the accuser of the brethren will come to you and say god isn't being good to you our faithful are providing for you he's not kind and he's not answering your prayer do you know who you're dealing with the accuser of the brethren and you know there's only one way to respond not with arguments but with the blood of jesus christ how do i gain a victory over the accuser when he accuses god's word and the character of god and the person of christ do you know how i do it by the blood of the lamb i look to calvary do you doubt that he loves you here this morning then look to calvary's lamb again do you doubt that he's kind and he's considerate look to the bleeding lamb this morning do you doubt that he's answering your prayer are you here with your sins forgiven he's answered your prayer all of your sins are forgiven you're made clean and wide in the blood of the lamb you're free by the grace of god don't let the devil accuse god in your mind in your heart or in your emotions amen would you by here pray with me as we close this gathering this morning father i pray in the mighty name of jesus christ lord god i pray for all of us here this morning that we are going to gain a victory by the blood of the lamb and by the word of our testimony loving not our lives even unto death i pray that everyone in this meeting this morning is going to gain a victory against the personal attack of the accuser of the brethren now we are going to gain a victory over the accuser who accuses our brother or our brothers who accuse us i pray through the blood that we're gonna gain a victory and third and lastly i pray that you'd help us by the blood of the lamb by the grace of god to gain a victory over the accuser when he comes and accuses you challenges your word lies about your character lies about your goodness and your work in our lives i pray oh god give us a victory this morning in this meeting give us a victory over the accuser of the brethren in jesus mighty name saints i'm telling you this morning this morning you need to draw the bloodline this morning you have to say enough is enough that said no further i have a large thoughts against my brother i've allowed thoughts against god i've tolerated thoughts against myself but this morning it must be quenched in the precious blood of the lamb praise god

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Published: Sun Feb 07 2021