Is The Holy Spirit Female?
Recently a missionary candidate, Denny Davis, was dropped by
his mission board, Word for the World Baptist Missions.
Following his dismissal candidate Davis mailed out a fifteen page
letter (dated July 3, 1989) which was a defense of his position.
Mr. Davis' defense is divided into two basic sections. The first
section consists of his dispute with his former mission board.
This makes up the first four and the last two pages of his
letter. The second and major section consists of a presentation
of his own personal doctrine that basically claims that:
1. The Holy Spirit is female
2. There is to be a "3rd Testament" after the New Testament
3. Davis' female Holy Spirit will appear as a man in this
third testament and die for our "iniquities." Davis claims that
Jesus only died for our sins so the Holy Spirit will die for our
iniquities.
Since the Davis/Word for the World dispute is basically
their business and conclusions drawn from it are subject to human
prejudice (in other words, that party that you "like" will most
likely be deemed by you to be "right") and distorted reporting,
this file will not address it. They are ALL "big boys" now and
will have to live with their own choices and decisions.
But, Davis' assertion that one third of the Godhead is
female is an attack on the person of God. It is not a distortion
of the truth for there is no truth in it. I couldn't care less
what men believe about bloodsucking angels, gap theories, the
present state of paradise or any other personal non-essential
opinion they might have. Any honest man in the ministry will
admit that some of his closest friends may have differing views
on any number of Bible passages.
A good example is I Corinthians 13:10.
"But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is
in part shall be done away."
Some say "that which is perfect" is Jesus Christ. Some say
it is the bible. Some may even have another interpretation. But
regardless of your opinion, it is not (or should not be)
something that you break fellowship over.
But Davis' perversion of Scripture tampers with God Himself.
THAT cannot be accepted and his shallow arguments go unrefuted.
The exposure of Denny Davis' twisted teaching is the purpose of
this file.
Davis' demented path of untruth begins on page five of his
letter. He quotes Genesis 1:27. Then states:
Genesis 1:27--"So God created man in his own image, in the
image of God created he him; male and female created he them."
"The scriptures teach that 'God created man in his own
image.' But what IS that image? Immediately the Bible believer
replies, 'Spirit, soul, and body,' unless he is carnal-minded and
is at enmity with God (Romans 8:7), in which case he names them
in reverse order to emphasize the flesh. Nevertheless, what IS
evident from his reply is that HE UNDERSTANDS HE IS MORE THAN ONE
PERSON, LIKE HIS CREATOR!
However, verses 26 and 27 of Genesis chapter one say nothing
at all about 'spirit, soul, and body'; and although Genesis 2:7
is an indirect reference to these three, the phrase itself does
not occur until I Thessalonians 5:23. What Genesis 1:27 DOES
teach is that those persons comprising man created in the image
of God are 'male and female'! Men are often prone to overlook
what is in plain sight; and what IS plain from this verse is that
the man, 'him,' made 'in the image of God', is, like his creator,
more than one person, 'them', and that those persons are 'male
and female!'
Here Davis quotes one verse and then concludes that God is
both "male and female!" Anyone with any intellect at all should
see that it is both shady and dangerous to base such a major
doctrinal teaching on one verse. And a vague one at that!
First let's look at Davis' first question. "But what IS that
image?" (emphasis his). Davis claims that the image of God is his
"spirit, soul, and body." That's what Davis says. The Bible says:
II Corinthians 4:4--"In whom the god of this world hath
blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of
the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should
shine unto them."
Hebrews 1:3--"Who being the brightness of his glory, and the
express image of his person, and uphoolding all things by the
word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat
down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;"
Colossians 1:5--"Who is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn of every creature:"
According to the Bible, Christ is the image of God. Besides
this evident fact, anyone can see that man can be in God's image,
and not necessarily His sex. If you put a silhouette of a man on
one side of a piece of paper and a silhouette of a woman and any
number of other items from a camel to a football, even a child
could pick out which one is the same image as the man. An image
does not infer sex.
