How is Satan "the accuser" and how do we overcome?

HaSatan is literally “prosecutor at law" in Hebrew. Satan and his agents have no authority to even touch a hair on a person's head in an ad hoc manner. What they can do is accuse people of their shortcomings and once a person accepts guilt for being on the wrong side of the law of God the Righteous Judge, condemnation and judgment follow, just as it is in any earthly court of law.

We are declared righteous (not guilty) in God's sight through the blood of the Lamb (Romans 5:9.) We who testify to this truth of righteousness by faith in Christ and confess this truth as our testimony overcome/conquer Satan "the accuser of our brethren" that keeps on bringing legal charges against us day and night.

These are all judicial terms.

As it is in any court of law, condemnation and judgment which includes generational and other curses follow those who have sinned. All who have Christ as their Advocate, Bearer of sins, Righteousness and Strength are free from condemnation and have been redeemed from every judgment and every curse, generational or otherwise. Now, Revelation 12 begins to make sense. Here, we see that the only weapon in Satan's arsenal is the law that condemns everybody that tries to obey it and which many are trying to keep in order to be godly ( aka be like God, just as Adam and Eve tried to do.) See Revelation 12-

"10 Then I heard a strong (loud) voice in heaven, saying, Now it has come—the salvation and the power and the kingdom (the dominion, the reign) of our God, and the power (the sovereignty, the authority) of His Christ (the Messiah); for the accuser of our brethren, he who keeps bringing before our God charges against them day and night, has been cast out!

11 And they have overcome (conquered) him by means of the blood of the Lamb and by the utterance of their testimony, for they did not love and cling to life even when faced with death [holding their lives cheap till they had to die for their witnessing]."

Spiritual warfare is a legal battle that takes place in the "court" that is the mind. All who are guilty of sin get to pay the wages of death, usually preceded by its symptoms of earthly ills such as stupid mistakes, lack, fast-tracked ageing, depression and so om

God is the Righteous Judge whose righteousness demands that He punishes every sin to the uttermost. Even we would be appalled if an earthly judge swept some people's crime under the carpet. He so loves us that gave His own Son to make us righteous. He has declared all believers in Christ as righteous/justified/not guilty. See Roman 8:33-

"Who then would dare to accuse those whom God has chosen in love to be His? God Himself is the judge who has issued His final verdict over them—“Not guilty!”"

Also Romans 5:9- "And there is still much more to say of His unfailing love for us! For through the blood of Jesus we have heard the powerful declaration, “You are now righteous in My sight.” And because of the sacrifice of Jesus, you will never experience the wrath of God."

Christ is our Advocate and Bearer of sins- "My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an Advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world." 1 John 2:1-2.

Beloved of God, all have sinned. No amount of obeying the law or doing atonement for your own sins can suffice. ONLY Christ's blood will suffice for God the Righteous to pronounce any "Not guilty." And He has provided Salvation freely for all who believe.

The Holy Spirit is the Witness who witnesses/testifies to the truth that God does not remember the sins of all who believe in Jesus Christ: See the witness of the Spirit of Truth to all who believe in Jesus Christ in Hebrews 10:17 based on Christ's finished work as outlined in Hebrews 10:12-18 below-

"12 whereas Christ, having offered the one sacrifice [the all-sufficient sacrifice of Himself] for sins for all time, sat down [signifying the completion of atonement for sin] at the right hand of God [the position of honor], 13 waiting from that time onward until His enemies are made a footstool for His feet. 14 For by the one offering He has perfected forever and completely cleansed those who are being sanctified [bringing each believer to spiritual completion and maturity]. 15 And the Holy Spirit also adds His testimony to us [in confirmation of this]; for after having said,

16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them After those days, says the Lord: I will imprint My laws upon their heart, And on their mind I will inscribe them [producing an inward change],”

He then says,17 “And their sins and their lawless acts I will remember no more [no longer holding their sins against them].”

18 Now where there is [absolute] forgiveness and complete cancellation of the penalty of these things, there is no longer any offering [to be made to atone] for sin."

All who have Christ as their Advocate, Bearer of sins, Righteousness and Strength have been made right with God the Righteous Judge as well as redeemed from every judgment and every curse, generational or otherwise. Satan the accuser has no legal basis to accuse we who believe. We will never experience judgment aka the wrath of God: Romans 5:9-

"And there is still much more to say of His unfailing love for us! For through the blood of Jesus we have heard the powerful declaration, “You are now righteous in My sight.” And because of the sacrifice of Jesus, you will never experience the wrath of God."

Believer in Christ, because our Saviour Jesus shed His blood for us, God is no longer holding against us our sins that Satan accuses we the brethren of- this is the word of our testimony whenever Satan the accuser of the brethren tries to stick us with charges in order to label us guilty so that condemnation and judgment (God's wrath that many are trying to escape with useless 70-days fasts and other human effort-driven activities ) can follow.

Indulging in human effort-driven acts of righteousness in order to get God to bless is to say that what Christ did is not good enough. It seems like the godly thing to do, but it is simply the same deceit that Satan used to deceive Eve in Eden- try to be godly (be like God) by human effort. Satan knows that the arm of flesh will fail, just as Peter did after he put confidence in his will-power to not deny Christ. This way, Satan can swoop in to legally accuse those who trust in their arm of flesh to make them godly/right with God as he did in the life of Judas who tried to restore himself into God's good graces with his human effort after he sinned. Depression and suicide often follows such who reject Christ's sacrifice by trying to get right with God or get Him to bless through human effort- driven acts of righteousness.

