{"id":586,"date":"2016-06-23T23:01:17","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T23:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truthwatchers.com\/?p=586"},"modified":"2019-09-18T21:01:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T21:01:42","slug":"laying-hands-taught-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truthwatchers.com\/laying-hands-taught-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Laying on of Hands as Taught in the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What exactly is \u201cthe doctrine\u2026 of laying on of hands\u201d (Hebrews 6:2)? To use the term \u201claying on of hands\u201d in a biblical manner, we must properly understand the use of this term from the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>One way it is used frequently is to identify a violent act (Esther 2:21; 3:5-6; 9:2-16). The term is first use by Ruben telling his brothers to \u201clay no hand\u201d on their brother Joseph (Genesis 37:22). God told Moses, \u201cBut Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments\u00a0And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt\u2026\u201d (Exodus 7:4-5). Nehemiah warned the merchants about selling on the Sabbath; \u201cif ye do so again, I will lay hands on you\u201d (Nehemiah 13:21). This was no empty threat, \u201cI contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair\u201d (Nehemiah 13:25). The chief priests and scribes sought to arrest Jesus (Luke 20:19; Mark 12:12) and eventually did so (Matthew 26:50; Luke 21:12). Jesus warned His disciples of persecution, saying \u201cthey shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you\u201d (Luke 21:12), and they did (Acts 4:3; 5:18).<\/p>\n<p>Another way it is used in the Bible is to express the prayer or a blessing over a person.<\/p>\n<p>Jacob crossed his hands to bless his grandsons Ephraim and Manasseh (Genesis 17:20), which displeased Joseph. Jesus blessed the little children (Mark 10:16). Many of these blessings are receiving a healing (Matthew 9:18; Mark 7:32; 16:18; Luke 13:13; Acts 9:12, 15-17). Other times these blessings are prayed for the ministry of an individuals or assembly of people. In Acts 6, the people were to pick \u201cmen of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom\u201d (Acts 6:3), which were then \u201cset before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them\u201d (Acts 6:6). In this sense it was to ordain their ministry from the beginning with God\u2019s blessing. This is also the sense used in 1 Timothy 4:13-14 and 2 Timothy 1:6, which is evident from the context to note as Kenneth Wuest acknowledges,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">This special enduement was given Timothy \u201cby prophecy.\u201d That is, prophetic intimations were given to Paul as to the selection of Timothy for the ministerial office\u2026. These prophetic intimations were repeated in connection with the ceremony of ordination at which time the hands of the Church elders were laid upon Timothy. The laying on of hands speaks of identification. Here it was the outward act and ceremony symbolizing the fact that Timothy was now to be identified with the elders in the common work of the ministry of the Word.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Kenneth Wuest, <em>\u00a0The Pastoral Epistles<\/em>, Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1952, p. 75<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [2, 2], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Introducing the portion of his book about laying on of hands, charismatic apologist Michael L. Brown states, \u201cFor those of you who might not be aware of this, while laying on of hands is not central to the present evangelistically driven outpouring, in many circles, there is time set aside in nightly services to lay hands on hungry believers for a fresh touch from God, which often results in testimony of miraculous impartation.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">2)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Michael L. Brown, <em>Let No One Deceive You: Confronting the Critics of Revival<\/em>, Destiny Image Publishers, Inc., 1997, p. 183<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [2, 2], });<\/script> Anyone acquainted with these events knows: 1) the majority of time is spent each night with this portion of the service, 2) those who attend these meetings do so for this portion of the service, and 3) the entire meeting is spent building hype in anticipation for this portion of the service. Furthermore, there is no need \u201cfor a fresh touch from God\u201d as one is sealed by the Spirit of God by belief (Ephesians 1:13; John 7:39).\u00a0 Brown\u2019s attempt to prove the \u201cimpartation\u201d by the laying on of hands is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">According to Numbers 27:18-23, Moses was to lay his hand on Joshua and commission him before the people of Israel, giving him some of his authority. Thus Deuteronomy 34:9 states, \u201cAnd Joshua the son of Nun was filled of the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands upon him and the Israelites listened to him, and did what the LORD commanded Moses.\u201d Something happened to Joshua when Moses laid hands on him! He received something tangible.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">3)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Michael L. Brown, <em>Let No One Deceive You: Confronting the Critics of Revival<\/em>, Destiny Image Publishers, Inc., 1997, p. 184<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [2, 2], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The faulty NIV as a dynamic equivalent causes much problem with this verse as can be noticed when compared to the KJV where the grammatical difference shows that Joshua\u2019s \u201cspirit of wisdom\u201d was not \u201cbecause\u201d Moses laid hands on him. Brown opted out on citing Numbers 27:18-23 which refutes his attempt to prove there was an impartation of any \u201cspirit.\u201d Numbers 27:18 says the spirit was already present \u201cin\u201d Joshua while verse 19, 20, and 23 tell the purpose of laying hands on him was for the exchange of authority, which is why it was to be done in front of the whole congregation of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>This is the reason for laying on of hands in the New Testament as well which Brown also identifies but uses Moses and Joshua to say it was impartation of the spirit as well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\u00a0(By the way, Paul\u2019s exhortation to Timothy in 1 Timothy 5:22 to \u201clay hands suddenly on no man\u201d &#8211; in the familiar language of the King James &#8211; does <em>not<\/em> mean, \u201cDon\u2019t come up on someone unexpectedly on a prayer line\u201d [although that may be good \u201cministry etiquette\u201d]; rather, it means, \u201cDon\u2019t be hasty in ordaining someone into a leadership position.\u201d). But we must remember that this was not merely a formal ceremony signifying public recognition (although that is what it has become in many modern church circles); instead, it was also understood to be an act of impartation (as with Moses and Joshua).