My Slain in the Spirit Experience and How this Phenomenon is Biblical - A Daily Devotional

My Slain in the Spirit Experience and How this Phenomenon is Biblical - A Daily Devotional 

Amilee and I attended the School of Evangelism course conducted by Christ for All Nations (CfAN) and Evangelist Reinhard Bonkke and we had our first slain in the Spirit experience!

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Amilee and I's slain in the Spirit experience at School of Evangelism 

I used to find this phenomenon of people being slain in the Spirit very weird and a little scary. I was also skeptical. "Were they faking it?", "Why must God make that person cry so loudly and spasm on the floor?" - these are real questions that went through my mind when I saw it happen for the first time. 

Then one day, Amilee (back then my best friend and not yet my wife) and I attended "School of Evangelism" in Singapore, a four-day evangelistic course by Christ for All Nations (CfAN) led by Evangelist Reinhard Bonkke in October 2014. 

In one of the segments of the course, Doctor Chauncey Crandall, a surgeon who was also a believer, taught about "The Miraculous in Christ" - I was blown away by his testimony about him raising a man from dead. 
Towards the end of his session, he was led by the Holy Spirit to invite attendees of the course to head to the altar and he laid his hands on them. 

While doing this, he was constantly praying in tongues and I still remember till this day the words that he spoke repeatedly in a calm manner: "Horaba Shente, Horaba Shente". 

As he laid hands on people, one by one they fell to the ground as if they were knocked out unconscious - they were slain in the Spirit - and each person had different manifestations afterwards. 

Some started to cry softly, some were wailing loudly, some were flushed in the face and looking peacefully as they lay on the ground, and some people were convulsing on the ground as if having a spasm. 

Seeing all this happen, I was so excited! I thought to myself: I can finally see if this slain in the Spirit thing is real or not. 
With faith and anticipation in my heart, I made my way to the front of the altar, and Doctor Chauncey laid his hand on my forehead as I closed my eyes and smiled like a fool. 

What I experienced was like I was falling in slow motion to the ground as if invisible hands were supporting me from behind. 
When my body finally reached the ground, I lay there experiencing a overwhelming sense of love and peace enveloping me - I knew I could get up at any time, but I didn't want to because it felt so great, so supernatural.

Amilee told me afterwards that I was the only one smiling and looking so excited to be slain the Spirit haha. 

After that, I saw Amilee going up to the front for a touch of the miraculous as well and when Doctor Chauncey's hand touched her head, she stumbled a few steps backwards, looking as if she was very dizzy and was gently supported to lie down on the floor by a volunteer. 

After the whole session ended, it was followed by a time of praise and worship. Halfway through the session, I felt led to place my right hand on Amilee's head - she was standing on my right. 
Immediately, she stumbled again like when Doctor Chauncey placed his hand on her head. She was slain in the Spirit again. 
I was so shocked that it could happen through me too. I realized that God can work His miraculous power through whichever believer he chose. 

​The Biblical explanation for the slain in the Spirit experience

As far as I know, I only found two occurrences in the Bible of someone having a slain in the Spirit experience and the two incidents are very similar. Let's take a look at the verses:

"As the appearance of the rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory and brilliance of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell face downward and I heard a voice of One speaking. Then He said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet and I will speak to you.” Then as He spoke to me the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet; and I heard Him speaking to me." (Ezekiel 1:28-2:2 AMP)

"and in the midst of the lampstands I saw someone like the Son of Man, dressed in a robe reaching to His feet, and with a golden sash wrapped around His chest. His head and His hair were white like white wool, [glistening white] like snow; and His [all-seeing] eyes were [flashing] like a flame of fire [piercing into my being]. His feet were like burnished [white-hot] bronze, refined in a furnace, and His voice was [powerful] like the sound of many waters. In His right hand He held seven stars, and from His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword [of judgment]; and His face [reflecting His majesty and the Shekinah glory] was like the sun shining in [all] its power [at midday]. When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. And He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last [absolute Deity, the Son of God]," (Revelation 1:13-17 AMP)

Looking at the two incidents above, there are two big similarities in both: 

1) Both prophet Ezekiel and apostle John saw the glory of the Lord.

2) Both of them fell to the ground and remained on the ground.

Prophet Ezekiel needed the Spirit to set him on his feet so he definitely didn't fall down in worship on purpose. It happened suddenly and unexpectedly to him.
Apostle John fell at Jesus' feet "as though dead" . Does a dead person fall down by choice? No, it's also involuntary. 
Their experiences are consistent with what Amilee and I experienced when we were slain in the Spirit after Doctor Chauncey laid his hand on our heads. 

So we can deduce that people are slain in the Spirit because their bodies are somehow overwhelmed by the glory of the Lord in a moment.
I am guessing that we are unable to remain standing before Him when His glory comes because of the sinful flesh  in our bodies. 

I am reminded of these verses: "If You, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?" (Psalm 130:3 NKV)

"since all have sinned and continually fall short of the glory of God," (Romans 3:23 AMP)
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Truly, the slain in the Spirit experience reminds us that no one can remain standing and claim to be innocent by themselves because we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Only in Jesus do we have complete forgiveness of sins. 

Special Prayer for this daily devotional:
​Dear Heavenly Father, we pray that we never boast in ourselves because there is nothing but wretchedness in our own flesh.
Instead, help us to always rejoice and boast in Jesus because in Him there is total forgiveness of sins, righteousness and every blessing of God for us. In Jesus' name, Amen!" 

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