In Genesis 3, Satan blatantly questioned the authority of God's Word by asking whether or not God said that death would come through eating the forbidden fruit. He then raised the bar by deliberately denying the consequence of death for eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Satan not only denied the Word of God, but He also made the assertion that God was intentionally withholding knowledge from them to keep them from threatening His Sovereignty. The Devil flat out lied!
Satan knew that questioning the Word of God would be central in his effort to convince man to rebel against God. If he could get man to question the Word of God as authoritative, then he knew man would be one step away from compromise and ultimate rebellion. Truly, if God's Word is not authoritative, then it is certainly not sufficient either. Why would anyone submit to the commandments of something that they do not believe is authoritative? They wouldn't; it's just that simple.
Nevertheless, even in the midst of tremendous pressure and temptation, Adam and Eve still had the free choice of either obedience or rebellion, and God had already made it clear that disobedience would result in death. What would they do: worship the creation or the Creator, who is blessed forever, Amen? (Rom 1:25)
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