Despite God's warning of death, Adam and Eve believed the serpent
instead of Him. They disobeyed God and ate the forbidden Fruit. What
convinced them that they would not die? They believed that the Fruit
would give them two kinds of power:
1) The power to produce their own righteousness.
2) The power to tempt others, preventing them from being more righteous.
Adam and Eve believed that God would not be able to condemn them
because they would be able to achieve a measure of goodness, while at
the same time preventing anybody else from being any better. Instead of
righteousness being defined by God, it would become 'a relative thing',
defined by man and man's desires. Instead of man meeting God on His
terms, God would have to meet men on their terms.
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