"According to Genesis 3:1, Satan questioned God’s intent in placing the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the middle of the garden:
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
In her answer to the serpent, Eve makes it quite clear that she fully understood what God had said:
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. Genesis 3:2-3.
Satan counters with the first two lies spoken to humankind, namely: “You shall not surely die,” and “You will be like God.”
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods; knowing good and evil. Genesis 3:4-5.
The twin lies of human divinity and immortality have been Satan’s foundation for his counterfeit religion throughout the ages. He has been using these lies to hide from us the importance of seeking salvation in Christ.
*If we are immortal, we do not need Christ to help us regain the immortality we have not lost.
*If we are divine, we become His equal and are capable of saving ourselves.
With this masterpiece of Satan, the plan of salvation becomes futile." AD
