One of Satan most common lies is that it is impossible to please God. Many people are deceived by this believable and popular lie. It is the lie that deceives people into believing that God is so morally strict and has so many rules and regulations that it is absolutely impossible to please Him, so they don't even bother trying.

This lie originated in the Garden of Eden when Satan tempted Eve as he spoke his first cunning words to humankind. "Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" (Genesis 3:1). By making the statement; "Yea, hath God said" Satan is clearly casting doubt and questioning the word of God. By making the comment; "Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?", he is stating that God has forbidden enjoyment. Satan is trying to make God look strict by avoiding all of what God originally had said. "And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die" (Genesis 2:16-17).

God had blessed Adam and Eve abundantly with all the trees they could freely eat from and given them all that anyone could possibly want in life. God has only one restriction, and that was they were not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. With this one restriction God was surely not asking much! This one restriction was not to be cruel towards His creation, but it was meant to protect them and it is was for their own good. Satan has planted the lie that God is impossible to please. This is a deception.

The Bible is filled with the goodness of God towards His creation. He certainly wants what is best for all of us.

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