DEFEATING THE ACCUSER OF THE BRETHREN
Richard Ogles
DEFEATING THE ACCUSER OF THE BRETHREN
“the accuser of our brethren is cast
out, which accused them before our God
day and night” (Revelation 12:11)
Participating in accusations in any form
is witchcraft
Accusations can be Anointing killers
either individually or corporately
Life & Death are in the Power of the
Tongue (Proverbs 18:21)
SELF ACCUSATIONS:
Have you ever been accused whether you
were guilty or innocent???
If so, how did you handle it and because
of it, did you learn in how to handle
future accusations???
None of us are immune to accusation;
reason, we have an accuser who accuses
us day and night before our God. Our
accuser uses our past mistakes, our
weaknesses, and our wounds to manipulate
us to agree with the accusations to keep
us from growing in Christ and in His
image.
Many in the Body of Christ struggle in
their identity that God loves them and
accepts them. For you to see yourself
the way God sees us, study the Life of
Jesus to develop a right view of God.
A healthy view of God in who He is and
in how He see us, will stabilize our
hearts when the accuser begins his
accusations against us.
When Christ chose you to be His Beloved,
He knew what He was getting Himself
into. He knew that there is going to be
a lot of work to be done in you to
mature in the likeness and image of who
He is. Therefore, Jesus will never leave
you, or abandon you, or discard you
because you have weakness. No, He’s
committed to you to finish in what He
has already begun in you.
Now knowing that Christ is for you and
not against you, it’s our responsibility
to make a conscious effort to be
committed and faithful to the process in
which Jesus is changing us in His image.
In times past, when I recognized that
God was dealing with my heart, I found
myself in warfare accusing myself which
resulted in guilt, shame, and
condemnation. In reality, I was agreeing
with my accuser when I did not
intentionally decide to agree with him.
I was duped into accusation because of
my weakness or past mistakes; when all a
long Jesus was just pointing something
out in me to bring to Him as a
sacrifice.
When Jesus places pressure on areas of
your heart, He never comes to accuse or
in the spirit of condemnation. Jesus
comes as Refiner’s Fire and Fuller’
soap.
(Mal. 3:3)
Knowing that Jesus is committed to mold,
shape, and change us for His Glory, you
and I must endure the accusations of the
enemy and not be tempted to give into
the lie. If we give in to the lie, then
TRUTH is not able to fully function in
us that we may develop healthy hearts,
healthy minds, and healthy
relationships.
“Beloved, I wish above all things that
thou mayest prosper and be in health,
even as thy soul prospereth” (3 John
1:2)
The knowledge of God’s WORD through
Revelation establishes TRUTH in that we
may stand before Jesus to experience
more of Him in Spirit, love, and in
correction while we resist the accuser
of the brethren.
Self-accusations are sent by the enemy
to hinder us from moving forward in our
development in Christ Jesus.
ACCUSATIONS TOWARDS GOD:
Not only is the enemy busy in trying to
get us to agree with him about
ourselves, but he also uses another
strategy to convince us the opposite of
who God is.
The accuser will use accusations like:
1. God isn’t who He says He is
2. God doesn’t love you
3. He doesn’t hear your prayers
4. God struggles in accepting you the
way we are, therefore, how can He
forgive you of your sins
5. God is always angry just waiting for
you to trip up
6. Etc.
These accusations are far from the
Truth. God is who He says He is:
1. He is LOVE
2. He loves us
3. He forgives us
4. Hears our prayers
5. Sees us as sons and daughters
6. Delights in giving us vision and
purpose
7. Longs to abide in our hearts in rest
8. Works alongside of us so that we will
be the best we can be in Him
God will not violate our free-will. He
will only take areas of our heart in
what we give Him. But if we have a wrong
view of God, then we will not have the
confidence or the faith to give up these
areas of our hearts that truly belong to
Him.
But if we have a strong view of God, you
and I will walk in confidence, in faith
in the power and authority of the Lord
Jesus to overcome any form of
accusation.
Accusations about God has the ability to
hinder God from taking possession of our
hearts that we are responsible to give
Him.
ACCUSATIONS TOWARDS OTHERS:
One of the greatest weapons the enemy
can use against the Church is the
release of accusations towards one
another, which can result in many
casualties. He desires to destroy the
Church from the inside out.
He will use our weakness against us to
tempt us to make accusation while he may
use our weakness in someone else’s eyes
to accuse us of wrongdoing.
Through the years his strategy has
worked in the Body of Christ. We see the
results through division that is between
churches and denominations. And as long
as there is division, offense, and
hatred between individuals and churches,
he can just sit back and watch the
church implode from the inside out.
If the enemy can persuade us to throw
fiery darts at one another, he knows
that will hinder any move of God, or at
best, abort or cause a miscarriage in
what God is accomplishing in that
particular congregation.
These six things doth the Lord hate:
yea, seven are an abomination to Him:
(Pro. 6:16-19)
1. A proud look
2. A lying tongue
3. Hands that shed innocent blood
4. A heart that devises wicked
imaginations
5. Feet that be swift in running to
mischief
6. A false witness that speaks lies
7. He that sows discard among brethren
Light expels darkness, this is the
reason that the accuser strategizes
through weakness, offense, and
accusations because he does not want to
lose territory that he has gained in the
heart or in the region around an
Anointed congregation.
Satan knows in what destroys his
kingdom, and it is unity among the
brethren which results in the release of
the Anointing that can destroy his
kingdom.
“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
for brethren to dwell together in UNITY.
It is like the precious ointment upon
the head, that ran down upon the beard,
even Aaron’s beard: that went down the
skirts of his garments; as the dew of
Hermon, and as the dew that descended
upon the mountains of Zion: for there
the Lord commanded the BLESSING, even
LIFE for evermore” (Psalms 133)
Notice, the Anointing is released due to
being in UNITY. God loves UNITY amongst
the brethren, reason, it’s His Body that
He loves and cherishes. Schisms in the
body hinder growth and movement unto
perfection in Christ.
This is why we should guards our hearts
of offense, and forgive quickly.
Accusations towards others hinders a
corporate body of believers from moving
forward to take possession of their
Destiny.
APPLICATIONS:
Let’s remember, accusations are like
arrows that could pierce one’s heart
that is capable of wounding an
individual or a corporate body of
believers. Do not allow your tongue to
be used as a weapon in the enemy’s hands
to wound, hinder, or destroy someone
else’s Destiny.
When an accusation or accusations begin
to bombard your thought life, first,
examine yourself as you humble yourself
to see if what was said is true. If the
accusation is true, admit it, repent,
confess, and then turn from it.
If it is false:
1. Submit yourselves therefore to God
2. Resist the devil
3. Be not defensive – pride defends
itself
4. Forgive
5. Pray for the accuser
6. Bless your accuser
7. Continue to keep a state of mind –
full of love
8. Learn to rest in the warfare
DAVID’S EXAMPLE:
Read:
2 Samuel 16:5-14
2 Samuel 19:16-23
Word of Wisdom:
Live a life of periodically asking the
Lord to search your heart, and to know
your heart: that He may try you, and to
know your thoughts. We do this to see if
there be any wicked way in us, that we
may be lead in the way of everlasting
life.
(Psalms 139:23-24)
“Let us search and try our ways, and
turn again to the Lord. Let us lift up
our heart with our hands unto God in the
heavens” (Lam. 3:40-41)
If we will live by this standard in
Psalms 139 & Lamentations 3:40-41, we
will experience more success, quicker
victory when accusations come knocking
on
door.
Live a life of BLESSING and be a
BLESSING and curse not.
“Bless them which persecute you: bless,
and curse not” (Romans 12:14)
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