How can you describe what happened with the original sin of pride?

Answer 1

The spirit creature who became Satan once had the wisdom needed to fulfill any assignment God gave him. Instead of being thankful, he became "puffed up with pride" and began to despise God's way of ruling. (1 Timothy 3:6) He thought so much of himself that he began to crave the worship of Adam and Eve. This wicked desire became fertile and gave birth to sin. (James 1:14, 15) Satan seduced Eve into eating the fruit of the only tree that God had ruled out. Then, Satan used her to get Adam to eat of the forbidden fruit. (Genesis 3:1-6) Thus the first human pair rejected God's right to rule over them and, in effect, became worshippers of Satan. His haughtiness knows no bounds. He has tried to seduce all intelligent creatures in heaven and on earth, including Jesus Christ, into worshipping him in rejection of Jehovah's sovereignty. (Matthew 4:8-10; Revelation 12:3, 4, 9)

You can thus see that haughtiness originates with Satan; it is the basic cause of sin, suffering, and corruption in the world today. As "god of this system of things," Satan continues to promote improper feelings of pride and haughtiness. (2 Corinthians 4:4) He knows that his time is short, so he wages war against true Christians. His goal is to turn them away from God, to become lovers of themselves, self-assuming, and haughty. The Bible foretold that such selfish traits would be common in these "last days." (2 Timothy 3:1, 2)