And the serpent said unto the woman 'You shall not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.'
Genesis 3:4-5
In effect the serpent was saying 'God knows right from wrong, and He is righteous. If you learn right from wrong, you will be like God, and be able to achieve the same results that He has achieved!'Adam and Eve were confronted with a life and death decision about whom to believe. God had said 'You shall surely die!', and the serpent said 'You shall not surely die!'. God has placed a powerful survival instinct within all of us. Because logical people will not do things that might lead to their own destruction, Adam and Eve had to be completely convinced that their decision would not lead to death. They could believe God's words, or the serpent's, but not both; there could be no middle ground. Whatever their choice, it would have to be a wholehearted one; they would have to be convinced of its wisdom.
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