Let us know this, an error is usually the perversion of that which is right. Like being slain in the Spirit, this idea has been perverted over the years. Men and women of the Church present themselves as the source of a power, which can cause another to fall to the ground upon their touch.
However, what good is falling to the ground by the touch of another and still without a personal relationship with God?
The misunderstanding of being slain in the Spirit.
The error in some modern Churches is, they attribute "being slain in the Spirit" to the deliverance from sin. The deliverance from sin is only through Jesus Christ and what He did on the Cross.
John 1:29 - Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
1 Peter 2:24 - Who His own self (Christ) bare our sins in His own body on the tree (Cross), that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed.
With that being said, the power of deliverance is through preaching, or the understanding of the Cross. Thus, we read in 1Corinthians 1:18, For the preaching of the Cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. That is to say, the importance of the message about Christ's death on the Cross is nonsense to those who are lost, but for us who are being saved it is God's power. So, there is the true power of God, for deliverance.
Validation of being slain in the Spirit.
Nevertheless, the error of reasoning of being slain in the Spirit shouldn't be a disregard toward the act of being slain in the Spirit. The glory and the awesome power of God, when in contact with the natural man, this will happen to the individual. For scripture reference, we look to both the Old and the New Testaments. Beginning with the prophet Ezekiel and his heavenly vision, as recorded in the book that bears his name.
Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face. (Ezekiel 3:23)
Lastly, we look to the Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ.
John was caught up in the Spirit, His encountered with Jesus was unlike his previous experience when Christ lived and walked the earth. This time, the Lord was in His glorified form, as John recorded, And when I saw him, Ifell at His feet as dead. And He laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: (Revelation 1:17)
Notice, Christ reaction upon John being slain in the Spirit, He strengthens Him (the act of laying His right hand upon John) that he may be prepared to receive His revelation. As powerful as being slain in the Spirit is, if we are not strengthened by the Lord, we cannot perceive who He is to us, neither can we know what is ahead of us.
Let us know this, an error is usually the perversion of that which is right. Like being slain in the Spirit, this idea has been perverted over the years. Men and women of the Church present themselves as the source of a power, which can cause another to fall to the ground upon their touch.
However, what good is falling to the ground by the touch of another and still without a personal relationship with God?
The misunderstanding of being slain in the Spirit.
The error in some modern Churches is, they attribute "being slain in the Spirit" to the deliverance from sin. The deliverance from sin is only through Jesus Christ and what He did on the Cross.
John 1:29 - Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
1 Peter 2:24 - Who His own self (Christ) bare our sins in His own body on the tree (Cross), that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed.
With that being said, the power of deliverance is through preaching, or the understanding of the Cross. Thus, we read in 1 Corinthians 1:18, For the preaching of the Cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. That is to say, the importance of the message about Christ's death on the Cross is nonsense to those who are lost, but for us who are being saved it is God's power. So, there is the true power of God, for deliverance.
Validation of being slain in the Spirit.
Nevertheless, the error of reasoning of being slain in the Spirit shouldn't be a disregard toward the act of being slain in the Spirit. The glory and the awesome power of God, when in contact with the natural man, this will happen to the individual. For scripture reference, we look to both the Old and the New Testaments. Beginning with the prophet Ezekiel and his heavenly vision, as recorded in the book that bears his name.
Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face. (Ezekiel 3:23)
Lastly, we look to the Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ.
John was caught up in the Spirit, His encountered with Jesus was unlike his previous experience when Christ lived and walked the earth. This time, the Lord was in His glorified form, as John recorded, And when I saw him, I fell at His feet as dead. And He laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: (Revelation 1:17)
Notice, Christ reaction upon John being slain in the Spirit, He strengthens Him (the act of laying His right hand upon John) that he may be prepared to receive His revelation. As powerful as being slain in the Spirit is, if we are not strengthened by the Lord, we cannot perceive who He is to us, neither can we know what is ahead of us.