Page 54 - Prophetic Word Newsletters Archive 2006 by Pastor Randy Shupe

“THAT WHICH HAS BEEN IS WHAT WILL BE. THAT WHICH IS DONE IS WHAT WILL BE DONE. 55
AND THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN…IT HAS ALREADY BEEN IN ANCIENT TIMES BEFORE US.”

Ecc. 1:9-10

THE LIE is going to deceive the whole world during the appointed time of the
Lawless One. To see the foundational basis upon which the lie is built, we
need only to consider what Genesis records of Satan’s deceptive sales pitch
to Eve pertaining to the benefits of eating from the forbidden Tree of the
Knowledge of Good and Evil:

THE LIE “NOW THE SERPENT WAS MORE CUNNING THAN ANY BEAST OF THE FIELD WHICH
THE LORD GOD HAD MADE. AND HE SAID TO THE WOMAN… ‘YOU WILL NOT

SURELY DIE. GOD KNOWS THAT IN THE DAY YOU EAT OF IT YOUR EYES WILL BE
OPENED, AND YOU WILL BE LIKE GOD, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL.’

SO WHEN THE WOMAN SAW THAT THE TREE WAS GOOD FOR FOOD, THAT IT WAS
PLEASANT TO THE EYES, AND A TREE DESIRABLE TO MAKE ONE WISE,
SHE TOOK OF ITS FRUIT AND ATE.” Gen. 3:1-6 excerpts

Basically, Satan spun the lie that this tree produces a trinity of hidden

knowledge that God was keeping from Adam and Eve. Their eyes would be

opened to: 2. 3.

1.

THAT

(PROMOTES
PRIDE IN MAN)

However,we must remember that this is a sales pitch coming from the one whom Jesus
described as:

“…HE WAS A MURDERER FROM THE BEGINNING, AND DOES NOT STAND IN THE TRUTH,
BECAUSE THERE IS NO TRUTH IN HIM. WHEN HE SPEAKS A LIE, HE SPEAKS FROM HIS
OWN RESOURCES, FOR HE IS A LIAR, AND THE FATHER OF IT…. John 8:44-45

The Scriptures do teach that we are to “be like God” in that we are to be conformed into the
image of Jesus Christ (Rom. 8:29). It is true that we are to ”make oneself wise” in that we are
to get wisdom as the principal thing (Prov. 4:7), and as mature believers, we are called to
“know good and evil” by having our senses trained to discern both good and evil (Heb.5:14).

Satan is not only the father of lies in whom there is no truth, but he is also “the god of this world (age)
according to the apostle Paul (2 Cor. 4:4). The apostle John states that “…the whole world lies under the
sway of the wicked one” (1 Jn. 5:19). Paul warns that the course of this world is according to Satan’s
direction as “the prince and power of the air” (Eph. 2:2). This present world (age) belongs to Satan.

John warns New Testament believers not to love the world or the things in it
because “all that is in the world (lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh and the pride
of life) is not of the Father” (1 Jn. 2:15-16). What is John warning about except
the forbidden fruit that Satan originally sold to Eve in the garden – the fruit that
comes from eating of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?

“SO WHEN THE WOMAN SAW THAT THE LUST OF
THE TREE WAS GOOD FOR FOOD…” Gen. 3:6 THE FLESH

THE LIE “…THAT IT WAS PLEASANT TO THE EYES…” Gen. 3:6 THE LUST OF
THE EYES

“…AND A TREE DESIRABLE TO MAKE ONE WISE…” Gen. 3:6 THE PRIDE
OF LIFE