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by steve johnson
The Devil Made Me Do It! Eve first uttered the phrase “The Devil snare and its bait were set. At this point, desires within Eve arose. made me do it!” in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:13) and people have been using “She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted it ever since. When we look at the first sin, we see the wisdom it would give her,” (3:6). This how the Devil worked in the same way he was “a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our works today. First, he twisted what God said. “One day achievements and possessions” (1 John he asked the woman, ‘Did God really say 2:16). Eve was tempted to take the fruit and you must not eat the fruit from any of the she gave in to it. The Devil was blame-worthy for his deceptrees in the garden?’” (3:1). God never said they could not eat from any of the trees in tion. But he did not make her take the fruit. the garden but this question cast doubt in Adam and Eve gave in to their own desires and made a deliberate choice for which they Eve’s mind. Then he outright lied to her. “’You won’t and they alone were responsible. In Matthew 4, he tried this same tactic die!’ the serpent replied to the woman. ‘God knows that your eyes will be opened as with Jesus. The Devil tempted Jesus with soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, physical pleasure (bread for His hunger), knowing both good and evil’” (3:4–5). The all the kingdoms of the world and their
