0:00:10.915,0:00:12.872 [This question] comes from Rod... 0:00:12.872,0:00:17.461 Do Christians fall down involuntarily 0:00:17.461,0:00:20.461 while worshiping God? 0:00:20.461,0:00:23.312 I've been worshiping God [br]with the praise of my lips, 0:00:23.312,0:00:26.312 and had all the strength [br]removed from my legs 0:00:26.312,0:00:29.421 which has made me fall to the ground [br]or into the chair behind me. 0:00:29.421,0:00:31.219 Is this a Biblical experience 0:00:31.219,0:00:33.519 or am I being seduced by another spirit? 0:00:33.519,0:00:36.319 I'm not one who wants to [br]place my faith in experience, 0:00:36.319,0:00:37.388 but the Word of God 0:00:37.388,0:00:39.832 knowing that the heart [br]is deceitfully wicked. 0:00:39.832,0:00:42.145 Now here's the thing, listen: 0:00:42.145,0:00:44.268 True Christians have experiences - 0:00:44.268,0:00:45.918 no question about it. 0:00:45.918,0:00:48.166 Being saved is an experience! 0:00:48.166,0:00:50.043 I've never known a person truly saved 0:00:50.043,0:00:53.043 that their salvation wasn't an experience. 0:00:53.043,0:00:56.860 True Christians have [br]experiences. That happens. 0:00:56.860,0:01:01.225 But you know what? Lots of [br]not-true-Christians have experiences. 0:01:01.225,0:01:02.930 There is the Holy Spirit. 0:01:02.930,0:01:07.990 The Holy Spirit, if He [br]bears witness with our spirit 0:01:07.990,0:01:10.800 that we are children of [br]God? That's an experience. 0:01:10.800,0:01:12.452 If the love of God is poured 0:01:12.452,0:01:15.062 into my heart by the Spirit, [br]that's an experience. 0:01:15.062,0:01:17.764 If men's hearts are [br]regenerated by the Spirit, 0:01:17.764,0:01:20.365 you better believe [br]experiential things happen. 0:01:20.365,0:01:22.091 If I become a new man, 0:01:22.091,0:01:23.548 old things pass away; 0:01:23.548,0:01:24.775 all things become new. 0:01:24.775,0:01:26.505 Folks, that's an experience. 0:01:26.505,0:01:28.515 You become filled with the Spirit. 0:01:28.515,0:01:31.695 Acts repeatedly speaks about [br]that. That's an experience. 0:01:31.695,0:01:34.861 But, demons also do experiences. 0:01:34.861,0:01:38.501 There are unbelievers that [br]have demonic experiences. 0:01:38.501,0:01:41.131 And they think it's of God. Ok? 0:01:41.131,0:01:46.451 Here's the thing. How can [br]we tell the difference? 0:01:46.451,0:01:49.589 Well, the Scripture talks [br]about testing the spirits. 0:01:49.589,0:01:54.449 How do we test the spirits? 0:01:54.449,0:01:57.312 By the Word of God. [br]That's absolutely right. 0:01:57.312,0:01:59.083 And when we go to the Word of God, 0:01:59.083,0:02:01.863 the Word of God teaches us [br]things about the Spirit of God. 0:02:01.863,0:02:04.004 And where the Spirit of God is, 0:02:04.004,0:02:07.224 the Spirit of God works [br]based on the truth 0:02:07.224,0:02:10.201 that is revealed about that Holy Spirit 0:02:10.201,0:02:12.189 in the Word of God. 0:02:12.189,0:02:17.266 And so, there are certain [br]things we can look at. 0:02:17.267,0:02:21.217 I would just say this: Sarah Edwards, 0:02:21.217,0:02:23.487 Jonathan Edwards' wife, listen, 0:02:23.487,0:02:25.487 she had an experience that went like this: 0:02:25.487,0:02:27.025 She says, "At one time, 0:02:27.025,0:02:29.505 my strength was immediately taken away, 0:02:29.505,0:02:31.505 and I sunk down on the spot." 0:02:31.505,0:02:34.673 Sound familiar? Just [br]like this guy's situation? 