Genesis 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die, 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Here comes the suggestion, being asserted in such unequivocal terms that Eve is led to question, not only her identity, but the truthfulness and intentions of God. Becoming a god would significantly change her identity, “For a spirit hath not flesh and bones”, and according to the tempter, great benefits to all society would accrue as a direct result.
Their God-given identity was questioned, and thus the prospect that somehow, they were beings other than what God had stipulated, began to take root. Again, in the wilderness of temptation, the identity of Christ was questioned in the tempter’s opening statement, in direct opposition to what God said. God had revealed unequivocally through The Holy Spirit at Christ’s baptism, that Jesus was indeed The Son of God.
But lo and behold, not long after, His identity was questioned as the first temptation of the tempter ensued. If the devil could just shake Christ’s confidence in His identity, the battle would be lost because being uncertain about who He is, would then place Jesus in a fluid state of mind, and would then render Him vulnerable to temptation.
Matthew 4: 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God….
May God add is blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!