[txrefugee]

Guess the preacher didn’t have enough faith, right, son? Or perhaps God means it when He says, “Do not put the Lord your God to the test.” (Luke 4:12)

[Las Vegas Dave]

One lives by the snake, one dies by the snake..

We prefer our local Catholic Priest for worship, never have we seen him handle a snake of any kind. < /humor intended >

[tbpiper]

Kind of cherry-picked this one, but in this case it might be applicable:

1 Corinthians 10:9 New International Version (NIV)

9 We should not test Christ, as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.