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THE ENEMY OF LIFE APPEARS 37
verted man, for fear that he might get puffed up
with pride and fall into the judgment passed upon
the Devil ."-1 Timothy 3 :6, NW.
13
Adam and Eve, being perfect, could have resisted
the temptation Satan the Devil put in their
way. The perfect man Jesus showed such was possible
. It meant subjecting themselves in faith to
Jehovah's universal sovereignty and opposing the
one that suggested rebellion . "Subject yourselves,
therefore, to God ; but oppose the Devil, and he
will flee from you ." James 4 :7, NW In willfully
giving way to the temptation by Satan the Devil,
they went over on his side . They stood with him
in rebellion against God's universal sovereignty
and so became his subjects . "He who practices
sin originates with the Devil, because the Devil
has been sinning from when he began . For this
purpose the Son of God was made manifest, namely,
to break up the works of the Devil ." 1 John
3 :8, NW Satan the Devil being first to sin, every
one making a practice of sin after him, copies
him, as a child does his father . God is not the
producer of sinners. The Devil is .
14 "Sin, when it has been accomplished, brings
forth death ." By leading off in sin and inducing
other perfect creatures of God to sin, Satan the
Devil caused death to invade the universe . The
enemy of life had now appeared . His first victims
were mankind .
13, 14. a How could Adam and Eve have resisted
temptation? b What did Satan produce? What did
he cause to invade the universe?