蛇提出一个具挑衅性的问题："神岂是真说不许你们吃园中所有树上的果子吗？"这个问题导致亚当和夏娃陷在试探中；夏娃回答说："园中树上的果子，我们可以吃；惟有园当中那棵树上的果子，神曾说：‘你们不可吃，… 免得你们死。’"蛇跟着便反驳神的话："你们不一定死！你们反而会像神一样呢！"
这就是"那古蛇、名叫魔鬼、又叫撒但"，"迷惑普天下"的人的经过（启示录 12:9）。夏娃于是吃了果子，又给亚当吃，他也吃了。从这角度来看，撒但是对的：他们吃了果子，并没有立即窒息而死，可是，他们的灵魂却受了致命的毒害，而我们每一个人也落在同一陷阱中。
你对亚当和夏娃能否身同感受呢？撒但仍然在低声诱惑说："神岂是真说〔你的试探〕是不好或错误的呢？""你们的仇敌魔鬼，如同吼叫的狮子，遍地游行，寻找可吞吃的人"（彼得前书 5:8），这个警告今天仍然用得着。
假如我们不小心防避，我们便会发现自己迷了路、赤身露体、和因自己的困境感到羞愧，并且徒然尝试逃避神无所不见的目光了。感谢神，衪在基督里对我们的大爱得胜了，"你在哪里？"神在伊甸园提出这个充满盼望的问题，今天临到我们了。切勿听撒但低声引诱你，乃要听从父神、仰望救主和靠赖圣灵来得胜。
至高无上的神，我们受到试探时，求祢帮助我们听到祢的吩咐，去跟从耶稣的道路。阿们。
创世记 3:1-7
1耶和华神所造的，唯有蛇比田野一切的活物更狡猾。蛇对女人说："神岂是真说，不许你们吃园中所有树上的果子吗？"
2女人对蛇说："园中树上的果子我们可以吃，
3唯有园当中那棵树上的果子，神曾说：‘你们不可吃，也不可摸，免得你们死。’"
4蛇对女人说："你们不一定死！
5因为神知道你们吃的日子眼睛就明亮了，你们便如神能知道善恶。"
6于是女人见那棵树的果子好做食物，也悦人的眼目，且是可喜爱的，能使人有智慧，就摘下果子来吃了；又给她丈夫，她丈夫也吃了。
7他们二人的眼睛就明亮了，才知道自己是赤身露体，便拿无花果树的叶子，为自己编做裙子。
"The serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God really say...?’" - Genesis 3:1
The serpent asked a provocative question that led Adam and Eve into temptation: "Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?" Eve replied, "He said we could eat from all the trees except for the one in the center, and if we did, we would die!" Then the serpent contradicted God: "You will not die! Instead, you will be like God!"
That’s how "that ancient serpent [who is] called the devil, or Satan" led "the whole world astray" (Revelation 12:9). Eve ate some of the fruit, and she gave some to Adam, and he ate it. In one way Satan was right: after eating the fruit, they didn’t choke to death immediately. But their souls were fatally poisoned. And we are all caught in the same trap.
Can you relate to Adam and Eve? Satan still whispers seductively, "Did God really say [your temptation] is bad or wrong?" This warning still applies: "Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8).
If we’re not careful, we’ll find ourselves lost, naked, and ashamed in our personal wilderness, vainly trying to escape God’s all-seeing gaze. Thankfully, his great love for us in Christ wins the day. God’s hope-filled question from Eden reaches us today: "Where are you?" When Satan whispers, listen not to him but the Father, look to the Savior, and trust the Spirit to overcome.
Sovereign God, when we are tempted, help us to hear you calling us to follow Jesus’ way. Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
