SLAIN IN THE SPIRIT?

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Slain in the Spirit

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People slain in the Spirit after receiving prayer from faith healer and Catholic priest Fernando Suarez


Slain in the Spirit or slaying in the Spirit are terms used by Pentecostal and charismatic Christians to describe a form of prostration in which an individual falls to the floor while experiencing religious ecstasy. Believers attribute this behavior to the power of the Holy Spirit. Other terms used to describe the experience include falling under the power, overcome by the Spirit, and resting in the Spirit



IT'S WONDERFUL! :)
 

Madad21

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Cant say I have ever had the urge to do that or talk in tongues for that matter.
 

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Madad.............get after it...................experience Jesus..................stop reading about Him
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEhAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
 

Madad21

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Why did you have to look it up in Wiki?
And what do you intend to do in this thread?
 

RANDOR

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I don't why I looked it up there.....but it was a pretty good meaning.
And what do I attend to do in this thread?..........I don't know.....just seeing how many people have been slain in the spirit I guess.
And for them to share their experience I suppose.

You know me....always wanting to hear what God has done in other peoples lives.
 

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Mate, Im sorry if you feel like I jumped down your throat, obviously these subjects are a bone of contention with me, something I think i need to sort out with God.
Please forgive me if you feel I have been rough with you, I need to learn how to be a bit more diplomatic in my responses no matter how I feel on a subject.
I would really like you to tell me what its like to be slain in the Spirit if you feel like talking to me, if not I understand and sincerely apologize.
 

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Madad21 said:
Mate, Im sorry if you feel like I jumped down your throat, obviously these subjects are a bone of contention with me, something I think i need to sort out with God.
Please forgive me if you feel I have been rough with you, I need to learn how to be a bit more diplomatic in my responses no matter how I feel on a subject.
I would really like you to tell me what its like to be slain in the Spirit if you feel like talking to me, if not I understand and sincerely apologize.
Madad...God is working in both our lives...why do I say this?

As I was laying there in the hospital recoverying from your brutal beating :)
People would come and visit from all over. After each and every one saw how bad you took me out, they said...
"why didn't he just ask what it is like to be slain in the spirit?" :D

I noded my head in agreement.

I just got out of the hospital....and have finally wheeled myself up to the computer to tell you what its like.

When you become born again....that's just the beginning. After your sins have been forgiven you can't believe at what just happened, you're bewildered, still in shock, you have just now become a new creation...old things have passed away...Yeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaa BEHOLD THE NEW!!!

Anyway....that's the born again part.



Now.....................a person is totaly on fire for Christ for what Jesus has done in their life.......they love much....for they have been forgive of much.
Soooooooooooooooo....they can't get enough of God. Now they (ME) are going to Christian concerts, evangelist services, healing services, praye meetings, revivals....anything and everything that has to do with God...Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and NEVER!!!!
missing church on Sundays.
Now...in all this you come across in your travels, this thing called slain in the spirit....Hmmmmmmm...what is this?
I see people falling, I see people laughing and rolling around on the ground.

BUT!!!!!! before I go on here I must back up.
Even when I saw these people lying on the floor
I didn't believe it. I to said this was FAKE!
But I wanted to experience all that God had for me.
So I went up.


BUT....with an additude that they aint knockin me down :)

I went up to the front to get prayed for....there was a line of probably 30 or more. Then he came to me. He put his hand on my head and started to pray.
"Dear Heavenly Father, I give you this man......." BOOM!!!.... thank God they always have men standing behind you...cause I fell like a rock.
I felt like I was being tickled, loved, held, caressed, lifted and swirled around in Jesus' loving arms....and all I knew was....I DID'NT WANT IT TO STOP :)

Now, ya don't get slain everyday....if you go up and ask for prayer...Jesus may knock ya out or He won't.....but be ready for it :)

Madad.....You may think I'm jumpin on you.....it must be the text, or the way it is written...or it could be the mood people are in during their day that they may read what i write wrong. Trust me.....I only want people to experience God where they can, when they can, I keep tellin people He wants to show off to you.....He loves to do that.....but He can't if we won't let Him.

satan...especially doesn't want people to experience Christ....for he knows very well that you will only grow closer in your relationship with Him. Just like the leper, the lady who gave all, David, heck Moses, on and on and on and on. :) They all experienced Christ. And their experiences...became scriptures for you and I to read.

God....always wants to prove to you He is real....and is alive.......until you really believe He is real and is truly alive.

About five years after I got slain in the spirit...of course my doubts and fighting against being slain had vanished.

But get this Madad........five years later, my wife and I were sitting on the first row in church...and we had a pastor come from brazil to talk to the congregation. After his service, he said, please come forward if you need prayer. WOW!!!! the whole church stood. As he would walk by and lay his hands on these people some would fall, some would stumble and some would just reamin standing.

