God Has an Enemy
Sin Began by Satan’s False Teaching on Eternal Life
In the beginning, God planted a garden toward
the east, in Eden. He put man in the garden
to cultivate and keep it (Ge 2:8, 15). God
commanded man, and woman, not to eat from
one of its trees, the tree of the knowledge of
good and evil, or else he would surely have to
die (Ge 2:16, 17). But soon after they received
this command, the serpent, Satan, appeared
and approached the woman to try to deceive
her on this very important commandment. Now
the serpent was more deceptive than any beast
that God had made (Ge 3:1). By false promises
and false assurances, he tempted Eve to eat of
the forbidden fruit. He boldly assured her that
she would not die if she ate from the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil and that she would
be wiser for eating it. Now even though she knew
the commandment of God and actually quoted it
to the Devil when he tested her knowledge of it,
she believed the lie and ate the fruit and also gave
some to the man to eat (Ge 3:6). In doing so, they
all sinned against God’s will in disobedience to it,
but not without severe consequences.
Warning!
You must understand that from the very beginning, under any covenant with God, in any age, that Satan, through false teaching, has vigorously opposed commandments that lead to life, that is, eternal life with God. Beware! Don’t be deceived. Carefully follow God's words on your salvation, not man's.
.... more about this in the Bible Study on the Old Testament
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