"Believers: Have you ever caught the Holy Spirit?"
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My cousin and I were having this conversation yesterday...we both agreed that we have felt the Spirit "move" through us, but never actually caught it.
I've been in places where I've seen the Holy Spirit move from person to person and seen where they have been filled and let it out however they knew (e.g. cry, moan, dance, shout)
So if have, can you describe the feeling to me...
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35. "What was the point of this? " In response to Reply # 1
You literally did the one thing she asked people not to do, right out of the gate.
There is zero chance that you caused someone who believes they have to think otherwise, so there's really no point to this response other than to derail the whole thing with a petty back and forth from jump.
I felt bad about it when I was younger. I was a believer, a pious and obedient girl who read the Bible and was active in church. So why did it seem to affect everyone but me?
Now that I'm older, I know why. And I don't think I'll ever "shout" like that, especially not in church. (I'm totally fine with it though.)
12. "The 2nd one for sure. But generally, I think most aren't feeling anythin..." In response to Reply # 10
I know it's not my place to tell someone what they are or are not feeling, so this is just my opinion from observation.
For one thing, it shouldn't be specific to only a certain group of people. Isn't it pentecostals who are heavy in this type of stuff? Why do they seem to be affected to a much higher degree than others?
Also, it seems to be contagious. First one person starts jumping, then someone else yells out, then an old person starts dancing. From the outside looking in, that looks like folks playing along to fit in.
Maybe they feel themselves getting emotional or excited, the way you would be listening to music or watching a movie.
But in my opinion, there is no ghost or spirit taking over their bodies.
MrThomas43423 Member since Jul 03rd 2002 67613 posts
Mon Feb-23-15 04:34 PM
7. "the church, especially the Baptist church, allows for that expression" In response to Reply # 0
cause i've felt the chills before. or the Jesus tingles. like i'd be sitting there and a song would be sung and i'd feel something on the inside. not sure what it was, but it would be something. and church kinda is an environment where if you want to act on what you feel on the inside....its welcome. if you wanna clap...you can clap. if you wanna stand and run...you can run. and if you wanna buck will you pass out in a heap on the floor, you can do that too. i think that sort of religious expression is a conduit.
but if felt those same tingles listening to secular music. i've been moved to tears by music and movies and art and people. i just don't think i felt them in an environment or felt it necessary to show those feelings on the inside. that's what i respect about the holy spirit or whatever and people who feel that spirit...they're not afraid to show it. no matter whether all the people who are obviously gonna come in here and hate, believe them or not. they'll be call fake and silly, but they'll still go ahead and worship in the way they see fit. --------------------------------------- it's true what they say...people are strange, when you're strangers.
15. "^^^ this comes the closest for me. and house music. " In response to Reply # 7
>cause i've felt the chills before. or the Jesus tingles. like >i'd be sitting there and a song would be sung and i'd feel >something on the inside. not sure what it was, but it would be >something. and church kinda is an environment where if you >want to act on what you feel on the inside....its welcome. if >you wanna clap...you can clap. if you wanna stand and >run...you can run. and if you wanna buck will you pass out in >a heap on the floor, you can do that too. i think that sort of >religious expression is a conduit.
right. and i've felt 'full' (of the spirit) before. it doesn't express itself in me (or i don't express it) in dancing and shouting or running. but i feel it. it is a connectedness, a plugged in-ness, and a lightness, where it's like all of my burdens and sorrows are transformed through praise into an all-encompassing gratitude and overflowing of emotion.
> >but if felt those same tingles listening to secular music.
word. and i experienced this long before the spiritual aspect. might be 'blue notes' and former gospel musicians hitting them chords and harmonies that just resonate with my soul, but i've felt that before.
>i've been moved to tears by music and movies and art and >people. i just don't think i felt them in an environment or >felt it necessary to show those feelings on the inside.
right. which is really why i think i caught the manifestation in house music. you wanna jump, go head and do that.
that's >what i respect about the holy spirit or whatever and people >who feel that spirit...they're not afraid to show it. no >matter whether all the people who are obviously gonna come in >here and hate, believe them or not. they'll be call fake and >silly, but they'll still go ahead and worship in the way they >see fit. >--------------------------------------- >it's true what they say...people are strange, when you're >strangers. > >not compassionate....only polite. > >I am not like you at all and i cannot pretend.
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He was a founding member of Underground Resistance and is very open about his faith, which is supposedly very strong. I cant think of anyone else in that scene who so explicitly draws on his faith for his art.
