Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Satan told Eve, to go ahead and eat from the forbidden tree. In fact, he went on to tell Eve: “For God knows that in the
very day of your eating from it your eyes are bound to be opened and you [both Eve and Adam] are bound to be like God,
knowing good and bad.”— (Genesis 3:1-5) (◄Click Here). With those cunning words, Satan presented humans with a sham
opportunity to be self-governed. Deceptively, Satan implied that humans would be better off independent of God. Has this
proved true?
6
Consequently, the tree seemed so desirable to Eve that “she began taking of its fruit and eating it.” The account
continues: “Afterward she gave some also to her husband when with her and he began eating it.” (Genesis 3:1-6). Why did
Eve disobey God and eat? Eve believed Satan. She selfishly thought that she would benefit by disobeying God. She
reasoned that no longer would she or Adam need to answer to God. They could be “like God” in that they no longer would
they have to submit to his laws. They could decide for themselves what is “good” and what is “bad.” Adam went along with
Eve and also ate. Both Adam and Eve thus misused their free will and sinned by disobeying God.