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Overcoming through our Testimony

Reading: Rev.12:7-11

Key Verse: “They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death” verse 11

Today’s reading refers to a character called satan, “who leads the whole world astray”. Although this misdirection away from God often involves temptation and deception, the name satan actually means “accuser”. In this passage he is called “the accuser of our brothers”. We can read of him first accusing Job of hypocrisy (Job 1:9-11, 2:4-5) and then Joshua the high priest of sin (Zec.3:1-4). He will use the same method of accusation against us by placing thoughts in our minds of hypocrisy, failure, sin and unworthiness. 

How can we overcome these accusing thoughts when some of them appear valid? - by our spoken witness to what the blood of the Lamb Jesus has accomplished. Jesus blood has bought us redemption into God’s kingdom through the forgiveness of our sins (Eph.1:3). Through faith in Christ’s blood we have atonement (Rom.3:25), justification (Rom.5:9), peace and reconciliation with God (Col.1:20), cleansing and purification from sin (1 John 1:7), a cleansed conscience (Heb.9:14) and access into God’s presence (Heb.10:19). 

If a husband later made a false accusation of his bride’s impurity, the girl’s father displayed the proof of her virginity by showing the cloth from her wedding night (Deut.22:13-18). The testimony of the blood overcame the false accusation!

Prayer: Lord Jesus thank You that Your blood has made me pure and guiltless before any and all accusations