"With what intense interest the whole universe watched the conflict that was to decide the position of Adam and Eve.
How attentively the angels listened to the words of Satan, the originator of sin, as he placed his own ideas above the commands of God, and sought to make of none effect the law of God through his deceptive reasoning!
How anxiously they waited to see if the holy pair would be deluded by the tempter, and yield to his arts.
God had said to them of the forbidden tree, "In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die;" but the enemy of all righteousness declared: "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."
Satan represented God as a deceiver, as one who would debar his creatures from the benefit of his highest gift.
*Our first parents fell through disobedience to God's express command, and this is where thousands fall to-day.
It is a dangerous theory that leads men to declare that all that is necessary to salvation is to simply believe in Christ, while disregarding his plain commands.
Signs Of The Times 1890 E.G.W./Genesis 3:5/1 John 3:5
How attentively the angels listened to the words of Satan, the originator of sin, as he placed his own ideas above the commands of God, and sought to make of none effect the law of God through his deceptive reasoning!
How anxiously they waited to see if the holy pair would be deluded by the tempter, and yield to his arts.
God had said to them of the forbidden tree, "In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die;" but the enemy of all righteousness declared: "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."
Satan represented God as a deceiver, as one who would debar his creatures from the benefit of his highest gift.
--The angels heard with sorrow and amazement
this statement in regard to the character of God,
--as Satan represented him as possessing
his own miserable attributes;
It is a dangerous theory that leads men to declare that all that is necessary to salvation is to simply believe in Christ, while disregarding his plain commands.
The gospel is not the
Old Testament standard lowered,
it requires faith that works righteousness, that keeps the commandments of God. Says the apostle, "This is the love of God that we keep his commandments, and his commandments are not grievous."Signs Of The Times 1890 E.G.W./Genesis 3:5/1 John 3:5