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I find the events in the garden to have much insight into things, hope something of worth is found by someone else...
The first deception.
Genesis 3:1-10 " Now the serpent was more crafty than all the wild animals the Lord God had made. ( step one) 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 , ( step two ) but God did say. " you must not eat the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die."
(step3) "you will not surely die" the serpent said to the woman. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
step four) 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.
(step 5) Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sowed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. Then the man and His wife Heard the sound of the Lord God as He was walking in the garden in the cool of the evening, and they Hid from the Lord God among the trees of the Garden. But the Lord God called to the man "where are you?" He answered " I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked so I hid"
step one, the enemy asks did "God really say that you must not" notice His focus is not on what God gave freely and approved of, but on the one thing He said not to do. and also notice the beginning of His plan is to get man to acknowledge what God said. which is step 2 eve acknowledges correctly what God had said. step 3, once she acknowledges the command of God, the enemy offers the lie a direct opposite of the life and death aspect of Gods command. "surely you will not die" he then twists the truth to turn eves mind against Gods truth and goodness making the lie appealing " in essence he is saying " God doesn't want you to have this, hes keeping something good from you"
step four, eve accepts the deception, and already she is seeing things as the serpent says and not God, she believes it will not kill me, its actually good for me. it looks good, and it will make me wise. also, just saying, adam was right there with her so to blame eve isn't proper in my opinion. He was aware of the conversation as well.
step 5 we see that the serpent wasn't lying about everything, but the Lie " you will not die" the fruit did open their eyes, and it did make them like God knowing good and evil(genesis 3:22) the part that mattered and was the lie "you will not surely die" then we see already, that man is now afraid of God, his mind sees God differently now, he hides away from God, or tries to...the result separation from the intimate presence of God, which results in death because life is found in Knowing God ( john 17:3) or having a real and personal relationship with God as many word it.
this is how false doctrine operates. there will be truth , but truth will be omitted and distorted. all false doctrine is supported by a few scriptures, the scriptures are true, but the understanding is not. the intent is not. for instance "health and wealth, or the prosperity gospel" they teach true scripture to support a selfish doctrine that is about prospering themselves. plenty of scripture supports this we are blessed through obedience without question. BUT the gospel teaches us we are blessed so that we are able to Help the poor. this part is omitted feeding the narural greed and selfishness that the gospel prohibits. and many things are twisted or ignored to support the false doctrine as the whole truth.
when doctrines are examined against the precepts of The gospel of Jesus Christ, the truth, or fallacy of the doctrine is revealed, because all who place their faith in Jesus, cant possibly think His teachings are wrong. He himself is the truth. whether you have the same take as I on the original deception, and how it is a pattern of all false doctrine, I encourage you to study and pray for wisdom about true doctrine, and false doctrine. it is truly of great importance to believe correctly based on what God has said to Christians through Jesus Christ, and learn from the scriptures throughout the bible. it is all relevant from the view of the gospel.
God bless you, The bible is not a book, but Gods truth left and preserved for mankind. and Gods word is power, and faith, it is a map to treasure unthinkable, even life eternal in the presence of God Himself. all glory, power , wisdom, honor and majesty belong to God, by the nature of these things, they belong to God through Jesus Christ.
The first deception.
Genesis 3:1-10 " Now the serpent was more crafty than all the wild animals the Lord God had made. ( step one) 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 , ( step two ) but God did say. " you must not eat the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die."
(step3) "you will not surely die" the serpent said to the woman. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
step four) 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.
(step 5) Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sowed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. Then the man and His wife Heard the sound of the Lord God as He was walking in the garden in the cool of the evening, and they Hid from the Lord God among the trees of the Garden. But the Lord God called to the man "where are you?" He answered " I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked so I hid"
step one, the enemy asks did "God really say that you must not" notice His focus is not on what God gave freely and approved of, but on the one thing He said not to do. and also notice the beginning of His plan is to get man to acknowledge what God said. which is step 2 eve acknowledges correctly what God had said. step 3, once she acknowledges the command of God, the enemy offers the lie a direct opposite of the life and death aspect of Gods command. "surely you will not die" he then twists the truth to turn eves mind against Gods truth and goodness making the lie appealing " in essence he is saying " God doesn't want you to have this, hes keeping something good from you"
step four, eve accepts the deception, and already she is seeing things as the serpent says and not God, she believes it will not kill me, its actually good for me. it looks good, and it will make me wise. also, just saying, adam was right there with her so to blame eve isn't proper in my opinion. He was aware of the conversation as well.
step 5 we see that the serpent wasn't lying about everything, but the Lie " you will not die" the fruit did open their eyes, and it did make them like God knowing good and evil(genesis 3:22) the part that mattered and was the lie "you will not surely die" then we see already, that man is now afraid of God, his mind sees God differently now, he hides away from God, or tries to...the result separation from the intimate presence of God, which results in death because life is found in Knowing God ( john 17:3) or having a real and personal relationship with God as many word it.
this is how false doctrine operates. there will be truth , but truth will be omitted and distorted. all false doctrine is supported by a few scriptures, the scriptures are true, but the understanding is not. the intent is not. for instance "health and wealth, or the prosperity gospel" they teach true scripture to support a selfish doctrine that is about prospering themselves. plenty of scripture supports this we are blessed through obedience without question. BUT the gospel teaches us we are blessed so that we are able to Help the poor. this part is omitted feeding the narural greed and selfishness that the gospel prohibits. and many things are twisted or ignored to support the false doctrine as the whole truth.
when doctrines are examined against the precepts of The gospel of Jesus Christ, the truth, or fallacy of the doctrine is revealed, because all who place their faith in Jesus, cant possibly think His teachings are wrong. He himself is the truth. whether you have the same take as I on the original deception, and how it is a pattern of all false doctrine, I encourage you to study and pray for wisdom about true doctrine, and false doctrine. it is truly of great importance to believe correctly based on what God has said to Christians through Jesus Christ, and learn from the scriptures throughout the bible. it is all relevant from the view of the gospel.
God bless you, The bible is not a book, but Gods truth left and preserved for mankind. and Gods word is power, and faith, it is a map to treasure unthinkable, even life eternal in the presence of God Himself. all glory, power , wisdom, honor and majesty belong to God, by the nature of these things, they belong to God through Jesus Christ.