<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">4)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Michael L. Brown, <em>Let No One Deceive You: Confronting the Critics of Revival<\/em>, Destiny Image Publishers, Inc., 1997, p. 185-186<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [2, 2], });<\/script>(Brackets in original)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since it\u2019s already been refuted that Moses imparted any spirit to Joshua, we see that this command was to deal with ordaining leadership positions only. The quoting Romans 1:11, \u201cFor I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established,\u201d Brown says, \u201che planned to minister to them through the laying on of hands\u2026<sup>&#8220;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">5)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Michael L. Brown, <em>Let No One Deceive You: Confronting the Critics of Revival<\/em>, Destiny Image Publishers, Inc., 1997, p. 186<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [2, 2], });<\/script><\/sup><a href=\"#_edn5\" name=\"_ednref5\"><\/a> But nothing of the laying on of hands was mentioned by Paul here, nor is any miraculous signs gifts mentioned. Concluding his section on this topic, Brown asks, \u201cWhat about the issue of people \u2018falling under the power\u2019 after the laying on of hands? Is that explicitly taught in the Scriptures, or are there examples of this in the Word? Certainly not\u2026. There is nothing unbiblical about it at all.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_6');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_6');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">6)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_6\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Michael L. Brown, Let <em>No One Deceive You: Confronting the Critics of Revival<\/em>, Destiny Image Publishers, Inc., 1997, p. 187<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_6').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_6', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [2, 2], });<\/script> He admits it is not biblical, but, somehow concludes that it is not unbiblical.<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth Hagin questions, \u201cDid you ever wonder why Peter and John were singled out to make that journey to Samaria [in Acts 8]? Because they had been endowed by the Spirit of God to lay hands on people to receive the Holy Spirit. Some have this special ministry and some do not, but whether you do or not, you can minister in faith and God will honor your faith.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_7');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_7');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">7)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_7\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Kenneth E. Hagin, <em>The Bible Way To Receive the Holy Spirit<\/em>, Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc., 1992, p. 6<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_7').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_7', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [2, 2], });<\/script> It is a major error in hermeneutics to derive doctrine out of an obscure passage without confirming the thing with parallel passages. It is a major heresy to make things up that are not in the Bible at all such as the laying on of hands is a \u201cspecial ministry\u201d that some have and some do not. Of course, Hagin does not need Scriptures to back up his claimed doctrine; he has direct revelations and visions of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">You can do the same things I do in my meetings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">I do them because the Lord appeared to me in a vision in 1950 and said, \u201cI have given you a ministry of laying on of hands. Before you lay hands on them, always read or quote Acts 19:6 to them: \u2018<em>And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spoke with tongues.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">He said, \u201cyou tell the person that I told you to tell them that when you lay your hands on them, the Holy Spirit will come on them. You tell them that I told you to tell them that their tongue will seem to want to say something that isn\u2019t English or their natural language. And you tell them that I told you to tell them to lift their voice and speak out whatever supernatural sound, syllable, or word comes and keep speaking until a free, clear language comes.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_8');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_8');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">8)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_8\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Kenneth E. Hagin, <em>The Bible Way To Receive the Holy Spirit<\/em>, Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc., 1992, p. 26-27<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_8').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_8', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [2, 2], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So forget what the Bible has to say and just take Hagin\u2019s word for it. But understand that this is one of those experiences that can only be validated by testing it personally since the Bible is silent on this \u201cspecial ministry.\u201d Charles Ryrie offers an explanation of Acts 8 which shatters Hagin\u2019s best proof text. \u201cIt seems to me that the best explanation of this delay in giving the Spirit to the Samaritans lies in the schismatic nature of the Samaritan religion. Because the Samaritans had their own worship which was a rival to the Jewish worship in Jerusalem, it was necessary to prove to them that their new faith was not to be set up as a rival to the new faith that had taken root in Jerusalem. And the best was for God to show the Samaritan believers that they belonged to the same faith and group as Jerusalem believers (and contrariwise the best way to show the Jerusalem leaders that the Samaritans were genuinely saved) was to delay the giving of the Spirit until Peter and John came from Jerusalem to Samaria\u2026. It preserved the unity of the church in this early stage.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_9');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_9');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">9)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_9\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Charles C. Ryrie, <em>The Holy Spirit<\/em>, Revised and Expanded, Moody Press, 1997, p. 101<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_9').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_9', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [2, 2], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It is important to understand accurately what the Bible means by the phrase \u201claying on of hands\u201d instead of <em>falling<\/em> for the false doctrine of \u201cimpartation\u201d which has linked many movements with this similar spirit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">John Arnott, senior pastor of the Toronto Vineyard, received his \u201cblessing\u201d indirectly from Howard-Brown, through Randy Clark, Pastor of the Vineyard Church in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1993, Pastor Clark, discouraged and approaching a nervous breakdown, was encouraged to attend a Howard-Brown meeting that was being held at Kenneth Haggin\u2019s Rhema Bible College in Tulsa, Oklahoma.