Crafty
Now the serpent was more
crafty than any other wild animal that the LORD God had made. He said to
the woman, “Did God say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The
woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden;
but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle
of the garden, nor shall you touch it, or you shall die.’” But the serpent said
to the woman, “You will not die; for God knows that when you eat of it your
eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So when
the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the
eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one
wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, who
was with her, and he ate.
Crafty is a word that defines the
devil. He will give you partial truths and a lot of lies. For thousands of
years, the enemy has repeated that strategy over and over. He does not care if
you believe in the authority of the Bible, as long as he can get you to
disbelieve that the one thing standing between you and God is sin.
In the
temptations you face,
will you believe
Satan’s lie?
Or will you
obey God’s warning?
One bite of
sin leaves a bitter aftertaste.
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