During Sunday’s sermon I read a verse that has been with me since.
2 Peter 2:11 Whereas angels, who are greater in power and might, do not bring a reviling accusation against them before the Lord.
The term “reviling accusation” is what has stuck in my mind.
I have seen this elsewhere.
Jude 9 Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
I looked at the text in Greek and saw the meaning of the word – a blasphemous accusation.
How can one possibly commit blasphemy against Satan, fallen angels, the people of Noah’s time, and the wickedness of Sodom and Gomorrah?
Here’s how – by not speaking the truth about them.
For instance, what is the great sin of Sodom? If you answered homosexuality, then you’re not correct. Though that sin is present, the first sin of that city was pride. It’s followed by gluttony, laziness, and an non-caring attitude for others.
That’s hit’s closer to home, doesn’t it!
A “railing accusation” is to accuse others of things they did not do. I am guilty of such!
By not knowing all the facts, I have made blasphemous accusations before God about someone else. This is according to what His word says.
The Bible gives me two other verses that I need to heed before I make accusations.
1 Thess 5:17 pray without ceasing
James 1:19 let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath
YES&AMEN
Gen 8:18
I realize that the Bible says that 
For over a week I’ve been missing in action from doing a devo. I had two people ask about it. I told both I was on vacation – a time of rest and reflection.
All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’). 
“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.”
The final temptation does not start with “if you are the Son of God.” Perhaps that is well established now and Satan has realized that it is futile to keep pursuing that. 
For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.
Morning Thought with Pastor Tim 