Our Father, In Heaven
I may step on some toes with this post. I welcome all comments, both in agreement with what I say and in disagreement with what I say, but please be polite. That is all I ask.
Recently, I have heard people saying that God is both masculine and feminine. My question is, where in the Bible does God refer to Himself as a Her? When anyone in the Bible speaks to God or about Him they always use the masculine.
Jesus came as a male. Every time He spoke about God, he called Him “Father”.
Even the Holy Spirit is referred to in the masculine. Three aspects, one God, all male.
Yes, God has some feminine personality traits, but that is because He had the traits first. We are made in His image. He made man first, then completed man with his helper, woman. The traits of God are in us both, just some are stronger in man, who is by nature a hunter/gatherer and other are stronger in woman, who is by nature a nurturer/caregiver.
Gen 1:5 (NASB) God called the light day, and the darkness He called night And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
Matt 6:9 (NASB) Pray, then, in this way:
‘Our Father who is in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
There are many other scriptures in which I could post.
November 26th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
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November 28th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Ya know, I have heard this debate before but like you I recognize that in the Bible (which is God’s Word) He is always a He. But for those who get anal about that debate I always want to ask “what does it matter?’ God is God, gender is not necessary to worship our creator - He is God. “He” is also grammatically correct if you don’t know the gender - therefore if one were to say God is simply a spiritual being and has no gender then referring to God as a “he” would be correct grammatically. Good post, Melly.
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