Confronting the accuser

[Jacob]

As you all know, one of the ways in which Satan attacks believers in
Christ is by accusing us of our past. It is not for nothing that he
has earned for himself the name, "The accuser of the brothers" (Re.
12:10). True to another of his names as the father of lies, not all
accusations he makes are true. Many are shots in the dark, by which he
tries to make us think that they are true, and then feel guily. His
aim is to make us lose our boldness, and also our hope. If he
succeeds, we become weak and powerless and subject to all kinds of
further attacks from him.

Remember that all thoughts that come to our mind are not our own. Some
of them are placed there by Satan or his demons for tempting or
attacking us. They are able to do this since they are spirits. So when
thoughts of accusation come to us, we don't have to accept them all
the time thinking that it is our conscience convicting us. For
example, the devil may place a blasphemous or dirty thought into our
mind and then try to accuse us for having such thoughts. We can learn
to throw away such accusations straightaway!

However, some of the accusations are true. The devil may bring to our
mind sins that we have committed. If we have already confessed them to
God, we can reject these accusations as some more lies from the devil,
because God is faithful to forgive our sins once we have confessed
them (1Jn.1:9). Once God has forgiven us, the devil has no grounds on
which he can accuse us. If we have not already settled the issue with
God, now is the time for us to do it and then tell the devil that it
has been done.

This is really a battle between us and the devil, and we can only win
by faith (1Jn.5:4). We can't beat the devil by claiming to be
righteous, because he knows all our history and can easily bring up
countless number of things against us. But when we stand claiming the
death that Jesus has died in our place and by which all our sins have
already been paid for, he has no answer left.

The devil is a schemer and also very devious in his ways. He has the
habit of bringing up accusations again and again, even after we have
told him about our forgiveness. He is hoping that we may start
wondering if it is true, or that he may be able to trip us up in a
weak moment. But if we continue to hold the ground against him, he
will flee from us (Jas.4:7).

If we are weak, and are not able to withstand these repeated attacks,
it might be helpful for us to take a decisive position against such
accusations. Many have found help in writing down the list of the sins
they are convicted about, and then writing over that list, "The blood
of Jesus Christ has washed me from all these sins." You could burn up
or bury that list to indicate that it is now a thing of the past,
never to trouble you again.

Praise God we can break completely free from these accusations, and go
forward in life in victory and boldness.

[shegeek72]

Post by Jacob
As you all know, one of the ways in which Satan attacks believers in
Christ is by accusing us of our past.

No, we all do not know, nor believe such. I don't believe in the
Devil, or Hell for that matter.

I do believe there are negative energy beings; some the result of
combined negative human thought. I apparently was the target of
negative entities a while back, who were trying to separate my
girlfriend and I. What I first noticed was anger toward her for no
apparent reason. At first this made me angry at them, but I realized
that's exactly what they wanted for they fed off anger, that just made
them stronger. So I laughed at them, saying, "You have no control over
me!" I was not bothered after that. Apparently, they don't like being
laughed at! :)

Others can be people who have died that didn't believe in an after-
life before death, then find themselves "still alive," but unable to
interact with the living, or where they used to live and can result in
haunted houses.

Post by Jacob
Remember that all thoughts that come to our mind are not our own.

There is truth to this, just the interpretation is incorrect. When I
was studying Baghwan Rajneesh he postulated that thought is a
collective phenomenon and we can pick-up on others' thoughts without
being conscious of it. How many of us were thinking about someone and
the phone rang, or there was a knock at the door, and the person we
were thinking about was there? Likewise, we could have negative
thoughts that are not our own.
--
creation science /n./ Belief that George W. Bush's resemblance to a
chimpanzee is totally coincidental.

[B.G. Kent]

Post by Jacob
As you all know, one of the ways in which Satan attacks believers in
Christ is by accusing us of our past. It is not for nothing that he

B - "as you all know"????? how about as some of you believe?
that's more honest.

Post by Jacob
Remember that all thoughts that come to our mind are not our own. Some
of them are placed there by Satan or his demons for tempting or
attacking us.

B - What a convenient way of brain washing someone into being afraid to
use his/her own mind. What proof do you have of this?

Blessings
Bren

[Helmut Richter]

Post by Jacob
As you all know, one of the ways in which Satan attacks believers in
Christ is by accusing us of our past. It is not for nothing that he
has earned for himself the name, "The accuser of the brothers" (Re.
12:10). True to another of his names as the father of lies, not all
accusations he makes are true. [...]
However, some of the accusations are true. The devil may bring to our
mind sins that we have committed. [...]

In this context, I like very much the passage Zech.3

Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of
the LORD, and Satan standing at his right side to accuse him. The LORD
said to Satan, The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD, who has chosen
Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the
fire? Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the
angel.

where it simply does not matter whether the accusations are true or not.
Yes, it is true that Joshua's clothes are filthy but that will be fixed
before Satan is given an opportunity to comment on it.