The Accuser is Cast Down (Rev 12:10-16)

 

"And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night" (vs10).

 

1. No condemnation
2. None but Jesus
3. Nothing but good

No More Accusations (Rev 12:10)

The good news begins with “no more accusations”, the “accuser of our brethren is cast down”, so that sins punished, no matter how vile and evil they are, makes way for BLESSINGS of God.  Get this straight: you believers are worthy of the best of God, because the best of God, Jesus Christ - the best He could give - has died and risen again (Rom 8:31-34).  He is accepted, so all believing on Him, obeying Him, and trusting Him for salvation, shall be blessed of God justly.

Justification or worthiness is NOT by Christ and you, but Christ only.  If Christ is your cause of blessing, then you have the petitions you desire.  Do not put blessings out of reach until you grow and become better; that’s working (John 17:17). Blessings are yours freely, brought down by the Son, GIVEN by the Father, and fulfilled by the Spirit; it has NOTHING to do with you.  Believe, and it will be in you.

“Loved Not Their Lives Unto the Death” (Rev 12:11)

We love Christ because He loves us.  He covenanted, but more than that, He PUT love into our hearts by FORGIVENESS, so that we deny ourselves for Him, willingly serving Christ. The blood is powerful in the forgiven, for we are amazed at the goodness of God, but more than that, His love PRODUCES power and thankfulness that wasn’t there - it is not a human response; it is God working by the gospel to give life by the knowledge of pardon, life that loves Christ more than everything, and lays down everything to follow Him to the death (Eph 3:19-20).  This life is mandatory, but it comes only by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony: the VICTORY of Christ, for me (Rev 12:11).  These two things - (1) the OUTSIDE of us success at Calvary (2) the justification we have by faith only - are the things that produce service, love, and peace.  We will give up anything but the Son of God, because this is what God does INSIDE of everyone that He gave up His Son for.

“The Earth Helped The Woman” (Rev 12:12-16)

God helps the church overcome her sin, afflictions, and troubles. It is NOT that life is easy and Satan is kept from afflicting us; it is that we have help.

Satan leads us to sin, and we are BETTER by forgiveness, grabbing a Ruth out of Moab.  It isn’t that we’re all that we should be, but loving us as we are, He makes us into His image, and He produces good by every trial.

Satan is not a renegade, overruling God’s plans, and doing things that He must fix later.  No matter how he rages, Satan is God’s ambassador for good, for ALL THINGS work together for GOOD to them that love God (Rom 8:28).  He didn’t ordain that we’d be destroyed, only afflicted to repentance.

Do not doubt the success of your soul, just cast it upon the mercies of blood redemption and covenant promises, knowing Christ will do you good.  You will endure to the end; you SHALL be saved.

The Dry Land of No Condemnation (Jonah 2:10)

“And the Lord spoke unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land”.

Believers, no matter what, have no condemnation from God, and He uses the pain of this life to teach valuable lessons, that Christ is all, and we shall do His will (II Cor 4:17-18).

Salvation, God’s revelation of acceptance in Christ, after the vanity and pain of sin, is the REVELATION God uses to turn our hearts to Him and cause us to serve Christ.

Jonah tried his will, but it failed miserably and painfully – “Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights (Jonah 1:17). Now, he will do what God says, being confident in salvation. Now, Jonah believes the Lord will give him grace to live as commanded, even as grace removed the transgressions and consequences from Jonah.

Jonah believed God, and believing God, no matter what, we are saved (Luke 8:50). He is not AGAINST but for us.

If you will live for God’s glory, then be saved as a sinner and delivered from the pain that you’ve brought upon yourself. Now, you and I see why we’re here, which is to live so that He would be praised, rather than self.

God saves us to make us saviors, and we will exalt the gospel, or we will suffer the frustration of self. We, like John, are sent from God “to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe”, and this is why we live (John 1:7). Thankfully, God shows us this message repeatedly with no condemnation, forgiveness, grace, and everything necessary to live godly.

We prove the sincerity of our love by giving, even as God gave Himself for us, so we GIVE ourselves for Him (II Cor 8:8). This is the salvation He gives us.