Friday, November 16, 2012

Satan can no longer accuse us - Zechariah 1-7

There may not be a clearer picture and expression of what God does for us in the act of salvation than what is found in Zechariah chapter two and the story of Joshua, high priest.     Note what God says through Zechariah about Joshua, who is a picture of every believer:

Zechariah 3:1-4
Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. The Lord said to Satan, “ The Lord rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?” Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments and standing before the angel. He spoke and said to those who were standing before him, saying, “ Remove the filthy garments from him.” Again he said to him, “See, I have taken your iniquity away from you and will clothe you with festal robes.”

This is a picture of Romans 8;1 that states there is no more condemnation for the believer.  God saves him, clothes him and rebukes the accuser for him.   Christ is our salvation.  He takes our place so Satan can't condemn us.   Our new garments are Christ's clothing us with His Spirit.  Satan may want to point out all our sin.  Satan's surrogates (our friends and other men) may want to point out all our sins.   But, God is the rebuker of Satan and his allies.   He rebukes them through the finished work of Christ.   Rejoice today that the accuser has been silenced.  As much as he wants to accuse us and hurt us with his flaming arrows, our shield of faith in Christ's work rebukes him.   

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