Is God masculine or feminine?

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Lanolin

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If we are born of the holy spirit we do cry 'abba' Father.

I dont know if catholic churches are really aware of this and being born again. If they are calling God mum then I dont know...they already call Mary mother of God.
I wouldnt worry about it if I were you....you know the truth and the Bible (if its not a corrupted version) will put people straight about who God is.
 
theanointedwinner

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God is Spirit capable of creation

Adam is created male

Eve is created female

The Bible want us to refer to God as male
 
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It figures a society that can't figure out which bathroom to use also can't figure out if God is male or female...go figure.

No wonder Adam and Eve first hid from God behind fig leaves. They've been trying to figure out God ever since. LOL
 
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crossnote said:
It figures a society that can't figure out which bathroom to use also can't figure out if God is male or female...go figure.

No wonder Adam and Eve first hid from God behind fig leaves. They've been trying to figure out God ever since. LOL
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To me it is as simple as....the Heavenly FATHER and the SON........

For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night
 
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dcontroversal said:
To me it is as simple as....the Heavenly FATHER and the SON........

For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night
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Yes, but we are considered dunderheads for taking God at HIS Word. LOL
 
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crossnote said:
Yes, but we are considered dunderheads for taking God at HIS Word. LOL
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I will ride the "taking GOD at his word HORSE" right to the grave singing ALL HAIL the KING......over these second guessers any and every day of the week
 
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God is God. God can be whatever gender they choose. :p
 
Dino246

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Stranger36147 said:
God is God. God can be whatever gender they choose. :p
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God self-revealed as Father and Son, two roles that, in human terms, can only be filled by males. Your comment leaves far too much room for people to make god in their own image.
 
Kavik

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An interesting question. I would agree with what a few others have said – God, as deity, is neither masculine nor feminine.

The world of Jesus (i.e. 1st century Judea and Semitic culture in general) was a very masculine dominated society and culture. To refer to God as anything but masculine would have never ‘flown’. That God is ‘male’ is just simply a cultural designation; a way to refer to the deity such that people can easily understand and relate to it/him/her.

Yes, in that part of the world there were certainly goddesses, and there have been many theories that have been put forth suggesting (from cultural and, I think also, linguistic evidence) that the original Semitic concept included both God (El/YHWH) and Goddess (Asherah). As Semitic culture became more male dominated, and the concept of monotheism came about, for the Israelites/Hebrews the divine feminine was sort of written out of the picture.

In the Christian world, many scholars suggest that the Holy Spirit represents the concept of the Goddess – the ‘divine feminine’. While some of this may have to do with the fact that some references to the H/S are grammatically feminine, it must be kept in mind that grammatical gender doesn’t always have anything to do with biological gender. Still though, it fits rather nicely into the concept of divine masculine and feminine being preserved.
 
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MattforJesus said:
That is why angels have masculine names for they are greater than people in power until the saints have their glorified body then they are greater than angels, for they have a glorified body like Jesus' glorified body, and the angels are ministering spirits, and they desire to look in to the salvation of the saints, for it was all made for people starting with the man Christ Jesus, God's personal human body, and the angels assist in their salvation.

But gender only applies to the natural realm, not the spiritual realm, as far as a substance that is part of them, and there is no female saints, or female angels in heaven, but they are all the same with no gender between them.

That is why Jesus said in heaven the saints do not marry, but will be like unto the angels, for the angels have no gender, but are all the same, and the saints in heaven have no gender, but are all the same.
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I agree with you Matt. You should have condensed your whole post to these three paragraphs as the rest of it is redundant. I don't think any of us have an inkling of exactly what we will look like.

1 John 3:2 "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is." :)
 
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Rapturechris said:
The Masculine God the Father.

In an age where its now becoming an offence to refer to God as dad be rest assured he is our daddy.

Certain Catholic schools in Brisbane Australia have removed the term Him or Father from prayers and other forms of education. Some politically correct Arch Bishops believe God is gender neutral.
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Biologically God is neither male nor female, but the Bible teaches us to refer to Him as father.

