Can You Move if Your slain in the spirit

[d0c markus]

Can you move if your slain in the spirit?

 

[Svt4Him]

I could, I just felt like a heavy blanket was on me.

 

[Godzman]

Can you move if your slain in the spirit?

Mark I think your able to

 

[SpiritPsalmist]

I could. I've not been able to get up, but I could move.

 

[LynneClomina]

sometimes i havent been able to move a muscle voluntarily, but usually i can.

 

[Jim B]

Can You Move if Your slain in the spirit

Does it matter?

 

[Svt4Him]

Does it matter?

To me, no. To the OP, obviously, otherwise they wouldn't have posted the question. Why it matters is beyond me, but it does. So then I think it's wise to not worry about the reason, and answer the questions, otherwise you'll end up questioning the motive for all threads, and that gets to be a strain.

 

[enoch son]

As a body the word slain has got to go (mean to murder or kill). The word say's fall down or walk around drunk in the NEW WINE. I guess that answer the question YES.

 

[SpiritPsalmist]

To me, no. To the OP, obviously, otherwise they wouldn't have posted the question. Why it matters is beyond me, but it does. So then I think it's wise to not worry about the reason, and answer the questions, otherwise you'll end up questioning the motive for all threads, and that gets to be a strain.

Yes, I believe the OP asked a lagitimate question. If one has never had it happen to them then they would not know. Yes, I believe the OP asked a lagitimate question.

 

[Jim B]

Sigh!

Why am I feeling paranoid? I believe I asked a legitimate question.

Does it matter whether or not we can move when we are slain in the Spirit? If so, why does it matter?

I would sure like to hear what the Bible has to say about it. We are talking from purely subjective experience here and I don’t place a lot of stock in that.

But, FYI, I have been “slain” myself in the past and am still trying to work out the whys. I am not skeptical and do not appreciate the subtle inference that I could be. Maybe there is no reason why people are “slain,” and maybe there is. I would like to think that God has a purpose in things that He does but am of opinion that it really doesn’t matter in things like this.

So there.

Does it matter?

No more jabs, please.

Jim
\o/

 

[Blade]

Well I don't see why not but for me I was standing and then I awoke on my back, it was like being knocked out, lol in a great way. I try not to go by feelings but it was one of the best things that the lord did for me.

 

[LynneClomina]

Sigh!

Why am I feeling paranoid? I believe I asked a legitimate question.

Does it matter whether or not we can move when we are slain in the Spirit? If so, why does it matter?

I would sure like to hear what the Bible has to say about it. We are talking from purely subjective experience here and I don’t place a lot of stock in that.

But, FYI, I have been “slain” myself in the past and am still trying to work out the whys. I am not skeptical and do not appreciate the subtle inference that I could be. Maybe there is no reason why people are “slain,” and maybe there is. I would like to think that God has a purpose in things that He does but am of opinion that it really doesn’t matter in things like this.

So there.

Does it matter?

No more jabs, please.

Jim
\o/

hey jim!
i dont think anyone MEANT to jab...
im just glad there are no stupid questions in the kingdom of God!
or I"D be in trouble!!!!

 

[Gary777]

Some times you can, sometimes you can't. I don't think the soldiers outside jesus' grave could move. Daiel fell to the ground, but had a hard time to get up again until the angel touched him. During woodworth-etters meetings hundreds would go out under Gods power at the same time,and they didn't ot couldn't move, but they actually went into visitiations to heaven or hell, or out in the spirit, so they were actually not present in the body at the time. I guess there are various degrees of the presence of God, and the manifestations are different from time to time, so we canæt make any rule about how god should move.

 

[LynneClomina]

personally, i dont mind the term "slain in the spirit"...

my pride, my stubborness, my refusal to submit, all this is what i see as being slain when i am "slain"...

my flesh is slain - ie, no longer the boss, no longer in control, it is entirely the spirit running things at this point...

it slays my desire to ever want to be in control of my life - i want Jesus to be the one in control at all times, but i too often take the help...

anyways, my meditation at the moment

 

[Svt4Him]

Sigh!

Why am I feeling paranoid? I believe I asked a legitimate question.

Does it matter whether or not we can move when we are slain in the Spirit? If so, why does it matter?

I would sure like to hear what the Bible has to say about it. We are talking from purely subjective experience here and I don’t place a lot of stock in that.

But, FYI, I have been “slain” myself in the past and am still trying to work out the whys. I am not skeptical and do not appreciate the subtle inference that I could be. Maybe there is no reason why people are “slain,” and maybe there is. I would like to think that God has a purpose in things that He does but am of opinion that it really doesn’t matter in things like this.

So there.

Does it matter?

No more jabs, please.

Jim
\o/

Just because your paranoid, doesn't mean there's not people out to get you.

I don't think it was a jab, I think I answered your question. Does it matter? Not to me, but obviously to the OP.