Satan is the "Prosecutor at law" in this court that is the mind. Satan is not called “the accuser of the brethren” for nothing; HaSatan is literally "prosecutor at law" in Hebrew. Prosecuting attorneys in Israel today are referred to as HaSatan. Satan's weapon to accuse is the Law that condemns the best of those who try to be righteous/godly by keeping it or have any business with it. Believer, for we who are in Christ, Satan the accuser has been disarmed of the weapon that he uses to accuse and heap blame on us and subsequently devour- the Law. See Colossians 2:

"13 At one time you were dead in your sins. Your desires controlled by sin were not circumcised. But God gave you new life together with Christ. He forgave us all our sins. 14 He wiped out what the law said that we owed. The law stood against us. It judged us. But He has taken it away and nailed it to the cross. 15 He took away the weapons of the powers and authorities. He made a public show of them. He won the battle over them by dying on the cross."

Satan is the "accuser" who, through his agents behind even some church pulpits, goes about like a roaring lion seeking to devour those who reject God's "not guilty" verdict through Christ and depend on their ability to obey the law/do good things in order to be free of guilt.

Recall Satan did not tempt Eve to fornicate or steal. He made her believe that she could be godly (be like God) by her own human strength. Satan's strategy has not changed since Eden. See the forbidden fruit as a picture of the law that many churchgoers are trying to keep in order to be godly in Romans 7:8-12 (MSG.)

Through pastors and churchgoers who seem to be godly and seem to want you too to be godly (be like God,) Satan goes about telling people to try to be godly like God by their arm of flesh (human strength) which will fail, just as Peter's did after he boasted in his ability to not bear false witness against Christ (9th Commamdment.) Satan then asks to sift such who trust in their ability to obey the law like wheat. The arm of flesh will fail and when it does, Satan throws his fiery darts of accusation in order to condemn, usually from behind some church pulpits. His fiery darts/tongues that accuse in court can only prosper in the lives of those who trust in their will-power to keep the law in order to be right with God the Righteous Judge. Check out the following parties in the case of a man's life:

God the Righteous Judge.

Christ our Advocate and Bearer of sins.

The Holy Spirit who testifies in us and to us from the witness box of our hearts the Truth that is God's Grace.

Satan the accuser/prosecutor at law.

These are all judicial terms: Spiritual warfare is a legal battle where having perfect righteousness before God (not man) is the only Way to overcome the devices (accusations) of Satan. Anyone without God's gift of righteousness is subject to the curse. Satan knows this. This is why he and his "pastor" agents are constantly leading many on the wild goose chase of indulging in trying to keep the Ten Commandments in order to be godly, attending monthly deliverance services to escape demonic attacks, fasting to break curse or sowing seed to escape financial lack. All of these things point to obeying the law and doing its works in order to be godly (be righteous, healthy, rich, wise, perfect like God.) This is the same deathly false doctrine that Satan used to deceive Eve in Eden!

Such who follow their false teaching still carry about their guilt of sin and depend on their works to make them godly like God or to make God have a good opinion of them. Christ has been removed from their equation of salvation. Satan has a legal right to accuse and kill such. And the way he does this is to first steal the word of Christ from the flock. Beloved of God, by His Grace, let's not be found here. The word of Christ that Satan tries to steal so that he can kill and destroy is all about Righteousness by faith in Christ-

"And there is still much more to say of His unfailing love for us! For through the blood of Jesus we have heard the powerful declaration, “You are now righteous in My sight.” And because of the sacrifice of Jesus, you will never experience the wrath of God." Romans 5:9.

Only those whose righteousness is A GIFT from the Lord can resist Satan's blamestorming weapon of fiery darts of accusation based on the Law and tongues that rise against mankind to condemn as we see in Isaiah 54:17-

“No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me,” Says the Lord.”

See the HCSB version: "No weapon formed against you will succeed, and you will refute any accusation raised against you in court. This is the heritage of the Lord’s servants, and their righteousness is from Me.” This is the Lord’s declaration."

Condemnation and judgment (death preceded by earthly ills) follow all who put a smidgen of trust in their human strength (arm of flesh) to get God to have a good opinion of them or be righteous in His sight. For all believers, our truth is that in Christ, God sees us as righteous only because of the shed blood of our Saviour Jesus Christ, “even though we are guilty of many sins"-

"And the result of God’s gracious gift is very different from the result of that one man’s sin. For Adam’s sin led to condemnation, but God’s free gift leads to our being made right with God, even though we are guilty of many sins.” Romans 5:16.

Those sins that you struggle with, your inability to live a godly life and your lack of good works which antichrist pastors deceive you into believing that you can get rid of by your arm of flesh (human strength) and thus be godly (be like God,) Christ came to free you from all of them. Titus 2:14 says of Him:

"He gave His life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us His very own people, totally committed to doing good deeds."

Antichrist pastors teach dependence on human strength at attaining godliness as Satan did to Eve. Such place the burden of salvation from sins on the helpless sinner, describe the truth of Grace as license to sin and preach the seemingly good doctrine that says that man can be godly (be like God) by human effort at doing stuff, thus expressing their unbelief in Christ who came to free us from every kind of sin and cause us to live right. But God's word says differently-

"And the result of God’s gracious gift is very different from the result of that one man’s sin. For Adam’s sin led to condemnation, but God’s free gift leads to our being made right with God, even though we are guilty of many sins. 17 For the sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and His gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one Man, Jesus Christ." Romans 5:16-17.

Only by forsaking our own (self)righteousnesses and believing Jesus (having Him as our sole and utter Source of righteousness and strength) do we get to live in triumph over sin and death. This is the Good News. Following it is being doers of the word and not hearers alone, and this we do by Grace alone. When your believing is right, right living will follow.