What a terrible misunderstanding of God.
This is superstition and not real religion.
I just never understood that phenomenon.
the wrong David Brock.
Mat 4:5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
Mat 4:6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Mat 4:7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
I wonder what his Freepname was?
People from far away lands inhabited by people whom Americans consider exotic, bizarre and uncivilized, like the kind who wear bones through their noses, now enjoy exposure to news from outside their remote and isolated habitat. They see things like this, and think “What a crazy place America is. What weird people live there.”
41:016:015 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
41:016:016 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
41:016:017 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
41:016:018 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
41:016:019 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
41:016:020 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
Didn’t they have the bronze snake up on the staff to look at?
Please, this is just a tradition, fully equal to Scripture as a source of doctrine...
What part of “you shall NOT put your Lord God to the test” do you guys not get??
Look more like Darwin Award Winners to me.
Especially that part in Mark was added years later.
Jaimie Coots! And here I thought all along that the bring your own snake Rev’s name was Billy Bob Jeff!
You know, Padre, our Greek priests have been around for at least 1800 years and not one of them has ever died of snake bite...at least not in church!
More proof that the weed of heresy ALWAYS bears bitter fruit!
Jesus would probably say in response to this:
“You know I’m Jewish, right? Jewish hyperbole has been documented for at least 3000 years, people. You can’t really push a mountain with a mustard seed, so stop it with the snake thing already, OK? It’s dangerous. Just put those things down and step away. And the strychnine too, alright? Just. Stop. It.”
Just wondering which has a higher death rate: climbing Mt. Everest or snake handling cults?
His faith was lacking, apparently.