The Accuser

 My dad often said that the way to present a sermon was in three parts:

1.  Tell them what it is that you are getting ready to tell them.

2. Tell them.

3. Tell them that you told them, what you previously said you were gonna tell them. 

It's a great tool to use when listening to sermons.  You can always tell when the Pastor is wrapping things up....When he begins to tell me things that he has previously told me.

It happened this morning when I was watching my Pastor on television (COVID-19) and he got to that point in his sermon...telling me that he told me...and I decided to listen to something else.  My house has needed some good preaching and teaching on healing lately so I turned to Andrew Wommack's YouTube channel and began listening to his material. 

As I listened, a bit of understanding began to dawn on my brain...knowledge that I want to share.  So, please forgive me but I need to set up your brain with some facts so that you can see the conclusion.

In the Bible, the first time the word "satan" is used it is referring to an angel sent by God....It is not referring to Lucifer also known as the Devil.  The angel had been sent to obstruct or oppose the path that Balaam had chosen to ride his donkey upon.  God didn't want Balaam to do what he was intending to do so he put an angel in his way with a sword that was drawn!  This is where Balaam has a whole conversation with his donkey!  So the word "satan" was used in a specific way that defines what it means to be an obstructor or opposer or accuser.

Now, imagine walking into an empty courtroom and someone could point to where the Prosecutor sits.  They aren't speaking of a specific person but rather a function.  In language this is called an "indefinite article".  Now imagine the court ready to begin.  Everyone has taken their place.  Now you could point to a specific person and say that person is "the Prosecutor"...the function of the job has given rise to the title of a specific individual.  Again, in language this is called a "definite article"

It is the same in the Hebrew.  It isn't until the book of Job that a specific "Accuser" is identified and the word used then is "ha-satan" which translated means "the accuser"..."the satan".

Lucifer, the angel became the Devil also known as Satan.  He also goes by other names in the scriptures.  His function given to him by God is to be the "ha-satan"..."the accuser"  God is a just God so the guilty must be accused and defended before the Great Throne.

Angels are created for specific things.  They don't get promotions...they don't aspire to be something else.  (Lucifer was created differently but that is for another time.)  For all of eternity they will continue doing what God has created them to do.  Satan is still doing what God commanded him...He is still the Accuser. Just because he was cast out of heaven doesn't mean he can stop being what he was created to be.  The Bible calls him the "accuser of the brethren".

That being said we need to change gears and talk about sin...but briefly.  A study concerning sin in the Bible will bring you to several conclusions:

1.  Sin entered this world through Adam and Eve the first beings ever created in God's image having a spirit, soul and body.

2.  Sin affected everything under their authority....the whole earth.

3.  Sin causes death...it is simply what it does.

4.  The moment they sinned death entered them and the earth.  At that moment, they died in their spirit...they were separated from God.  At that moment, their soul no longer had contact with a spirit alive unto God.  At that moment, their bodies began dying.  At that moment, the Earth began dying and its byproducts began producing natural life and death.  Just as Adam and Eve were able to procreate and give natural life...they also passed along death.

5.  Death passed into the genetic pool of both Adam and Eve and also into the flora and fauna of everything on Earth.

Sickness and disease were born in that moment of moments.

Do you see that?...did it impact your brain?  Sickness and disease are the products of death caused by sin!

God sent Jesus into this world to redeem it from sin.  And Jesus accomplished it!  So then we are redeemed from sin and all its byproducts....including sickness and disease!

Many who will read this have heard much of this before....but here is what you haven't heard before!

Satan is still accusing believers of sin.  Sin that has already been paid for with the death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  But it has not stopped Satan from doing what he was created to do.  He is still accusing you of sin that he has no right to accuse you of.

It would be like being in a courtroom and the judge finding you innocent of all charges.  As soon as you walk out of the courtroom someone says "I still believe you did it!" and puts handcuffs and an ankle monitor on you.

Satan is still saying..."You did it! You're guilty!" and he is slapping his chains of sickness and disease upon you....his chains of cancer or arthritis or diabetes....there are thousands upon thousands of things in his arsenal of sickness and disease he wants you to have because you have been accused of sin by him.

Sickness and disease

are the manifestation

of accusation!

If you truly are a believer in the redemptive work of Jesus Christ of Nazareth...then I urge you to believe that the byproducts of death are not yours.  They have no place in your body!

 

So what do you do now?  Well, now you have some knowledge and understanding.  Pursue the Word of God and squeeze his Word into your soul until it pushes out doubt....that's where faith lies!

The following are thoughts after the fact and not a part of this main theme:

Don't judge another persons faith by sickness and disease in their body.  Refrain from boasting of your faith in the face of others.  These things are not evidence of Love and Godliness.  There is a time and a place for boasting.  In this day and age the big argument is over wearing a mask.  Some Christians believing that COVID-19 will not affect them because of their faith...so they don't need to wear a mask.  Other Christians saying to pay attention to science.  But I say, pay attention to the scriptures that say not to let your liberty cause another to stumble.  Of what importance is wearing a mask vs. not wearing a mask?  If there are those among you who don't live in your liberty then wear a mask for their sake.

Being attended to by a physician or taking medications has no effect on spiritual things...these are physical things that benefit your physical body.  Your healing is not affected by seeing a doctor or taking a medication..Your healing is affected by faith.  Getting a diagnosis or taking a pill is not a problem...it is not a sign of a lack of faith.  Don't get sick and die whilst trying to understand faith!