False Accusation ... Is The Ax In Lucifer's Hands ....

... as he approaches God's Tree Of Life and those who abide there.


Satan's very name, by definition, means, "Accuser".

I. "God is a selfish, jealous liar"

Lucifer's first utterance, in the Garden of Eden, to human beings, was, to paraphrase, "God is a selfish liar jealous of his knowledge and power, and doesn't want to share it with you or let you enjoy the finer things in life."  But he couched his accusation of God in more deceptive, innocuous and believable words. His conversation with Eve went like this ...."...Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?  (God actually said, "Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:  But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it:" Lucifer twisted God's words.) And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." Gen. 3:1-5. When Lucifer could no longer attack God directly, he attacked those created in God's image and likeness ... Human beings.

II. "Job's faith is based strictly on what he can get out of God." 

Lucifer came before God and accused God's faithful servant Job of being a self-centered, false professing worshiper of God who would turn on God in hatred and curse God if God removed His protection and let Job lose all his stuff, family, friends and health. Here is their conversation ...
"And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face." Job 2:1-5. So the Lord allowed Satan to take everything Job had away from him and he was left broken, penniless, sick, dying and alone ... His best friends took up the accusations and accused Job of being a hypocrite and bringing the suffering upon himself. But Job would not turn against God ... and said ..."Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me." Job. 19:23-27. The accuser was wrong again. God restored Job to health and gave him twice as many blessings as he had before.

Lucifer sees everything through the defective lens of his own lying, perverted delusions.

III. "This Jesus is a demon possessed glutton and drunkard."

Satan passed his wicked accusatory methods on to those who rejected Jesus as Messiah and Savior. John the Baptist came neither drinking wine nor eating a diet acceptable to these hypocrites, and they accused him of being demon possessed because he didn't (Lk.7:33).   Then, Jesus came both eating and drinking the diet they approved of and they accused him also of being crazy, demon possessed and added accusations that he was a glutton and drunkard because He ate and drank anything at all, and associated with sinners while he did it. The ridiculous contradiction of their accusations was not noticed by themselves or their sympathizers.

"...Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!" Luke 7:34. 
"And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?" Jn.10:20.
The illogical, unfounded, unprovable and even impossible nature of false accusations also escapes the false accusers and their sympathizers of today.  Without evidence or credibility some people will still believe a notorious liar. They believe what they want to believe.

IV. So what does the Accuser (Satan) accuse you of ?

In His Sermon on the mount, in the beatitudes, Jesus tells us how to react to false accusations. Our natural response to false accusations is to get angry, deny, demand an apology, threaten a law-suit, repeat stories we have heard about the accuser, fight back .... but, that is not what Jesus said to do.

Jesus said, it is a blessing and we should Rejoice and be exceedingly happy.  What! How can that be?

"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you." Matt.5:11-12. Do not miss the fact that the accusations they make must be false and they attack you with accusations because of your Christian testimony not because you are obnoxious, vain, boastful or wicked, which deserve criticism.

Concerning unjust accusations, and other persecutions, Apostle Peter builds upon Jesus' words above.

"Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye akers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy." 1 Pet.4:12-13. 

V. Why do some people use false accusations ? 

Their reasons are the same as why the same people lie about other things ... to boost their own ego, or out of fear, greed, hatred, envy, jealousy and many other fleshly diviations which motivate lying. One of those less obvious, but deadly reasons is this...... As a precursory action of pre-defence against an anticipated, or imagined, enemy's exposure of one of the accuser's secret sins, in hopes of discrediting that enemy ... before the fact.   You might consider this possibility when someone chooses to inform you, of "the talk going around" or "what people are saying" or "I have it on good authority" or "it's common knowledge" or "I can't tell you who told me" or "I think you should know" or any one of a hundred other "confidential" accusations against a person you both know , but you find it hard to believe.  It just may be the whisperer's own sin that motivates them rather then the accused. 

If you are a committed Christian ... expect false accusations as par for the course .... part of the job description. Don't whine out denials or argue the point, you cannot gain credibility or win exoneration by arguing with someone who has nothing else to do and nothing to lose. Joining debate with a fool is to lower yourself to the realm of fools. "Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him." Prov.26:4. RB