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_10');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_10');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">10)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_10\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Roger Oakland, <em>New Wine or Old Deception? A Biblical Perspective of Experience-Based Christianity<\/em>, The Word For Today, 1995, p. 22<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_10').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_10', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [2, 2], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just as this \u201canointing\u201d lifted Pastor Clark out of his despair, the occult technique of Reiki is claimed to have the same effect. \u201cMany Practitioners of therapeutic touch believe that it not only enhances their nursing abilities, but also prevents career burnout.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_11');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_11');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">11)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_11\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Rochelle Mackey, <em>American Journal Of Nursing<\/em>, \u201cDiscovering The Healing Power of Therapeutic Touch,\u201d April, 1995, p. 27<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_11').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_11', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [2, 2], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHoward-Browne studied at the Rhema Bible Training Center in Johannesburg, South Africa. Rhema is associated with Pentecostal Word-Faith preacher Kenneth Hagin and his Rhema center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_12');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_12');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_12\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">12)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_12\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">David W. Cloud, <em>The Pentecostal-Charismatic Movement: The History and Error<\/em>, Way of Life Literature, Second edition, 2008, p. 201<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_12').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_12', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [2, 2], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Roger Oakland relates,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">A Christian man I met recently, testified that he went into a trance when he was touched on his forehead and then he went \u201ccompletely out of it for hours.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_13');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_13');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_13\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">13)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_13\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Roger Oakland, <em>New Wine or Old Deception? A Biblical Perspective of Experience-Based Christianity<\/em>, The Word For Today, 1995, p. 45<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_13').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_13', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [2, 2], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kurt Koch refers to a story of a man called Mark who attended<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\u2026a Pentecostal church, where hands were laid on him, and he was what they called \u201cslain in the spirit.\u201d He was lying on the floor in a trance. \u2026Mark also received a gift of tongues.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_14');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_14');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_14\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">14)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_14\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Kurt E. Koch, <em>Occult ABC: Exposing Occult Practices and Ideologies<\/em>, Kregel Publications, second edition 1986, originally published as <em>Okkultes ABC <\/em>[German] in 1978, translated by Michael Freeman in 1978 as <em>Satan\u2019s Devices<\/em>, p. 33<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_14').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_14', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [2, 2], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The account concludes with an exorcism of a demon from Mark in which Dr. Koch remarks, \u201cWe see here again that demons sometimes claim to be Jesus. Further, it here becomes evident that the so-called <em>baptism of the Spirit<\/em> in the charismatic movement is usually an opportunity for demons to enter.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_15');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_15');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_15\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">15)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_15\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Kurt E. Koch, <em>Occult ABC: Exposing Occult Practices and Ideologies<\/em>, Kregel Publications, second edition 1986, originally published as <em>Okkultes ABC <\/em>[German] in 1978, translated by Michael Freeman in 1978 as <em>Satan\u2019s Devices<\/em>, p. 34<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_15').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_15', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [2, 2], });<\/script> The very activities happening in churches across the world today, ironically, were the actions that stir up the hysteria during the Salem Witch Trials. \u201cAffliction took two main forms. In the first, the afflicted person went into seizures and hallucinations at the glance of the accused person, and could be recovered by her touch.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_16');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_586_1('footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_16');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_16\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">16)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_16\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Chadwick Hansen, \u201cAndover Witchcraft and the Causes of the Salem Witchcraft Trials,\u201d in Howard Kerr and Charles L. Crow, ed., The <em>Occult In America: New Historical Perspectives<\/em>, The University of Illinois Press, 1983, p. 51<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_16').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_586_1_16', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [2, 2], });<\/script> There is a great chasm dividing the biblical doctrine of laying on of hands and what is being passed off in charismatic churches.