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, the Naive

Women in the Bible: Eve, the Naive

by | Jan 9, 2026 | Archives, Women

Eve and Naivete: The Subtle Trap of the Serpent

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. – Genesis 3:6

We had earlier considered how indiscreet Eve was in her dealings with the serpent, who was well known for his craftiness. Today, we will look at how naïve she also was in playing along with the serpent without pausing to challenge its goading.

If anything, Eve was fully aware of God’s charge that the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, should not be eaten by them. The reason God gave this command was to preserve the purity and innocence of humankind so that He could continue to have unfettered fellowship with them, and they would also continue to have unhindered access to Him (Hebrews 12:14).

However, when the serpent came into the picture and started working on Eve firstly by questioning God’s command as to why they were not allowed to eat the fruit of the tree and then refuting that nothing harmful would happen to them if they eat it, a more guarded person would have paused to probe the motive of the serpent for coming to her with a different proposition other than the original instruction God handed them.

At least, Eve was not in doubt as to the greatness or benevolence of God compared to the serpent. So, it was not unbelief that made her pander to the antics of the serpent. It was probably not stubbornness either, as she was in a state of innocence at this stage and had no awareness of complex human emotions. It was sheer naivete.

Naivete, defined by Oxford Advanced Dictionary as “natural and unaffected; innocent,” was what made Eve so carefree that she did not notice the rebellious undertone in the serpent’s words or check herself to ascertain why she should do its bidding in variance with the command of God.

Moreover, it was naivete that made Eve question her own God-inspired established opinion about the tree that a tree which was before then a no-no now started looking “good for food,” “pleasant to the eyes”, and “desirable to make one wise” in her eyes that she now decided to eat it. May God keep us from temptation.

The cunning of the serpent was too much for Eve’s naïve mind, which was once granted audience, which should not have happened in the first place; she had little willpower to resist it.

Selah!

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