What Is Being "Slain in the Spirit" & Is It A Biblical Practice?

Moore's Corner Church

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I don't think being slain in the Spirit is in this in this lesson. I don't know where that came from exactly but that is a false doctrine that if I can appeal to you and say for the love of God stay away from stuff like that because I know people who have been slain in the

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Spirit and they've suffered with mental illness but they they told me demonic possession this is not something you want to mess around with I think a lot of people fake it and just kind of go along and it's it's nothing like that going on but that's serious stuff does everyone know what it means to be slain in the

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Spirit basically if you've ever seen it and I only mention his name because he's the most popular one who does this

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Benny Hinn give you an illustration this is what he does so who wants to come up wants to come up front hey let's know all right so he you know he's pretty

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Larry stand over there and you know if you're really seeking God he has the anointing

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Benny Hinn the televangelist he has the anointing of God so what he does he takes it and he and you're supposed to fall down and twitch and fall on the ground okay thank you or you'll yell a word like fire by the way if you're yelling fire fire is not really what you want but he'll yell the word fire or hit somebody with his sport coat and they'll fall to the ground and they'll act as though they're dead because they've been slain in the

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Holy Spirit and that's that's an experience that charismatics not all of them because there's some charismatics who do not go along with that at all but many people will claim that yeah that was the turning point in my spiritual life and I received a special anointing of the

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Spirit and it's not in the Bible and like I said people

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I know personally have experienced that and they said something actually did happen but they've been afflicted ever since so it's just yeah

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I think it's a demonic practice personally but it's just think about the term slain in the