The Accuser Keeping our Confidence

The Accuser

Keeping our Confidence 

"Oh, that I had someone to hear me!

I sign now my defense — let the Almighty answer me;

let my accuser put his indictment in writing. Job 31:35

If you are a righteous person trying to live like Christ

There will be times when you see the news and the murder is not found,

the thief got away and you will wonder why bad things are happening to you.

We have an accuser and he is not interested

in accusing wrong doer so they repent and do right

We have an accuser who wants to put doubt in our minds

Doubt that we are good, doubt that God cares

And doubt that a life of righteousness is worth it.

“Confidence” is one of the greatest things you can possess.

Look at Hebrews 11:1 again…

“Now faith is being sure of what we hope

for and certain of what we do not see.”

If the accuser can shake your

  confidence he has shaken your faith.

Ever feel like everything is going wrong in your life?

You feel like you are being punished for some wrong doing.

Yet, in your heart you can’t think of any offense.

One of the natural things that happen to good

people is they are sensitive to correction.

If a bad thing happens to them they go into self-examination.

They think I must have done something wrong.

Yes, God disciplines those He loves.

We should be sensitive to God’s correction.

But there are times when bad things come our

way and it is not because we did anything wrong.

In Job 31, Job made a list of his life

and how he walked in integrity.

His list is amazing as he not only says his life is

pure in each area, he takes a strong view against sin.

Job called a curse on him if he had done wrong.

Job examined himself closely as he suffered

with all the hardships that had come upon him.

Job made the list of his righteousness

yet he found no one to listen to him.

In America, the law says we are

“innocent until proven guilty”.

But when an accusation comes, doubt fills the minds

of others and you have to prove your innocents.

Job had made a list and he found nothing he had done wrong.

He presented it to God but he got no answer.

Job knew that the things that

had come upon him were not just.

He did not deserve them.

He knew there must be an accuser.

He cried out…

  

“Let my accuser put his indictment in writing.”

Job was willing to bear any wrong he had

done and took full responsibility for it.

But Job was left to suffer with no answer.

God does not speak and the Accuser does not speak.

And His friends are sure Job had done some great wrong.

If you are a righteous person trying to live like Christ…

There will be times when you see the news and

the murder is not found, the thief got away and you

will wonder why bad things are happening to you.

We have an accuser and he is not interested

in accusing wrong doer so they repent and do right.

We have an accuser who wants to put doubt in our minds.

Doubt that we are good, doubt that God cares,

and doubt that a life of righteousness is worth it.

“Confidence” is one of the greatest things you can possess.

Look at Hebrews 11:1 again…

 “Now faith is being sure of what we hope

for and certain of what we do not see.”

Now faith is what “being sure” that is confidence

“and certain” that is confidence.

If the accuser can shake your

confidence he has shaken your faith.

This is why Ephesians 6 tells us to take

a stand against the devil’s schemes.

Put on the full armor, you are at war to protect

your confidence, your faith in God and what is right.

And when you have examined your life and find no fault.

When it seems the hardships do not

let up even with prayer and fasting.

When you have no answer from heaven and your accuser

won’t prove why he has done these things to you.

Take a stand.

     

“Therefore put on the full armor of God,

so that when the day of evil comes,

you may be able to stand your ground,

and after you have done everything,

to stand. Stand firm then,”

Don’t give up the rock of faith you stand on it will hold you.

Don’t get off the Rock.

Time is not the issues, but your faith is. 

Scripture Reading

Job 31:35-37 NIV

35 ("Oh, that I had someone to hear me!

I sign now my defense — let the Almighty answer me;

let my accuser put his indictment in writing.

36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder,

I would put it on like a crown.

37 I would give him an account of my every step;

like a prince I would approach him.)—

Ephesians 6:10-18 NIV

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.