The sin of Adam and Eve

When Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, they obeyed Satan rather than God. They obeyed the father of lies. Instead of our heavenly father. When God gave them the order not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. He was offering them something more. He was offering them wisdom. Had they accepted wisdom they would've had the ability to order knowledge and there would not have been the chaos that we have today. Knowledge without wisdom is chaos. Sadly we have thousands of years of history of sorrow in chaos.

Also, God said, place the earth under your feet and subdue it, have dominion over the birds of the air, the fish of the sea. The cattle of the fields and all that walks and calls upon the earth. When God created us. He created us in two parts, a temple made of flesh, and an immortal soul with intellect to control that Temple of flesh. In other words, he was commanding us to be kings and queens. And the kingdoms we were supposed to rule were ourselves. We were supposed to be good shepherds to our families and good neighbors and friends to everyone else. We were never supposed to have human rulers for God would've infused us with the knowledge to live holy lives and to love one another as he loves us.

But Satan appealed to our pride and selfishness and said that if we ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, we would be as gods, knowing all things. Truly Satan was the father of lies and a murderer from the beginning. Had our first parents obeyed God our souls and our intellects would rule over our flesh, and our bodies. Satan knew that if we obeyed the desires of the flesh, we would in essence, destroy our souls that is sin, or what the church calls mortal sin. Look at what we have today. People who live only to satisfy their desires of the flesh and of their pride. When you allow your flesh to dictate what you do you are a slave to your flesh, and you are no longer free. You can remain free, only as long as your flesh submits to your spirit and your spirit is in control. Then you are truly a king. Try it. It works. It was the only way I could overcome some bad habits I had which included smoking and a nasty sin of the flesh. Come on souls take command of you of your bodies. Ask your heavenly father to give you the strength to do this.