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Is Being Slain In The Spirit Biblical? by Nobody: 12:14pm On Sep 04, 2011
Most commonly, being “slain in the Spirit” happens when a minister lays hands on someone, and that person collapses to the floor, supposedly overcome by the power of the Holy Spirit. Those who practice slaying in the Spirit use Bible passages that talk about people becoming “as dead” (Revelation 1:17) or of falling upon their face (Ezekiel 1:28; Daniel 8:17-18, 10:7-9). However, there are a number of contrasts between this biblical falling on one's face and the practice of being slain in the Spirit.

1. The biblical falling down was a person's reaction to what he saw in a vision or an event beyond ordinary happenings, such as at the transfiguration of Christ (Matthew 17:6). In the unbiblical practice of being slain in the Spirit, the person responds to another’s touch or to the motion of the speaker's arm.

2. The biblical instances were few and far between, and they occurred only rarely in the lives of a few people. In the slain in the Spirit phenomenon, falling down is a repeated event and an experience that happens to many.

3. In the biblical instances, the people fall upon their face in awe at either what or whom they see. In the slain in the Spirit counterfeit, they fall backwards, either in response to the wave of the speaker's arm or as a result of a church leader's touch (or push in some cases).

We are not claiming that all examples of being slain in the Spirit are fakes or responses to a touch or push. Many people claim to experience an energy or a force that causes them to fall back. However, we find no biblical basis for this concept. Yes, there may be some energy or force involved, but if so, it is very likely not of God and not the result of the working of the Holy Spirit.

It is unfortunate that people look to such bizarre counterfeits that produce no spiritual fruit, rather than pursuing the practical fruit which the Spirit gives us for the purpose of glorifying Christ with our lives (Galatians 5:22-23). Being filled with the Spirit is not evidenced by such counterfeits, but by a life that overflows with the Word of God in such a way that it spills over in praise, thanksgiving, and obedience to God.
Re: Is Being Slain In The Spirit Biblical? by Joagbaje(m): 4:25pm On Sep 04, 2011
Falling on the face is a conscious act of worship.but falling under he anointing or being slain in the spirit is not a coscious act , but rather an experience. That is, a person falls down by the reason of the power of God going through his body, some never knew what happened until they were being picked up, others experience an electricity kind of flow which makes their legs give way.

This is one of the many many manifestations of the holy spirit, in the life of those who know him.
Re: Is Being Slain In The Spirit Biblical? by HISchild: 4:51pm On Sep 04, 2011
falling backward is an imitation and/or attempt to simulate the ability to bring judgment and/or call down fire from Heaven in order to destroy!  Only GOD, YAHWEH, The Lord JESUS CHRIST can bring that kind of judgment, because GOD is GOD alone, and HIMSELF is The Righteous Judge.  (Sodom and Gomorrah were an example - "Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;" Genesis 19:24, 2 Peter 2:6; also, GOD through the prophet Elijah - "Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down. And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty." - 2 Kings 1:9-10).  

What we see in churches today all over the world is not GOD's activity, but attempted simulation of GOD's power by the enemy, disguised as something "good", primarily because it occurs in connection with GOD's house / heritage, by the which many are deceived.

"Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God." - 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4

This is the link,  from between the time of the last supper of The Lord JESUS CHRIST with HIS apostles to the time of HIS tribulation and arrest in the garden of Gethsemane,  where the devil, the "son of perdition", who had entered into Judas Iscariot, was present and per the above holy Scripture (- 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4), simulates in the churches.

"And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them." - Luke 22:2-4

"When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground." - John 18:1-6

Those that came to arrest The Lord JESUS CHRIST, The Word of GOD, Alpha and Omega,  fell backward as a real show of The Lord JESUS CHRIST's power to destroy them if HE wanted to, but their destruction was not in GOD's will or plan, as HE had to suffer these things for the sins of those for whom HE came to save ("Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?" - John 18:11, "Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?" - Matthew 26:53 also John 18:36)

This copying of the power of GOD to bring judgment by reigning down fire from Heaven is what we see in the churches, sadly, many are deceived thereby.  Know though, at all times, that YAHWEH reigns!

"And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live." - Revelation 13:12-14

"And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty." - Revelation 16:13-14

"For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect." Matthew 24:24

"Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders," - 2 Thessalonians 2:9 ("Even him" is a reference to the Lord JESUS CHRIST, whose return is after all these things are accomplished to destroy the devil and all enemies of GOD, including death and hell -2 Thessalonians 2:cool,

"And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh." - Revelation 19:19-21
Re: Is Being Slain In The Spirit Biblical? by Joagbaje(m): 5:22pm On Sep 04, 2011
So all these scriptures you quoted , where does it says falling under the power is imitation.or of the devil Didn't Jesus make people fall under the power?

John 18:6
6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
Re: Is Being Slain In The Spirit Biblical? by Nobody: 8:21pm On Sep 04, 2011
^^^^


Dear Brother, will you be so kind to show me where in the early church this strange phenomenon was practiced
Re: Is Being Slain In The Spirit Biblical? by Joagbaje(m): 11:58pm On Sep 06, 2011
That's funny because the early church was a growing church.ministry is of the holyghost. We may not find everything in black and White but the principles would be there. Falling down has always been a work of the holy spirit .

Mark 9:20
20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and
he fell on the ground. .

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