A Sure Guide for Faith

He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?" GENESIS 3:1 + A Sure Guide for Faith The serpent directs its attack at God's good will and makes it its business to prove from the prohibition of the tree that God's will toward man is not good. Therefore it launches its attack against the very image of God and the most excellent powers in the uncorrupted nature. The highest form of worship itself, which God had ordained, it tries to destroy. . .. Eve is simply urged on to all sins, since she is being urged on against the Word and the good will of God. Accordingly, Moses expresses himself very carefully and says: "The serpent said," that is, with a word it attacks the Word. The Word which the Lord had spoken to ... continue reading