0:02:34.673,0:02:37.633 "Those who were near raised [br]me, placed me in a chair." 0:02:37.633,0:02:39.272 Sounds very familiar - this guy, 0:02:39.272,0:02:42.072 all of a sudden his strength's [br]gone, he falls in a chair. 0:02:42.072,0:02:43.906 All of a sudden her strength is gone. 0:02:43.906,0:02:46.366 She didn't fall in a chair, [br]she went to the ground 0:02:46.366,0:02:48.216 and other people put her in the chair. 0:02:48.216,0:02:50.279 There was another time, [br]she says she was, 0:02:50.279,0:02:53.929 "moved so exceedingly, she was [br]drawn so strongly heavenward, 0:02:53.929,0:02:56.594 that it seemed as if her body 0:02:56.594,0:02:59.504 were feeling as if it were [br]being pulled upwards." 0:02:59.504,0:03:03.082 She said, "I felt as if I must [br]necessarily ascend thither. 0:03:03.082,0:03:04.852 At length my strength failed me, 0:03:04.852,0:03:07.449 I sunk down, and they took me up 0:03:07.449,0:03:10.299 and laid me on the bed." 0:03:10.299,0:03:13.254 Well, guess what? I've seen [br]pictures of Benny Hinn 0:03:13.254,0:03:15.734 waving his hands and [br]people fell to the ground. 0:03:15.734,0:03:17.676 Ok, Sarah Edwards falls to the ground. 0:03:17.676,0:03:20.276 Benny Hinn's got people, [br]they fall to the ground. 0:03:20.276,0:03:24.353 So which category does this guy fall into? 0:03:24.353,0:03:26.224 Well, let me tell you something. 0:03:26.224,0:03:27.634 Let me tell you something 0:03:27.634,0:03:31.554 about what Sarah Edwards [br]said in the midst of all this. 0:03:31.554,0:03:34.837 She said, "the presence [br]of God was so near 0:03:34.837,0:03:36.287 and so real that I seemed 0:03:36.287,0:03:38.287 scarcely conscious of anything else." 0:03:38.287,0:03:40.470 Now listen to what she says, 0:03:40.470,0:03:43.410 "God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ 0:03:43.410,0:03:46.410 seemed as distinct persons, 0:03:46.410,0:03:50.745 both manifesting Their [br]inconceivable loveliness 0:03:50.745,0:03:52.895 and mildness and gentleness 0:03:52.895,0:03:55.904 and Their great and immutable love to me. 0:03:55.904,0:03:58.064 I seemed to be taken under the care 0:03:58.064,0:04:01.533 and charge of my God and Savior, 0:04:01.533,0:04:05.133 in an inexpressibly endearing manner, 0:04:05.133,0:04:10.261 and Christ appeared to [br]me as a mighty Savior." 0:04:10.261,0:04:12.890 Can I tell you one thing [br]about the Holy Spirit? 0:04:12.890,0:04:15.611 You know what Jesus [br]Christ said about Him? 0:04:15.611,0:04:18.151 In John 16:14, speaking of the Comforter 0:04:18.151,0:04:19.751 or the Spirit of Truth, 0:04:19.751,0:04:24.308 "He will glorify Me, for [br]He will take what is Mine 0:04:24.308,0:04:26.408 and declare it to you." 0:04:26.408,0:04:30.933 Can I tell you what? Where [br]the true Holy Spirit is operating, 0:04:30.933,0:04:35.433 is it any marvel that [br]the Father and the Son 0:04:35.433,0:04:40.693 were made much of, [br]but where another spirit is, 0:04:40.693,0:04:46.416 the "Spirit" is typically [br]made much of. Watch that. 0:04:46.416,0:04:51.826 In the Pentecostal circles, [br]the "Spirit" is made much of. 0:04:51.826,0:04:54.482 In these health, wealth, [br]prosperity circles, 0:04:54.482,0:04:57.272 the "Spirit" is made much of, 0:04:57.272,0:04:59.512 but where the Spirit is truly operating, 0:04:59.512,0:05:01.296 He doesn't make much of Himself, 0:05:01.296,0:05:03.652 He makes much of the Father and the Son, 0:05:03.652,0:05:06.422 and especially the Son. 0:05:06.422,0:05:12.441 You watch: whatever experiences [br]people are experiencing, 0:05:12.441,0:05:17.331 is Christ being magnified? 