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“And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat” (Genesis 3:6).
Eve, and eventually Adam too, went through a temptation similar to what our Lord Jesus went through. They were tempted in the very best of circumstances, for they were in a beautiful garden with everything they could wish. The Lord Jesus was out in the desert and had had nothing to eat for forty days. Eve saw that the fruit was good for food; it was not sour to the taste, or poisonous. It was also nice to look at. We like fruit that looks nice. Today those who process apples in a big way have “color sorters” that tell whether an apple has the right amount of red and green in it. Those that are not just right are used for apple sauce and baby food. Finally, Satan had told Eve that the fruit of that tree would make her wise.
All these things appealed to her, and she disobeyed the one commandment God had given to her and Adam. Satan has used these three categories of temptation on people ever since, and they are named in 1 John 2:16—“the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life.” You and I can avoid those temptations in the same way that the Lord Jesus did—by following the Word of God.
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