And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues. 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.
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
serpent handling. george went hensley had the notion to pick up rattlers 1910 in tennessee and helped find the church of god with signs following. hensley had disfigured fingers from over 400 snakebites that were treated only with prayer. one fateful day in 1955: a rattlesnake claimed hensley's life.
The congregation was on its feet singing the old Gospel favorite "I Saw The Light" when Rev. Carl Porter put aside his Bible and reached behind the pulpit for the wooden snake box.
The 56-year-old Georgia preacher slipped his weathered hands inside and, moments later, lifted a 4-foot (1.3 metre) timber rattlesnake into the light. Stroking his deadly cargo, Porter began to hop and strut across the altar.
"Save me, Jesus," shouted a worshiper, his face streaked with tears. Several others, sensing the presence of the Holy Spirit, uttered strings of indecipherable sounds, a practice known as speaking in tongues.
directed by peter adair
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