Do You Have Something in Common W/Snake Handlers?

[El Predicador]

Works better in sequence and not leaving out the pivotal one(s) once again not every believer does everything but the verse is NOT talking about what accidentally happens. It is talking about what believer(s) do !!!!!

Originally Posted by El Predicador

Interesting, the previous verse says they shall cast out demons and speak in tongues, with all the liberals around here I suppose they think that was symbolic rather than literal too?

And lets not forget the rest of 18 healing the sick, that's just symbolic, talk about pick and choose !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mark 16:17-18

17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

18 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.

Originally Posted by Praxeas

It is literal. But that is a far cry from intentionally picking up snakes as part of a religious ceremony. A biblical example was Paul being bitten accidently

Originally Posted by El Predicador

Sorry but the verse says "they shall take up serpents."

Not everything will be ok if you are bitten accidentally.

Originally Posted by Praxeas

I didn't deny it says "they shall take up serpents"...it does NOT say "they shall take up serpents accidentally"..

Again we have a biblical example. No where do we have a biblical example of churches meeting with a box of snakes and intentionally playing with them.

Originally Posted by El Predicador

Thank you for proving my point with scripture sir(?)

The verse says believers shall take up serpents, heal sick, cast out demons, and speak in tongues.

As you pointed out none of this was accidentally.

Did you accidentally speak in tongues? (Assuming you have)

Can you accidentally cast out a demon?

These verses lists things a believer does, not what happens to them.

[QUOTE=El Predicador;482103]Very sorry you are missing the point.

No one said every believer did everything.

Read the posts, it was in response to a post saying the passage is about accidentally handling a snake. That is not what the verse is saying[/QUOTE]