Im almost out of time

[BrotherEastman]

Originally Posted by Jason Badejo

Where?

Post 123 speaks volumes on my behalf, besides I don't find it profitable to tempt God, just look at the followers of Jim Jones in Guyana.

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by BrotherEastman

Post 123 speaks volumes on my behalf, besides I don't find it profitable to tempt God, just look at the followers of Jim Jones in Guyana.

Post 123 doesn't answer this question:

Originally Posted by Timmy

AN points to the "signs following" as proof that all Christians will speak in tongues, and yet he doesn't think all Christians pick up snakes or drink poison. For serpents, the same wording is used as for tongues: "they shall". For poison, as you pointed out, it's "if". But please tell me if this is a true statement for you, personally:

If you drink poison, it will not harm you.

True or false?

AN, you should also answer this question, if you don't mind.

And this has nothing to do with tempting God. It's a simple statement that has a simple answer. Think of accidentally ingesting poison, if you like.

[shazeep]

ya, like the ersatz food in grocery stores...

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by shazeep

ya, like the ersatz food in grocery stores...

Well, yeah, but that's really sloooooow "poison". Let's talk about strychnine. A high concentration.

[shazeep]

Ha ok, but if the wanderings in the Sinai are to be taken as a type for a believer's walk, it seems unfair to expect miracles out of season...and again, we natch look for big, splashy shows there, when it could be viewed that our collective tolerance for fluoride is a miracle...

[MarcBee]

Originally Posted by Timmy View Post
<<Is Jesus wrong about taking up serpents and drinking deadly poison?>>

Originally Posted by Abiding Now

No.

Does this necessarily mean there should be no documentable cases of Christians dying accidentally from a snake bite? (Accidentally defined as, "Just minding their own business, but got bitten, and died.")

If it could be documented that an innocent Christian did die from snakebite, how would you defend truth of Jesus words?

Do you like any of the following?
(My own ad hoc guesses.)
1. Jesus was speaking metaphorically, not literal snakes nor literal poison.
2. "The victim must not have been a REAL Christian, because Jesus can't lie."
3. "Since no Christian walking with god really ever dies, they only went to a better place, therefore the snake didn't REALLY "hurt them," so Jesus still didn't lie.

Others?

[BrotherEastman]

Originally Posted by Timmy

AN points to the "signs following" as proof that all Christians will speak in tongues, and yet he doesn't think all Christians pick up snakes or drink poison. For serpents, the same wording is used as for tongues: "they shall". For poison, as you pointed out, it's "if". But please tell me if this is a true statement for you, personally:

If you drink poison, it will not harm you.

True or false?

AN, you should also answer this question, if you don't mind.

According to scripture it will not harm you. I believe the passage, but I do not do so in order to TEMPT God. Why? What is the scoff this time?????