SNAKE OIL!

 

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He’s just a snake oil salesman… Gross right?

But what it means today is that a snake oil salesman is commonly used in English to describe a quack, huckster, or charlatan - you know someone who will sell you a piece of equipment that vibrates, and calls it exercise equipment and then claims you will lose tons of weight and gain muscle… and even adds “its like not even working out”.

Well at least they got that right- it’s not working out and it’s not working out.  

 

 

Hey lets gear up for the election with some extra prayer, some extra conversations with people about getting out and voting in person this November.

My take is this… without getting into a debate…

I believe there is a demonic stronghold over America due to our prochoice/abortion/murder agenda in our country. I vote pro-life. Period! 

 

 

The term snake oil salesman started all the way back with Clark Stanley, aka The Rattlesnake King. In an 1897.

You see he stirred up quite a ruckus at the worlds exposition in Chicago. He plucked a rattle snake out of a burlap sack, cut it down the middle, threw it in boiling hot water and skimmed the fat off the top and claimed it was snake oil and would heal any ailment. People bought it up like crazy… The only problem- it didn’t actually have any snake oil in it. In fact his real oil that he sold was a mixture of mineral oil, beef fat, red pepper and Turpentine. Now everyone who claimed to sell snake oil was looked at as a fraud.

 

But what’s the problem? Well the truth is that in the 1800’s hundreds thousands of Chinese came over as indentured servants… serving typically a 5 year run before they were free. Many of them worked on the railroads. One of the things they brought over with them was snake oil… but it was the real deal. It was derived from the Chinese Water snake. It was loaded in omega 3’s, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and DHA and with potent analgesic and anti inflammatory properties. THE BOTTOM LINE- IT WORKED! 

They shared it with their white men counter parts and they were amazed… but you can’t find Chinese water snakes in the good old USA. So they faked it and sold it to people who wanted to believe it was real! 

 

1 Kings 22

Ahab the king of Israel says to Jehoshaphat lets go to war against the people of Ramath Gilead… it belongs to us. So Ahab calls on his 400 prophets… what will happen? The prophets say oh you will surely win this war, the Lord has give you victory. 

 

But Jehoshaphat says Don’t you have any prophets that are actually from the Lord? So they get Micaiah… he says to the King if Israel “oh yeah, your gonna win this one, its in the bag, go and get it you knucklehead”. DRIPPING WITH SARCASM… Well it turns out he gets slapped for his sarcasm and says “actually you gonna die”. PERIOD. Jehoshaphat and Ahab go out into battle. Ahab disguises himself and yet an archer on the opposing army shoots a random arrow at the army and strikes down Ahab.

 

in second Kings chapter one we see the new King do the same thing. he wants to go and check with foreign Gods about his life. Elijah calls him out. The king sends a commander and 50 soldiers to come get him. The commander says “oh man of God, you need to come with me… Elijah says if I am a man of God fire will come down and destroy you and your men BOOOOM! The king sends another commander and 50 men and the same things happens… the king sends another commander and 50 men… this guy treads lightly. Elijah spares he and his mens lives.

 

Whats the point? We live in a world where we can get our own answers depending on what we want to hear.

 

The lesson: 

There are a lot of snake oil salesmen out there in todays world… and even Gods word can sound like snake oil to many… but the difference? IT WORKS!

Go to God and listen only to him regardless of what YOU want to hear and regardless of what others say.

Secondly, don’t be afraid to speak Gods word even when it flys in the face of the popular priests of our day (or the popular snake oil salesman of today)… you know Oprah, BLM, Politicians, scientists, doctors, actors etc…

Thirdly, know that God will deliver you by you simply speaking the truth. DO NOT BE AFRAID TO SPEAK THE TRUTH! For in the truth there is power.