When God is threatening us with death, we not only securely sleep but hold God himself in derision! 5. Now Satan attempted to prove what he had recently asserted. “God,” he said in essence, “has forbidden you to eat from the tree, so that he may not allow you to take part in his glory; therefore the fear of punishment is quite needless.” In short, the tempter denied that a fruit that is useful and salutary can be harmful. When he said, “God knows,” he censured God as being moved by jealousy and as