Christian Snake Handlers

Jesus promised his disciples that certain signs will follow those who believe in Him. I read from Mark 16:15 “And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16“ He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned. 17“ And these signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues; 18they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it shall not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

These signs did follow and they are still following those who believe in Jesus. Believers were bitten by snakes and they survived, others were given poison without them knowing it and they suffered no harm. We read in Acts 28 where Paul had survived a shipwreck and then a snake bit him. We see what happened in Acts 28:3 “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. 4And when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, “Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, and though he has been saved from the sea, justice has not allowed him to live.” 5However he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.”

Paul did not go play with a snake, he was gathering firewood and then the snake bit him. There are foolish believers who play with snakes, they handle snakes and they get bitten and they die. God never told us to play with snakes. He said in Genesis 3:15 that you will “bruise his head.” That's how you handle a snake, you crush his head. You don't play with a snake.

There are many believers who play with the devil and they think that they will get away with it. They watch TV, they play with sin, they are friends with the world, they fornicate with the world. Friendship with the world is enmity with God. If you play with the devil you will get into trouble. If you watch pornography then those demons will come into you and you will get addicted. If you start smoking or you start using liquor or substances, then you will become addicted to those things. The same with prescription drugs, you will get addicted to it. Don't play with the devil and don't play with snakes. Come to Jesus for deliverance and whomever the Son of God has set free will be free and free indeed, and they don't play with the devil, they don't play with demons. They run from temptation and they preserve themselves pure and holy unto Jesus.

Don't play with the devil! Don't play with snakes! Submit yourself to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you. And as far as the snake goes, you crush his head!

May Jesus bless you.