Eve and Adam

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Originally Posted by Thankful Jane

Adam, however, failed to do likewise. He sought to take the spotlight off himself by turning it onto the woman and onto God when He said, “The woman that You gave to be with me … she gave me of the fruit and I did eat.” Clearly missing from this statement is any acknowledgment of the role the serpent played in this, and the confession, “Lord, I disobeyed you. You told me not to eat of that tree and I did.” Instead, he blamed the woman and God in his attempt to lessen his responsibility and make it someone else’s fault.

...So, here’s a thought with a little scriptural support to it--it may be a little easier for women by nature to acknowledge, when confronted by God, that they were deceived, than it is for men. Most of the ex-LC women I know find it easy to say unequivocally that we all were deceived...

Jane,

That's one way to look at it. But where do you get the idea that Adam was even aware of the existence of the serpent? Unless I'm forgetting something, there is no data in the account that shows this. Adam may truly have been unaware of the serpent's existence much less his words.

Further, Adam was NOT deceived. We know this from Paul's word in 1 Timothy: "And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression." Do you really think he should admit to a sin he didn't commit?


SC