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Garden of Eden. When Satan came and

tempted our first parents in Genesis 3:6, he

spoke of The Tree of Knowledge of Good

and Evil, and he said it's good for food —

that’s physical pleasure; it will delight the

eyes — that’s pride and power; and he said

it will make one wise — the wisdom of this

world. Jesus was tempted in Matthew 4,

verses 1 through 11. When He was hungry,

He was tempted (the lust of the flesh); He

was tempted with the kingdoms of this

world (the lust of the eyes); and He was

tempted with the pride of life when Satan

said cast Thyself down and so forth. The

Lord couldn't be tempted as we are, but He

was tempted with the same things. Then in

1 John chapter 2, verses 15 through 17,

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