The Accusing Spirit - greatbiblestudy.com

<p>As usual, I'm not affiliated with the writer(s) and I don't vouch for anything else on their site. I haven't read other articles. I don't use ads and I make nothing from sharing this, nor do I desire to, but only hope it blesses you like it did me. If you created the article and wante me to remove it, let me know.</p><p><br /></p><p>The following message is from <a href="https://www.greatbiblestudy.com/spiritual-warfare/the-accusing-spirit/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.greatbiblestudy.com/spiritual-warfare/the-accusing-spirit/</a></p><p>The Accusing Spirit - How it works and what it looks like </p><p>The voice of condemnation </p><p>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. </p><p>Revelation 12:10 </p><p>This is another one of those common tactics of the enemy that we see literally all the time in the ministry of deliverance. The accusing spirit is an anti-Christ spirit, because it approaches people with no love, but a tone of condemnation. It works through a voice; the voice of condemnation. It constantly tells you how much of a failure you are. It tells you how your heart is not right with God. It tells you that if you don’t read your Bible every day, that you aren’t serious about your relationship with God. It basically tells you that you’re never good enough. This is the exact opposite nature of God. It tears down rather than builds up. The accusing spirit uses the letter of the law to lay heavy burdens and crush it’s victims, just as the Pharisees would do: </p><p>For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. </p><p>Matthew 23:4 </p><p>Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. </p><p>2 Corinthians 3:6 </p><p>The accusing spirit works hand in hand with the family of religious spirits and strongholds, including legalism. </p><p>The accusing spirit will manifest in a variety of ways. It can cause accuse a person directly, it can cause them to accuse others around them, or it can accuse God in a person’s mind. </p><p>Anytime the enemy brings up your past failures, that is the work of the accusing spirit. This spirit feeds on p