Romans 10:13 KJV For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Jamie Coots, who was the star of the National Geographic Channel reality TV show “Snake Salvation,” has died after being bitten by a snake during a weekend service.
Coots was bitten by a rattlesnake during a service Saturday night in Middlesboro, Kentucky. Emergency personnel arrived at the church from a 911 call but Coots had left the church and gone home. Police and medical crews arrived at the pastor’s home around 9 p.m. and urged him to accept treatment but he refused. A return visit by paramedics an hour later found the pastor dead.
His son Cody told FoxNews that his father had been bitten eight times before by rattlesnakes but never had such a severe reaction.
“In following Pastor Coots,” National Geographic channel said in a statement, “we were constantly struck by his devout religious convictions despite the health and legal peril he often faced. Those risks were always worth it to him and his congregants as a means to demonstrate their unwavering faith.”
Snake handling is illegal in most states including Kentucky.
So what did it accomplish for God’s glory for Coots to advertise his great faith of not dying from
poisonous snake bites? That’s more like tempting God. Many times people of great faith do not brag about it. We’re talking about the faithfulness of Christ and that He is all that He said He is, as well as, faith in all things to come as written. If He calls you to minister in snake infested locations such as where Apostle Paul found himself, then of course, God can protect you from all dangers as you carry out His Assignments.
Is this snake bitting faith or tempting God. I feel I have faith for healing but doesn’t mean I’m gonna wrestle a bear.
Balance and reading the Word as a whole is so necessary. Condolences to the family.
I don’t know much at all about this crazy relegion, but isn’t it bad news if someone dies by snake bite? Doesn’t that mean there was a lack of faith or punishment from God? Anybody know???