Men in the Bible: Adam – A Man of Himself

Men in the Bible: Adam – A Man of Himself

by | Jan 5, 2026 | Archives, Men

Lessons from Adam: The First Man’s Self-Assuredness

And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. – Genesis 2:18-20

We will take a brief pause from our exploration of the nature and personality of God, as we take a detour to also consider some of the men and women in the Bible. In starting our journey of the study of humans, there is no better candidate to start with than the first human to whom we are first acquainted and whose name we are first introduced to in record history, the man Adam.

The first lesson we can learn from Adam is that he was a self-assured man; a man of himself, who had his own mind, and could not be easily intimidated into bucking on his stand. From our reference passage above, having created Adam and entrusting him with His precious earthly garden, God then expressed His concern about the solitude of Adam, with him having no companion with him like every other creature God had created.

However, in a strange sequence of event, God did a rather extraordinary thing. He brought all the creatures He had made to Adam to see what he would call them. Perhaps, this move on the part of God was to test Adam, we may never know; or it was because God hoped that Adam would take one of the creatures for companion. We really cannot tell.

If it was a test, Adam obviously passed it, as he was not fazed by the stature and enormity of God who brought all those creatures to him. Adam named each and every one of them and did not allow himself to be awed into proclaiming one of them as his companion in an attempt to please God.

On the other hand, if it was a speculation on the part of God, Adam also had no scruples about disagreeing with God by not taking one of the creatures for himself, as a partner. He appraised all the creatures God brought to him, only God knows how many hundreds of thousands those creatures must be, and how long it must have taken Adam to complete this herculean task. But he did name each of them based on his own judgement of their nature and attributes.

And even when he must be really tired at times from this exercise, Adam did not let down his guard to hurriedly adopt one of the creatures as partner. He arguably knew what he wanted, but even if he did not, he knew what he did not want. That was the reason he did not name any of the creatures his partner or start to second-guess himself in case he was being too choosy. That was self-assuredness.

It appeared that God was also disappointed at the end of the naming process because after Adam finally completed the assignment, the Bible records rather ruefully that while “Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him” (Genesis 2:20). Adam had a mind of his own to know what was good and fitting for him as well as what was not. He was not impressionable even when he was dealing with God. Now that is worthy of admiration.

Selah!

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Men in the Bible: Adam – A Man with A Large Heart

Men in the Bible: Adam – A Man with A Large Heart

by | Dec 19, 2025 | Archives, Men

Men in the Bible: Adam – A Man with A Large Heart And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. – Genesis 3:20…

Men in the Bible: Adam – A Man with A Large Heart

And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. – Genesis 3:20

After the displeasure and rebuke of God to Adam, his wife and the serpent, an experience that must have been so terrifying for them and left them with regrets and sorrows, the first account we read about the couple was Adam naming his wife. He called her Eve, which means ‘life’ or ‘living’. He named her so because she would be the mother of all living.

This singular act on Adam’s part tells us a lot about his character. He was large-hearted and forgiving. Although he might have been displeased with his wife for landing him in trouble with God in the first place, he did not dwell on that for too long. He accepted his fate and moved on from his mistakes rather than dwelling therein.

Moreso, and quite interestingly, when he was to christen the woman whom some might have labeled his nemesis, he named her in line with her future potential and not according to her past mishaps. He christened her Eve (life, living) because she would become the mother of all life. He did not call her “Error” because she was the downfall of man. This speaks volumes about Adam’s character and maturity as a person.

Someone less mature would have kept blaming the woman for bringing so much misfortune on him at every opportunity. In case it did not occur to you, Adam was the one most hard done by on account of their disobedience, as the verdict God handed him was arguably the harshest of the lot:

 “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:

“Cursed is the ground for your sake;

In toil you shall eat of it

All the days of your life.

Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you,

And you shall eat the herb of the field.

In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread

Till you return to the ground,

For out of it you were taken;

For dust you are,

And to dust you shall return.”

– Genesis 3:17-19

Imagine someone just hearing himself cursed this way and then dismissed with a matching insult as a man of gutter, as that was what the statement “For dust you are, And to dust you shall return” means.

Imagine hearing such a demeaning statement and then going on to label the person who led him to commit such a monumental mistake with a good name. There was no chivalry greater than that. For this, Adam deserved much respect.

Selah!

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