How You May Have Aligned Yourself With Satan, Accuser of the Brethren

The plot has unfolded! The church of over 700 million worldwide believers has ganged up and conspired to single you out and mess up your life. So, you are justified to say, “The church hurt me” to maintain your grudge and throw darts.

Is this a reality? Yes, you were really hurt! But no, blaming the whole Church is a twisted delusion and bondage. It is a misplaced accusation.

We hear this all the time with disenfranchised Christians who have had disappointments or real life-changing clashes. Yes, the hurts can be very deep. But the reactions and conclusions are neither correct nor healthy. The whole church did not hurt you. There are a lot of life-giving, wonderful people and leaders in the body of Christ who do not deserve that stigma from you. An individual or group of people may have hurt you, but not the whole church. From that belief, there comes a more tragic problem.

Do you realize that when you slander the church, you are denigrating the beloved bride of Christ, “the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth” (1 Tim. 3:15b)? You are aligning yourself with Satan, the “accuser of the brethren” (Rev. 12:10b, NKJV) and bashing the people Jesus died for and redeemed by His blood. It is Satan’s purpose to condemn, fault-find and accuse people all the time to keep them divided, confused and paralyzed. Do you really want to have his words in your mouth? Beloved, please be careful.