Tactics of the Devil
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How did the serpent tempted Adam?
How did the serpent tempted Adam?
Genesis 3:1 (ESV)
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”
Tactic One: Rasing doubt about the Word of God.
Did God actually say……?
Tactic Two: Exaggeration.
“Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”
The Response of the woman: Exaggeration and weakening.
Genesis 3:2–3 (ESV)
And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”
Genesis 2:9 (ESV)
And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:16–17 (ESV)
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
Genesis 3:4–5 (ESV)
But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Tactic Three: Lie and bait
“You wil not surely die……you will be like God.”
What was the motivation for eating the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil?
You will be like God, knowing good and evil.
She wanted to be an autonomous and independent being who would judge everything by herself. She wanted to become the supreme judge and law maker.
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
