Does the Devil have to eat the forbidden fruit, before Man is able to judge his sin? (fighting?)

[Gottservant]

Hi there,

So as much as the Devil is a scapegoat for evil, I wonder what it means that the Devil has never "eaten the forbidden fruit"? When he accuses us before God, part of the struggle is that the Devil's sin is far sleighter, than the sins of man. The Devil tempts man, but he himself takes the high road. Now, we don't want to tempt him back, but what do we do about the separation of the sins of the Devil from the sins of Man? Doesn't the separation of these two, mean that sin will never come to a conclusion? If that is the case, our only hope is leaving Earth altogether?

As you can see, I'm asking a lot of questions - I really want to know what the Holy Spirit would say "scriptural foundation" is in this? What would most make it easy for everyone to stop sinning?

Thanks.

 

[Bob Estey]

Hi there,

So as much as the Devil is a scapegoat for evil, I wonder what it means that the Devil has never "eaten the forbidden fruit"? When he accuses us before God, part of the struggle is that the Devil's sin is far sleighter, than the sins of man. The Devil tempts man, but he himself takes the high road. Now, we don't want to tempt him back, but what do we do about the separation of the sins of the Devil from the sins of Man? Doesn't the separation of these two, mean that sin will never come to a conclusion? If that is the case, our only hope is leaving Earth altogether?

As you can see, I'm asking a lot of questions - I really want to know what the Holy Spirit would say "scriptural foundation" is in this? What would most make it easy for everyone to stop sinning?

Thanks.

I've never heard it said that the devil has never "eaten the forbidden fruit." I think when the devil had an innocent man, Jesus, crucified, he lost his credibility.