"I, the Lord, silence you, Satan!" (Zechariah 3:2). We cannot silence
Satan. The Lord can silence Satan. This is why we must answer Satan
with the Word of the Lord. Satan has no answer to the Word of the Lord.
"See, I have taken your sin away from you, and I will dress you in fine
clothing" (Zechariah 3:4). This is God's great salvation: our sin is
removed, and we are clothed in the righteousness of Christ. Satan has no
answer to this. He may try to accuse us, but the Lord's Word will
prevail over him: "For those who are in Christ Jesus, there is no
condemnation" (Romans 8:1). Those who have been forgiven by the Lord are
called to "live according to His ways" (Zechariah 3:7). We are to walk
in the Spirit. He gives life to us. He raises us up from and above the
way of sin and death (Romans 8:2). "These men are a sign of things to
come" (Zechariah 3:8) - a sign that pointed forward to Jesus, God's
Servant, "the Branch" (Zechariah 3:8). We are to point to Jesus. We are
to bring something of heaven and its glory into the lives of the people
we meet. "The stone" - Look at the stone (Zechariah 3:9). This is a call
to look to Jesus, the cornerstone, the Foundation Stone of our faith.
"I will remove this land's sin in a single day" (Zechariah 3:9). The
forgiveness of our sin comes in a day. Its effects last for a lifetime -
"each of you will invite your neighbours to sit under your vine and fig
tree" (Zechariah 3:10). We are to invite people to rest in Jesus.
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