Understanding the Accuser by David Alsobrook

Author:David Alsobrook
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: spiritual warfare, The Accuser, Bible, Christ, Reference, Christian Life, Christianity, General, Religion, Devil, Law, Christian Theology, Jesus
ISBN: 9781852402389
Publisher: Renew
Published: 1999-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

Two passages in Isaiah speak of how Jesus would judge and how He would not judge. To follow the example Jesus set forth is a wise principle.

Isaiah 42:19 records some strange words about the Servant Yahweh was going to send: "Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord's servant?" Is it not strange that the Lord's servant is to be blind? The Lord's messenger is to be deaf? Think of it: the messenger that God would send would be blind and deaf!

"Who is blind as he that is perfect." In verse 18 we read: "Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see."

That is exactly what Jesus did. The deaf heard and the blind saw. Yet the Word says of Him that although He opened the ears of the deaf and opened the eyes of the blind, He is both blind and deaf. We know that this cannot be a blindness and a deafness concerning His physical eyes and ears for verse 20 reads: "Seeing many things, but thou observest not [seeing many things but paying little regard to them]; opening the ears, but he heareth not."

"He who is perfect is blind."

The prophecy stated of Jesus, "He who is sent by God is deaf." He opened the ears of the deaf and caused the blind to see, but He is blind and deaf. He sees many things but doesn't observe them. He opens the ears, but He hears not. This paradox is one of those holy riddles we sometimes find in the Word of God.

Let us see how He is blind.

Turn to Isaiah, chapter 11. The first few verses in this chapter deal with the first coming of Jesus, and the last several verses deal with the Second Coming. Verse one is one of the messianic promises of Jesus, the Branch that would grow out of Jesse's root. Verse two reads, "And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord." Here are seven spirits of God. John 3:36 states that Jesus had the Spirit without measure; this means not only in quantity but also in all operations.

1) The Spirit of the LORD (Yahweh—the Father) shall rest upon him.

2) The spirit of wisdom.

3) The spirit of understanding.

4) The spirit of counsel.

5) The spirit of might.

6) The spirit of knowledge.

7) The spirit of the fear of the Lord.

We read in the Book of Revelation (1:4; 3:1; 4:5; 5:6) of the seven spirits of God, or the sevenfold Holy Spirit.

Jesus had the Spirit of the Lord; the Dove rested upon Him so that He could heal the bruised and deliver the oppressed (Luke 4:18).

He had the spirit of wisdom and understanding so that He would know how to answer the questions of the scribes and the Pharisees.

He used the spirit of counsel and might in His prophetic ministry.

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