Genesis Lecture 68 | The Crafty Serpent | Swahili
Bible passage: Genesis 3:1
"[1] Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Indeed, has God said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?"
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ.
This is 68th Lecture on Genesis. Now, we begin Genesis Chapter 3. Chapter 3 describes the details of the sin that Adam and Eve committed and its result.
Verses 1-6 describes how Adam and Eve were deceived and ate from the tree of the knowledge of Good and evil, verses 7-13 describes God's verification, verses 14-21 describes the judgment and love of God, and verses 22-24 describes how Adam and Eve were driven out to the earth. Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden which was surrounded by the light, but then how could they deceived by Satan? I'll tell you the very details of the account; how craftily Satan deceived Adam until he finally ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. In a spiritual sense, it is very advantageous to understand how Satan approaches and what kind of words Satan uses to deceive people. Satan has led people into sin with the same methods throughout the ages.
Genesis 3:1-6 describes the classic method of Satan to deceive people. I urge you to understand these verses well and remember them. If you know your enemy and yourself, you can win every battle. It means that you will win every battle you fight if you correctly understand the enemy's state and circumstances as well as your own. I hope that you will see through Satan's deceit when Satan tries to deceive you, and that you can quickly reject it.
You don't have time to repeat the process of falling into Satan's temptation and escaping from it. I urge you to "stand firm therefore, HAVING GIRDED YOUR LOINS WITH TRUTH." I pray in the name of the Lord that you may strongly march on only toward the spirit.
