How does our enemy rule?  By trickery.  By deception.  Notice that when satan snuck up upon Adam and Even in the forest, he didn’t do so as a fierce bear or a vicious lion.  He didn’t try to intimidate them with his size or might.  No, satan slithered upon them as a snake.  A small, slimy, sneaky snake.

Satan didn’t have power over Adam and Eve.  He wasn’t bigger than they were.  He wasn’t stronger than they were.  But he was crafty.  And if he could trick them into bowing down to him, he could have their authority.

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