lifeisadreamMexi Go, Mexico State Mexico16,713 posts
CuddlingSoul: I believe this also in regards of God not being a male nor a female, as we know male and female, but God does express himself as being masculine and of course his Son Jesus is masculine. It does seem out of balance with the overall nature of the universe or things in general, to not have a feminine equivalent in the mix. The following is NOT scriptural, but is a theory that I have: That the Holy Spirit is a feminine force. Scripture does tell us that one can not be forgiven for blaspheming of or against the Holy Ghost, that alone tells us that God is very sensitive about and protective of the Holy Spirit, but I certainly would NOT suggest that the Holy Spirit is God's wife.
Could you please elaborate on how that masculinity is expressed?
Answer: In examining Scripture, two facts become clear. First, God is a Spirit and does not possess human characteristics or limitations. Second, all the evidence contained in Scripture agrees that God revealed Himself to mankind in a male form. To begin, God’s true nature needs to be understood. God is a Person, obviously, because God exhibits all the characteristics of personhood: God has a mind, a will, an intellect, and emotions. God communicates and He has relationships, and God’s personal actions are evidenced throughout Scripture.
As John 4:24 states, “God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.” Since God is a spiritual being, He does not possess physical human characteristics. However, sometimes figurative language used in Scripture assigns human characteristics to God in order to make it possible for man to understand God. This assignment of human characteristics to describe God is called “anthropomorphism.” Anthropomorphism is simply a means for God (a spiritual being) to communicate truth about His nature to humanity, physical beings. Since humanity is physical, we are limited in our understanding of those things beyond the physical realm; therefore, anthropomorphism in Scripture helps us to understand who God is.
Some of the difficulty comes in examining the fact that humanity is created in God’s image. Genesis 1:26-27 says, “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.’ So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.”
Both man and woman are created in the image of God, in that they are greater than all the other creations as they, like God, have a mind, will, intellect, emotions, and moral capacity. Animals do not possess a moral capacity and do not possess an immaterial component like humanity does. The image of God is the spiritual component that humanity alone possesses. God created humanity to have a relationship with Him. Humanity is the only creation designed for that purpose.
That said, man and woman are only patterned after the image of God—they are not tiny “copies” of God. The fact that there are men and women does not require God to have male and female features. Remember, being made in the image of God has nothing to do with physical characteristics.
you can read the rest here:http://www.gotquestions.org/God-male-female.html
lifeisadream: Could you please elaborate on how that masculinity is expressed?
Howdy Miss, all throughout The Word Of God, 'him', 'he', or 'his' is used to describe the masculine nature of God. The very first scripture that expresses this is, Genesis 1:5 - And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
magdy57: there is only one god....does not have sons...does not have parents......nothing is like him....this is my belief as a muslim
What if there are two gods, exactly alike? Would you be able to tell the difference?
If you can't tell the difference between one god alone or twenty-seven gods all alike, then how can you be sure there is only one god?
The scriptures were dictated by one god. But that is not proven, a, and b, other scriptures exists which were dictated by other gods. You believe in the god that dictated one single scripture. Why do you insist that that's the only true scripture? There is nothing that says so, outside that scripture. It's like asking the butcher in front of you where you can buy the best meat in town.
Many scriptures exits... many gods exists. Each god dictated his or her own scripture. It is silly to say that your god is alone, if you base your calculations on his being the only one in the scripture he dictated. Since you believe that that scripture is truth, and the only reason you cite is that it's true because god dictated it, then all other scriptures must be true, because they were also dictated by gods who say their version of creation and stuff is true.
There is no discernible difference in the validity between what your scripture claims and what any other scripture claims.
I appreciate you chose a faith and you stick with it. That is very predictable, and almost all humans do that. You have to do better than that to make some waves... doing what everyone else does, does nothing for your fame or for your god's.
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Could you please elaborate on how that masculinity is expressed?