[Quix]

INDEED.

And Paul DEMONSTRATED the truth of the verse on the island when he

INADVERTANTLY picked up a snake with the firewood.

And suffered no harm though the islanders knowing what type of snake it was expected him to drop dead quickly.

Tempting God by playing with deadly snakes is idiocy.

[Nifster]

And your last point is most definitely exactly correct

[presently no screen name]

Exactly!