At least one question remains to be asked: How does a sinless being fall into sin? For her part, the woman confesses what she knows: “The serpent deceived me, and I ate” (Gen 3:13). Deception, then, would appear to lie at the foundation of sin. Hebrews affirms that unders‌tanding: “But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called ‘Today,’ so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness” (Heb 3:13). The object of such encouragement would be