“Now the serpent was more subtil 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?”
God had made everything very good and He had given everyone choice so that they could increase their appreciation of His goodness. However, God has absolute integrity and this means that people can choose either way. Satan, the father of all lies, chose to take the form of a serpent and came with his lies. He doesn’t only tell lies, he manufactures lies as well. That is, he uses part of the truth but not the whole truth so that a person is led astray. In this case, God had spoken to Adam concerning the tree but, it seems, that Eve didn’t know the whole truth, either because Adam hadn’t told her or because she wasn’t really listening when Adam told her. Either way, Adam bears some responsibility for not making sure that she understood the message that God gave them.
Satan’s lies often start with a question that hints at the truth but are determined to lead astray. In 2 Corinthians 11: 3 we get an understanding of what subtil means when we see that the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty. He was able to corrupt her from the simplicity of the message that God gave. It is important for us all to remember that Satan is a liar and he never tells the full truth. The only way to fight Satan is to use the full armour of God (see Ephesians 6: 13-18). The first item is the belt of truth, God always tells the truth but Satan always manufactures lies. It is incumbent on every one of God’s people to know the truth. We have another powerful weapon to fight agains the lies and that is the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Using the word of God we can follow the Lord Jesus Christ’s example and defeat Satan with the truth of the word.
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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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