The Man Has to Protect the Wife...From Herself

There are so many lessons to be learned from the first sin committed; I just want to touch on one of them that really applies to marriage. Reading out of Genesis 2...

Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?" 2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.' " 4 "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman. 5 "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." 6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it."

Notice the last part of the verse, Adam was 'with her, and he ate it'. So he was just standing there watching this whole thing go down, then he took a bite of it too (followed her into sin). It's easy to point out that the woman "brought down the man" in this situation but was the man really doing what he was supposed to (quick note: Adam didn't have any scriptures to follow)? Absolutely not; the biblical guidelines for the husband clearly states we are supposed to be the spiritual leaders in the household. That means that it is my job to call Kathy on her sin when I see it; furthermore if I just stand there and let her do something we both know is wrong it is far more likely I will go down the same path.

This is just another call for me to be a stronger spiritual leader, and to set a good example. Imagine what it will be like when I have kids! *gulp*