These are notes on the sermon, Silence the Enemy’s Accusation, preached by Pastor Joseph Prince on Sunday, March 1, 2026, at The Star Performing Arts Centre, Singapore. We hope these sermon notes will be an encouragement to you!
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Pastor Prince began by sharing that the video for the theme of the year flowed from a vision he had received while waiting upon the Lord. He remembered feeling distinctly that the Lord was telling him to start the presentation with the ship and sailors in the midst of the storm.
And for some, including Pastor Prince himself and a few members of his pastoral team, that had been prophetic and mirrored how the year began for them. They had been met not with calm waters but trials—personal pressures, physical challenges, difficulties at home or work. Yet it is very encouraging that the vision for the theme of the year did not end with the storm. It showed the ship making it through the storm and the sailors spotting a lush and verdant land ahead.
Scripture tells us that as believers, we can expect to encounter “fiery trials” for God’s glory (1 Pet. 4:12). Meeting trials does not automatically mean that we are defeated or that the “much more” God wants us to have has been withdrawn. This is because the Lord Himself is with us even in the midst of our trials, and His promise to us is that we won’t remain there. We will get through the trials, and He will bring us out into a place of increase (Dan. 3:24–27, Ps. 66:12 KJV).
The enemy may suggest that after enduring a trial, you will come out weaker or behind your peers. But God’s Word says the opposite. It says that after you have suffered a while, your heavenly Father will establish, strengthen, and settle you (1 Pet. 5:10).
If you have entered this year in the midst of a trial, take heart and remember this: You are going through. The trial or storm is not the conclusion. The Father still has so much more goodness for you this year.
Whether you are in the midst of a trial and waiting on the Lord to bring you through or not, be alert to any vision or inner prompting of the heart. Don’t miss or ignore them because that’s how the Lord often leads His people.
Even our Lord Jesus lived in dependence on what the Father showed Him. He said, “The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do” (John 5:19). He was fully God, yet He also walked the earth as a Man anointed by the Holy Spirit.
In Ephesians 1:18, Scripture speaks of “the eyes of your understanding being enlightened.” The word for understanding here refers to the inward faculty of the mind—the dianoia. Under the new covenant, God says, “I will put My laws in their mind (dianoia) and write them on their hearts” (Heb. 8:10). God writes His ways in that inward place of your mind, thoughts, and understanding, and shines His light there.
Because this is how your heavenly Father leads you, the enemy will also target your mind. He will seek to warp your imagination—filling it with fearful images, anxious thoughts, and constant negativity. Now, it is perfectly fine to listen to the news and be aware of what is happening around you, but it is definitely not ok to be consumed by all the negativity and fear. When you keep feeding on bad news, the eyes of your understanding will become clouded by worry and anxiety.
The prophet Jeremiah describes the cursed man as one who “shall not see when good comes” (Jer. 17:6). Good may be present, but a cursed man will miss it. In contrast, the blessed man trusts in the Lord and “will not fear when heat comes” (Jer. 17:7–8). Notice that heat will come to the blessed man, just as it does to everyone, but it will not define his outlook.
The difference between the blessed man and the cursed man lies in what they are seeing.
Since God leads through the inward eyes of the heart, it is especially important to guard your heart—what you see and hear, what you believe, and what you allow to fill your inner world. Instead of continually rehearsing what is wrong, learn to look for what is right and good—what the Lord is doing, how He is providing, how He is preserving. Whatever you focus on inwardly will shape your outward reality.
One of the ways in which the enemy keeps people in bondage is through fear. Whether it’s a health crisis, a situation of lack, or a difficult circumstance, often, what makes it more overwhelming is the fear of death. It could be a physical death or an end, or death, to a relationship, an ability, or a source of provision.
Many fears can be traced back to that root. For example, why do people fear flying, heights, or falling sick? Hebrews says that before Christ, people were “all their lifetime subject to bondage” through the fear of death (Heb. 2:15). And this fear was connected to “him who had the power of death.”
Hebrews 2:14–15 tell us:
So the devil, the one who had the power of death, also held people in bondage through the fear of death.
Now, many people see the devil as an enemy that promotes all manner of debauchery, all kinds of immorality and abominations, and that seeks to corrupt, to tempt and entice, and ultimately to lead people to sin against God. Yes, without a doubt, there’s that, but there’s also another aspect of him that is very subtle and passes by everyone.
We often overlook the fact that the devil was originally the archangel Lucifer, created as a guardian of God’s righteousness. Before his fall, he was “the anointed cherub who covers” and who stood “on the holy mountain of God” (Ezek. 28:14). The Bible tells us that righteousness and justice are the foundation of God’s throne (Ps. 89:14), and also that “the soul who sins shall die” (Ezek. 18:4). Death became the righteous consequence of sin, and the devil wielded it to execute judgment.
Even today, the devil still sees himself as a guardian of God’s holiness and righteousness. Why then doesn’t he simply bring death upon us now? Well, the truth is, he can’t.