Davis' next abstraction of scripture is to quote Psalms
34:2.
Psalms 34:2--"My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the
humble shall hear thereof, and be glad."
On the basis of this one verse Davis concludes "A man's soul
is female and his spirit is male." He then backs it up with a
reference to the sex of a tree! (Jeremiah 17:7,8). This somehow
is supposed to prove that a man's soul and God's spirit are
female.(!) The sex of a tree has no bearing on the sex of either
God OR man. He later cross references Psalms 11:1 with Proverbs
27:8 in another feeble attempt to prove that the soul is female.
Yet there is nothing in scripture to infer that Psalms 11:1 is a
legitimate cross reference with Proverbs 27:8 with a docrinal
teaching as its purpose.
Davis' ridiculous assertion that the soul of man is female
is inconsistent and scripturally wrong. There are several obvious
problems with it.
1. Davis first claims that the Godhead is made up of;
God the Father - male
God the Son - male
God the Holy Spirit - female
then he claims that man is:
spirit - male
soul - female
body - male
But wait! Don't you see the inconsistency? If man is triune,
as God, then our three parts obviously correspond to God's three
parts.
The "spirit" is the easiest to connect. Our spirit would
parallel God's Holy Spirit. Our body would parallel Jesus the son
who was given a body (Hebrews 10:5,10). Therefore our soul would
have to parallel, NOT the "feminine" Holy Spirit, but God the F-
A-T-H-E-R!
God the Father - male man's soul - female
God the Son - male BUT man's body - male
God the Holy Spirit - female man's spirit - male
Are we to believe that in God's desire to make man 2/3 male
"just like Him" that He messed up the order?
This brings up a couple of other interesting questions. What
is a woman?
woman's spirit - male woman's spirit - female
woman's soul - female OR woman's soul - male
woman's body - female woman's body - male
Is a woman capable of being a "pure" female but a man cannot
be a "pure" male? Then God cannot be "pure" male, but MARY can be
"pure" female! The women's libbers and the Roman Catholics will
fight to the death over who benefits the most from such a
demented teaching.
To be consistent, either God's soul (the Father) must be
female like "our" soul or our spirit must be female like Him. It
doesn't make any sense. Insanity never does!
2. If a man's soul is female and God's Spirit is female,
what was Jesus?
Jesus' body - male
Jesus' soul - female
Jesus' spirit - female
Will Davis next teach that the Son of God was 2/3 female? Or
just 1/3?
Don't laugh. Using Davis' demented method of scripture
application I can prove that Jesus was a woman!
Isaiah 53:7 says that he would be "as sheep before HER
shearers is dumb" and Leviticus 27:4 shows that the thirty pieces
of silver He was sold for was the price of a female slave! That's
two clear verses, not a vague Genesis 1:27. It is also absurd.
Just like Davis' teaching.
3. In trying to pove he could find something in Scripture
that no one else had, Davis ran a bunch of references in his
concordance to look for male/female references to man's soul,
birds, spirits. But he has overlooked the Bible itself.
Read the following passage:
Luke 16:22-25 - "And it came to pass, that the beggar died,
and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man
also died, and was buried;
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and
seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and
send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and
cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime
receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but
now he is comforted, and thou art tormented."
Notice that:
1. the rich man's soul went to hell -- v. 23
2. in hell the rich man was a MAN -- v. 23 - (he lift his
eyes)
3. in Paradise Abraham was a MAN -- v. 23 (his bosom)
4. in Paradise Lazarus was a MAN -- v. 24 (his finger)
5. the rich man called Abraham "father" not "Mother" -- v.
24
6. Abraham called the rich man "Son" not "daughter" -- v. 25
These are three souls conversing after death and they are
ALL the same as they were before death. They are all MALE. But
since this passage doesn't have the word "soul" or "bird" in it,
and Davis doesn't read his Bible he only "studies" it (II Timothy
2:15), he overlooked the passage when he ran the references in
his concordance.
