The Devil, as a serpent (Genesis 3:1; Revelation 12:9), tempted Eve in three steps:
1) Doubt - “Has God indeed said, 'You shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?" (Genesis 3:1);
2) Denial - "You will not surely die” (Genesis 3:4);
3) Distrust -"For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil" (Genesi…