“And the serpent said unto the woman, “You will not surely die.” 5. For God knows that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes will be opened, and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.”
The serpent approached Eve and asked her if there was fruit in the garden that she should not eat. She told him that they were not to eat from the tree “in the midst of the garden,” because they would die. Then he started his temptation in earnest. He told her that she would not die. In other words, he was calling God a liar. This is one of Satan’s favorite tricks and he just does it over and over again, and people still fall for it. Jesus said of him: “When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” (John 8:44) Jesus was probably referring back to this original temptation when he called Satan “the father” of lies. The liar was lying about calling God a liar. No matter how devastating the results of sin are, we brilliant human beings just keep falling for it. Like Eve, we just don’t believe God…… He told Eve that if she would eat the forbidden fruit, she would “be as gods.” Why? Because she would know both good and evil. This is exactly what God warned them would happen. Satan made what God forbad look as if it was really something beneficial. We haven’t learned a lot since the Garden of Eden…..Have we! That is when the forbidden fruit began to look good to eve, and she plucked it and ate it, and was joined by Adam. There is an old adage that forbidden fruit always looks good. I don’t guess that there is a human being, outside of Jesus, who has not experienced the pleasure of tasting forbidden fruit. We read about the devastation of this forbidden fruit throughout the Bible. The original couple did not die right away, but die they did. Satan lied….sin is a killer. “The wages of sin is death…” (Romans 6:23a) Thank God, that in His grace, that is not the final answer. The conclusion of Romans 6:23 is: “But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Satan was defeated at the cross, because by His blood, Jesus made forgiveness for sin possible. Satan tried all of his lies to keep Jesus from the cross, but it did not work. Jesus drank all of the bitter dregs of pain and suffering in order to rescue us from the liar. Satan continues to lie, but through faith in Christ, we do not have to give in to his lies. The answer is lined out for us in Romans 3:23-24: “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. 24. Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” We are redeemed by our faith in Jesus Christ, Who died for our sins, rose from the grave, ascended to heaven, where He intercedes for us, forgives us and gives us eternal life. Bro. Joe
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