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In Paul’s letter to the church in Corinth, he declares a very precious truth to the people of God. He
shares with them that God will never permit them to be tempted or tested beyond their ability to walk
through the trial victoriously. Yahweh always sets limits on the testing of His people, for He does not
desire that they fail in obedience to Him.

I Corinthians 10:13
For no temptation (no trial regarded as enticing to sin), [no matter how it comes or where it leads] has
overtaken you and laid hold on you that is not common to man [that is, no temptation or trial has
come to you that is beyond human resistance and that is not adjusted and adapted and belonging to
human experience, and such as man can bear]. But God is faithful [to His Word and to His
compassionate nature], and He [can be trusted] not to let you be tempted and tried and assayed beyond
your ability and strength of resistance and power to endure, but with the temptation He will [always]
also provide the way out (the means of escape to a landing place), that you may be capable and strong
and powerful to bear up under it patiently.
[Amplified Bible]

It would be contrary to the nature and character of God for Him to grant Satan permission to tempt
the first man and woman, His offspring, without first forewarning them of the test and what obedience
was required of them. The Bible reveals that God was not deficient in this regard, unless one accepts
the serpent seed doctrine. On the first two occasions of temptation and sin in the Bible, we find that
Yahweh spoke to mankind, declaring to them His will, and the danger of their falling short of it.

Genesis 2:16-17
And Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; but
from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it
you shall surely die.”

Genesis 4:5-7
Cain became very angry and his countenance fell. Then Yahweh said to Cain, “Why are you angry?
And why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And
if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.”

In the first instance Yahweh declared to the man that eating from the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil was forbidden to him and would cause grievous harm if he transgressed. In the second He
spoke to the firstborn son of Adam and warned him about his need to rule over anger. Yahweh did
not want mankind to transgress. He did not want them to be caught unaware by temptation. He was
careful to speak to them before they sinned about the temptation they would face.

If the serpent seed doctrine be true, then Yahweh has been very negligent. Nowhere is it recorded that
He warned either the man or the woman that Satan would enter into the garden and attempt to
sexually seduce Eve, or to commit gross sexual immorality with the man. Surely Satan had to get
permission to tempt the man and woman just as he was required to do with Job and with Peter. God,
knowing what trial Adam and Eve would face would have spoken to them, making plainly known to
them what constituted obedience and disobedience. There is no mention anywhere of Yahweh
warning Adam and Eve of the sin of adultery, bestiality, or gross sexual immorality with another