Board Thread:Bible Games/@comment-31246436-20161025190507/@comment-31246436-20161125182538

Being male or female is a characteristic of living organisms on earth. Spirits are sexless, although they can put on flesh to appear as either male or female. God is Spirit; Jesus, who is with and is God, said this. Jesus also said that angels (who are spirits) don't marry, inferring that they are neither male nor female. The purpose of being either male or female is for reproduction. Spirits don't reproduce, so they are neither male nor female. So to answer your question directly, God is not a male nor a female, He is a Spirit. So why does the Bible refer to God as a "He"? I would say that is just how the Hebrew language is, words that are used in relation to God happen to be masculine a majority of the time. Also, consider the culture. Men were more respectable and had more authority than a woman. A multitude of female witnesses couldn't convict anyone of anything, they couldn't even be in court. So, referring to God as a "He" has more to do with respect and language than gender. However there are references to God that would certainly seem to refer God as a male, such as calling God a "Father". References like these are often times metaphors to relay to us a part of God's character, such as the lovingkindness and discipline of a good, loving father.