19/09/2022
*THE TWO MINISTRIES*
The scriptures reveal that there are two acts which go on continually before the throne of God - *intercession* and *accusation*. The conflict between these two is a focal point of the battle between kingdom of God and kingdom of darkness. Because God has chosen to make the church his dwelling place and therefore the place of his throne it is in the heart of the church that this battle now rages.
Jesus *always lives to make intercession ( see hebrew 7:25)*. His fundamental nature is to be an intercessor, a priest. To the degree that we abide in Him, Jesus will use us to intercede. For this reason, His church is called to be a *house of prayer for all the nations* Mark 11:17
Satan is called the accuser of our brethren...who accuse them before our God day and night Revelation 12:10. To the degree that the enemy has access to our lives, he will use us to accuse and criticize the brethren. Like the two trees in the garden of Eden we must all choose which of these ministries we are going to partake of.
We may ask how Satan could continue to accuse the saints before God if he has been thrown out of heaven and no longer has access to the throne. The answer is that Satan uses the saints who have access to the throne to do the diabolical work for him.
*Satan's greatest victory*
Satan is called by many title, but certainly his most effective guise has been *"the accuser of our brethren"* (REVELATION 12:10). This title was given to him because of his effectiveness in getting brother turn against brother. From the time that he entered the garden to thwart the purpose of man this has been his specialty. Even when there were just two brothers on earth the could not get along (Gen. 4) the presence of Satan will always promote discord and division
Satan's greatest victory over the church is in turning the brethren against each other. Accusation has been his most effective and deadly tooling destroying the light, the power, and the witness of the body of Christ