'I knew that you were a hard man', said the evil servant in the gospel. Now, there is nothing more grievous to the Lord, nothing that serves the purposes of Satan more than such thoughts as these. Satan rejoices when he can fill your heart with such hard thoughts of God. Satan's purpose from the beginning was to fill mankind with lies about God. The first blood that murderer shed was by this means. He led our first parents into hard thoughts about God. 'Has God said so? Has he threatened you with death? He knows well enough that if you eat of this fruit, it will by much better for you.' With these lies he succeeded in overthrowing all mankind at once. And remembering this great victory, he readily uses the same method with us. Now it is exceedingly grievous of the Spirit of God to be so slandered in the hearts of those whom he dearly loves.
John Owen, Communion With God, P. 31
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