The Accuser The Blood of the Lamb

The Accuser

The Blood of the Lamb

John the Baptist introduced Jesus as

“The Lamb who takes away the sin of the world”

If the blood of the Lamb has taken away your sin

you too can overcome the accuser 

Our Accuser accuses us of wrong doing and failure.

The problem is even when we do our

best we find we could have done it better.

Somehow even our greatest

works fall short of perfection.

So there is always something the Devil

can point out to say we are not good enough.

God knows all have sinned and fallen short of His glory.

I have worked on learning what is right

and being righteousness all my life.

I have come a long way but I still fall short.

There is always something the

devil can point out to condemn me.

  

Because I want to be holy and Christ

is holy I can get down on myself.

The devil knows how to depress

us and make us ineffective.

So how do we overcome the Accuser?

If all our works in comparison to God

are as filthy rags than where is our hope?

Let’s go back to the first sin.

When Adam and Eve sinned God took

animal skins to cover their nakedness.

An animal had to die and its

blood shed for this to happen.

Throughout the old covenant man’s

sin was covered with an animal sacrifice.

Over and over again a lamb was slain, its

blood shed to cover the sins of the people.

Sin causes death.

The wages of sin is death.

But in the new covenant…

John the Baptist introduces Jesus as the…

“The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world” John 1:29 

Jesus Christ the Lamb without spot or blemish

was slain for the sins of the world.

Christ came in the flesh like you

and I to deal with the sin problem.

Not to cover it as He did with

Adam and Eve but to take it away.

At Jesus’ trial, insults and

accusations were thrown at Him.

Instead of a rebuttal He entrusted Himself

to God the Father who judges justly.

“He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree,

so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness” 1 Peter 2:24 NIV

“For Christ died for sins once for all, the

righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.” 1 Peter 3:18 NIV

The Lamb of God, Jesus Christ became

our substitutionary sacrifice for sin.

In other words Jesus took our place,

He died so we might have eternal life.

Jesus took away the penalty of death

from us through His shed blood.

Jesus stood before the judge on our behalf.

So when the accuser accuses us we

don’t have to be afraid of the judge.

Because Jesus paid the price

He took the penalty of our sin.

This is why it says in Revelation 12:11…

“They (the brothern) overcame him (the Accuser)

by the blood of the Lamb”

It is impossible to overcome the accuser’s

accusations with our own defense.

 Overcoming the accuser’s accusations can

only happen as we claim the blood of the Lamb.

It is the work on the cross, the shedding of

Christ blood for our sin, that gives us confidence

to stand boldly in the face of the Accuser.

So when you feel condemned…

When you feel depressed…

Remember the blood of Jesus gives you forgiveness.

Be an overcomer don’t let the accuser slow you down.

Jesus died for you so you might have mercy and

grace to give you the strength to overcome sin.

You can do all things according

through Christ who strengthen you.

This is one reason we should take communion often so

we remind ourselves of the power of the blood of Christ.

Scripture Reading

Revelation 12:10-11 NIV 

"Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God,

and the authority of his Christ.

For the accuser of our brothers,

who accuses them before our God day and night,

has been hurled down.

11 They overcame him

by the blood of the Lamb

and by the word of their testimony