Genesis 3:1-13
The Serpent Deceives and Gives Eve a Temptation
1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”
4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”
10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”
The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
James 3:13-18
Two Kinds of Wisdom, Earthly Wisdom and Heavenly Wisdom
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. 14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. 15 Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
17 But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. 18 Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.
I have read that sin entered the world through knowledge...When Eve ate from the tree of Knowledge she gained knowledge of good and evil...And when Adam later ate the forbidden fruit that God told them not to eat, he too gained this knowledge and knew what was good and what was evil...I believe that knowledge of good and evil was a consequence of good and evil and not the sin...
The sin that Eve and Adam committed was that of disobedience to God...The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it...And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”...So they had one rule in the Garden that God had given them, and that was not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil...So, I believe, that it was their disobedience of following God and they listened to the evil one...So it was deceit, then temptation by the evil one and followed by Eve and Adam's disobedience to God that caused the first sin to happen...
Some believe without the knowledge of good and evil, no sin can happen...And example is they believe that animals, or since animals cannot sin they have a small thinking process to know good from evil and right from wrong...And other animals cannot judge the other animals of if they sin or don't sin...
Scripture gives us many verses on knowledge and wisdom...The Bible tells us that the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding...The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction...The heavens declare the Glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands...Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge...The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, for the ears of the wise seek it out...The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly...My son, if you accept My words and store up My commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding...Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I trust Your commands...Gold there is, and rubies in abundance, but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel...A Shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit...The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the LORD—and He will delight in the fear of the LORD...
James, Jesus brother, spoke on earthly wisdom and heavenly wisdom...Whoever is wise and understanding among you?...Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom...But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth...Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic...For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice...But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere...Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness...
So, as we read these verses on knowledge and wisdom, we see that God and Jesus want us to have knowledge and to use it wisely...A lifetime goal is to learn and gain knowledge with this heavenly wisdom...With this knowledge we learn, we are to fear the LORD and gain this wisdom...If any of us lacks wisdom, we should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to us...And a part of this knowledge and our learned wisdom is to be on guard for temptation and being disobedient to our Father...