Have you ever been bitten by a poisonous snake? Were you worried about dying?
Mark 16:18 says bitten by poisonous snake and drinking poison will not harm you. If you do do this then others can lay hands on you and you will be cured. Interesting. Now I have never seen this, yet I have never seen a lot of the things mentioned in the Bible. Like water into wine, raising people from the dead…
This section of Mark was probably not part of the original writing of Mark. This was more than likely an addition to Mark because someone or a group of people didn’t like the ending of the women running away in fear saying nothing. So why did the person who added this had the idea of adding this part of snakes and poisons and that people would not be effected by this. I’m not sure how this linked to the ending of Mark. Why do we think we have to have all the answers and know exactly everything that could happen?
I wonder why we feel the need to think that a poisonous snake bite or drinking poison would not kill us or we could be cured by laying on of hands. Not that I question this happening. Yet why do we need to be sure of this? Is snake handling not testing God? And we are not to test God.
So handle snakes… but do not test God. Trust the promise that you are loved and follow Jesus being His disciple. Living your life with no fear but passionately living His love out loud.
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