DEMONSTRATIONS OF POWER (55 OF 56)
Scripture: Acts 28:1-16
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Demonstrations of Power (55 of 56)
Series: The Church in ACTSion
Wyman Richardson
Acts 28:1-16
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I suppose one of the most humorous hospital visits I ever made was to an elderly man named Ike Chambless. I received a phone call that Mr. Ike was in the emergency room of a hospital in Albany, Georgia. He had been bitten by a baby rattlesnake in his front yard. He had been working in the yard and put his hand down in a hole to remove an obstruction and, when he pulled the hand out, a baby rattlesnake was hanging from his finger. That is not the funny part! In fact, it was terrifying!
I rushed over the emergency room and found Mr. Ike sitting up in his bed, his hand badly swollen but the IV doing its job as it helped the antivenom into his body. I relaxed when I saw that Mr. Ike was ok and that he was in good spirits. We talked and even laughed about it while we sat down cheering the medicine on in its task of combating the venom!
The funny part came some moments after I had been there when the doctor, who had apparently not seen him yet, came into the room. He asked Mr. Ike to tell the story of what had happened to him. Ike did so. When he was finished the doctor said, ''Well, what did you do with the snake?'' To which Ike responded, ''Oh it's right there behind you.'' The doctor and I both turned and looked at the counter behind the doctor. There, laid out on top of a plastic grocery store bag, was the snake!
The doctor jerked backwards away from the counter and my heart lept into my throat! Mr. Ike chuckled and said, ''Oh, don't worry. It's dead.'' The doctor, composing himself said, ''Let me get somebody to put this thing in a sealed container!''
It was a funny moment! Ike and I had a good laugh about it. I do not recall the poor doctor cracking a smile!
Paul had his own snake story, though it was much more important than Mr. Ike's. Paul's story demonstrated in a miraculous way the power of God (not, I should add, that Mr. I ...
Series: The Church in ACTSion
Wyman Richardson
Acts 28:1-16
Read Acts 28:1-16
I suppose one of the most humorous hospital visits I ever made was to an elderly man named Ike Chambless. I received a phone call that Mr. Ike was in the emergency room of a hospital in Albany, Georgia. He had been bitten by a baby rattlesnake in his front yard. He had been working in the yard and put his hand down in a hole to remove an obstruction and, when he pulled the hand out, a baby rattlesnake was hanging from his finger. That is not the funny part! In fact, it was terrifying!
I rushed over the emergency room and found Mr. Ike sitting up in his bed, his hand badly swollen but the IV doing its job as it helped the antivenom into his body. I relaxed when I saw that Mr. Ike was ok and that he was in good spirits. We talked and even laughed about it while we sat down cheering the medicine on in its task of combating the venom!
The funny part came some moments after I had been there when the doctor, who had apparently not seen him yet, came into the room. He asked Mr. Ike to tell the story of what had happened to him. Ike did so. When he was finished the doctor said, ''Well, what did you do with the snake?'' To which Ike responded, ''Oh it's right there behind you.'' The doctor and I both turned and looked at the counter behind the doctor. There, laid out on top of a plastic grocery store bag, was the snake!
The doctor jerked backwards away from the counter and my heart lept into my throat! Mr. Ike chuckled and said, ''Oh, don't worry. It's dead.'' The doctor, composing himself said, ''Let me get somebody to put this thing in a sealed container!''
It was a funny moment! Ike and I had a good laugh about it. I do not recall the poor doctor cracking a smile!
Paul had his own snake story, though it was much more important than Mr. Ike's. Paul's story demonstrated in a miraculous way the power of God (not, I should add, that Mr. I ...
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