"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?"'" Genesis 3:1
It's interesting to note that in every verse of chapter 2, God is referred to as the "Lord God". Chapter 3 starts the same way until the serpent speaks. As soon as he talks about God he leaves off the "Lord." The serpent is acknowledging the supreme-ness of God, but not the self-eternalness of him. He starts out not with lies, but with a question. Is that all it takes to lead us astray? A question?
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