SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 5/4/2016 5:03 PM
My Worship Time Focus: The Accuser
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Zechariah 3:1b
Message of the verse: “and Satan standing at his right hand to
accuse him.”
Satan is
our adversary, the one who stands against us so it is no surprise that he is
the one who is accusing Joshua, the high priest who represents the nation of
Israel, so he was actually accusing the remnant who has returned to
Israel. Dr. Wiersbe writes “Zechariah
has described a courtroom scene, in which Joshua is the defendant, God is the
Judge, Satan is the prosecuting attorney, and Jesus Christ is the defense
attorney, the Advocate of God’s people before the holy throne of God (1 John
2:1-2). The word ‘Satan’ means ‘adversary’
and refers to the enemy who resists God’s work and God’s people. Satan has access to the throne of God (Job
1-2) where he accuses God’s people (Rev. 12:10.
When Satan talks to us about God, he lies, but when he talks to God
about us, he tells the truth!” You have
to think about that last statement for a moment as it is the world the flesh and
the devil who tries to trip us up and then the devil goes and accuses us
against the Father but look at the verses in 1 John 2:1-2 “1 My little
children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if
anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; 2
and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but
also for those of the whole world.”
Dr. Wiersbe
goes on to write “God’s throne is a throne of justice and God is a
righteousness Judge. Knowing this, Satan
pointed out Joshua’s defilement, which symbolized the defilement of the nation,
and insisted that a holy God punish His sinful people. It seemed like an airtight case, except for
one factor: the grace of God.” We will look more fully into this when we go
over it again using the sermons that John MacArthur taught in 1977.
5/4/2016 5:16 PM
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