THREE SINS COMMITTED: THE SERPENT TWISTED & CONTRADICTED GOD'S WORD
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Three Sins Committed
a) God had clearly said to Adam, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” (Genesis 2:16-17).
b) Assuming that Adam knew which of all the trees was the tree of knowledge, the word of God was clear and simple. Adam could hardly misinterpret it or misunderstand it, nor could anyone to whom he communicated it.
c) Nevertheless, although God had made himself clear, confusion ensued, and three sins were committed against God and His Word. Here is one of them.
2. The Serpent Twisted And Contradicted God’s Word
a) We are looking at the serpent’s question, “Did God really say that you must not eat from any tree in the garden?” (Genesis 3:1). This is not the question we would expect.
b) We would expect the serpent to ask, “Did God really say that you must not eat from one particular tree in the garden?” But instead he has God forbidding the fruit of every tree!
c) Now that error makes the serpent seem stupid. However the serpent is said to be shrewd and cunning, not stupid. So did he get it wrong on purpose? Was he twisting God’s word knowingly as a wicked strategy against Eve?
e) When Eve answered the serpent, she corrected him on the number of trees forbidden. It was not every tree, but only one. But the serpent brushed that aside. Instead he latched on to Eve s mention of God’s warning — namely that the very day they ate of that tree they would surely die.
f) The serpent immediately contradicted God’s word. The serpent said, “You will not surely die” (Genesis 3:4). The serpent was the first false prophet, twisting and contradicting God’s word.
The End ...
1. Three Sins Committed a) God had clearly said to Adam, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” (Genesis 2:16-17).
b) Assuming that Adam knew which of all the trees was the tree of knowledge, the word of God was clear and simple. Adam could hardly misinterpret it or misunderstand it, nor could anyone to whom he communicated it.
c) Nevertheless, although God had made himself clear, confusion ensued, and three sins were committed against God and His Word. Here is one of them.
2. The Serpent Twisted And Contradicted God’s Word
a) We are looking at the serpent’s question, “Did God really say that you must not eat from any tree in the garden?” (Genesis 3:1). This is not the question we would expect.
b) We would expect the serpent to ask, “Did God really say that you must not eat from one particular tree in the garden?” But instead he has God forbidding the fruit of every tree!
c) Now that error makes the serpent seem stupid. However the serpent is said to be shrewd and cunning, not stupid. So did he get it wrong on purpose? Was he twisting God’s word knowingly as a wicked strategy against Eve?
e) When Eve answered the serpent, she corrected him on the number of trees forbidden. It was not every tree, but only one. But the serpent brushed that aside. Instead he latched on to Eve s mention of God’s warning — namely that the very day they ate of that tree they would surely die.
f) The serpent immediately contradicted God’s word. The serpent said, “You will not surely die” (Genesis 3:4). The serpent was the first false prophet, twisting and contradicting God’s word.
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