Why the Demons Hate Us
Have you ever wondered why there is such fierce opposition to those who love and serve God? The Scriptures speak of this fact frequently. And my experience, and that of many others I know, confirms it. This is why the writers of Scripture call that powerful spirit the devil (“tempter”) and satan (“accuser”). I have been reading again C.S. Lewis’ book, The Screwtape Letters . I had forgotten just how brilliant and insightful this book is. Lewis makes the following series of observations about the motives and goals of the demons and of the living God (representing the perspective of the demons). “To us [demons] a human is primarily food; our aim is the absorption of its will into ours, the increase of our own area of selfhood at its expense. But the obedience which the Enemy demands of men is quite a different thing. One must face the fact that all the talk about His love for men, and His service being perfect freedom, is not (as one would gladly believe) mere propaganda, but