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Paul's snakebite in Acts is a fulfillment of divine protection -- validating the gospel message, not a prescription

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 11) 00:12:49 – 00:13:49

Mike gives a concrete Acts example for the serpent-handling promise

On the island of Malta, Paul stokes a fire and a snake bites him. The islanders expect him to die but he shakes it off unharmed. This becomes a proof of the divine legitimacy of his message. Mike presents this as the kind of occasion where God divinely protects -- not something to seek out deliberately.

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