Genesis 3:1-24 continuing…

“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 devil is a liar, and of that I am sure. Jesus said he is a liar, and that he is the ‘father of lies’ (John 8:44).

In the first verse we are confronted with the devil’s deception by beauty, cunning and guile. In our present verse we have a bald-faced lie. The devil knew the consequences of Adam and Eve eating the fruit. Who knows; he may have ever heard the LORD give them the commandment. His lie, “Ye shall not surely die…” is the old serpents attempt at making God out to be the liar.

He even goes so far as to say to Eve, that God is withholding His best from you. “Your eyes will be opened, and ye shall be as gods [or could be ‘like God’], knowing good and evil.”

The devil knows when to hit. At the moment Eve was admiring the tree; at the moment of her weakness; at the moment we drop our guard; LOOKOUT!!! The devil will attack. That is why Paul the apostle tells us to, “Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil” (Ephesians 6:11). Part of the man’s responsibility in the garden was to “Keep it” (Gen. 2:15); guard and protect it from the onslaughts of the enemy. The garden represents the presence of God the LORD. We ought to guard our lives, the place where we are in the presence of the LORD God.