Lies

44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! John 8:43-45

The first deception has been the most debilitating one for us. The one that said if we eat of the fruit we will not surely die. And we buy it every day hook, line, and sinker. The fruit being temptation, or rather the embodiment of the actual sin. It is the knowledge of evil. It is that one single law that told us what sin was, but without the partaking of it we would never truly know what evil felt like. Sadly, evil is what our flesh craves. In some strange way, our flesh enjoys death.
I speak of true death, not the ceasing of bodily functions. It is true death that we were lied to about. True death is separation from life. Much like a breathing machine in hospitals that keep bodily tissues fed and pumping, God is our own life support. Eating the fruit separates us from that life and we spend the rest of our time trying to find it again.
And the lies come. This drug will give you back your life. This movie will make you alive. This theology will bring it all back for you. You can do it all yourself. You don't need God. He just created you and left you to sin.
Most of the time the lies aren't so easily recognized. They come disguised in the form of tiredness, hunger, thirst, boredom. Anything will do as long as we feed the flesh and kill our spirit. That is why we must kill the flesh, die to it, every day. Only then can we find life. But avoiding the pleasures of the flesh isn't going to give you life. Fast all you want, but leacing the gaping hole will only invite more temptation, more lies.
To regain life you must accept the Truth and believe it. Die to the flesh and run to Jesus. There is life. That is why Jesus is called the way, the truth and the life. Nothing else will work. Not any religion. No magic formula with seven steps. Not even 12 steps will give you life. Only Jesus. Only Jesus.
Satan murders not by sword or by bullet, but by deception. He knows where real life comes from. He'll do anything to keep you from it. Even if you were to live in your body for eternity, he would'nt try to kill it. He'd just find a way to keep you from true life. As long as your spirit is dead, his job is done.
So avoid the lies. Ask God for wisdom to recognize them. And don't worry about tasting unkown fruits. Once you've tasted, you've had your reward. Wait on the Lord, oh my soul.