4. Jesus Christ, our LORD, our SAVIOUR who was God in the
Flesh said that the Holy Spirit was a male.
John 14:16,17,26 -- "And I will pray the Father, and he
shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you
forever;
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive,
because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him;
for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father
will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring
all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."
John 15:26 -- "But when the Comforter is come, whom I will
send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which
proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:"
John 16:7,8,13-15 -- "Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It
is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the
Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send
him unto you.
And when be is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and
of righteousness, and of judgment:
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come he will guide
you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself: but
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew
you things to come.
He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall
shew it unto you.
All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I,
that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you."
Here are nine plain verses where Jesus Christ says that the
Holy Spirit is a male. Yet Davis faced this glaring problem
(leave it to the BIBLE to mess up somebody's "theology") says at
the top of his 12th page, "The Holy Ghost will not teach you to
nullify one verse of scripture with another." (Remember this
"rule" is Davis' opinion, not Bible teaching.) Well, how about
NINE verses that PLAINLY state that the Holy Spirit is male
against ONE verse (Genesis 1:27) which does NOT teach the Holy
Spirit is female but which Denny Davis thinks teaches that?! I
think the score works out something like this:
Jesus - 9, Davis - 0
At the bottom of page six of Davis' letter he makes an
ominous statement which may have more bearing on his perverted
teaching than at first meets the eye. He says,
"Here is some poor fool who is 'without excuse' because he
could have understood the "invisible" spiritual things of the
Word of God by learning from creation (Romans 1:20). What does he
do? He announces one day that he has always felt like a female
inside and begins counselling for a sex-change operation! How
shameful! But is it not because of ignorance?"
Since the Holy Spirit is male and our soul is male, any
"man" who claims to feel "like a female inside" gets his spirit
from somewhere else. Is Davis claiming that if this sap knew that
he really was a female inside (according to Davis) that he would
no longer desire a sex change operation? No, it would just
justify with scripture his perverted homosexual desires!
It is my personal feelings that people who dwell on "men who
feel like a woman inside," sex change operations and sex
education (page nine) have a sex problem of their own! I don't
know what Davis does in his closet, nor what he "feels like"
inside, but he needs to keep the Bible out of it. It won't
justify him any more than it justified all of those poor men from
Sodom and Gomorrah who "felt like females inside" but didn't have
Davis' grasp of this "deep spiritual truth!" (By the way, Denny,
homosexuality is rampant because of sin (Ezekiel 16:49,50) not
because of ignorance of the Word of God.)
On page seven of his letter, Davis quotes Isaiah 5:14 and
states that hell is female. Tell THAT to women's libbers!) Fine.
What does that prove about the Spirit of God or the soul of man?
Nothing! He then misapplies four verses from Proverbs (Proverbs
30:20; 23:27,28; and 22:14) referring to an adulterous woman and
claims they refer to hell. They don't. They apply to an
adulterous woman! Typical of Davis' inability to "rightly divide
the word of truth."
At this point, just as you are beginning to believe that
Davis is only "a little" crazy, and "going down hill" at a slight
angle, he "noses over" and quotes Luke 1:35.
"And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost
shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall
overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be
born of thee shall be called the Son of God."
Somehow this verse teaches Davis (and no sane people) that
both God the Father and the Holy Spirit (the Mother) came upon
Mary to conceive Jesus!
"Now here is an important point. The virgin Mary is not the
mother of God as Rome teaches. Notice that it is not at all a
matter of "Mary the mother" and "God the Father!" The female
member of the Godhead, "the Holy Ghost," came upon Mary first;
and then God the Father, "the power of the Highest," overshadowed
her. Mary was only the vessel in which the male and female
members of the Godhead came together!"
Davis believes that the Godhead is:
God the Father
God the Son - (Jesus)
God the Mother - (Holy Spirit)
Read it yourself!
"In describing the Godhead, men will say, 'God the Father,'
thus ascribing to the first person of the Godhead gender and
position in a family. Then again, men will say 'God the Son,'
also ascribing gender and position in the family of God. But how
blasphemous to God the Holy Ghost for men to then imply that the
Godhead is 'queer' in its composition having only male persons!
