"...[For] I am God and not a man...[God isn't even human!]" (Hosea 11:9, ESV).
"God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind..." (Numbers 23:19, ESV).
"God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth" (John 4:24, ESV).
Doesn't woman mean that she came out of man? Man was created first in the divine order and scheme of things and then Eve or the woman out of Adam's rib. Our God is one of design and order and not of confusion or disarray. Woman was made for the man, and not the man for the woman as a helpmate for him. Woman is really the pinnacle and zenith of God's creation--the ultimate masterpiece and crown of all creation. A woman is no way inferior to man but is his equal and counterpart. I believe God saved the best for last!
Many men have likewise pondered why God isn't a woman and even New Agers believe in Mother Nature, so to speak; because they would rather lust after a beautiful woman than worship some "old man" as God is often stereotyped and caricatured. If God were a woman hypothetically speaking, some would counter: "Why isn't God a man?"
God cannot literally be an "it" or a thing, but He is in the sense that He is spirit and not flesh and bone like us--God has no body and can incarnate and make theophanies at will to appear as He wills--even as fire or an angel. The reason God is referred to as Father is because Jesus asked us to call Him that and He was His Father. This is not a throwback to our need for a father-figure, but God is attempting to show us that there is a correlation between His relationship with us and that of a father to a child. Think on this and go figure: If God is in you, what sex is God then? The issue is whether He indwells you or not, not what His gender is.
God has no sex like the angels, but He did say, "Let's create man in our image." This implies that He gave us the ability to communicate with Him and have a living relationship. We have a will, emotions, and an intellect. And He has attributes like courage, strength, compassion, tenderness, humility, and condescension that are not necessarily that of any certain sexual persuasion. God transcends gender definition and is the source of all good attributes. It is too simplistic to say God is a man; however, Jesus is the Son of Man or the "human one [not the Father, the human one]." God may be masculine, but if He didn't have a feminine side, where did these traits and characteristics come from, if not God? Soli Deo Gloria!
"God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind..." (Numbers 23:19, ESV).
"God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth" (John 4:24, ESV).
Doesn't woman mean that she came out of man? Man was created first in the divine order and scheme of things and then Eve or the woman out of Adam's rib. Our God is one of design and order and not of confusion or disarray. Woman was made for the man, and not the man for the woman as a helpmate for him. Woman is really the pinnacle and zenith of God's creation--the ultimate masterpiece and crown of all creation. A woman is no way inferior to man but is his equal and counterpart. I believe God saved the best for last!
Many men have likewise pondered why God isn't a woman and even New Agers believe in Mother Nature, so to speak; because they would rather lust after a beautiful woman than worship some "old man" as God is often stereotyped and caricatured. If God were a woman hypothetically speaking, some would counter: "Why isn't God a man?"
God cannot literally be an "it" or a thing, but He is in the sense that He is spirit and not flesh and bone like us--God has no body and can incarnate and make theophanies at will to appear as He wills--even as fire or an angel. The reason God is referred to as Father is because Jesus asked us to call Him that and He was His Father. This is not a throwback to our need for a father-figure, but God is attempting to show us that there is a correlation between His relationship with us and that of a father to a child. Think on this and go figure: If God is in you, what sex is God then? The issue is whether He indwells you or not, not what His gender is.
God has no sex like the angels, but He did say, "Let's create man in our image." This implies that He gave us the ability to communicate with Him and have a living relationship. We have a will, emotions, and an intellect. And He has attributes like courage, strength, compassion, tenderness, humility, and condescension that are not necessarily that of any certain sexual persuasion. God transcends gender definition and is the source of all good attributes. It is too simplistic to say God is a man; however, Jesus is the Son of Man or the "human one [not the Father, the human one]." God may be masculine, but if He didn't have a feminine side, where did these traits and characteristics come from, if not God? Soli Deo Gloria!