...the best adapted for gaining his end. That it was so, however, is intimated, when it is said, that " the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field, which the Lord God had made ;" and that he was afterwards degraded from his original condition, both in form and in faculties, appears...

...from which, under the express threatenings of death and misery, they had been strictly prohibited. " Now the serpent was more subtle* than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made." The Devil therefore probably assumed the form of that creature, as being most...

...having seduced the happy pair from their innocence, exposed them to the wrath of God, procurmade : and he said unto the woman. Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the ed their expulsion from Paradise, and overwhelmed them with all the unutterable...

...of the serpent. Observation and experience may prove the truth of the declaration in the text, that the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made, or that the sensual principle, when relied on, is more deceptive than any which...

...observe, that the first temptation presented by the great Deceiver to mankind was of this character : " Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of...said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden ? The woman said unto the serpent. We may eat of the fruit of the trees...

...die, but the dead knows not anything/* Ecclesiastes 9:5, Who is the first spirit medium? Genesis 3:1, "Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of...said unto the woman, yea, hath God said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden." The serpent who beguiled Eve through his subtlety was the first spirit...

...from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Remember what the serpent told Eve: Genesis 3:1-6 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of...said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the...

...Jesus called Satan the prince of this world and Paul called Satan the prince of the power of the air. Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of...LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, has God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We...

...the way, I had done as Eve, I had been tricked by the devil and had, as a result, eaten the apple. "Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of...the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yeah, hath God said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent,...

...tactics of the deceiver. What we need are words with knowledge. "Now the serpent was more subtil...And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden.. .And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die" (Gen. 3:1,4). Whom will you believe? "Ye shall...