And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
John Gill writes, “There is no need to say with interpreters, that he was not deceived first; and that he was not deceived immediately by the serpent, but by Eve; and that he is never said in Scripture to be deceived, as Melchizedek is never said to have a father or mother. The apostle’s positive assertion is to be taken without any such limitations or qualifications; Adam never was deceived at all.”
Adam was fully aware of his action. He may have believed a lie, but Adam was not blinded. He sinned. He chose it.
“He took and ate out of love to his wife, from a fond affection to her, to bear her company, and that she might not die alone; he knew what he did, and he knew what would be the consequence of it, the death of them both”[1]
Do you suppose he considered what would be the consequence to his children?
“inasmuch as he sinned wilfully, and against light and knowledge, without any deception, his sin was the greater: and hereby death came in, and passed on all men, who sinned in him.”[2]
It was his willful choice to join with her transgression. Therefore, it was his place to choose not for himself alone but for his family, the only path that leads to redemption, the path to Jesus Christ.
[1] John Gill
[2] Again, John Gill
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