Adam – A Man of Easy Persuasion: Lessons on Leadership, Obedience, and Influence

Adam – A Man of Easy Persuasion: Lessons on Leadership, Obedience, and Influence

by | Jan 13, 2026 | Archives, Men

Adam – A Man of Easy Persuasion So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable…

Adam – A Man of Easy Persuasion

So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, – Genesis 3:6-7

For someone whom we had earlier discussed as firm and resolute in his ways when considering his encounter with God during the partner searching episode, Adam proved to be a man of easy persuasion not many encounters later during his interaction with his wife, Eve, who got him to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil at the center of the garden.

Perhaps, some may be disappointed at Adam, and many still blame him to date, for easily succumbing to the request of his wife. From what we had earlier read, even Eve put up a semblance of resistance in her engagement with the serpent by trying to make it realize why they were not supposed to eat the fruit from that tree. However, immediately she took it for herself and ate, it was a no-brainer that Adam was going to follow suit.

It is pertinent to note that Adam was the one God expressly forbid not to eat from the fruits of both the tree of life as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:15-16). There was no record of God telling the woman this as she was not around when God was making the garden and putting Adam in charge. This presupposes that Adam should have shown more responsibility in his stewardship of the first warning God communicated to him.

However, perhaps he felt more affinity towards the woman whom he spent more time with than God, or because the woman’s pressure proved too unbearable for him, we may never know. What we do know is that Adam allowed himself to be persuaded into fouling the instruction of God and acting in disobedience. And that proved costly not just for both of them, but for their offspring after them from that time onward.

By not demonstrating leadership in what he was persuaded to do by his partner or responsibility towards a charge God committed to him concerning the trees, Adam painfully failed his first test of obedience and leadership. By benefit of hindsight, he must have later learned that it was not everything his partner pressured him to do that he should do, particularly when such was in direct violation of the command of God. We live life forward, but learn it backward.

Selah!

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Women in the Bible: Eve and the Paradox of Sharing

Women in the Bible: Eve and the Paradox of Sharing

by | Jan 12, 2026 | Archives, Women

Women in the Bible: Eve – A Woman that Shares So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and…

Women in the Bible: Eve – A Woman Who Shares

So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. – Genesis 3:6

Our lesson from Eve today will focus on her sharing quality. She was a giving woman who did not hoard from her husband. How was that good? Please read along.

It takes love to give (John 3:16) and it takes a good heart to share what you could have kept for yourself alone. Eve demonstrated her love for her husband, Adam, by sharing the fruit she ate with him rather than kept it to herself alone.

Hindsight has helped us to know that she really did not do well by eating the fruit in the first place. However, without the benefit of knowing the consequences of her action, one can see the good heart of Eve as she demonstrated her affection for her husband by giving him the fruit to eat.

How is this so? The Bible says she ‘saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise’. These are all positive features that she decided to share with her husband instead of holding back. No matter what we think of her, she meant well by sharing what she thought was good stuff with her husband.

If the whole fruit-eating scenario had turned out well and hadn’t boomeranged on she and her husband’s faces, she would have been commended for her good nature. But because it did not end well, it is easy to castigate and blame her. However. the fact remains that she meant well for her husband by sharing the good, pleasant and desirable fruit with him, rather than kept it for herself alone and be helping herself to it secretly.

Another point is that, knowing that the said fruit would result in enlightenment, as it would make her wise and help her know what was good and what was evil, she wanted this for her husband as well, and that was why she shared it with him, so that they would both be wise and enlightened together. She could have opted to be the enlightened one in the family alone while the husband languished in ignorance. But she did not choose such privilege for herself alone. She wanted it for herself, and she desired it for her husband as well.

For a heart like that, you cannot fault much.

Selah!

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Couples in the Bible: The Disobedient Duo

Couples in the Bible: The Disobedient Duo

by | Dec 17, 2025 | Archives, Entities

Couples in the Bible: Adam and Eve – the Disobedient Duo So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes,…

Couples in the Bible: Adam and Eve – the Disobedient Duo

So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened… – Genesis 3:6-7

We will still continue our exploration of married couples in the Bible today by focusing on Adam and Eve. This term, they are a disobedient pair, as opposed to the rather positive attribute we read about them yesterday.

Sadly, the first act as a couple that we read about Adam and Eve was them being disobedient to God by eating the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Some would argue that Eve brought it all upon her family by accepting to eat the fruit in the first place and then passing it to her husband. Some would also contend that Adam should have been the man and not accept the fruit from his wife, not to talk of eating it himself. Afterall, haven’t God expressly warned and forbidden him from touching it? However, the summary is that they both ate the fruit and, by so doing, they both disobeyed God.

Now, one person falling or making a mistake in a marriage, or any partnership for that matter, is bad enough. But if the two parties in the marriage fall or make similar mistakes, that can be disastrous. Why so? Because God designed partnership, particularly marriage, so that each party can lean on and strengthen the other during their moments of weakness, as it is bound to be because uptimes and downtimes are part of life, at least on this hemisphere.

Consider this:

Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, For he has no one to help him up. – Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

This passage sums up God’s thinking on the essence of partnership. It is for mutual support, as no one will ever remain standing strong all the time. Therefore, a partner is needed to provide support and to help the faltering party to weather the storms of life.

It was this critical lesson that seemed to have been lost to Adam that after his wife fell and came to him with her proposition, he did not provide the support she needed by resisting the temptation in her hand and charge to tackle the serpent for taking advantage of his partner so. Rather, he also fell with her and they both thus set an unwanted example for their offerings after them.

Selah!

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