According to Genesis 3, “the serpent was more subtle than any beast
of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath
God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?” The devil’s job is
to question the truth of the word of God in order to cause us to doubt what God
says. In our culture, it’s considered foolishness to believe that the bible is
the revealed word and will of God. Satan caused that doubt.
In verses 2-3, Eve answered the devil’s question: “And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.” To entertain the devil’s question is the beginning of the fall of man. When you engage with the adversary, then you’re in the devil’s ballpark and he’s in control of the game. Eve knew exactly what God had said, but she added the words “lest ye touch it”. Then she changed the words “thou shalt surely die” to “lest ye die.” When you add to the Word of God and then change the Word of God you no longer have the truth of the Word.
The devil replied in verses 4-5: “And the serpent said unto the
woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5. For God doth know that in the day ye eat
thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good
and evil.” When she considered the devil’s lie, Eve doubted the word of God
and that was the “original sin”. Then the devil told her an outright lie: “Ye shall be as God knowing good from evil.”
His message was, “God’s not God. You are. You can worship and serve yourself.”
According to verse 6: “And when the woman saw that the tree was
good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired
to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also
unto her husband with her; and he did eat.” Jesus said that loving the
world is not of the Father but is of the enemy. The lust of the flesh and the
lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the Father but is of the God-rejecting
world system. Lust is anything that we desire over our fellowship with God. Eve
walked by sight and not by faith when she saw that it was good for food, saw
that it was pleasant, and desired it to make one wise. But, according to the Epistle
of James, the wisdom of this world is earthly, sensual, and devilish.
Let's continue Michael's message on the Fall of Man in the next post.
In Christ, Brian
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