Thanks for taking the time to explain. I understand that most of what your saying is common Christian doctrine. I still do see the answer to my question though. You previously wrote, "we made a pact with the devil that we would listen to him and obey his rules". How is this a pact? Now you call it a contract with him. I don't see in the scriptures that Eve promised to listen to the devil and obey his rules. She just believed (presumably) what he said and partook of the fruit. Maybe I just don't understand the words pact or contract, but I don't understand otherwise.
From Dictionary.com:
Pact - https://www.dictionary.com/browse/pact?s=t:
1. an agreement, covenant, or compact: We made a pact not to argue any more.
2. an agreement or treaty between two or more nations: a pact between Germany and Italy.
Contract - https://www.dictionary.com/browse/contract?s=t:
1. an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
2. an agreement enforceable by law.
3. the written form of such an agreement.
Notice the word agreement in both definitions.
If somebody says to you, "Don't eat the apple or you will die," and you agree with him, you won't eat the apple, except if you are suicidal.
If another guy comes along later and says, "You won't die if you eat the apple. Rather, you will become smarter," who knows if you agree with him until you tell us, right? But if you tell us by eating the apple rather than using words, and if you give some apple to your spouse who you love and would never hurt by causing his/her death, aren't you eating because you agreed with what the second guy said?
If neither of the guys ever said anything, who knows what you would do and how you would behave. You might eat the apple. You might not. But, no agreement in force.
But when you don't eat the apple because of what the first guy says, it is because you agree with him (agreement, pact, contract).
Agreement/pact/contract with the first Guy:
Quote from: https://biblehub.com/niv/genesis/3.htm
2The woman said to the serpent, We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3but God did say, You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.
Action that showed that the agreement/pact/contract with the second guy was in force:
Quote from: https://biblehub.com/niv/genesis/3.htm
6When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