But here is God letting you know He is alive and well MOMENTS.
The pastor came to a woman holding a 1 year old baby.
He greeted the mother, and put his hand on the babys head (in a manner as you would anybodys baby..like saying...cute baby) while talking to the mother. Madad...........the baby fell limp in her mothers arms....as if knocked completely out.
My wife and I and many others saw this.....and we were both....uplifted by this scene....we knew God existed...but boy did we know it now..
CONFIRMED>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>YeeeeeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...no doubts can enter now :)

But the best part...was that...........the pastor didn't even blink an eye........I mean why would he?
He didn't seem shocked...why should he?
Answer:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::for he has been experiencing God for many years.....so it is expected...for he walks with God.

Madad...................I to wish all would totaly surrender....to what they think...or what they are afraid of...what they've heard and what they have been told.
And just say......OK God........lets see if this is real.

Madad......that is but just one testimony of hundreds. I'm the farthest from being hollyer than thow. I battle everyday.
But in my battles............I get a climpse. And my climpses I love to share.
And I love people to share.....and why do I like people to share?....because I get it.
I won't think you're nuts :)

Now................if you're goin to come out swingin on me after this one.......I'd better call the coroner.... :p
 

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Thanks for taking the time and sharing bro, I know your not a long winded poster so I appreciate the effort, awesome things going on in your world. SLAIN HIGH FIVE!!!

As for me, I see God in the everyday mundane, When I pray for help he helps, when I pray for an answer he gives me a scripture. The only time I have felt lifted up like how your describing was the night I called out to God for the first time. and I suppose in way I would like to keep it that way, because it just seems so special to me, the reason being that I had never felt anything even remotely like that before and nothing like it afterwards, the fact that there has been no repeat makes it feel so much more important. I remember that night whenever I feel defeated and I find strength because I think to myself, Jesus will make me feel like that again next time I see him. So I have much to look forward too.
Dont worry bout the suicide thing mate, those feelings past quite a while ago as God as helped me deal with fear and sin. However depression is one of those things that come and go and these days it seems to sit at a level that I can manage.

I have been going to church more often of late because my roster changed at work, and now when I think about it I think I prayed about that.
At that Church people lay on of hands and talk in tongues. to be honest I will never feel right with talking in tongues (just me) but I believe in the healing power of Christ though I havent actually seen the laying on of hands or praying over someone work. Dont get me wrong I dont go in with a negative doubting attitude, any reluctance in me is only uncertainty as to what to expect, and I think that a fairly normal reaction. But I think I have been blessed with a strong faith, so I can go on in the mundane and see the miracles in it.

Thanks Ranman
All love and blessings brother

PS your pizzas nearly done I'll go put on my extra long latex gloves.
 

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i really love meetin men who love God more than anything else....Thanks for sharin....
And don't worry about the latex gloves.......I like my pizzas when they're done......to come out naturally.
 

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“.....Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can she feel no love for the child she has borne?
But even if that were possible, I would not forget you!
See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands. (Isaiah 49:15-16 NLT)
 

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Madad21 said:
Mate, Im sorry if you feel like I jumped down your throat, obviously these subjects are a bone of contention with me, something I think i need to sort out with God.
Please forgive me if you feel I have been rough with you, I need to learn how to be a bit more diplomatic in my responses no matter how I feel on a subject.
I would really like you to tell me what its like to be slain in the Spirit if you feel like talking to me, if not I understand and sincerely apologize.
There's no need to apologize. It's a bone of contention I have too, particularly with RANDOR who is otherwise a very congenial participant who makes my time here worthwhile. RANDOR has also posted threads indicating we're somehow less of a Christian if we don't tithe (paying an excruciating 10% of gross income that God never required of anyone) or speak in tongues. So you rightly ask what's his agenda with this thread. It's the same as with the other threads I mentioned, to make himself feel superior having experiences, albeit mostly generated by the imagination, that transcend mundane Christianity.

And I've rebuked RANDOR before on these threads.

Christianity does not need to be jazzed up by sensual self-generated experiences such as being "slain in the spirit". To be Christian is, without any enhancements, the most thrilling experience possible in this human existence. To have one's sins completely forgiven, to be filled to overflowing with joy, to rest in the peace-that-passes-understanding, and to be in a love relationship with Jesus is sufficient. And the marks of sanctification, proof of our ongoing relationship with Jesus, isn't marked by speaking in tongues or rolling around on the floor in the throes of a sports-spectator high. Our sanctification is marked by the fruit of the spirit, including patience, gentleness, and self control, which many Christians (me included!) struggle to attain. Are we compassionate? Do we radiate the fragrance of Christ? Do we shun gossip and build people up? These are the things with which God is impressed, not the theatric light show that many believe Christianity should be made into.