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref1\" name=\"_edn1\"><\/a>If you liked this article, you may also be interested in <strong><em>Crept In Unawares: Mysticism<\/em><\/strong> by Heath Henning is available for purchase <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1692362542\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=crept+in+unawares&amp;qid=1568380588&amp;sr=8-1\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/truthwatchers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Crept-In-Unawares-Mysticism-min.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1475\" src=\"https:\/\/truthwatchers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Crept-In-Unawares-Mysticism-min-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truthwatchers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Crept-In-Unawares-Mysticism-min-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/truthwatchers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Crept-In-Unawares-Mysticism-min-280x420.jpg 280w, https:\/\/truthwatchers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Crept-In-Unawares-Mysticism-min.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_586_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_586_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_586_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_586_1\" style=\"display: none;\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">References<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_586_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_1');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_1\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Kenneth Wuest, <em>\u00a0The Pastoral Epistles<\/em>, Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1952, p. 75<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_586_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_2');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_2\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Michael L. Brown, <em>Let No One Deceive You: Confronting the Critics of Revival<\/em>, Destiny Image Publishers, Inc., 1997, p. 183<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_586_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_3');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_3\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>3<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Michael L. Brown, <em>Let No One Deceive You: Confronting the Critics of Revival<\/em>, Destiny Image Publishers, Inc., 1997, p. 184<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_586_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_4');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_4\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>4<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Michael L. Brown, <em>Let No One Deceive You: Confronting the Critics of Revival<\/em>, Destiny Image Publishers, Inc., 1997, p. 185-186<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_586_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_5');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_5\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>5<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Michael L. Brown, <em>Let No One Deceive You: Confronting the Critics of Revival<\/em>, Destiny Image Publishers, Inc., 1997, p. 186<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_586_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_6');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_6\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>6<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Michael L. Brown, Let <em>No One Deceive You: Confronting the Critics of Revival<\/em>, Destiny Image Publishers, Inc., 1997, p. 187<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_586_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_7');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_7\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>7<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Kenneth E. Hagin, <em>The Bible Way To Receive the Holy Spirit<\/em>, Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc., 1992, p. 6<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_586_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_8');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_8\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>8<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Kenneth E. Hagin, <em>The Bible Way To Receive the Holy Spirit<\/em>, Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc., 1992, p. 26-27<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_586_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_9');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_9\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>9<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Charles C. Ryrie, <em>The Holy Spirit<\/em>, Revised and Expanded, Moody Press, 1997, p. 101<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_586_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_10');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_10\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>10<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Roger Oakland, <em>New Wine or Old Deception? A Biblical Perspective of Experience-Based Christianity<\/em>, The Word For Today, 1995, p. 22<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_586_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_11');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_11\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>11<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Rochelle Mackey, <em>American Journal Of Nursing<\/em>, \u201cDiscovering The Healing Power of Therapeutic Touch,\u201d April, 1995, p. 27<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_586_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_12');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_12\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>12<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">David W. Cloud, <em>The Pentecostal-Charismatic Movement: The History and Error<\/em>, Way of Life Literature, Second edition, 2008, p. 201<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_586_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_13');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_13\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>13<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Roger Oakland, <em>New Wine or Old Deception? A Biblical Perspective of Experience-Based Christianity<\/em>, The Word For Today, 1995, p. 45<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_586_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_14');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_14\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>14<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Kurt E. Koch, <em>Occult ABC: Exposing Occult Practices and Ideologies<\/em>, Kregel Publications, second edition 1986, originally published as <em>Okkultes ABC <\/em>[German] in 1978, translated by Michael Freeman in 1978 as <em>Satan\u2019s Devices<\/em>, p. 33<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_586_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_586_1_15');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_586_1_15\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>15<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Kurt E. 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