Thought 346
Pick up Snakes?
“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 KJV
15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who
does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name
they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it
will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will
recover.”
19 So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received
up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord
working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying
signs. Amen. Mark 16:15-20 NKJV
“Thou shalt tread upon
the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.”
Psalms 91:13 KJV
1 Now when they had escaped, they then found out that the island was called
Malta. 2 And the natives showed us unusual
kindness; for they kindled a fire and made us all welcome, because of the rain
that was falling and because of the cold. 3 But
when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a
viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand. 4 So when the natives saw the creature hanging from his
hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though
he has escaped the sea, yet justice does not allow to live.” 5 But he shook off the creature into the fire and
suffered no harm. 6 However, they were
expecting that he would swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had
looked for a long time and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds
and said that he was a god.
7 In that region there was an estate of the leading citizen of
the island, whose name was Publius, who received us and entertained us
courteously for three days. 8 And it
happened that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and dysentery. Paul
went in to him and prayed, and he laid his hands on him and healed him. 9 So when this was done, the rest of those on the island
who had diseases also came and were healed. 10
They also honored us in many ways; and when we departed, they provided such
things as were necessary. Acts
28:1-10 NKJV
