ACCUSING THE BRETHREN by G.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 24, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 52.

ACCUSING THE BRETHREN

By G.

THE Revelation gives us a prophetic view of the casting down, the complete overthrow, of Satan, who is called the “accuser of our brethren.” Ch. 12:10. This is irrefutable testimony that the accusing Spirit is Satanic, and that all who are imbued with it will come to destruction. It began in accusing God of injustice and of falsehood. It took hold of the first human pair, and caused Adam to accuse God of being the author of his downfall. “The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.” There was the double accusation of His Creator and of his wife. Cain accused God of partiality, and killed his brother.

When Christ was on earth, His accusers were the accusers of His disciples. The prophecy of Daniel shows that a power would arise that would “speak great words against the Most High,” and would “wear out the saints of the Most High;” and this was literally fulfilled in the Papacy during the Dark Ages. Moreover, it is regaining its former power, as the Revelation plainly declares (Ch. 13:3-9), also boasting that its principles and purpose never change.

These things show that the accuser of God is the accuser of His people, and the “accuser of our brethren” is logically the accuser of God. Jesus has forewarned us: “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it hated you. . . . Because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. . . . If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you.” John 15:18-20.

Accusing the brethren is dangerous work, as it manifests the spirit of the enemy of God, and he who persists in indulging that disposition is already doomed to be “cast out.” He that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 1 John 4:20. G.