当神来到亚当和夏娃那里，祂问他们问题；因为神不是要定罪他们，乃是要引他们认罪。但是当神转向蛇，祂什么也没问，祂立刻定罪蛇，说，“你既作了这事，就必受咒诅，比一切的牲畜野兽更甚。你必用肚子行走，终身吃土。”神对蛇宣告祂的审判，因为是蛇引诱了亚当和夏娃，使他们违背神而犯罪。用肚子行走，终身吃土，这对蛇当然是个咒诅。神这样审判蛇，就限制撒但只可以在地上活动，蛇被限制在地上。神也限制蛇只许吃土，土是蛇的食物。蛇不能在地以上活动，也不能吃土以外的东西。
神对蛇的审判，乃是对人的福音。第一，蛇被限制在地上，因此我们可以超越他。我们只要超越地，那蛇，魔鬼，撒但就无法碰我们。当我们超越一切的时候，就胜过撒但。第二，蛇只许吃土，不能吃土以外的食物。人是用尘土造的，人的魂与体都是属土的，但人的灵不是。我们堕落的体和魂是撒但的食物，我们的灵却不是。每当我们照着肉体行事，我们就成了撒但的美食；每当我们属魂，我们也要成为魔鬼的食物。但每当我们转到灵里，忘掉体和魂，撒但就没有可吃的了。我们一转到灵里，撒但就受了限制。
撒但常藉着各种的环境来搅扰我们，使我们落在心思里而不能转回灵里，就被引诱去犯罪：如被父母或老师责骂而心生抱怨，与同学起哄，背后批评老师，受同学影响而接触一些属世的玩乐等。此时我们不要停留在肉体或魂里，却要运用我们的灵，对撒但说，“撒但，我在三层天上，你摸不着我，也吞吃不了我，我却可以把你践踏在脚下。”这样魔鬼不仅无法碰我们，我们还要将他践踏在脚底下。既然这蛇已被限制在地上，我们就可以轻易的践踏他。赞美主！神已限制了撒但的活动和食物。
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God’s Judgement on the Serpent and His Promise to Man – Gen. 3:14
When God came to Adam and Eve, He asked them questions — not to condemn them, but to lead them to confess their sins. However, when God turned to the serpent, He asked nothing. He immediately pronounced judgment upon the serpent, saying, “Because you have done this, cursed are you more than all cattle, and more than every beast of the field. On your belly you will go, and dust you will eat all the days of your life.” God declared His judgment on the serpent because it had tempted Adam and Eve and caused them to sin against God. To go on its belly and to eat dust all the days of its life was certainly a curse for the serpent. By judging the serpent in this way, God limited Satan’s activity to the earth — he could no longer move freely. God also restricted the serpent to eat dust. Dust became its only food. It could not operate above the ground, nor eat anything other than dust.
This judgment upon the serpent is a gospel to man. First, since the serpent is limited to the earth, we can transcend him. As long as we rise above the earthly realm, the serpent — the devil, Satan — cannot touch us. When we live above all things, we overcome Satan. Second, the serpent is allowed to eat dust only and nothing else. Man was made from dust; our soul and body are of the earth, but our spirit is not. Our fallen body and soul are food for Satan, but our spirit is not. Whenever we live according to the flesh, we become a delicacy to Satan; whenever we are soulish, we also become food for the devil. But whenever we turn to our spirit, forgetting the body and soul, Satan has nothing to feed on. The moment we turn to the spirit, Satan is restricted.
Satan often uses various circumstances to disturb us, drawing us into our mind so that we cannot turn back to our spirit, and thus are tempted to sin — such as feeling resentful when scolded by parents or teachers, stirring up mischief with classmates, criticizing teachers behind their backs, or being influenced by peers to indulge in worldly pleasures. In such times, we must not remain in the flesh or the soul but must exercise our spirit and say to Satan, “Satan, I am in the third heaven. You cannot touch me or devour me, but I can trample you under my feet.” Then the devil not only cannot touch us — we will trample him underfoot. Since the serpent has already been limited to the earth, we can easily trample him. Praise the Lord! God has already restricted Satan’s activity and his food.