启示 12: 11 他们胜过他，是因羔羊的血, 和自己所见证的道; 他们不爱自己的生命直到死亡.

这是一个关于一个女人的证词谁是被折磨蛇交付，将爬在她的，因为她晚上睡觉. 短短五年时间, she had been institutionalized three times and was diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic.

She was a 26-year old flower child from the 1960s. She was a Christian and a university graduate; 然而, she had severe mental and emotional problems that developed after her father divorced her mother. 短短五年时间, Mary had been institutionalized three times and was diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic. After about three weeks of counseling, Mary finally told me about her struggle with snakes.

They used to crawl on her when she was in the bed. She would get so terrified that she would run in to her mother; however the snakes would always come back when she was alone.

She was then instructed to say “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to leave me”. Mary protested and said “I couldn’t do that. I’m not mature or strong enough.” The minister told her “It’s not a matter of your maturity; it’s a matter of your position in Christ. You have as much right to submit to God and resist the devil as I do.”

Mary seemed to be afraid to rebuke the snakes; 然而, she still TRIED what the minister instructed her to do. The next week she came back and said “THE SNAKES ARE GONE!”