Adam was forewarned not to eat of the tree but he was not told that to do so constitutes disobedience and therefore would be a sin, he was only told that he would die. In addition, since they had no experience with sin and did not understand the concept of good and evil, it never would have occurred to them that the serpent was deceiving them. So how can they be held accountable for not avoiding sin if they were not given an understanding of it?
You see, because they did not understand the concept of good and evil and the concept of deception, not only were they not able to recognize the lie on the part of the serpent, they were not even able to see that it contradicted what God told them and so it never would have occurred to them to question it.
Like I've been saying, the only way they could understand that eating the fruit was wrong was to eat the fruit. This is why the story doesn't work.
How? It's still not clear here as to how exactly the effects of their eating of the fruit got transmitted or passed on to us.
If someone told you Not to eat something in particular because when you eat it you will die, would you still eat it ?
Wouldn't you consider that person's warning as a guide for you?
So, Adam did have particular knowledge of being able to self-determine for himself what was good or evil. [live or die was in Adam's own hands]
Was Adam deceived? No.
Was Eve deceived? Yes. According to 1st Tim [2v14] only Eve was deceived.
Was Satan deceived? No. Satan had No temptation placed in front of him,
but Satan sure 'failed in love' for his Father/ Creator.
No where in Scripture do we get the idea that Adam was also deceived.
In effect, Adam by deliberately eating committed suicide.
By Adam deliberately eating he apparently did not want to live without Eve.
Kind of like a Romeo and Juliet.
[Wonder if that A&E scenario is where Shakespeare got his idea?]
Scripture does not hold 'them' [A&E] both responsible.
Only Adam is held responsible. Please see: Romans 5 vs12-19
What answer did Eve give the serpent or covering cherub at Gen. 3 vs2,3 ?
In verse 4 is Satan's first lie.
Doesn't Eve knowingly tell the serpent: Not eat, not touch or result is: death ?
It is not the effects of eating or touching that passed on imperfection to us.
We are created to have everlasting life if we listen to our Heavenly Father.
Adam knew the command [not eat] came from his Creator; his God.
God was saying if you do not follow my guidance, If you do not listen to me,
If you ignore my no-trespassing warning, you can not continue to live.
The tree represented Not some sort of general truth but very specific.
Would you want to just deliberately disregard a trusted loving parent ?
If you deliberately did not show honor to your loving parent, do you really love him? Or, would your love and respect for that parent be called into question?
Love, honor, trust, respect [even worship] was called into question by eating what they were not supposed to be eating.
So, the forbidden fruit was Not poisonous.
The fruit itself did not possess any harmful or toxic substances.
What caused death was disrespecting, not listening, not honoring, not trusting, not worshiping their benevolent God and Creator as instructed Not to eat.
If Adam ate and did not die, then God would be a liar. [Titus 1v2]
What God [Creator] said came true. -2nd Samuel 22v31
So, the 'transmission' effects came to us by the breakdown of Adam's DNA.
Adam chose death over life. God gave Adam Adam's own choice.
Adam, as our family head, could only pass down to us what he himself had.
Adam 's choosing death passed down death to us.
Adam's breakdown in physical perfection caused sickness leading to death.
