"The Confirmation"

"Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?" (S.O.S. 1:7)

  So, if you really wanted to know what, being slain in the Spirit looks like, then there it is; there is no greater illustration of it than those that are taken home, suddenly and without any earthly reason. If you want an example of the first, I have no answer, except to be reminded of Enoch; the one that was, and then all of the sudden, was not. Don't you think that he might have been missed? I know what you are thinking, apples and oranges. But in the life that we share together here on this earth, there is really no difference to the one's we leave behind.
  Besides that, highly questionable comparison, there is the question of, if Ananias and his wife were actually really true follower's of Jesus Christ. Undoubtably one could make that assumption, if it were not plainly apparent by the candor of Peter to their actions. After all, if we are not, how do we lie to the Holy Ghost, if the Holy Ghost is not dwelling within us? Is it even possible for that to happen? Don't get me started on that, because it is more than possible; it is something that happens quite frequently in the life of every single one of us, in one shape or form or another.
  Any time we pretend that God cannot see our actions or the intensions of our heart, we are allowing the enemy to make the truth of God a lie; we make the power of God less relevant and of less importance in our lives. That might sound like a pretty big statement, but it is the truth! There is no way, in you know where, that we can pretend that God doesn't know what we are doing, and still have the faith within us to trust He always has our back. No, I can tell you without a doubt: we must train our hearts to sin and feel as though we have gotten away with something; because it is something that does not come naturally, not in the life of a true believer!
  This is the part where we start making comparisons to this and that, what we can do and cannot do; how far we can go and not feel ashamed. If you ever wanted to take inventory of your life, then the proof is in what it is that you constantly struggle with. If you do not struggle with sin, then you are not one that has the Holy Spirit living inside of you; plain and simple! Besides that, the Holy Spirit is going to be leading to be after the things that you need for spiritual nourishment. In other words, you are going to be hungry and thirsty for the things of God, those things that edify and encourage your walk; and most of all, more of Jesus to fill your life...

"What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection." (Romans 6:1-5)