Satan continually, day and night, is bringing charges against each one of the elect, the brothers of Christ. Apparently Satan has access to the throne of God because he is bringing these charges "before our God."

With what is he charging us? With any and every flaw in our thinking, our words, and our deeds.

Evil spirits are perverse beyond redemption.

For example, Satan is persuading the church people today, contrary to all Scripture, that no matter what they do, how they behave, God is viewing them with good will because of "grace." He is informing the believers that Christ's will for them is that they prosper in this world and receive every material comfort and advantage. He is "revealing" to them that they must not fear any inconvenience because God will lift them out of the world lest they should suffer any pain.

He is portraying the Lord God of Heaven as a loving Father who is not willing to act in wrath and judgment.

But Satan is not bringing these assurances and revelations before the throne of God. Rather, he is complaining bitterly and maliciously that the Christians are despising God's grace in Christ by living unrighteously. He is charging the saints before God with loving this world and not being willing to endure hardness as good soldiers of Christ.

Satan is reminding God that the Scripture states that loving this world makes one the enemy of God (James 4:4). Then he throws in God's face that people no longer fear God and are willing to rebel against Him, as Satan did.

Satan is urging God to send tribulation on the saints, as he urged God to send tribulation on Job, in order to demonstrate that the saints will howl and complain and lose all faith in God.

Do you understand that Hell desires your company for eternity in the lake burning with fire and sulfur? Satan sees no reason why you should spend eternity in glory while he is tormented.

Do you understand clearly that the honeyed assurances and pleasantries being whispered to you are coming from a huge, fiery-red dragon who right this moment is calling out your name before God Almighty and charging you with unbelief, with unrighteous conduct, with rebellion, with sexual misbehavior, with lack of love for God, with lack of fear of God, and with every other wickedness by means of which he can slander your character—especially if there is any possible basis of truth for the charge?

Do you truly believe Satan's world loves Christ who is being formed in you? What innocent babies we Christians are! Will we ever awake from our deception before we are confronted with the awful realization we are being made manifest before the Judgment Seat of Christ and are giving an account of every thought we have ever had, every word we have ever spoken, every deed we have ever performed?

Will we come to understand before it is too late that Divine grace is not an overlooking of our sins but is God's forgiveness and Nature that has come to us through Christ so we may be able to repent of our sins and serve God acceptably?

To be continued.