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MrThomas43423 Member since Jul 03rd 2002 67613 posts
Tue Feb-24-15 10:28 AM
34. "follow up question to this" In response to Reply # 15
>right. and i've felt 'full' (of the spirit) before. it doesn't >express itself in me (or i don't express it) in dancing and >shouting or running. but i feel it. it is a connectedness, a >plugged in-ness, and a lightness, where it's like all of my >burdens and sorrows are transformed through praise into an >all-encompassing gratitude and overflowing of emotion.
do you find yourself repressing what you feel? cause as soon as i feel full of the 'spirit' or whatever i'll cut it off. i'd definitely cry. and after that would probably be more physically expressive, or at least more vocally expressive. maybe cause that's what i've seen and what i grew up around, but i'd definitely give off a loud hallelujah and then who knows what would happen. but i'm a demonstrative and animated person at times.
so yeah...are the Jesus tingles your full of the spirit, or is that you cue to reel it in cause shit might get real. --------------------------------------- it's true what they say...people are strange, when you're strangers.
43. "they take the bible version literal. 1 time miracle that served a purpos..." In response to Reply # 23
the "tongues" ppl spoke in that instance were real languages they used to go spread the word in other countries (iirc) now days you can catch the holy ghost and speak in tongues any day of the week and the only purpose it serves is to let other ppl in the congregation know that you caught the holy spirit
11. "Hmmm... I've never started shouting and speaking in tongues" In response to Reply # 0
But there have been times whether during worship or reading my bible that I've felt the Holy Spirit on me. Usually just makes me cry. Indescribable feeling definitely but it's certainly not what's depicted in certain churches and on TV.
and i generally look at the jumping, dancing, shouting, speaking jibberish and running around the building with a great deal of cynicism and another word that i was thinking before i typed cynicism and now it has left me. but whatever, it involves a lot of eye rolling in my head.
22. "RE: Believers: Have you ever caught the Holy Spirit?" In response to Reply # 0
I've felt the holy spirit move me to cry. But, I believe that's as far as it goes. I've felt it within me. But, I haven't felt it enough to dance or run into a glass door (I've seen it happen).
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Atillah Moor Member since Sep 05th 2013 13825 posts
Mon Feb-23-15 08:45 PM
24. "I have felt spirit filled or something like Gods presence" In response to Reply # 0
Like a reassuring peace, but to "catch the Holy Ghost " as far as speaking in tongues (gibberish not actual languages) or being slain by the spirit I believe to be unsound doctrine biblically as well as spiritually.
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30. "I think it's silly to talk ish about people catching the spirit..." In response to Reply # 0
but then go into a club and dancing your ass off. (conversely I always thought church folks shouldn't judge folks for going out dancing).
The experience is so similar.
Ever look at a scene in a dance party with the music cut off? If you step back and look at it from an objective disconnected clinical matter, it looks very other wordly. Like a spiritual possession. A bunch of people rhythmically gyrating their bodies in sync.
I think the one good thing that came out the matrix reloaded was showing me how you can blur the lines between a club experience and a religious experience. Check out this scene if you don't remember it.
..but not to the extent where i start speaking in tongues or hollerintg, or losing it....i just get to a very calm space in my spirit where it's like no one else is there other than me and God...it's VERY peaceful for me....
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Atillah Moor Member since Sep 05th 2013 13825 posts
Tue Feb-24-15 10:58 AM
36. "Where in the bible does it say it's a thing though? " In response to Reply # 32
Yes folks can be moved to dance in joy or celebration e.g. David's triumphant entry, but the type of extra stuff like non sensical tongues, spasms, falling on the floor-- there just isn't any biblical support for it. If anything, according to the bible, throwing oneself on the ground uncontrollably is a whole other type of possession and a malevolent one at that.
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37. "Read up on The Great Awakening and the The Azusa Street Revival " In response to Reply # 36
>Yes folks can be moved to dance in joy or celebration e.g. >David's triumphant entry, but the type of extra stuff like non >sensical tongues, spasms, falling on the floor-- there just >isn't any biblical support for it. If anything, according to >the bible, throwing oneself on the ground uncontrollably is a >whole other type of possession and a malevolent one at that.
Both the The Great Awakening and the The Azusa Street Revival displayed a new dimension in the expression of how the Holy Spirit moved though people.
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33. "Dat nigga Paul said speaking in tongues is for a message 2 b delivert" In response to Reply # 0
So if you all "shouldaboughtahonda" and ain't no message coming through you for the people? You a piece of brass, according to Corinthians or whatever book he said that in.
When I used to go to church tho, I was pretty much like Sepia earlier in the comments. I really have nothing against people wanting to get emotional and let loose in a trusting community. I think this stems from out African traditions more than anything... dancing around the drum and so forth. I just like to give credit where it's due back to our origins. It's an emotional purging. Just understand it for what it is.
41. "Word! I'd be able to get down w/ that, myself." In response to Reply # 39
Lawd knows I love me some drums and soul humming. Went to the Black Pride flea market and had to bust out in dance to the drums. My homeboy said I looked like I was crushing grapes, lol.
44. "I almost cried at a Thundercat show" In response to Reply # 0
I dunno what he was doin with that guitar. He wasnt even playing a song, per se.
just opened with a buildup of chords. Me and my boy just kinda stared at each other, acknowledging that something not of this world seemed to be goin down.
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