The Fall of Eve and the fall of Adam in Genesis 3

Many people think that the first woman passed on a really treacherous character trait  to all women on earth because she tempted Adam to eat of the fruit, after she had eaten from the forbidden tree. Hardly anyone stops to consider that Adam witnessed the first sinner and decided to become a sinner, too.

While Eve was tempted in utter naivety, Adam witnessed how Eve ate that fruit. He liked that she liked the fruit and decided to try it, too.  

Did the woman tempt the man? Or did he follow her bad example without thinking much about what he was getting into?

Did he know what the snake had said to Eve? Or did he act without even being deceived and lured into false ideas about God? Was it "just" because of the "lust of his eyes" and the "desire to try the fruit"? Good question!

William Graham Scroggie writes in his book "The Unfolding Drama of Redemption": 

"The sin of the woman and that of the man must be distinguished or the meaning of the facts will be missed. Adam was created first, and he, not the woman, received from God the prohibiting command. He, not she, is the head of the race (Rom. v.). She was beguiled, but he was not (iii. 13; 2 Cor. xi. 3; 1 Tim. ü. 14). He sinned deliberately, and broke the commandment because he preferred breaking it to keeping it. Adam Iooked upon the first sinner, and then he followed her into sin. The race stood or fell, not in the woman, but in the man (1 Cor. xv. 21, 22). "

Now, that's a lot to think about. After all, both men and women are sinners and we can be very bad examples. Women are not more dangerous than men. They are not to be blamed for sin and made to be spiritual outcasts because Eve is made out to be the origin of all sin. She is not. It was the snake, Satan. Lucifer started the whole sin problem.

Men and women are equally sinful and both need to be saved. And once we've been saved, we need to make sure that we walk in the light of God and in the light of His Word, and that we shine Christ's light. If we cast darkness everywhere, people can get into bad habits; and they will sin because they watch our sinful lives rather than paying attention to what the Word of God says about the conduct of Christ's disciples.

It is important to remember that the flesh remains sinful and that we need to ask God daily to help us live in accordance with God's will and in harmony with the Holy Spirit. After all: we are the temple of the Holy Spirit; and how will we grow in our faith and walk with our Lord Jesus Christ, when we walk "in the flesh" and not "in the Spirit of God"?

Note: Please read the article about the "Spirit of God and the CounterfeitSpirit of God". 

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