God the Holy Ghost is female spirit!"
At this point he goes from "wresting" scripture to
unrestrained perversion. His perversion, not God's!
The multitude of flaws in this reason fall like rocks in an
avalanche.
1. "the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of
Highest shall overshadow thee."
Here Davis reasons that this is a reference to two portions
of the Godhead and not the Holy Ghost alone.
What is wrong with his reasoning?
A. If God is "the Highest" certainly even a young Christian
would recognize the Holy Spirit as "the power of the Highest."
B. Nowhere in scripture is God the Father referred to as
"the power of the Highest."
C. In perverting one verse Davis has to ignore two verses
which plainly show that only the Holy Ghost came upon Mary.
Matthew 1:18,20 -- "Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on
this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before
they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of
the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son
of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that
which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost."
Again Davis is guilty on interpreting a clear passage by a
vague one.
2. Davis tries to teach that Mary was not Jesus' mother
(Jesus' mother, not God's mother).
But the Holy Spirit, while inspiring the New Testament
writers called her His "Mother" time and time again. Not the
following verses; Matthew 1:18; 2:11,13,14,20,21; 12:46; Mark
3:31; Luke 1:43; 2:33,34,43; 2:48,51; 8:19; John 2:1,3,5,12; and
Acts 1:14! That's twenty verses that are contrary to Davis'
opinion. That makes the score:
The Holy Spirit - 20, Davis - 0.
3. Davis claims that Mary did not conceive when the Holy
Ghost came upon her (the Bible teaches this, but not Davis).
He states, "Mary was only the vessel in which the male and
female members of the Godhead came together!" Thus Davis believes
that God conceived of God.
If the Holy Spirit were female, as Davis contends, then the
union of Mary and the Holy Spirit would amount to "divine
Lesbianism." BUT, the implications of what Davis actually thinks,
that God used Mary as a place where God the Father "came
together" with Himself, is a depravity that defies description!
It also reveals the demented thought life of its author! Davis
might also be reminded that the "wife" of God the Father is
Israel, NOT God the Holy Spirit.
4. The New King James Version is indeed a perversion, but
Davis cannot seem to see that its rendering of Galatians 4:4 is
more in line with his teaching than the King James.
Galatians 4:4 -- "But when the fulness of the time was come,
God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,"
If God the Holy Spirit conceived of God the Father, then
indeed Jesus was "born of a woman" but not "made" of a woman.
Somehow Davis seems to think that a verse that plainly refutes
his teaching, authenticates it!
Read that: King James - 1, Davis - 0.
In fact, Davis overlooks the unmistakable teaching of
Genesis 3:15 that Jesus would be of the seed of a woman.
Genesis 3:15 -- "And I will put enmity between thee and the
woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy
head, and thou shalt bruise his heal."
Or that a virgin would conceive and bear a son.
Isaiah 7:14 -- "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a
sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall
call his name Immanual."
Better make that: King James - 3, Davis - 0
Davis keeps shaking the fear of supporting Roman Catholic
teaching on the deity of Mary at anyone who disagrees with his
raving. Yet it is in fact Davis who supports the fundamental
Roman Catholic teaching of a female deity.
At the top of page eight of his letter Davis claims that the
Godhead is a "family unit." Thus he believes and states that it
is "God the Father," "God the Son," and though he doesn't have
the guts to say it, "God the MOTHER."
Davis also makes another statement that reveals the
confusion of reality that reigns in his head. He states, "But how
blasphemous to God the Holy Ghost for men to then imply that the
Godhead is 'queer' in its composition having only male persons!"
Thus, somehow, a God who is all male is a "queer" but one
that is 1/3 female is NORMAL!
