創世記3:1-7

3:1 耶和華上帝所造的，惟有蛇比田野一切的活物更狡猾。蛇對女人說：「上帝豈是真說不許你們吃園中所有樹上的果子嗎？」
3:2 女人對蛇說：「園中樹上的果子，我們可以吃，
3:3 惟有園當中那棵樹上的果子，上帝曾說：『你們不可吃，也不可摸，免得你們死。』」
3:4 蛇對女人說：「你們不一定死；
3:5 因為上帝知道，你們吃的日子眼睛就明亮了，你們便如上帝能知道善惡。」
3:6 於是女人見那棵樹的果子好作食物，也悅人的眼目，且是可喜愛的，能使人有智慧，就摘下果子來吃了，又給她丈夫，她丈夫也吃了。
3:7 他們二人的眼睛就明亮了，才知道自己是赤身露體，便拿無花果樹的葉子為自己編做裙子。

Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”

² The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, ³ but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”

⁴ “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. ⁵ “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

⁶ When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. ⁷ Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

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    魔鬼慣用的技倆就是讓人不相信上帝的法則，就像牠試探女人說：「你們不一定死」！ 讓人覺得上帝是可以討價還價的，不一定要死守上帝的法則，可以永自己的頭腦變通一下，尤其是慾望的事情，「多吃一點不可嗎？」、「多看一眼不可以嗎？」、「再等一下不可以嗎？」、…這些常常是造成我們犯罪的原因。使我們跌倒，常常是我們看不起眼的事情。

    而且魔鬼也常常也用驕傲來讓我們跌倒，正如牠向女人說：「因為上帝知道，你們吃的日子眼睛就明亮了，你們便如上帝能知道善惡」，牠故意挑起人的自我中心的想法，讓人覺得不想讓上帝來礙手礙腳，而想遠離上帝、抗拒上帝的主權。

    我們知道魔鬼的詭計，也知道人性的弱點就是要自我獨立，這些都與上帝的法則相反，是讓我們落入罪中的重要因素，求聖靈幫助我們，靠耶穌督的恩典來得勝，成為順服、謙卑的子民，來高舉耶穌基督，使上帝的名得榮耀，如此才能勝過魔鬼的挾制，享受永生無限！