 

[flower0207]

I have been slain in the Spirit, and I didnt want to get up or move. He (The Holy Spirit) is a gentleman and would not make you do anything you dont want to do.You are the willing vessell. Also while I was slain I wasnt thinking...oh can I move my hand, or my foot or anything else. I was focusing on the love that God has for me, and how this is just a taste of what it is going to be like in Heaven. I am so glad that the Holy Spirit is here on earth to guide and comfort me while I am here.

 

[SpiritPsalmist]

One time, during a period in my life where God was doing so much emotional healing in me, I was doing a lot of "carpet time" (that's what we called it). One night, I had been on the floor a while and they were shutting the lights off and locking up the church. One of the Pastor's daughter's (about 8yrs old) came and stood over me and then made the announcement, "I guess Miss Barbara's having a sleepover with Jesus tonight". We got quite a good laugh out of that.

 

[Andry]

JimB's 'does it matter?' question raises an interesting issue. The danger of answering the OP with a yes or no answer can potentially further confuse people of whether they were 'genuinely' slain in the spirit, or from peer pressure to fall down (because somehow it is more 'spiritual' for you to fall down, especially when 90% of the church has fallen down!).

I've noticed (and I'm sure others have also, but were ever too polite to raise) some people always fall down, regardless of the length of time they were prayed for or laid hands on. While others 'never' fall down. So if we are to answer - on a subject that is highly subjective and personal nature - whether we ought be able to move or not, it raises yet another question: if I don't fall down, then does it mean I didn't get touched/filled/ministered by the Holy Spirit? So that can be even more embarrassing if we based it on whether you could move or not move, or whether you fell down or not, cause others in the pew or the ushers might think, 'hey, that guy's not spiritual or he's got some sin hanging', otherwise he'd be doing 'carpet time.' I don't think the Holy Spirit will embarass us that way.

I have friends who I deem 'more spiritual' than me who never fall down. And I know others who are marginally spiritual to always fall down. So I think JimB has a valid point, 'Does it matter?'

Another issue, and perhaps not the intended subject of this thread, but maybe others can comment, what's the purpose of being 'slain in the spirit' in the first place? My short answer is, if it doesn't produce fruit in your life, then it was pointless and perhaps not genuine?

 

[SpiritPsalmist]

JimB's 'does it matter?' question raises an interesting issue. The danger of answering the OP with a yes or no answer can potentially further confuse people of whether they were 'genuinely' slain in the spirit, or from peer pressure to fall down (because somehow it is more 'spiritual' for you to fall down, especially when 90% of the church has fallen down!).

I've noticed (and I'm sure others have also, but were ever too polite to raise) some people always fall down, regardless of the length of time they were prayed for or laid hands on. While others 'never' fall down. So if we are to answer - on a subject that is highly subjective and personal nature - whether we ought be able to move or not, it raises yet another question: if I don't fall down, then does it mean I didn't get touched/filled/ministered by the Holy Spirit? So that can be even more embarrassing if we based it on whether you could move or not move, or whether you fell down or not, cause others in the pew or the ushers might think, 'hey, that guy's not spiritual or he's got some sin hanging', otherwise he'd be doing 'carpet time.' I don't think the Holy Spirit will embarass us that way.

I have friends who I deem 'more spiritual' than me who never fall down. And I know others who are marginally spiritual to always fall down. So I think JimB has a valid point, 'Does it matter?'

Another issue, and perhaps not the intended subject of this thread, but maybe others can comment, what's the purpose of being 'slain in the spirit' in the first place? My short answer is, if it doesn't produce fruit in your life, then it was pointless and perhaps not genuine?

Those are very valid points andry. In the circumstances I described previously, I was one who went up for prayer week after week after week and never did carpet time. I began to feel some of the insecurities you described and wondered what was wrong with me. However, during my daily routine at work I began to notice my co-workers looking at me odly. Like they were seeing something but did not quite know what it was. One day, someone just came out and asked, "what's happend to you that you are so happy?" Another person said, "are you in love?" I was not quite sure of how to answer them. . .they were mostly Baptist people and would not have understood. I did finely say, "yes, I've fallen in love with Jesus".

It was becoming evident that while I, at that point had not done carpet time, there were some very deep things going on in my heart. My Pastor use to say, "you can lay on the floor all night long but if when you get up you're still mean as a junk yard dog, then you are not changed". I had some bad habits that just fell away. Deep emotional hurts were being healed. Depression left.

To me this "carpet time", whether it's standing or laying, is all about change. He does not change so I must. In my opinion, I believe that when God puts someone out, God is viewing it as a time of surgery. So, whether you are able to move or not, it is best to not be in such a hurry to get up. It is best just to lay there and let Him do what He needs to do.

 

[Mercy Me]

Quaffer, the ones that fall down and don't change - we always called them "courtesy falls"!