The Bible never gives a philosophical lecture about why the serpent was in the garden, but it gives you something better. It shows you what God was accomplishing.
God placed Adam in a real world, not a staged one. He gave a real command: “thou shalt not eat of it” ~Genesis 2:17. A command only...
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It's not that how well I make my home somehow measures me but rather homemaking is an opportunity to sew to the Spirit and serve God. It is the hidden person of the heart that God treasures. So if I serve in my home with a good attitude, love, and view to honor God, the temporary engagement of homemaking becomes my spiritual advantage.
Jesus spoke in a way that exposed pride and blindness. “Every one that doeth evil hateth the light… lest his deeds should be reproved” ~John 3:20. When someone resists the truth, it is not because the truth is unclear. It is because the heart does not want it.