"First Satan casts doubt on God’s Word by querying, “Did God actually say?” (Genesis 3:1).
Next, he flat-out denies God’s Word, “You will not surely die” (Genesis 3:4).
Lastly, he claims, “you will be like God” (Genesis 3:5).
The devil is cunning and knows that overtly suggesting that people
disobey God, and instead do their own thing, would not work. McQuoid
affirms, the “destruction of any worldview often begins with a subtle
undermining and a fraying at the edges” .
---Or, to put it
differently, Satan deconstructs God’s sovereignty (in Eve’s mind) and
says human autonomy is better than following God (contrast Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. Proverbs 3:5)." CMI