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1 | Is being "slain in the spirit" biblical? | Bible general Archive 1 | kalos | 5162 | ||
Nolan: Is "slain in the Spirit" a biblical experience? 1) There is no biblical precedent for slain in the Spirit. 2) Only the enemies of Jesus fell BACKWARD after touching or being touched by Him. His followers fell FORWARD in worship and adoration. 3) God never has to do the same thing in the same way twice. Hypothetically, IF God were to slay people in the Spirit, it is unlikely He would do it cookie cutter fashion. I.e., it is not: "Everybody in the building, line up. You're all going to receive the same experience in the same way." 4) The literal definition of the English word "slay" is "to kill." I don't think I want to be killed -- either in the Spirit or otherwise. 5) Where "slain in the Spirit" is concerned, neither the WORDS nor the CONCEPT appear in the Bible. 6) Hank Hanegraaff, in his Counterfeit Revival, has written about being “slain in the Spirit”: “Despite the pious attribution of this phenomenon to the Holy Spirit as well as the pragmatic addition of ‘catchers,’ multitudes continue to suffer spiritual, emotional and physical damage from this practice. Some have even died.”62 (www.equip.org/ ) 7) "The three-hour repetition of a spiritual song, being slain in the spirit, or even a spiritualistic seance have at least one thing in common — they all involve subjects becoming extremely susceptible to spontaneous suggestions." (www.equip.org/ ) 8) Hank Hanegraaff: "Furthermore, let me underscore the fact that I continue to be gravely concerned about the spiritual and physical consequences of unbiblical manifestations such as spasmodic jerking and being “slain in the spirit.”" (www.equip.org/ ) 9) "Slain in the Spirit "Also "resting in the Spirit" or in the vernacular of movements like the Toronto Blessing and Pensacola Outpouring "doing carpet time." "This manifestation is promoted especially (but not exclusively) by proponents of some current renewal and revival movements. "In a practice said to have been introduced by Kathryn Kuhlman, people who receive what they consider to tbe a "touch of the Holy Spirit" pass out on the floor, where they are said to "rest in the Spirit." Many people do not pass out completely, but rather "yield" - i.e., they voluntarily fall to the floor. "Churches like the Vineyard Movement, the Toronto Christian Fellowship, and preachers like Benny Hinn say they do not completely understand why people fall "under the power of the Spirit." However, they do claim God can more easily do a work of healing, renewal, and/or impartation while a person "does carpet time". "People who do not fall are sometimes referred to as "HTR" - Hard To Receive." (www.gospelcom.net/apologeticsindex) To click on links to further info on slain in the Spirit cut and paste into your address bar the following link: http://www.gospelcom.net/apologeticsindex/s00.html#slain --JVH0212 |
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2 | Is being "slain in the spirit" biblical? | Bible general Archive 1 | docjoc | 5184 | ||
For years I too was skeptical of "being slain in the Spirit" until I saw it happen to my little son, at the time only 5 years. My wife and I were attending a small chuch that was just getting started and met in a recreation room of some apartments. My son, who was playing mainly in the playground outside the room where we were meeting had a minor ailment that my wife wanted the minister to pray about. So, after the service was over my son was brought into the room where the minister put his hands on my son's head and offered a simple prayer that God would touch my little son. To my surprise and the surprise of the whole congregation, he dropped like he had been hit on the head. He lay unconscious on the floor with a sweet contented smile on his face for about twenty minutes. At no time had he received the suggestion that he should fall when the minister prayed for him. No other person was being prayed at the same time. He mimicked no other person. I therefore had to conclude that despite my skepticism being "slain in the Spirit" is a valid Christian experience. Like all other Chrisitan experience this experience may not always be of God. This does not of course invalidate this experience. Since then in reading of many famous Christians ministeries and revivals ( John Wesley, George Whitefield, Charles Finney and the famous Cane Ridge revival come to mind ) the experience of being "slain in the Spirit" was not uncommon. |
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