Cheryl

Hi Don,
As you have said in other areas, the Hebraic way is to have the logical assumption implied.  Yet still in scripture we have enough evidence to charge Adam.

1. We have God’s charge of sin in Adam listening to the voice of his wife.

2. We have God’s charge of treason (treacherous) in Hosea 6:7

3. We have Paul’s confirmation that Adam was not deceived in 1 Timothy 2:14

4. We have the scripture telling us specifically that Adam was with Eve (Genesis 3:6)

Putting it all together we have a very sad state of affairs.  We have a man charged with guarding the garden but who is silent when his wife is being taken captive by the enemy.  He was not deceived by the lies of the enemy but he knew and understood the truth the entire time that his wife was being taken captive by the lie.  Adam cannot say that he was guarding the back door when the enemy came in the front door.  Adam was right there at the front door.  He failed to guard the door and he failed to sound the warning.  If he had spoken up and warned Eve of the danger, I have no doubt that things would have been different.  Yet God is still sovereign and God made provision for this deception and the sin that came into the world through Adam’s failure as a watchman and Adam’s deliberate choice to eat the fruit.

I am constantly in amazement at how our Christian culture allows us to make excuses for Adam and yet we are willing to charge Eve with sin without any evidence that she added to God’s word.  We need to lay the blame solely at the feet of Adam because that is the only one that God charged with treason.  God’s wisdom in this matter is the key since God knew Adam’s heart and all of his actions.  God gave Adam no wiggle room out of the charge of sin.  Because of this, Adam’s sin stands without excuse.