I am always amazed how readily, and with great relish, all these godly, holier - than - thou, know - it - all christians are ready to consign people to eternal flames.In Mark 16:18 where it talks about snake handling, it also says about baptized believers «and when
they drink deadly poison it will not hurt them at all.»
«And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if
they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.»
Not exact matches
Two verses — «They shall take up serpents; and if they
drink any
deadly things, it shall not hurt them» (Mark 16:18) and «Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you» (Luke 10:19)-- are used by the snake - cult Christians in Appalachia as support for snake - handling and the
drinking of
poison as tests of Christian faith.
-- What the Bible says is clear, they shall take up serpents and if they
drank any
deadly thing it will not harm them — It does not advice people to cage serpents to take up serpents, to store
poison at home and keep
drinking them.
And if they
drink any
deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; not that they were hereby warranted to
drink poison, to show what power they had; but should they accidentally
drink it, or rather should they be forced to it by their enemies in order to destroy them, they should find no hurt by it: and Papias F24 reports of Barsabas, surnamed Justus, who was put up with Matthias for the apostleship, (Acts 1:23), that he
drank a poisonous draught, and by the grace of the Lord, received no hurt: and the Jews themselves report F25, that «a son of R. Joshua ben Levi, swallowed something hurtful; and one came and whispered to him in the name of Jesus, the son of Pandira (so they call our Lord), and he did well.»
Clean up any anti-freeze that may spill onto the ground; cats and dogs will mistake it for something sweet and
drink it, but it is a
deadly poison.