Spiritual Leadership

Eve sinned first right? That was the impression I was always under. God said don't eat the apple. Satan told Eve, wow that sure is a tasty apple and it will make your brains big, even bigger than God's. So she ate, and then made Adam eat. She sinned first, right? Well, i've come to find out that, no.. no she didn't. Look at this excerpt from Genesis 2:

15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."
18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."

Look at the order of this... God tells Adam not to eat from the tree.. and THEN he creates Eve. God is making it Adam's responsibility to make sure this new creation does not do what He told Adam not to do. What!?
Then read in chapter 3:

"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."

Adam was standing right there the whole time! What a jerk, God told him NOT to eat from this tree, and gave Him the responsibility to keep Eve from it as well. All he had to do was say, "Hey baby, i don't think we should be doing this." But no, he had to be a spineless loser and just sit there with his mouth closed. Isn't this the sin we (as men) have been cursed with for the rest of human history? We are to the be the spiritual leaders in the relationship, but it has always been our downfall not to stand up for what we should, and not to protect the loves of our lives from sin as God led Adam to do in the garden.

Christ is to be the head of the church just as a man is to be the head of the family. Whatever you may think on how the breakdown of power should be in a relationship for decisions, it's very clear in the bible that men are supposed to be the spiritual leaders, and as such we fail women horribly. It is our job to lead us toward God, and our job to stand up for what is right in the relationship and our job to keep us from sin, and we suck at it.