The man and the woman had been made in the image of God, but Satan suggests that they could now go one better. After all, why would they want to have God telling them what to do? Would it not be better if they could decide what is good and what is evil for themselves? Satan knows how much we like that suggestion. Man is made in the image of God, but he is not content with that. Time after time, man wants to be God. Satan’s third strategy is to appeal to man’s ambition. As you might have predicted,
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