However:
Female Anglican clerics want to refer to God as 'She'
ByMark A. Kellner@Mark_Kellner
Published: June 5, 2015 6:30 am

God's gender is coming under scrutiny as newly ordained female bishops in the Church of England sound a call for Anglican liturgy to refer to the deity as "she."

"Support is growing within the Church of England to rewrite its official liturgy to refer to God as female following the selection of the first women bishops," London's The Telegraphnewspaper reported. One campaigner said many Anglican parishes are using female pronouns for God already.
 
Leastamongmany

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IMO God has NO gender! He is GOD ,that encompasses ALL! We are truly made in His image but not just to the outward application,the inward "humankind"has dominion,power,ect etc that make us inheritors in the kingdom!He is my FATHER,to me this denotes supremancy, ALL powerful,ALL knowing,ALL seeing. May we ever be humble and show DEEP reverence unto HIS majesty!🙏
 
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Nehemiah6 said:
That is not exactly what is revealed in Scripture.
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maybe not but is this question really that important to salvation,whether He is m/f..... Gender is irrelevant as is age and race to the plan of salvation! I did state IMO! All scripture is given by inspiration,for inspiration?🙏
 
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Leastamongmany said:
maybe not but is this question really that important to salvation,whether He is m/f..... Gender is irrelevant as is age and race to the plan of salvation! I did state IMO! All scripture is given by inspiration,for inspiration?🙏
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It is because all Scripture is given by inspiration of God that we must not suggest anything other than what is in Scripture.

1. Is God the Father the Father or not? If He is the Father then He is MASCULINE.

2. Is God the Son the Son or not? If He is the Son then He too is MASCULINE.

3. Is God the Holy Spirit the Spirit of God? Then He too is MASCULINE.

While gender, age, or race are not relevant for salvation, they is very definitely relevant for the roles that God has given to men and women in the home and in the local church.

Christians should understand that it is Satan who is behind the neutering of God and Christian men (not to mention all Western males who have to apologize for their masculinity). If Satan can introduce gender confusion into the spiritual confusion which he has already caused, that simply helps him to achieve his goals.
 
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Nehemiah6 said:
It is because all Scripture is given by inspiration of God that we must not suggest anything other than what is in Scripture.

1. Is God the Father the Father or not? If He is the Father then He is MASCULINE.

2. Is God the Son the Son or not? If He is the Son then He too is MASCULINE.

3. Is God the Holy Spirit the Spirit of God? Then He too is MASCULINE.

While gender, age, or race are not relevant for salvation, they is very definitely relevant for the roles that God has given to men and women in the home and in the local church.

Christians should understand that it is Satan who is behind the neutering of God and Christian men (not to mention all Western males who have to apologize for their masculinity). If Satan can introduce gender confusion into the spiritual confusion which he has already caused, that simply helps him to achieve his goals.
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I myself think of my Father being male. The masculine gender denotes strength and comfort to my weak and needy soul.He is who I run to for protection,answers ect.ect.all things a Father gives in love to His child. The saying is....pick your battles,this isn't one of mine! I'll bow out gracefully to higher thoughts! Thank you ! Blessings🙏
 
MichaelOwen

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Every verse of scripture that refers to God, even from His son Jesus, has referred to him as Father, not Mother. But we worship an all powerful and mighty Heavenly Father, and he can choose to be whomever and whatever he desires.....remember one time he did possess a donkey to talk to Balaam....that's the sovereignty of our God :D
 
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God is the Father in the sense that he is the origin of all living, but it has nothing to do with gender. The Father is the head honcho; "The head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God" (1 Corinthians 11:3).

God is not a gender, he just created us male and female. There will be no sex in heaven, so no need for male or female. No record of any angel being female, they always appeared as young men. I guess spiritual beings are gender neutral, but God is called Father as HE is the figure head of all that is.
 
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