Crafty Serpent Convinced Eve to Bite the Forbidden Fruit

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From Scripture, the Lord reveals that Eve ate the apple that caused man to die because the serpent was a agent of satan. Genesis 3:1–6 says it.

Genesis 3:1 says that “the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made.” So the devil had overtaken the serpent and made it “more crafty” than any of the other wild animals.

Making the serpent “more crafty” means giving it satanic power. Since the serpent was more crafty, through the devil, the serpent was able to poison Eve’s mind with doubt about what God said and Why. The serpent put doubt in Eve’s mind when he said “Did God really say, You must not eat from any tree in the garden?” (Genesis 3:1) and then when satan said “You will not certainly die,…”

Then, to add insult to injury, satan put greed in Eve’s mind when he said “…for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God.” (Genesis 3:4)

This was meant to put greed in Eve’s mind because the Bible says that Eve ate the apple when she saw that, among other things, the apple was “…also desirable for gaining wisdom.” As soon as she saw that, she “…ate it.” and “she also gave some to her husband.” (Genesis 3:6) Eve was greedy to get more power or wisdom instead of relying on the Lord who provided paradise to Adam and Eve.

Basically, Eve was overtaken by satan’s reach using the serpent.  This ought to be a lesson to our world today. Jesus predicts a worsening of the world in John 16.  


Jesus says it in the Bible at John 16:2-5 (NIV):


" 2 They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. 3 They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. 4 I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you, 5 but now I am going to him who sent me. "


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