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Lessons from the lives of Adam and Eve 2

Adam's Sin

Ever wondered why though Eve was the 1st to sin but it was mentioned in Romans 5:12 that Man fell through Adam. If you read Genesis only, there have been this general impression that during the fall of Man, Adam was an innocent being who was being influenced by his wife and as a result ate the forbidden fruit. Poor Adam right. And many woman after Eve became the butt of the joke for being such a bad influence on Adam! and Adam being the innocent man had to bear the responsibility.

Hahaa.. being a Man myself, haha.. i'm tempted to leave it as this but somehow it is not very right for Us to push all the blame to the ladies yeah because the bible didn't say so.

Going back to the story,

The Fall of Man

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?"

2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but 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.' "

4 "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman. 5 "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

6 When 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.

You see Adam was with Eve physically all along.

When Eve walked all the way to the tree, Adam was with her.
When Eve used her hand to reach out to the forbidden fruit. Adam was with her.
When Eve put the fruit to her mouth and took a bite, Adam was with her

You see, Adam was not some innocent by-passer and Eve gave him the fruit without him knowing what was happening. Eve was not even created as yet when God briefed Adam about the Tree of knowledge. So it was a case of God briefed Adam and Adam briefed Eve. It was clear that the latter briefing took place as in verse 2, Eve showed clear knowledge of the command.

Adam was the one who briefed and instructed Eve about the Tree and he was the one who was with Eve throughout the process of her eating the forbidden fruit. He had every opportunity in the world to stop her but he didn't. He had every opportunity to remind her of the command from God, but he didn't. Adam stood at one side giving his approval to the process of Eve's eating of the fruit.

After Eve had fallen, some wondered what if Adam chose not to eat the fruit. We would have a very divided world eh. If you ask me, when Eve ate the forbidden fruit, Adam had already in his heart decided to sin against God. It could be a "ladies' first" thing or simply physical constrains that stopped him from eating it any sooner.

If i was to pin point the 1st sin in the world, it would be the decision in Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit. The actual sequence and timing of the eating would be ceremonial.

And Adam being highest authority in the garden when we don't consider God in the picture had to take responsibility for this decision.

Some lessons for the Guys:

1) You're called to lead and take responsibilities. If you think by not taking responsibilities, you'll have less problems or you'll not be held accountable for things that go wrong, look at what happened to Adam.

2) Never compromise on standards. If you smell something fishy, always be accountable. If Adam and Eve when tempted had ran to God and told him what happened, it would have been good game for the Devil.

Regards,

Jie Hui

Labels: Apologetics

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Sunday, December 21, 2008