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Someone posted the following quote during a discussion we were having on Adam and Eve, a quote from “Carson”, and I’m assuming the commentor meant D.A. Carson:

“The devil was a murderer from the beginning, (is) probably a reference to the fall of Adam and Eve. By the success of his temptation, he robbed Adam of spiritual life, and through him brought death to the entire race (cf. Rom 5:12)” (p353).

Here, Carson is saying that the serpent’s temptation got Adam to eat the fruit from the tokogae. Below is the temptation of the serpent saying basicaly that 1) you will not die and 2) your eyes will be opened and you will be like God.

Gen 3:4 You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.

Paul says that Adam was NOT deceived:

1 Tim 2:14 And Adam was not the one deceived

If Adam was not deceived then he did not believe the lies of the serpent.
If he did not believe the lies of the serpent then he could not have been tempted by what the serpent said.
If he could not have been tempted by what the serpent said then the serpent could not have had success in tempting Adam.
If he could not have had success in tempting Adam, then the serpent could not have robbed Adam of spiritual life.
Adam ate willingly because he was not deceived. The serpent then did not take Adam’s life from him.

Am I missing something or is Carson not even getting the story on Adam straight?