Looking at the first sin, we see the first example of evil being disguised as good. The Devil didn’t appear to Eve with horns and a pitch fork. Instead, he enticed her with an argument that seemed logical and fruit that looked desirable.
“Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’
“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
“When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.” – Genesis 3:1-6
The Bible says that Satan is the “father of lies”, and he has been lying from the beginning. He hasn’t stopped. Satan is still using the same tactics today. How many times have you tried to justify some sin with a logical argument? The Devil is constantly trying to twist what God has told us and convince us that evil is good and good is evil. God is evil for withholding desirable fruit. It is good to take it because you want it.
This reveals the great deception, choosing good according to our perception or choosing God’s will based on His word.
