DAILY?READINGS: Exodus 39; Psalms 92-93; Acts 23:12-35
And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; Even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? Zechariah 3:2
Satan is known by many names: the father of lies (John 8:44), the devil (Matt. 4:1 – “Traducer”), the tempter (Matt. 4:3), Satan (Job 1:6 – “adversary”). Revelation 12:10 calls him “the accuser of our brethren,” and in this he still excels. In Zechariah’s day he stood to accuse the sinful high priest. Nevertheless, his accusations were silenced by divine rebuke. The Lord countered that the accused was “a brand plucked out of the fire”—like a stick that was snatched from the flames. Likewise, we are rescued solely by God’s grace. —Keith Keyser
When I beheld my every sin, nailed to the cruel tree,
I felt a flood go through my soul, of grace, enough for me. —E. O Excell