Intelligence for Temptation Genesis 3 Intelligence for Temptation Genesis 3:1-7

He maximizes the restriction. Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman…

“Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’

“From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, lest you die.’”

He minimizes the consequences of sin.

“You shall not surely die!”

He re-labels the action.

“For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

How does Satan persuade a person that sin is not a sin? He just gives it another name! He promises another outcome!

He accentuates the desirability of sin.

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. (Genesis 3:6)

He assumes the place of God.

The real evil of sin is seen not in the mere exchange of a right act for a wrong one, the substitute of one law for another law. The real evil of sin is in the assassination of the character of God! Satan could not kill Eve, until he had first “killed God”! And when he had successfully killed God, Eve was like putty in His hands!

Don’t let what happened to Adam and Eve happen to you!