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Zech:3:1-3

One name of the enemy is accuser. He keeps on accusing against us to the Eternal Judge. The bard did that. The bard lied. The bard is angry. The bard is selfish. The bard is sinful to the core and corrupted. He is not fit to be inheriting the eternal kingdom. All my sins - private and public, secret and known to everyone, he lays before the Judge everything to accuse me to take me to hell with him. To prove that I am not worthy to be saved, not worthy to be redeemed. He lists all of them. 

And do you know what this Eternal Judge, my Father has to tell him - I the Lord reject your accusations, Satan (v:2). Though all his accusations were essentially true, though I do not deserve to be saved or redeemed, though I deserve only eternal hell, my Father, the Eternal Judge proclaims that He rejects all the accusations of the enemy. For the bard has been forgiven, the bard has been loved, the bard has been redeemed by the Precious blood of the Son Jesus Christ. 

And He continues to say that - This man is like a burning stick that has been snatched from the fire. From eternal fire of hell, this bard has been snatched. Yes! evil nature is still there in him to be accused. Glow of evil is still there in him. But he has been snatched and kept out of it. And as he continues outside the fire, the glow will eventually die off. The glory is waiting for him. Meanwhile his sins are forgiven. He is loved. You don't accuse. 

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  1. Amen! Jesus saves!! If God is for us, who dare stand against us?? We are brought by his blood, and will be clothed by his righteousness alone.

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