In Revelation 12:10, we read that Satan accuses all believers to God, continuously - day and night. This is a full-time ministry that Satan is engaged in. And he has many co-workers in this ministry — sadly, even among many believers. There are numerous believers who are working hand in hand with Satan, in this ministry of accusation.

As soon as Adam had sinned in the Garden of Eden, Satan transmitted his “accusing nature” to Adam. And so, when God came to Adam and asked him if he had eaten the forbidden fruit, the very first thing Adam did – instead of acknowledging his own sin – was to accuse his wife, saying, "She is the one who gave me the fruit to eat" (Genesis 3:12).

From childhood, all of us have learned to find fault with others and accuse people. As we have grown older, this spirit of blaming and accusing becomes more subtle and malicious in its manifestation. The sad reality is that this spirit of accusation is found among many believers — even many years after they are born again!

2 Corinthians 5:17 says, "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new."

When we are born again, our attitude toward others should become new — the same attitude that Jesus had – that intercedes for those who sin against us, instead of accusing them. However, such a transformation in attitude will occur within us only if we cooperate with God. Philippians 2:12 instructs us to "work out our salvation" from all the wrong attitudes we have inherited from Adam. Because believers do not take this commandment seriously — "to work out their own salvation" — they continue to behave like the children of Adam, accusing others. Through this evil behavior of God’s children, both the Lord and His church get a very bad name before people.

In John 8:4, we read of the Pharisees accusing a poor woman who had been caught in adultery. They had absolutely no interest in saving her from a life of sin. All they wanted was to demonstrate their own "righteousness" and to show how terrible a sinner that woman was. Standing there, they pointed their accusing fingers at that poor woman — just as their forefather, Adam, had done, to Eve. And thereby they revealed that, in their inner being, they were in fellowship with Satan, the Accuser. That was why Jesus told the Pharisees specifically that Satan was their father (John 8:44).

Jesus came to save such women from their sins – not to condemn them. In John 3:17, we read that God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world.

There is a vast difference between accusation and Divine correction. In Revelation chapters 2 and 3, the Lord instructed John to give Divine correction to the failing elders of five churches. In the same way, the Holy Spirit instructed Paul to give godly correction to the churches in Corinth, Galatia, and Thessalonica. Such correction is a spiritual thing – and God calls His anointed servants at times, to give such corrections to His people. But such corrections will always be given in love.

The spirit of accusation is easy to identify. It is always delivered with a negative attitude toward those, one dislikes. You would never accuse the people you love, like that. For example, you would never accuse your own children before other people. So, you can see that it is a lack of love for people that brings out the spirit of accusation from within you.

The ministry of godly correction is entrusted by the Lord only to His faithful servants — like the apostles John and Paul. The Lord does not call everyone to such a ministry. So be careful. While you are engaging in “a ministry of accusation," you can easily deceive yourself into thinking that you are having a godly ministry of correction.

If you retain this spirit of accusation, the Lord will oppose you, just as He opposed the Pharisees. The ministry of accusation is the work of Satan, and as believers, we should have no part in it at all.

We must recognize first of all, that Satan and his demons will constantly urge us to accuse our fellow believers for something or the other that we find wrong in them. And those demons will show you many faults in your fellow-believers, in order to incite you to accuse them. If you yield to this temptation, you will expose yourself to the influences of Satanic forces. This could be one reason why many believers suffer from many illnesses.

We must be absolutely ruthless in removing this spirit of accusation completely from our lives — just as a surgeon operates and removes a cancerous growth completely in a patient. We must see clearly that the "spirit of accusation" is far worse than any cancer.

From our birth, we all have all acquired this evil habit of finding fault with others. We have spent many years speaking critically of people behind their backs and finding some fault or the other in people in order to accuse them.

Finally: Let us remember what Jesus told the Pharisees that it is only those who are without sin who have the right to cast stones at others. So none of us are qualified to accuse anyone.

May the Lord deliver all of us from this Satanic spirit completely.

Amen.