Why did Adam also eat the fruit?

[BlessedinHim]

Was it because he loved his helpmeet more?

We've seen in earlier lessons that God extended His love to the human race and expected or wanted our love in return. Knowing that we (his future bride) were in bondage to a cruel master (Satan), Jesus was willing (like the Hebrew slave-husband in verses 5 and 6 of Exodus 21) to come in the form of a man in order to win our freedom through His death on the Cross. And there has never been a more cruel or vicious form of death ever devised by man than death by crucifixion! Jesus was willing to suffer and go through that for us. He didn't have to - it was His choice because of His great love for us. Go back to Genesis 3:6. Adam loved his Creator; but he loved his beautiful helpmeet more, and he thought he was about to lose her. So he had to choose, and he decided he'd rather eat the forbidden fruit and violate the Word of God than lose her and remain obedient.

Where in Genesis 3:6 does it say that Adam loved his helpmeet more?

Genesis 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

6And 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.

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

Are there scriptures that would lean to this idea?

I dont see how we can read the mind of Adam here in this scripture. I would suppose there could have been several reasons he chose to eat that forbidden fruit, but because we werent there and we have no experience in this type of situation, how can we even speculate about what he was thinking at this time? He had no original sin, and had not sinned until he ate that fruit.

[Buzzardhut]

He chose to follow Eve instead of following God's law.

[His Bride]

Pretty clear answer if you ask me. God hasn't given us all of the details so I agree that speculation would be would be unwise. He sinned because when he was tempted he chose not to obey God.

[Lookin'up]

I often heard it taught that Adam is a type of Christ. He would give his life
for his bride. He knew the consequences.

[Big Daddy]

I often heard it taught that Adam is a type of Christ. He would give his life
for his bride. He knew the consequences.The first Adam, unto death.
The second Adam, unto life.

[Timothy]

He chose to follow Eve instead of following God's law.

Exactly. It doesn't say that he loved Eve more, but simply that he followed her instruction over God's.

Genesis 3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life

[sojourner52]

what good would it do for adam to "give his life" for Eve by following her bad decision?

adam was not deceived, though, according to scriptures. eve was.

adam chose to follow eve in sin.

when you look at the punishments that followed, it may give some insight.

[His Bride]

what good would it do for adam to "give his life" for Eve by following her bad decision?

adam was not deceived, though, according to scriptures. eve was.

adam chose to follow eve in sin.

when you look at the punishments that followed, it may give some insight.

Yes, this is what I have always been taught. The inheritance of sin is passed through Adam into the entire human race; and likewise, death. Jesus is sinless; he did not have a human father. He did not inherit the sin of Adam.

[antitox]

Like most of the male species, the woman tends to occupy the soft spot in a man's heart.

Adam knew better, but isn't it the same as Solomon who knew better, but allowed his foreign wives to lead him into idol worship?

Adam happened to be the father of the human race (the first one), so his mistake had far-reaching consequences for all of us. I don't doubt for one minute that the rest of us guys wouldn't have done the same thing. Adam was a new creature; he had no hindsight to help him make the right decision. Nevertheless, he chose to eat that particular fruit when he was told not to.

[sue]

I've often wondered what the state of mankind would have been if Adam had refused to eat. What would have happened to Eve?