Absolutely Alex, that is why even we (believers, walking in the spirit) are not yet perfect, but only a shadow of what we too will become. Adam may have known love in part, as do we, but it was his lust (idolatry of the heart, self seeking) that would make him choose his wife over the commandment of God (again, the epitomy of carnal thinking, of which we're all guilty).
Eph.4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
The reality is, that if we did love in its purest form, we would never get married, and we would be as it is in heaven, neither married, nor given in marriage, but one with God (Imitating Christ). Our prime reason for marriage is because of the war raging in our members and our lack of self-control (fruit of the spirit). This too is a part of the plan.
Rom.8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
1Cor.13
[4] Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
[5] Doth not behave itself unseemly,
seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked,
thinketh no evil;
[6] Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
[7]
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.[8]
Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
The bolded qualities in vs.4-8 are the areas we (Adam) fall short (now, in part) while yet in the flesh.
[9]
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
[10] But when that which is perfect is come,
then that which is in part shall be done away.
[11] When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
[12] For
now we see through a glass, darkly; but
then face to face:
now I know in part; but
then shall I know even as also I am known.
[13] And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Unlike Adam (us), Christ laid down his life in obedience to the command of God, not as the result of disobedience. Adam may have thought he was doing a noble thing (in his mind, therefore vanity), but our best is not even close to what God requires in
righteousness. God clearly states:
Isa.40:17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity
Jer.2:5 Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
The vanity found in lust is part of God's plan, a shadow of the love and relationship we will oneday know in full. Everything in His timing. Again, this isn't about whether or not you or I am right, but that
God is right. Maybe we're both misunderstanding eachother
due to ambiguous wording?
All the best in Christ,
G.