Apparently a man who is all male is also a "queer" but one
who is 1/3 effeminate is NORMAL. Thus you see, that which truly
IS normal, i.e. a masculine man, is called "queer" by Davis. But
if you admit to feeling "like a female inside" then you are
"normal." Note his statement! "I said that the Godhead is both
male and female spirit, and you are made in God's likeness with
both male and female spirit!" Maybe Davis is "normal" by his
standards, but I wouldn't leave him in a room alone with any
"abnormal" little boys.
Next Davis bemoaned his rejection while Jack Hyles can get
away with teaching that the woman is the Holy Spirit of the
family. If that is what Hyles teaches he's as wrong as Davis. My
wife doesn't "lead" me anywhere. And nowhere in scripture is
woman defined as being like the Holy Spirit.
Davis could probably write some "unique" porno books, but he
needs to let the Bible alone!
Next Davis claims that the Holy Spirit is female because
Noah sent out a female dove.
"Have you not believed that the dove sent forth by Noah 'to
see if the waters were abated' is a type of the Holy Ghost? Did
you notice the dove's gender when Noah 'took HER and pulled HER
in unto him into the ark' and again when 'the dove came in to
him...and, lo, in HER mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off'?
(Genesis 8:9,11).
Oh sure, and Jesus was a woman because he said, Luke 13:34,
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest
them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy
children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her
wings, and ye would not!"
Frankly, I don't care if Noah threw his wife overboard, it
wouldn't make the Holy Spirit a female!
Davis has to attempt to teach his doctrine by typology
because the Bible clearly teaches the opposite.
Next Davis attempts to hide in Isaiah 11:2.
"Has the Holy Ghost never taught you of 'the seven spirits
of God...before the throne' which are 'sent forth into all the
earth'? (Revelation 4:5 and 5:6). Have you never read in Isaiah
11:2 how that the Lord's Servant has the fullness of the Holy
Ghost 'and the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him'? Did you
notice that six of the seven were named in the same verse along
with 'the LORD'? They are Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Might,
Knowledge, and Fear. Have you never heard their voices in the
book of Proverbs? HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT EVERY ONE OF THEM IS
FEMALE?
Who is it, if you can tell, that gives the following
admonition and promise?
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit
unto you, I will make known my words unto you (Proverbs 1:23).
Is it not Wisdom who implores men to repent? BUT WISDOM IS A
FEMALE!"
Here Davis stumbles onto his first and only spiritual truth
and then blindly stumbles right past it with no understanding of
what he has read. He proudly acclaims: "BUT WISDOM IS A FEMALE."
If he had read Proverbs 8 his discovery would have been greatly
enforced. But wisdom is NOT eternal like the Holy Spirit is.
Proverbs 8:22-31:
22 - The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way,
before his works of old.
23 - I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or
ever the earth was.
24 - When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when
there were no fountains abounding with water.
25 - Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was
I brought forth:
26 - While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields
nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
27 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set
a compass upon the face of the depth:
28 - When he established the clouds above: when he
strengthened the fountains of the deep:
29 - When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters
should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the
foundations of the earth:
30 - Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I
was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
31 - Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my
delights were with the sons of men.
Notice that verses 22 and 23 state that wisdom had a
beginning. The Holy Spirit has always existed.
Secondly, notice that Isaiah 11:2 doesn't refer to "wisdom,"
but the "spirit" of wisdom, and the "spirit" of understanding,
etc.
Isaiah 11:2 -- "And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon
him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of
counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the
Lord."
"Wisdom" may be personified as feminine in gender, but the
"spirit" of wisdom is the Holy Spirit, MASCULINE! Even Davis, in
fifteen pages of rambling hasn't been able to produce even one
verse that plainly says that the Spirit of the LORD is female.
(Note: Compare Isaiah 11:2 with Exodus 31:2,3 and see how it
Scripturally functions.)
At the bottom of page nine Davis goes into a tirade against
anyone who rejects his demented ramblings. He concludes with
Hebrews 10:39 to show that anyone who doesn't accept his teaching
is LOST. Revoking the believer's salvation is a cheap trick that
is practiced by every heretic who uses it to hold sway over his
adherents.
