@Etude- Deceit

UV 3264/10000 @Etude: Deceit

For God knows that on the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened (that is, you will have greater awareness), and you will be like God, knowing the difference between good and evil.
Genesis 3 v 5

The spiritual serpent ( not just a physical one) is deceitful, subtle and knows how to entice the human being. He tempted the first woman by saying, that if she ignored the command of God and ate the forbidden fruit of knowledge, she would have her inner consciousness opened and she would be able to discern between good and evil. He had deceived the first woman and through her, the man into disbelieving the word of God. Subtly, he had convinced man that God is a liar. That then and today, is the original sin, the cause of our moral and spiritual fall. Man, instead of being able to distinguish between good and evil, has to this day not been able to make the distinction. The enemy knows what we desire in our hearts and will use that to deceive us. Belief in false words and half truths is deceit while belief in the word of God is faith.


It is the Word or Jesus who can open our inner consciousness to make out the difference between truth and falsehood, good and evil. He is the One who gives us spiritual wisdom and insight. The world in contrast is full of deception. All kinds of philosophies prevail that cloud the understanding the mind of man and keep him from the truth. These impart its own version of worldly wisdom that leads us away from peace, good will, true riches and the abundant life. These teach us to ignore the spiritual and moral boundaries God has set to protect us, to secure our own well being.

If we need knowledge, wisdom, insight of God in place of the deceit that the enemy practices, we only need to ask the Lord and He will impart it to us generously, specifically and according to the need. We need to pray to the Lord to open our inner eyes to be aware of what could hurt us and what could help, bless, strengthen us. The brass serpent that Moses had raised on a pole is the symbol that with the death of the Messiah on the cross, the power of the spiritual serpent to deceive and harm us has been crushed. God Himself instead of being a liar and deceiver like the spirit serpent paid the price to take us out of the mess of our own making and bless us with the eternal and abundant life.