Because our Lord Jesus came to earth, and through His sacrifice and death, He destroyed the devil who once had the power of death (Heb. 2:14) and released us from bondage to the fear of death. As a result, death no longer has a hold on us. The New Testament tells us that, if Jesus tarries, believers “fall asleep;” we do not die.
The apostle Paul demonstrated this freedom from the fear of death so clearly when he said:
Notice the confidence in his words. Paul says that to depart and be with Christ is far better. He felt no fear of departing. But then he goes on to say something even stronger—“being confident of this, I know that I shall remain.”
Paul not only had the revelation of departing to be with Christ; he also had the revelation of remaining. There was such an assurance in his spirit about continuing to be present in the flesh for the good of the young church.
Our Father’s heart is for His children to live well. Even while we are here on earth, He wants us to live fruitful, strengthened, established lives. In this year of much more, the Lord’s much more for us includes remaining alive, strength, clarity of mind, stability of heart, and no longer living under the shadow of death.
So, without the power of death, how does the enemy come against believers today?
Since he can no longer execute death directly, he attempts to work inwardly—through accusation, fear, and a troubled conscience—to make believers receive the judgment. That’s why he is called “the accuser of our brethren” (Rev. 12:10). But we have to understand that he can no longer successfully accuse you before God. Our Lord Jesus has answered every charge (Rom. 8:33–34). So now the enemy accuses you to you.
What do some of his accusations sound like?
He will remind you of your past, point you to your failures, magnify your weaknesses. He may also whisper…
“After what you did, how can you still pray?”
“Do you think you deserve to be healed?”
“Look at yourself, how can God bless someone like you?”
Sometimes the accusations are based on facts. Yes, you failed. Yes, you fell short. But what the enemy omits is how the finished work on the cross has already dealt with all of that.
Romans 3:26 tells us that God is “just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.” Because of what happened at the cross, today, you do not stand before God based on your own merit or performance, but on the efficacy of the Lord Jesus’ blood and sacrifice. Because of the cross, today, God is righteous in making you righteous. The accuser may point to your sin, but the blood points to your justification.
So, my friend, don’t fall for the enemy’s strategy. What the enemy says doesn’t define your standing before your Father in heaven. Because of what Christ has accomplished at the cross, you no longer have to receive the enemy’s accusations.
Since the enemy works through accusation and a troubled conscience, our heavenly Father, who is always way ahead of the devil, has already provided a way out for believers.
Under the old covenant, blood sacrifices were offered for the atonement of sins. This shedding of blood was necessary because “the soul who sins shall die,” and every sin demanded a judgment. The blood signified that a life had been given in place of the guilty.
But today, what we have is the blood of Christ, not the blood of bulls and goats. Hebrews 9:14 says:
The blood of Jesus not only pays for our sins but also cleanses the conscience, and Hebrews 10:22 tells us that once sprinkled with His blood, we are cleansed from an evil conscience. So the guilt, condemnation, and fear that had once troubled our conscience have been dealt with completely at the cross.
This is crucial. Don’t let the enemy pull you back into his strategy of polluting your conscience. Now, please be clear that this is not a license to sin freely without compunction. No, this revelation is meant to free you to live the Spirit-led life that our Lord talked about in John 14.
More than just paying for our sins and cleansing the conscience, blood was also used in the consecration of priests. Leviticus 8:23–24 tell us that Moses applied the blood on the priests’ right ear, right thumb, and right toe, signifying what they hear, what they do, and how they walk. After that, anointing oil, which represents the Holy Spirit, was sprinkled on the priests.
What does this mean for us today? My friend, the blood of Jesus not only has the power to remove all your sins, but it also cleanses you so that the Holy Spirit can indwell you and lead you in your daily life.
The more settled you are in your heart that you have been totally forgiven and cleansed of your sins because of Jesus’ perfect finished work at the cross, the more you will be able to experience more of the Holy Spirit’s leading in your life and to flow with Him.
So if the enemy seeks to tarnish your conscience, call to remembrance the Lord’s blood and how it has cleansed you of an evil conscience. When a wrong thought comes, when guilt tries to take hold, when you feel too unworthy to pray, to serve, or to believe for God’s healing or provision—answer with the Lord’s blood.
Declare:
“I am the righteousness of God in Christ.”
“I have been redeemed.”
“I am no longer under the power of sin and death.”
You can also partake of the Holy Communion and remind yourself daily that you have been justified. That you have been made the righteousness of God in Christ (2 Cor. 5:21). And that every charge against you has already been paid for by the Lord at the cross.
This, my friend, is not positive thinking. This is standing on and declaring what the finished work has done for you. This is how you silence the enemy’s accusations!
And very soon, you will find that fear weakening, those accusations losing their voice, the Spirit’s leading becoming clearer, and the Father’s much more beginning to manifest in your life.
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