Black Spirituality Religion : African Americans, founders of the Pentecostal movement.

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  1. Aluku Active Member

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    You asked: "Why are you defending the white man." <<<<< when all I did was talk about the African American Pentecostal movement, and made a statement that the spirit is colorless.
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    Yes, i asked that because of this though:


    in which you are DEFENDING THE WHITE MAN and calling christianity the white man's religion. Then, you respond to my question with 'I DEFEND MY GOD'. Which just totally looked crazy after being asked about the white man.

    But, it doesn't matter because right now you're trying to dance around the ring with two left feet and you keep tripping over yourself.

    I didn't initially ask you about the color of the spirtit. I said when you added that side note you lost me. Then you responded trying to take me somewherelse. It's neither here nor there because i know you can't support what you've said which is why you have resorted (as most religious people do when questioned) to saying basically that it's unexplainable because you have to be of the spirit.
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    AMEN!
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    Knowing the Person of the Holy Spirit
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    The Holy Spirit is a part of the Holy Trinity with the Father and Son. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word [IMG] (ruwach, pronounced roo'-akh) was used when talking about the Spirit. This word literally means WIND, even the wind associated with a BREATHE! In the New Testament the Greek word [IMG](pneuma, pronounced pnyoo'-mah) was used which means the BREATHE or a BREEZE! We can literally think of the Holy Spirit as the "Breathe of God!"
    Most Christians today understand Jesus the Son, and God the Father as two very distinct Persons within the Godhead; however, there has been much confusion over the identity of the Holy Spirit. Perhaps some of this dates back to the King James translation of the Bible where the word "Spirit" or "Ghost" was used instead of "Breathe" or "Wind" of God. In any case, many people throughout the ages have thought of the Holy Spirit more as a thing than a Person. Nothing could be further from the truth, and in fact as we begin to know the Person of the Holy Spirit we will want to have a closer relationship with Him just as we would the Father or Son.
    Although the word Trinity is not mentioned in the Bible, we know God is three in one. There are three very distinct Person’s that make up the Godhead. They are all equal in every way.

    They (The Father, Son and Holy Spirit) are all:
    Omnipotent – All powerful. Luke 1:35And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow you: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of you shall be called the Son of God.
    Omnipresent – At all places at once. Psalms 139:7 Where shall I go from your Spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence?
    Omniscient – All knowing. 1 Corinthians 2:10 But God has revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, yea, the deep things of God.
    Eternal - Hebrews 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
    Equal - Acts 5:3-4 But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land? While it remained, was it not your own? and after it was sold, was it not in your own power? why have you conceived this thing in your heart? you have not lied unto men, but unto God.
    The Holy Spirit was part of all things, from the very beginning of scripture to the very end of scripture
    Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God (elohiym (pronounced el-o-heem') created the heaven and the earth.
    • Elohiym is the plural form of God. Therefore, as scripture was inspired and man began to write the Word, it was evident to the writers that God was made of more than 1 Person but at the same time there was one Godhead.
    There are many scriptural references that show the coexistence of the the entities within the Trinity

    .......http://www.theholyspirit.com/HolySpiritPerson.asp
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