[berkeley]

Originally Posted by Tithesmeister

I think that we are inclined to believe that if a doctrine is mentioned more than once then it bears more weight with us, whether we admit it or not. While I am not sure that if a commandment is only mentioned once, it is less a commandment, the example of the scripture below does come to mind.

Mark.16
[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 . . .

Just a quick show of hands . . .

How many of you are handling serpents?

Because the Bible says that it is a sign that will follow them that believe . . .

Once only of course.

You don’t?