Don’t Fret Over False Accusations!

Job 22

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, February 6.

Have you ever been falsely accused? In his final speech, Eliphaz directly accused Job of sinning, not in a general sense against God, but in specific ways against people. Here is an example of the gut-wrenching accusations he made of Job in Job 22:5-9:

Is not your wickedness great, and your iniquities without end? For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause, and stripped men naked. To the weary you have given no water to drink, and from the hungry you have withheld bread. … You have sent widows away empty, and the strength of the orphans has been crushed.

OUCH! Can you imagine a close friend saying that to you? It is one thing to be called a sinner – that’s obviously true with a dash of humility! The Bible teaches in Romans 3:23, “for all have sinned.” But if someone came up to me and thought they could start reading my mail to me, then, honestly, I would be asking God if He had brought a talking donkey into my path?

Could I give a godly response to a false accusation? Could you? It would require the anointing of the Holy Spirit because I am not capable of such temperance, “but the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law” (Galatians 5:22-23).

In situations where you are being falsely accused, respond by crucifying your flesh instead of the person who is accusing you (Galatians 2:20). Paul teaches in Romans 12:17-18, “Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. … If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.”

Seize the moment and “cease from anger and forsake wrath; do not fret; it leads only to evildoing”(Psalm 37:8). Jesus commands us when people falsely accuse us to “rejoice and be glad, for [our] reward in heaven is great” (Matthew 5:11-12).

God bless you!

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