"Eve's curiosity was aroused.
--Instead of fleeing from the spot,
--she listened to hear a serpent talk.
That strange voice should have driven her to her husband's side to inquire of him why another should thus freely address her.
But she enters into a controversy with the serpent.
*And he said unto the woman, "Yea, hath God said ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" He begins his controversy in the form of a question.
*Eve answers, "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."
*The serpent answers, "Ye shall not surely die; for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods knowing good and evil."
Satan would convey the idea that by eating of the forbidden tree, they would receive a new and more noble kind of knowledge than they had hitherto attained.
This has been his special work with great success ever since his fall, to lead men to pry into the secrets of the Almighty,
1-and not to be satisfied with what God has revealed,
2-and not careful to obey that which he has commanded."
Spiritual Gifts vol.3,p.40 E.G.W./Genesis 3:1-5
--Instead of fleeing from the spot,
--she listened to hear a serpent talk.
That strange voice should have driven her to her husband's side to inquire of him why another should thus freely address her.
But she enters into a controversy with the serpent.
*And he said unto the woman, "Yea, hath God said ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" He begins his controversy in the form of a question.
*Eve answers, "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."
*The serpent answers, "Ye shall not surely die; for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods knowing good and evil."
Satan would convey the idea that by eating of the forbidden tree, they would receive a new and more noble kind of knowledge than they had hitherto attained.
This has been his special work with great success ever since his fall, to lead men to pry into the secrets of the Almighty,
1-and not to be satisfied with what God has revealed,
2-and not careful to obey that which he has commanded."
Spiritual Gifts vol.3,p.40 E.G.W./Genesis 3:1-5
