“So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both were opened, . . .” (Genesis 3:6-7a)
Spiritual Warfare is fought by every Christian, often without success. The reason is, as we learn from Genesis 3, that our adversary Satan the devil is crafty and cunning. He tempts us with lies and half truths just as he did with Eve. He tempted her to question the Word of God, convinced her that what the Lord had said about death resulting from eating of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil was not true. He also appealed to Eve’s pride. She desired to be like God, to know all things. And so did Adam. And so do we all. Thus we see that sin is a failure to believe that God is trustworthy and true.
As we look around our world today, we see the devil operating on many levels of our society. We believers must be on our guard, we must be in the Word of God because daily, Satan uses the media to broadcast lies and half truths to billions of people. He aims to lead us all into sin and unbelief by convincing us that the path to real happiness is through fulfilling the lusts of the eyes and of the flesh. Real happiness, he wants us to believe, comes through fame, fortune, and feasting, not from faith or from obeying God. Many Christians fall under the sway of his lies for they are spoken not by a snake, but by the cultural idols and icons of our day: professional athletes, politicians, scientists, scholars, talking heads, and Hollywood celebrities. Why do we trust them more than God? To fight and win the spiritual battle we are in we must never ignore what God has said. We should place our trust and faith in Him alone. He will always keep His word.