Sorry, Den, I believe that the Holy Spirit is male, I
believe you are perverted, and I'm STILL going to Heaven!
If Davis has been "heading down hill" at page ten he goes
into a vertical dive from which he never recovers. His theology
leaves nothing but a smoking hole in the ground as he next
attempts to teach that there will be a 3rd Testament and a bodily
appearance AND DEATH of the Holy Spirit. (!)
For this "great discovery" he produces no scripture at all,
except to ramble on about "the Father, the Son and the Holy
Ghost" being a chronology. Of course, Shadrach, Meshak and
Abednego are also always given in the same chronological order.
(And after Abednego appears "the form of the fourth...like the
Son of God." Build on that, Denny!) I wonder if Davis baptizes
"In the name of the Father, Son and the Holy GIRL?"
Davis is then faced with such obvious scriptural
contradiction to his babbling that he is forced to acknowledge
it.
"You will say, 'But the Son was revealed in the gospels and
the Holy Ghost wass revealed in the New Testament at Pentecost.'
That is true, but your conclusions concerning those things are
incorrect. There are several reasons why, I will mention two."
He claims that he produced two (of "several") reasons why
this elementary Bible truth is incorrect.
His first is:
"In the first place, the New Testament does not EMPHASIZE
the Holy Ghost; it emphasizes the Lord Jesus Christ!"
But where on earth (or under it) did Davis get the idea that
the Holy Ghost is EVER to be "emphasized?"
Jesus said this concerning the Holy Spirit. John 15:26 --
"But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from
the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the
Father, he shall testify of me:"
Jesus said when the Holy Ghost came that He would
"emphasize" Jesus, not himself! What else will He do?
John 16:8-11 -- "And when he is come, he will reprove the
world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
Of sin, because they believe not on me;
Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me
no more;
Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged."
But what will He NOT do?
John 16:13 -- "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is
come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of
himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and
he will shew you things to come."
So, whether now or in the "3rd" testament, the Holy Spirit
will NOT speak of Himself. That means that Davis' fifteen pages
of illogical, inaccurate and incorrect ramblings ABOUT the Holy
Spirit couldn't POSSIBLY be OF the Holy Spirit because the Holy
Spirit does NOT "speak of Himself."
This thought also leads me to wonder if Davis doesn't really
believe that he has written an "Epistle of St. Denny" under the
inspiration of his female deity to "emphasize" her? Does Davis
consider himself a "3rd testament" prophet?
His "second reason" for disregarding scriptural teaching on
the Holy Spirit is because Davis believes that his "female" Holy
Spirit is going to come to earth AS A MAN and die!
Before going into his newest and deepest "ditch" he, at the
bottom of page eleven and top of page twelve, warns his reader
not to believe the obvious teaching of the masculinity of the
Holy Spirit contrary to his deprivation of Genesis 1:27. The hot
air of this argument has been dispensed with earlier.
He now is prepared to "take the plunge" into utter insanity
and hope that you will join him. He confidently states:
"As I said before, the Godhead is made up of male and
female; and when the Holy Ghost incarnate is come, THE FEMALE
MEMBER OF THE GODHEAD IN A MALE BODY..."
He now attempts to convince himself, and us, that the "his
Christ" spoken of in Revelation 11:15 is the Holy Spirit. (Please
don't read Luke 2:25-32. Denny will be embarrassed.)
Davis jabbers, "'HIS CHRIST' is 'the mediator of a better
covenant' which he 'will make...with the house of Israel AFTER
THOSE DAYS.' The mediator of the Third Testament, the Lord's
Christ who is the Holy Ghost incarnate, he will also, by the way,
be the one that suffers death in order to make the 'new covenant'
(Hebrews 8:8-13) of force."
I might mention here that somehow Davis slips at the bottom
of page twelve and states that this bodily appearance will take
place during the millennium.
"God has 'appointed a day' of one thousand years, the
millennium, 'the day of the Lord,' in which he will judge the
world in righteousness."
