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NASB | Matthew 16:6 And Jesus said to them, "Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 16:6 Jesus said to them, "Watch out and be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." |
Subject: Is "slain in the Spirit" biblical? |
Bible Note: "We believers all have faith and don't need faith-plus for God to heal. Aimee Semple healed all kinds of people, heathens and believers alike. God is full of surprises." "My wife and I came to faith through our son's illness, and many blessings have come to us as a result. If anything, it brings us closer to Him every day." Praise God for your coming to know Him! I will point out that when many of us finally yielded to the call of the Holy Spirit to surrender to the Lord and receive His gift of salvation, had devastating circumstances such as death, divorce, financial loss, drug addictions...But we do not hold onto these simply because they were the breaking point of our resistance to God's love. If addiction brought me to the point of surrender, I will not cling to the alcoholism because scripture tells me that "He who the Son sets free is free indeed". Likewise, just because the heartbreak of illness brought you to your point of surrender, let the Word bring the healing. Isaiah 53 and 54. The horrors of the world were not and are not 'gifts of God' to bring us to repentance. God's goodness brought us to repentance. Roman's 2:4 The circumstances were bad enough that when the Holy Spirit beckoned, we surrendered. Does that make sense? Just pray about it and ask the Lord to show you it these things are true. I agree that we do not need faith-plus something. However, faith must be developed. But I do see your point. Mark 16 says that these signs shall follow them that believe... they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. You have faith, every believer has 'the measure of faith'. Faith grows through the spiritual hearing of the Word. The challenge he gave you IS scriptural. "As for those slain in the spirit, to my eye some fall because others do." I have too, but this does not mean being slain in the Spirit is not genuine. When I find myself watching others and wondering if they are genuine or doubting their walk, I remind myself of what Romans 14:4 says. "Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand." We don't place our faith in ANY other human, but rather in God who is faithful. We just pray for one another. I pray that if they are incorrect, He will correct, and if I am incorrect, correct me... God bless |