Jeff Cavins
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And he comes in and he says, did God say?
Immediately starts questioning God.
And Adam doesn't say anything.
And Eve steps in and she says, she said, he says, did God say you shall not eat of any tree?
And the woman said, we may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden, but God said you shall not eat of the fruit of the tree, which is in the midst of the garden.
Well, Satan comes right back and says, you will not die.
That's a lie.
You're not going to die.
And so God knows that when you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.
So this is really interesting, is that we're created, Adam and Eve are created in the image and likeness of God.
Yet the enemy kind of sneaks in and says, well, you see, he doesn't want you eating from that tree because if you do, you're going to be like him and he doesn't want that.
And so it's an outright...
And the key here then is that when Eve looks at the tree, which you're going to be reading and talking about, when she looks at the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you would think if it's so bad, you're going to see things like bank robbery, adultery, tax evasion, whatever it might be.
The obviously bad, yeah.
Yeah, really obvious things like duh, which in Hebrew is duh.
But she doesn't.
What does she say?
She looks at it and says, well, this stuff is good for the food.
It's a delight to the eyes, and it makes one wise.
What's not to like about that?