* In this vision God is holding court and Satan is bringing accusations against Joshua the High Priest.

* Joshua wasn’t “measuring up” - that was true.

* But then God rebukes the accuser.

* Satan is a deceiver in the role of an accuser.

* We need to recognize this and deal with it.

* When we see the 3 A’s of Satan we can defeat him:

* 1) Adversary - Satan is our adversary - he stands against everything God stands for.

* When we make peace with God the devil declares war on us.

* 2) Accusation - Satan brings accusations to us because we are made in God’s image.

* He accuses us about our own sin (like Joshua) so we'll be paralyzed by guilt.

* He accuses others about their sin so we become bitter toward them.

* 3) Agreement - the only way Satan can defeat us is for us to agree with his accusations (against us and/or against others).

* The way to win is to NEVER AGREE WITH THE ACCUSER!