"The accuser of our brethren"is the devil and God is not the only one who has to listen to him day and night.
He is the voice in your head that is accusing, laying blame, telling on, lying about your friends, family, co-workers and even yourself, sowing discord, destroying relationships, distracting you from your walk with God.
When we choose to believe him and then speak the accusations he has planted, we kill not only friendships, and marriages, but even careers. Not many of us are murderers, but we often assassinate a person's character and think nothing of it. "The accuser" spreads destruction.
“Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.”
Psalms 52:2 KJV
“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”
John 10:10 KJV
“But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.” James 3:8 KJV
No, as men we are unable to tame the tongue. But God can change our heart!
When we start dealing with the sin we have hidden in our heart; when we repent of the things we have said and done and ask for forgiveness for the judgements we have made, then God starts changing our heart!
We have so many walls built up in our hearts of past hurts and defiant proclamations, often originating from childhood. Those walls of protection as children, are barriers to God as adults. He wants to tear them down and clean out all of the garbage stashed behind and in the darkest recesses. He wants to shine a light on the filth and pain and bring healing. You can't just "forget" and "leave behind"; which the devil knows just increases the security of those fortifications. Jesus doesn't just want one room in your heart. The walls must be torn down to make room for His total inhabitation.
You say you have forgiven. You say you have been forgiven. You also say you cannot forget. You back bite, you ridicule, you jest; you say you love, but your tongue hurts.
“A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.” Luke 6:45 KJV
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.”
Galatians 5:19-26 KJV
“But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.” Matthew 12:36 KJV
It is imperative that we deal with our stuff here, so we won't have to deal with it then!
“For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” Matthew 12:37 KJV
Repent while there is still time!
Even so - MARANATHA!
From 6/3/15
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