“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. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:”
The woman took the bait when the serpent manufactured the lie. The first thing to do when the serpent tried to lead you astray is to follow the Lord’s example and tell him to get behind you (see Luke 4: 8), don’t answer his question. Even though Eve quoted God’s words correctly, she was engaged and ready to listen to the next part of the conversation. After creating some doubt in Eve’s mind the serpent told her that God was wrong. It is important to remember that liars tell lies and the father of lies tells lies as his heart language (see John 8: 44). It is also important to remember that liars tell lies, they do not keep the promises that they make. When Satan tempted the Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 4), he promised to give him all the kingdoms of the world. Of course, he had no intention of giving him all the kingdoms of the world because he wants them for himself. He told Eve a lie and Eve believed him but God had told the truth and Eve experienced the full consequences of her choice. Notice that Satan didn’t try to defend her in any way. He tells lies and he rejoices when someone actually believes the lies. This encourages him to keep telling lies to other people as well. The only defence against Satan is to know God’s Words and to use them as the sword of the Spirit (Eph 6: 17). Don’t allow anyone to seduce into using some paraphrase that doesn’t have the true words of God but the words of man.
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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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