Addicted to Accusation

John 5:37 The Father who sent me, confirmed me. And you missed it. You never heard his voice, you never saw his appearance.  38 There is nothing left in your memory of his Message because you do not take his Messenger seriously.  39 "You have your heads in your Bibles constantly because you think you’ll find eternal life there. But you miss the forest for the trees. These Scriptures are all about me!  40 And here I am, standing right before you, and you aren’t willing to receive from me the life you say you want.  41 "I’m not interested in crowd approval.  42 And do you know why? Because I know you and your crowds. I know that love, especially God’s love, is not on your working agenda.  43 I came with the authority of my Father, and you either dismiss me or avoid me. If another came, acting self-important, you would welcome him with open arms.  44 How do you expect to get anywhere with God when you spend all your time jockeying for position with each other, ranking your rivals and ignoring God?  45 "But don’t think I’m going to accuse you before my Father. Moses, in whom you put so much stock, is your accuser.  46 If you believed, really believed, what Moses said, you would believe me. He wrote of me.  47 If you won’t take seriously what he wrote, how can I expect you to take seriously what I speak?"

There are some who so want to think they have it togeher based on their presumed ability to keep the Law.  They actually think there is something to be gained by being in love with the written ordinances.  They develop a nervous twitch whenever grace is mentioned because they equate grace lovers with Law breakers.

But isn't it most interesting here that Jesus is not referring to Satan as being the accuser in this passage but rather Moses?

Jesus will never accuse the one who believes in Him, but those who claim to trust in what they received through Moses will be accused by Moses.

Romans 3:19 ¶ Obviously, the law applies to those to whom it was given, for its purpose is to keep people from having excuses, and to show that the entire world is guilty before God.  20 For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are.  21 But now God has shown us a way to be made right with him without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings of Moses and the prophets long ago.  22 We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are.  23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.  24 Yet God, with undeserved kindness, declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.   25 For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past,  26 for he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself is fair and just, and he declares sinners to be right in his sight when they believe in Jesus.  27 Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith.  28 So we are made right with God through faith and not by obeying the law.

Those who wish to continue to argue for the Law among Christians are simply in love with accusation.  In short, the only way to be free from accusation and condemnation is through faith in Jesus Christ.  This is why there is no other way and there is no other name given under heaven whereby a man might be saved.