Saturday, February 15 ~ Speak the truth with one another.​—Zech. 8:16.

[GrumpysWife]

Saturday, February 15

Speak the truth with one another.—Zech. 8:16.

 

What device has had the worst possible effect on humankind? The lie! That is, saying something that one knows is not true in order to deceive someone else. And who devised the first lie? Jesus Christ identified “the Devil” as “the father of the lie.” (John 8:44) When did he utter the first lie? It happened thousands of years ago in the garden of Eden. The first human couple, Adam and Eve, were enjoying life in the Paradise that their Creator had provided for them. Then, the Devil entered the scene. He knew that God had commanded the couple not to eat from “the tree of the knowledge of good and bad,” lest they die for their disobedience. Even so, through a serpent, Satan told Eve: “You certainly will not die [the first lie ever told]. For God knows that in the very day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and bad.”—Gen. 2:15-17; 3:1-5. w18.10 6 ¶1-2

[dilip kumar]

While going thru today's text I was wondering.... Since Eve did not know what a lie was, she would have just Believed satan. Why would have she  doubted the serpent as they were living in a perfect world and truthfulness was the basic way of life.?

 

 

[Tortuga]

22 minutes ago, dilip kumar said:

While going thru today's text I was wondering.... Since Eve did not know what a lie was, she would have just Believed satan. Why would have she  doubted the serpent as they were living in a perfect world and truthfulness was the basic way of life.?

 

 

Because the serpent said something that contradicted what Adam told her. She was no doubt smart enough to know that she had a choice, to listen to Jehovah or listen to the snake. 

[New World Explorer]

9 hours ago, Bro Richard said:

Because the serpent said something that contradicted what Adam told her. She was no doubt smart enough to know that she had a choice, to listen to Jehovah or listen to the snake. 

Yes, being made in God’s image, according to His likeness, man was a free moral agent. He/she had the freedom of choice to do good or bad. 

She clearly knew about choice A and B, she chose not to B (pun intended LOL) 

[Miss Bea]

Lying taints us. 
My three words.