0:05:17.331,0:05:22.206 Is He the focus? Is He central? 0:05:22.206,0:05:27.808 I'll tell you this: You've got people [br]falling down where Benny Hinn is? 0:05:27.808,0:05:29.914 He prophesied that God would destroy 0:05:29.914,0:05:34.434 the homosexual community of [br]America by fire in the mid '90's. 0:05:34.434,0:05:37.446 In about 1994 or 1995, [br]no later than that, 0:05:37.446,0:05:39.416 he also foretold that Fidel Castro 0:05:39.416,0:05:41.416 would die during the '90's, 0:05:41.416,0:05:43.590 that the world would end by 1999. 0:05:43.590,0:05:49.040 Hinn has taught that the [br]biblical Adam flew, had wings, 0:05:49.040,0:05:51.105 that he even flew to the moon. 0:05:51.105,0:05:52.895 He's said that the Christian Trinity 0:05:52.895,0:05:55.505 is actually God in nine [br]persons, not three, 0:05:55.505,0:05:59.703 because the Father, the Son, [br]and the Holy Ghost 0:05:59.703,0:06:02.703 are each comprised of trinities. 0:06:02.703,0:06:04.938 You know, Hinn said in one broadcast, 0:06:04.938,0:06:07.108 "I've looked for one verse in the Bible, 0:06:07.108,0:06:08.998 but I just can't seem to find it... 0:06:08.998,0:06:11.852 one verse that says 'if you [br]don't like them, kill them.' 0:06:11.852,0:06:13.452 I really wish I could find it. 0:06:13.452,0:06:15.530 Sometimes I wish God would give me 0:06:15.530,0:06:19.430 a Holy Ghost machine gun and [br]I'd blow their heads off." 0:06:19.430,0:06:22.585 You know what Sarah Edwards said? 0:06:22.585,0:06:26.895 "My soul was so filled [br]with love to Christ, 0:06:26.895,0:06:29.065 and love to His people, 0:06:29.065,0:06:32.755 that I fainted under the [br]intenseness of the feeling." 0:06:32.755,0:06:35.721 You know what one of chief marks 0:06:35.721,0:06:39.141 of true Christianity is? It's love. 0:06:39.141,0:06:43.072 And where the Spirit [br]of the living Christ is, 0:06:43.072,0:06:46.072 there's love for God's people. 0:06:46.072,0:06:48.713 Hinn wants to blow their heads off. 0:06:48.713,0:06:53.843 Sarah Edwards is so taken up [br]with a love for God's people. 0:06:53.843,0:06:56.247 Listen: test the spirits. 0:06:56.247,0:06:59.247 You know them by their fruits. 0:06:59.247,0:07:03.066 Pauline's right, go to the Word of God 0:07:03.066,0:07:06.066 and see the marks of the Spirit. 0:07:06.066,0:07:07.277 Go to the book of Acts. 0:07:07.277,0:07:09.747 Look where the Spirit was operating, 0:07:09.747,0:07:14.307 where places trembled, 0:07:14.307,0:07:16.826 where there were fillings of the Spirit, 0:07:16.826,0:07:19.316 where there were supernatural occurrences, 0:07:19.316,0:07:20.807 where there were experiences, 0:07:20.807,0:07:23.537 and look in the midst of all of it, 0:07:23.537,0:07:27.308 and look at the flavor, [br]look at the aroma, 0:07:27.308,0:07:30.308 look at the fruits of those things. 0:07:30.308,0:07:32.225 Weigh things out by the Word of God. 0:07:32.225,0:07:35.959 Hinn gives himself away [br]as a false prophet. 0:07:35.959,0:07:39.180 Sarah Edwards gives herself away. 0:07:39.180,0:07:41.122 She's so entranced by Christ 0:07:41.122,0:07:44.433 and by a love for the people of Christ.