Lie #3: In the day you eat of it

Satan promised Adam and Eve immediacy of splendor and reward, a QUICK FIX, which he could not deliver, nor was it God’s intent to deliver immediately. “In the day you eat of it---WA-LA!”, splendor and reward—all of your problems…GONE!

But God was looking to create the CHARACTER of God in Adam and Eve. The character of God, by definition, cannot be bestowed. With the WORD of God, the Power of HIS Holy Spirit, time, crosses to bear, and hard work, we can develop the character of God by CHOOSING life! A good or godly Marriage requires hard work, commitment, sacrifice, loyalty, and humility.

Satan gave Adam and Eve FALSE, LYING expectations. Eat it now, grab it now, don’t wait, you can have it all right now….no line, no waiting, no work, no effort, no sacrifice required, no character required. The day you eat of it….PRESTO! All you have to do this eat this one time.

Satan lies to convince husbands and wives that solving problems in marriage, which every marriage has, is a matter of finding and applying a quick fix, and you will have immediate results.