Q: Why does the Bible refer to God in masculine terms?
A: The answer to the question about why God is referred to with masculine terms in the Bible really has only one answer: This is the way God has chosen to reveal Himself to us. God is never described with sexual characteristics in the Scriptures, but He does consistently describe Himself in the masculine gender. While He contains all the qualities of both male and female genders, He has chosen to present Himself with an emphasis on masculine qualities of fatherhood, protection, direction, strength, etc. Metaphors used to describe Him in the Bible include: King, Father, Judge, Husband, Master, and the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
There are those who would like to blur this emphasis in some of the newer Bible translations, but it is very dangerous to tamper with the way God has chosen to reveal Himself. He most certainly does not intend to minimize women, since men and women are revealed as made in His image and of equal value to Him. But it remains that He is Father, not Mother, and even in the Incarnation chose to come to us as a man, Jesus Christ. One famous Christian scholar, C. S. Lewis, has suggested that gender is far deeper than our human distinctions reveal. He suggests that God is so masculine that we all are feminine in relation to Him. If this is true, it might explain why the church is referred to as the bride of Christ, though it is composed of both men and women.
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Let me tell you people like Adam and Eve and Moses and People who God has taken up in Charots have seen him.
Edit: And becasue when I accepted Christ He filled me with His Spirit, and now I am used as a Vessel of Christ. And when you are Born Again God start revealing His truth o you as you grow in Christ. And therefore we know he is man, He even says so in the O.T.
Originally posted by RBHILLOh I see, I thought it was because he had beard, and I was going to say that women can grow beards as well.
Q: Why does the Bible refer to God in masculine terms?
A: The answer to the question about why God is referred to with masculine terms in the Bible really has only one answer: This is the way God has chosen to reveal Himself to us. God is never described with sexual characteristics in the Scriptures, but He does consistently describe Himself in the masculi ...[text shortened]... you people like Adam and Eve and Moses and People who God has taken up in Charots have seen him
Seriously though you should take your nose out of the bible once in a while, and have a look around. I mean you don't want to be getting snot all over the word of god now do you ? My advice to you is to throw your bible away, holding on to it is nothing more than wearing a pair of lucky pants to help you win the big game.
Originally posted by Jay PeateaI know a mexican girl in one of my College classes that has a bread.
Oh I see, I thought it was because he had beard, and I was going to say that women can grow beards as well.
Seriously though you should take your nose out of the bible once in a while, and have a look around. I mean you don't want to be getting snot all over the word of god now do you ? My advice to you is to throw your bible away, holding on to it is nothing more than wearing a pair of lucky pants to help you win the big game.
Ya right God says the true source of life is in His word.
Originally posted by RBHILLNobody can truely prove eitherway of the existence or non existence of god, there is only belief, doubt or suspension of judgement. Regardless of my views, if you really believe that the spirit of god is inside you, then you should have no need for a book, or to go to church. Everything you need should be right here now, already within you.
I know a mexican girl in one of my College classes that has a bread.
Ya right God says the true source of life is in His word.
Originally posted by Jay PeateaGoing to Church or reading the Bible can't and will not save people, only Jesus can John 14:6. And God proved it by raise Jesus from the died.
Nobody can truely prove eitherway of the existence or non existence of god, there is only belief, doubt or suspension of judgement. Regardless of my views, if you really believe that the spirit of god is inside you, then you should have no need for a book, or to go to church. Everything you need should be right here now, already within you.