TAKING UP SERPENTS

TAKING UP SERPENTS HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE. Mark l6:17. And these signs shall follow them that BELIEVE: In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18. They shall take up serpents; and IF they drink any dead thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they SHALL RECOVER. This means exactly what it says. If these signs are not following us, then we are unbelievers. No matter how much we say we believe. Because the Bible says SHALL not maybe. So if they are not following us then, we need to fast and pray till they do.
Notice paul never took the snake with him..he carried out the sign and then went on his way to carry out some more signs. His main focus was spreading the word of God and winning souls. And he prayed for the people on the island and God healed them. God made sure that the serpent was there waiting on Paul. To show the people that God was with him, that sign was needed there. Paul didn't go crasy and run on one thing and carry the snake with him. There was other signs to be carried out. We don't get hung up on one and run it in the ground. If theres a need for taking up a serpent, God will make sure you run in to one. And when you do, you best be prayed up and have a fasting life. You can't be half in and half out...You may get by and decieve the people, by praying for someone and when they don't get healed, you'll say well they just don't have the faith. But when that serpent takes a bite of you, it will tell what you got and what you ain't got. If you're a lieing and decieving devil that serpent will put you six foot under.. Anything that is off the foundation of the apostles and prophets and Jesus Christ the chief corner stone is the Antichrist, the whore church..In plain words you are building your foundation on lies. Your foundation must be build on God's word. If it's not when the enemy comes again you, you will fall. Your house is built on the sand. And can't stand the pressures of the enemy...you will get discouraged and quiet. You want have the strength to fight off the devil.....The word is what fights the devil, our zeal and how religious we are just want do it...If you want to take up serpents. Go to India and be a missionary, where the demon possessed people are, that charm viper snakes...and they just might throw one in on you.. As for packing them in boxes, there is no such scriptures to back that up..and we must follow the scriptures and not add to or take away... Why don't I take up serpents any more. I know the serpents handlers think I have let down on God. But what they don't understand is that God has opened my eyes to this. Again we are to build upon the apostles and prophets and Jesus Christ which is the chief corner stone...it is line upon line, we don't do one thing out side of what they (the apostles) did. We are to take up serpents like the apostle Paul. That is scripture and I believe God's word. He didn't keep the snake and take it with him and neither are we suppose to. He carried out the sign and then went on to, carry out other signs which was healing the sick on the island that he landed on, and spreading the gospel.
Acts 28:3..And when paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
4. And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on, his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escape the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
5. And he (Paul) shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
6. Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
If Paul had of died they would have thought that he was a murderer. And nothing else would have become of it. So so many honest hearted people are getting killed from this. And that is not God's plan. This is not proving nothing. You didn't die for carrying out God's word. You died because you were blinded to the scriptures..and I'm saying that with love not a condemning spirit. It's so sad that people get caught up in this. Our mission is to win lost souls for Christ. And the signs will follow us when they are needed. And we can't get hung up on one. It all goes together. And the scripture that says, if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them. It didn't say go look for some poison to drink...Don't worry before it is over you may be drinking plenty of deadly things. Before the terrorist gets done. We best be fasting and praying and drawing close to God and forget all this other foolish stuff. When the serpent bites, you are suppose to feel no harm. That is scripture...please seek God, I have a lot of serpent handling friends that I love with my heart and I want God to open their eyes to the scriptures....I love everyone no matter what or how they believe. But I have got to stand for God's word.. the word says in Colossians 2:20. Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from he rudiments of the world, why, as though living the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
21.. (Touch not; taste not; handle not; 22..Which all are to perish with the using) after the commandments and doctrine of men? Forget about what grandma taught you, get sincere toward God and he will show you. We need to love and help each other. not hate and come again one another, just because one can see in the spirit and one can't. Help the one that can't see. SO HE CAN SEE. Remember the one seeing in the spirit has love and will try to help others to see, cause remember, and never forget that.... GOD IS LOVE...There is a lot I can tell about my life as a serpent handler. And all about me handling snakes. And what it was like. But I only write as the spirit of God moves upon me..If there is ever a need for it to help others fine. But God never does anything out side of love, for he only wants to help his people. Never to put down or judge. Or for the sceptics to read.