Why did Adam eat the fruit?

[Guest NewPilgrim]

Hi everyone. Been thinking about Adam and Eve lately. We know that Eve was deceived into eating the fruit, but why did Adam eat it? Any thoughts?

[BoldlyProclaimingChrist]

The Bible doesn't say why he ate it but we do know he deliberately sinned. Maybe he thought Eve was still "alive" when God said "you will surely die" and he decided it was ok to eat it.

[AFaceInTheCrowd]

Maybe she nagged him into taking a bite :x:

[AFaceInTheCrowd]

Maybe he didnt know which tree it came from

[other one]

Maybe he didnt know which tree it came from

I never thought of that......

[Guest shadow2b]

-Hi everyone. Been thinking about Adam and Eve lately. We know that Eve was deceived into eating the fruit, but why did Adam eat it? Any thoughts?

-WHY??WeLLLLL, now,-LISTEN & LISTEN TIGHT-PILGRIM-

-{supposedly a line by John Wayne IN one of his westerns}-

-WeLLLL, now IF you were {T}he smartest--most Intellectual-PERFECT man & you

-were standing in a garden with the absolute-most beautiful--{T}he perfectly fashioned-woman on earth & you {were both naked & not ashamed because the Glory of GOD was covering you}& suddenly you{SEE}this perfection of womanhood in an entirely new-light{absent of the Glory of GOD-covering}& standing before you was this perfect vision of loveliness{asbsolutely naked}& she offered you a "bite of this apple"What would you do??--ADAM willingly accepted the sinful-offering & took upon himself {HIS-BRIDES-SIN}so that HE could be with her--------------

[AFaceInTheCrowd]

if eve took the first bite,then her eyes were opened before adam's.so she knew what she did was wrong.did adam realize what he was about to do was wrong?since he never experienced what" doing wrong" was.he was already with eve so why eat of the forbidden fruit?

[BobTriez]

Maybe he didnt know which tree it came from

Sure he did.....

Genesis 3:6

6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

He knew exactly where it came from.....I tend to believe that their relationship was nothing like our's are today. They were truly one flesh & what he did she did....and what she did he did. They had no reason to doubt each other's actions because they didn't know what it meant to doubt each other. It wasn't until after Adam ate that their eyes were open....

Genesis 3:7

7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

Being the one [ marital ] unit that they were, I think they were both culpable for each other's actions, not just for their own individually.

JMHO

Bob

[Guest shiloh357]

if eve took the first bite,then her eyes were opened before adam's.so she knew what she did was wrong.did adam realize what he was about to do was wrong?since he never experienced what" doing wrong" was.he was already with eve so why eat of the forbidden fruit?

1 Tim. 2:14

And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being quite deceived, fell into transgression.

Eve was decieved but Adam was not. This means that Adam to whom the command was given NOT to eat of the tree did so fully knowing what He was doing.

Sin is the willful transgression of the God's command.

Genesis 3:6-9

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. [7] Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.

Neither of their eyes were open until after ADAM ate of the fruit. Adam was the one who Scripture says, brought sin into the world. The Bible does not blame Eve, because she was decieved.

[BobTriez]

Eve was decieved but Adam was not.  This means that Adam to whom the command was given NOT to eat of the tree did so fully knowing what He was doing.

Sin is the willful transgression of the God's command.

Why was she held accountable then ? She may have been deceived, but she knew the rule too....

Genesis 3:3

3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die

Thoughts ?

In HIM,

Bob