"[The serpent] said to the woman, ' Has God indeed said...' And the woman said, ' God has said, 'You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.'' Then the serpent said to the woman, ' You will not surely die.' So...she took of its fruit and ate.'" vv. 1-6
Read chapter 3.
Oh the LIE and the FALL of mankind. So many things happened right here yet this lie is probably the #1 lie still believed today, causing men to sin. Lets dig into this a little deeper. Satan turns God's words around as we compare to what God actually said in chapter two. First we see Satan putting doubt in Eve's mind, "Has God indeed said..." This causing Eve to doubt God's word if she really understands it. Then we see Eve add to God's word, "nor shall you touch it." This isn't what we see recorded in chapter two. It seems a harmless addition but God condemns people that add to His word in other parts of scripture. Plus it's still not true even if it's not a "bad" thing. Lastly we see Eve multiply the punishment "lest you die" than "dying you will die." Once Eve ate of the fruit death would start working in her and as we see she doesn't drop dead, but dies hundreds of years later. So this doubt, add and multiply of God's word ends in the fall of mankind. So too today, if we don't know God's word and let it cause doubt if it's true, if we make up what we think God would say and if we change what He says, we'll fall to Satan's lies too. A lie so similar to truth is still a lie. So how well do you know God's word and what lies of His truth has led you to sin?
Oh the LIE and the FALL of mankind. So many things happened right here yet this lie is probably the #1 lie still believed today, causing men to sin. Lets dig into this a little deeper. Satan turns God's words around as we compare to what God actually said in chapter two. First we see Satan putting doubt in Eve's mind, "Has God indeed said..." This causing Eve to doubt God's word if she really understands it. Then we see Eve add to God's word, "nor shall you touch it." This isn't what we see recorded in chapter two. It seems a harmless addition but God condemns people that add to His word in other parts of scripture. Plus it's still not true even if it's not a "bad" thing. Lastly we see Eve multiply the punishment "lest you die" than "dying you will die." Once Eve ate of the fruit death would start working in her and as we see she doesn't drop dead, but dies hundreds of years later. So this doubt, add and multiply of God's word ends in the fall of mankind. So too today, if we don't know God's word and let it cause doubt if it's true, if we make up what we think God would say and if we change what He says, we'll fall to Satan's lies too. A lie so similar to truth is still a lie. So how well do you know God's word and what lies of His truth has led you to sin?
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