What was the lie that caused Eve to eat from the tree even though she already had everything?
The lie was that Eve could become like God—or be her own God—even though she already had everything in the material world. It was presented as “you can be as gods, knowing good and evil,” appealing to the human desire for control and self-deification.
Les explains that the same lie is still proclaimed today—that people will one day become God—and this is what got Eve to partake of the tree even though she already had everything. There was nothing more she could have desired in the material world; she had it all. What was left was the appeal that she could be like God. The temptation was presented as “you can be as gods, knowing good and evil.” Until then, they knew no evil, nothing of sin, and nothing of death. Within the human makeup is the desire for complete control, to be one’s own God, and that appeals to the human mind.