Evil afoot on planet Earth

[rockytopva]

God put a man, a woman, and a serpent together on planet Earth... In which set the stage for much drama!

 

[Michiah-Imla]

God put a man, a woman, and a serpent together on planet Earth... In which set the stage for much drama!

“And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.” (Genesis 3:12-13)

 

[1stCenturyLady]

God put a man, a woman, and a serpent together on planet Earth... In which set the stage for much drama!

That's over for us though, so don't fret.

1 John 3:8
8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

1 John 5:18
18 We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

 

[rockytopva]

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. - 2 Corinthians 11:3

 

[1stCenturyLady]

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. - 2 Corinthians 11:3

Go back to #3 and look what I colored in red. We are responsible, but the Spirit makes it possible. Also look at 1 John 3:3

 

[Bob Estey]

God put a man, a woman, and a serpent together on planet Earth... In which set the stage for much drama!

My best guess is that the serpent wanted the man and woman (and everybody else) to bow down to him. He was the subtlest of all creatures on earth (Genesis 3:1).