Verse 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field, which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden?”
This is the beginning of Satan’s playbook for mankind. Study it well. He has not changed. Why should he, it still works today.
Satan either entered into a snake or took its form. What is important is that he is crafty and Eve was not alarmed by him. Adam and Eve lived in a perfect world, yet they sinned. If someone blames their sin on how they were raised, or their environment, or whatever, most of the time they are wrong. But I have seen children that have spent their preteens growing up in a gross sexual environment, that even when taken out and given a loving Christian home, can not escape the evil. Maybe that is why, sometimes in the Bible, God would tell Israel to go and kill every man, woman, and child in a city. Then that horrible lifestyle would stop and not be passed down to another generation.
Satan’s temptations are cleverly disguised. Eve did not know of evil. She did not understand the traps that Satan can lay. There were no evil thoughts before this moment. We know this because of Genesis 2:25, “they were both naked and not ashame.” Some say that their eyes did not see their nakedness or they wore the glory of God as did the earth at that point in time.
Satan spoke to Eve in this way to put doubt in her that God was not good. And of course, when someone tells us no, we seem to want it more.
Now Eve may not have known completely of God’s command, or was confused by it with Satan’s false information, or did not remember it, or cared to remember it.
Verse 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;
Verse 3 but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, lest you die.”
Now Eve added untruth.
Verse 4 And the serpent said to the woman, “You surely shall not die!”
Verse 5 For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and “you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Satan is still putting thoughts before Eve that God is withholding good and is not fair. Satan will mix truth and lies together. Sometimes it is hard to separate 90% truth and 10% lies.
Beloved, Satan is crafty. Beware of him. Study God’s word, pray, and ask God to put more love in your heart for Him. Also, ask Him for wisdom and truth. Pray for these things daily.