A Spiritual Kingdom
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| Courtesy Clever Smith |
According
to W. E. Vine in his Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words
(1981), he wrote that Spirit “conveys the idea of invisibility and power”.
Spiritual Christians can easily say “yes” and “amen” to this idea because our
own spiritual experiences support it. Although we cannot see spirit because of
spirit’s invisibility, we have certainly felt its power.
Now,
we already know that touch conveys power by the direct laying-on-of-hands.
What a majority of us have not experienced (or noticed) is the touch of power
that comes to us by indirect means. For example:
- Handkerchiefs and aprons were brought from Paul’s body “to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them” (Acts 19:12).
As
for my own testimony, although far from the power emitted from the apostle’s
body, my own body began to emit a small amount of spirit, too. Clearly, it was
not powerful enough to heal anyone; yet, it was noticeable enough to affect the
people who worked in my office:
- I left work for my one week vacation. Two co-workers asked to use my desk while I was gone. I was glad to offer it. A few days later, one of the co-workers called me at home. She said she was freaking out. She claimed that every time she sat on my swivel chair, she felt energized, different, and better. (This girl had a lot of self-inflicted problems). When I returned to work, another co-worker said she felt like she was floating whenever she sat on my chair. Although freaked out by their experiences, both continued to use my chair and desk because curiosity had overcome their fears. It also helped that they knew my walk with God for the past several years we worked together.
Mostly,
due to Paul’s experience, I often wash any articles of used clothing handed
down to me by relatives or bought at used clothes stores. Better to be safe
than sorry.
Next week:
Feeling Spirits
Scriptures
taken from the New King James Version®; © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by
permission. All rights reserved.
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