Let me put it this way to illustrate the contrast straight from the gospels. When the paralyzed man was lowered through the roof of a house where Jesus was teaching, Jesus said to him, "Your sins are forgiven". People stood around wondering when Jesus was going to "do something spectacular". The physical healing of the invalid came eventually, but what Jesus did was far more significant, far more noteworthy and marvelous than healing his body. But people then, just like people today, want a light show and don't see that the joy of Christianity is summed up by having one's sins completely forgiven and being set on course for eternal life. Such a marvelous conversion of one's soul should be what thrills and excites people, not the flashy miracles. So naturally when Jesus performed his greatest miracle, giving the man eternal life, people missed it.

How many people miss the Lord's greatest miracles today, standing around wondering when the Lord is going to "do something"?
 

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VALE:::::::::::

I tested God in tithing.........and what God said is true.
I asked for the Holy Ghost......and He showed up.
I tested God's word...and He came through.

Sooooooooooooo...if you insist on sayin they are'nt true....well.........you can keep on keeping on with what you haven't even tried.
I'm done explaining.....wore out.....
And I never indicated people were less a Christian for not doing so......but what I have suggested is....that you are missing out on many blessings for not doing so.

Test God in this....go ahead...try it for ...lets say 3 months......how can ya say I'm wrong when you yourself haven't even gave it a try.

But this is how it will go down.......God will see you stepping out in faith...and it will happen probably immediately instead of 3 months.

Like I said....done explaining..........you people can think what cha want. There are many doors God wants to open in your life... give Him the key.

Oh ya...guess what..................if you came over to my house tomorrow and we went to church........you'd be talkin in tonques.

YeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...then this is what I would say to you....

TOLD YA SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And one more thing................I'm gettin tired of Christians tellin me....if I tithe, speak in the Holy Ghost and have been slain in the spirit.......I'm more spirtual. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXPERIENCE CHRIST...IT IS THERE FOR ALL!!!!!!!
 

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RANDOR said:
And I never indicated people were less a Christian for not doing so......

Yes you did, on your tithing thread. I called you out on it.

but what I have suggested is....that you are missing out on many blessings for not doing so.

That's where you're wrong. People don't need to speak jibberish and roll around on the floor to experience all God has for them, for we are "blessed with EVERY SPIRTUAL BLESSING in the heavenly places in Christ. "(Eph 1:3) It doesn't require holy laughter, yammering in unintelligible tongues, or playing dead. Nobody is missing out because they aren't participating in euphoric, self induced episodes.

Test God in this....go ahead...try it for ...lets say 3 months......how can ya say I'm wrong when you yourself haven't even gave it a try.

Test God in what? I detest even the thought of telling the Almighty that he's been somehow holding out on me. I am complete in Christ. I don't need the superficial novelties you think are so important. Humility, charity, prayer, and worship bring me closer to God, not some pop culture fad "experience". No Christian is "missing out" (your words) by not enjoining themselves to every wind and popular movement. So get over yourself.
 

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Oh gosh, RANDOR. Here.....can I cheer you up with a naked dancing baby?
dancing-baby.jpg
 

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Never, but I have seen it...the good and the bad. Sadly it sometimes becomes a farce in Pentecostal churches. If you are really slain in the Spirit, you fall forwards not backwards, and you don't need anyone to catch you.
 

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I just want to share some of what I know about this from personal experience if I may. It is not my intention to offend anyone and if I do I apologize in advance. It is just my own personal testimony to what I have experienced and witnessed firsthand.
When I was growing up I was in foster care for ten years and during that time I went to many different churches according to whatever church my foster parents were members. I had no choice in the matter and no freedom to attend a church that I really wanted to go to.
There was one church in particular that I always dreaded going to. I was very uncomfortable in that church for several reasons. It wasn't the only church in which I felt this way but it stands out the most in my memory. There were many times that people were speaking in tongues and being touched on the forehead and falling backwards with various things happening to them. When that happened, I felt the temperature drop around me. I've learned from other experiences also and not necessarily while being in church but in other situations that this drop in temperature is not a good thing. And it certainly didn't feel like a good thing. Back then I didn't understand this coldness when I expected a warm and comforting feeling instead and to be in control of the mind, heart and body. Phil. 4:7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. I believe we need to take captive every thought, to be alert and sober minded. This can't be done when one is "drunk in the spirit", or as in the case of a preacher who can't stop laughing (holy laughter) long enough to even give a sermon.
I saw people under the control of someone else who touched them on the forehead and I failed to see how their actions while in that state was bringing glory to God in a proper and orderly way. I didn't find it edifying. Quite the opposite in fact.
That's just my thoughts on this based on what I've experienced. I hope I haven't offended anyone and if I did it wasn't intentional.
 
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