All of us experience blasphemous thoughts about God. But where do these thoughts come from? And how do we respond? All of us experience it: blasphemous thoughts about God emerge in our minds. So where do these thoughts come from? And how do we respond? The question comes in from a listener named Hayden. “Dear Pastor John, for seven long years, I’ve had hard thoughts of Christ. There have been good seasons in which I have been overwhelmed with the beauty and grace of Christ, and there have been indescribably painful seasons where he seems so disappointed with me that I have been driven well nigh to despair. Often I fear that I am the wicked servant who said of the master, ‘I was afraid, because I knew you were a hard man’ ( Luke 19:21 21 for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that which thou layedst not down, and reapest that which thou didst not sow. ). Then I fear that I am not saved at all because I don’t perceive Jesus correctly. “I want to treasure Christ above all, but I often fear that I don’t, because these thoughts harass me. I have confessed all known sin in my life, and I have cried out to God repeatedly. What is wrong with me? How should I approach this situation biblically? What are specific Scripture passages that you would direct me to when the hard thoughts about Christ arrive?” Episode 1278: https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/how-do-i-respond-to-blasphemous-thoughts Related Resources: “How Do I Take My Thoughts Captive?” https://youtu.be/SRJEq5iAEBQ “How Do We Avoid Over-Thinking (or Under-Thinking) the Christian Life?” https://youtu.be/kLS7SzhOL74 “How Should I Think About My Failures?” https://youtu.be/mPkYJm9RQtI “The Secret to Fighting Anxiety” https://youtu.be/ubSnOIjhSzc Ask Pastor John Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKvMOJ1T8T4&list=PLFF7F6AE365DA3564 Find other recent and popular Ask Pastor John episodes, http://desiringgod.org/ask-pastor-john