According to Genesis 3:1, God created the serpent to be crafty and gave the serpent the ability to use the given intelligence. That means there should not be the disobedient intelligence that will act against God: how is it possible that serpent(intelligence) could act against God's self?
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... and the people spake against God ... and the Lord sent fiery serpents ... and they bit the people ... Numbers 21:5,6.– Nigel JCommented Jun 6, 2018 at 8:54
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For the purposes of this site asking "Why did God..." is almost always off topic, unless you prefix it with "according to X". You can think that X is the source of ultimate truth, but you need to include X or else the question is answerable only by God.– Peter Turner ♦Commented Jun 6, 2018 at 21:11
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people who are not eager to know the truth are seeking truth and proclaiming to be knowing the truth– JNSCommented Jun 8, 2018 at 0:20
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christianity.stackexchange.com/q/61503/23657. This related question and it’s answers may interest you– KristopherCommented Jun 8, 2018 at 1:59
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Crafty is not necessarily bad.
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Matthew 10:16 (KJV)
It is the use of God-given talents against God's will that makes it sin.
God also has perfect foreknowledge, so He did know exactly what would occur.