Having succeeded (he feels) in proving that God is a 1/3
female sexual pervert (Romans 1:22,23) and that his "female" Holy
Spirit will appear in a male body, (he doesn't divulge the sex of
her/his soul) he now attacks (I said "attacks") the all
sufficiency of the death of Jesus Christ. (We're not talking
about "gap theories" here!)
Davis blubbers, "Someone will say, 'But there is only ONE
Saviour and only ONE sacrifice forever'; BUT YOU ARE WRONG AGAIN!
I is only 'one sacrifice FOR SINS forever.' (Hebrews 10:12.) The
mediator of the Third Testament, the Lord's Christ who is the
Holy Ghost incarnate does not die for sins. HE DIES FOR
INIQUITIES!"
That his ravings are unfounded is evident for numerous
reasons:
1. The Bible does distinguish between "sins," "iniquities,"
and "transgressions." But Jesus paid for ALL of these as is
evident in Isaiah 53.
Isaiah 53:5--"But he was wounded for our transgressions, he
was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was
upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6 - All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every
one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of
us all.
10 - Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him
to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he
shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure
of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
11 - He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be
satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify
many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
12 - Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great,
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath
poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the
transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession
for the transgressors."
It is obvious that Davis never learned to READ. It is a same
that he had to learn to write!
2. His wrestling of Obadial 1:21 and Nehemiah 9:27 are
references to Israel's army and the judges. NOT to Jesus' death
and the Holy Spirit's "death."
3. That the Holy Spirit will make a "future" appearance in a
man's body is ridiculous in light of Jesus' statements in John
14:16,17,26; 15:26; and 16:7.
Here the Lord is talking to His apostles concerning the
arrival of the Holy Spirit. Notice, in these verses, how many
times He said "to you." His apostles are long dead. If the Holy
Spirit didn't arrive in their lifetime then Jesus lied. (Or
didin't know as much as Denny Davis.)
4. Davis claims that "SINS ARE DEFILING SPIRITS THAT ARE
MALE IN GENDER!" He then produces three scripture references
which he is wise enough not to quote. His first reference is
Genesis 4:7 and isn't a reference to sin at all. His second is
Romans 6:16 where if Davis' interpretation is correct we are to
believe that both "sin" AND "obedience" are "SPIRITS THAT ARE
MALE IN GENDER." His final attempt is II Thessalonians 2:3 which
is plainly (once again) a reference to the "man of sin" and not
sin itself.
He then gives two references in poetic books to argue that
"iniquities" are "SPIRITUAL ENTITIES THAT ARE FEMALE IN GENDER!"
What Davis DOES succeed at is to expose to his readers that
he has a preoccupation with sex. He reads about trees, hell,
birds, souls, sin and iniquities and all he can see is sex! Until
finally his depraved viewpoint spills over to his definition of
God, who is three parts, ALL MALE. A fact that is lost to Davis'
foggy mental process.
Davis' preoccupation with sex, coupled with the ever popular
philosophy of Acts 17:21 (read it) work together to produce an
imaged Bible doctrine that would please only: the Roman Catholic
Church (deity of Mary), women's libbers (they presently have a
nude female called "Christa" nailed on a cross) and, of course,
Prophet Davis.
That it is evident that the REAL Holy Spirit (the male one)
didn't show Davis ANY of this is evident for the following
reasons.
1. As mentioned earlier, the Holy Spirit doesn't "speak of
Himself" so a fifteen page letter "emphasizing" Him can't be from
Him.
2. A male Holy Spirit isn't going to tell anyone that He's a
"female."
3. The Holy Spirit will "guide you into all truth" (John
16:13) and there is no scriptural truth in anything that Davis
has attempted to prove.
Davis may be a good husband and father. He may be a "good
preacher." He may be an "all-round nice guy." I don't know him
and can't pass judgment in any of these areas. But, plainly, his
teaching on the Holy Spirit is ill-conceived, misapplied and
totally wrong, and in this he and it are to be rejected.
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