*Homogenous **Homodoxian Religion

Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.

(1) RUACH – noun feminine singular
(2) ELOHIM – noun masculine plural
Martin Buber points out:

RUACH ELOHIM, the breathing, blowing, surging phenomenon, is neither natural (wind) nor spiritual (spirit) but both in one; it is the creative breathing that brings both nature and the spirit into one being. The Bible here thinks not lexically but elementally, and would have its readers think in its manner, would have the movement from God that precedes all differentiation indifferently touch the hearing heart. Here at the beginning of the Bible, RUACH ELOHIM stands as a great, unformulated, latent theological principle, expressed only by implication.

(see full article: http://www.biblicalheritage.org/bible%20studies/ruach.htm) 

Let's try an experiment: Hold your breath, open-mouthed, and try to talk. Not much comes out, does it? A squeak, maybe, but no real 'words.' What does this prove? It proves that without the Spirit (breath of God, Gen. 2:7) there is no words, and without words, there is no life. If anything does come out, it is not recognisable speech; therefore, not conveying any messages. In short, Christians, regardless of  education, position in society, experience or longevity, if they do not possess the Spirit, they cannot produce the words that God would use to convict, edify, or witness to people.

Jesus said he was the word of God incarnate~the word made flesh. He embodied the spoken word. (John 12:49“For I have not spoken from myself, but The Father who sent me, he gave me commandments, what I will say and what I will utter.”)

The simple experiment above proves that in order to speak, a person has to breathe. To be even more technical, a person can breathe without speaking, but not the other way around. God created the earth with His word and His breath. Or, more accurately, Jesus and the Spirit. That's why Jesus said he existed before the foundations of the world. (1 Peter 1:20 He was appointed beforehand to this before the foundation of the world and was manifested at the end of times for you.)

We have met a lot of people in the last three years, traveling throughout the southeastern US. We've also been in a lot of churches, ministering to congregations, small groups, families and individuals. One of the most shocking things we have discovered is the disbelief in the power of the Holy Spirit, both on the individual level and on the denominational level. On the individual level, most people possess a willingness to help others, but when the subject of the Spirit comes up (as a living, breathing entity, and not just a title of an aspect of God) they put up a wall and guard their words. Or worse, they don't know what is being talked about. Paul says the natural man cannot discern the things of God; they are foolishness to him. (1 Cor. 2:14 But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.)

Interestingly, almost all the denominations that do not recognise the Spirit also preach against homosexuals. (Note: They claim to hate the 'sin' and not the 'sinner', yet most preach against the 'homosexual', or the person, not 'homosexuality', the activity.) So my question is this: for those people that do not embrace the Spirit~the feminine aspect of God~aren't they the same people attempting to engage in a homosexual relationship with God, spiritually speaking? By not having the Spirit dwelling inside, as scripture tells us we must in order to call Jesus 'brother', they are denying the aspect of God that reproduces and gives life. Therefore, that makes that denomination, congregation, or person in denial to have a 'same-sex' relationship with the 'male' aspects of God. In so doing, they are actually guilty of being the same person that they speak against.

Scripture tells us that God is a Spirit, and we must worship Him as such. (John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.)

He is all things to all people. (Mark 3:35 For whoever shall do the will of God is my brother and my sister and my mother.)

Two of these mentioned are feminine in the human form, and for him to understand our needs, he must have had those same needs himself. (Hebrews 2:18 For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help them that are tempted.)

I would encourage those that are in doubt of their possession of the Holy Spirit to sincerely ask God for the indwelling of that aspect of Him. 

I leave you with the question Paul asked of the Corinthians: Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? (1Cor 6:19)

 *homogenous-having a resemblance in structure due to a descent from a common

                           progenitor (progenitor-an ancestor, direct line, forefather)

**homodoxian-having the same opinion