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NASB | Ephesians 4:14 As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 4:14 So that we are no longer children [spiritually immature], tossed back and forth [like ships on a stormy sea] and carried about by every wind of [shifting] doctrine, by the cunning and trickery of [unscrupulous] men, by the deceitful scheming of people ready to do anything [for personal profit]. |
Bible Question:
I was invited to visit the church of a family member, and accepted the invite. While I was there the Pastor prayed for me as I was standing before him. He had his hand on my forehead and he was pushing me. Of Course I (wearing 2 inch heels) was pushing back against his hand, not wanting to fall. Finally he gave me a thrust knocking me to the floor, and causing much discomfort on my toosh. People gathered around me as if it was a miraculous thing. Why do they do this? What does it mean? Why is it called being slain? I have seen it done before, I have no understanding of it. -khuck |
Bible Answer: Kathy, the two respondents to your question, BradK and Radioman2, have given you, in their usual manner, sound biblical answers to your question concerning the phenomenon of being "slain in the Spirit." I've yet to learn where the practitioners of this occult ritual dug it up or how they could ever pretend to justify the practice scripturally. It smacks more of voodoo than it does of Christian orthodoxy. If the motives of the leaders who practice this nonsense are pure -- which I do not for a moment believe -- one can only conclude that they are as deceived as those whom they're deceiving. If Benny Hinn took half the pains to get his theology straight as he does with his hairdo, he might turn out to be a reliable preacher of the gospel of Christ. But he and his ilk are showmen, fakes, false teachers -- and no more worthy to be believed than circus freaks who, as P. T. Barnum suggested, are looking for the suckers, one of whom is born every minute. I'd sooner study theology under Huckleberry Finn than Benny Hinn. --Hank |