Todd Clippard

Topic(s): God's Sovereignty

From the beginning of the biblical record, God is described using the masculine gender.  In Genesis 1:27, the Bible says, "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them" KJV. 

God said David would cry unto him saying, "Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation" Psalm 89:26 KJV.

Jesus was prophesied as being born a male in many Old Testament passages, most notably in Genesis 3:15, Isaiah 7:14, and Isaiah 9:6.

Jesus was God in the flesh (John 1:1-4, 14).  Jesus is the Word of John 1:1.  Speaking of the Word in verses 3-4, John wrote, "All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made.  In Him was life, and the life was the light of men."  Again speaking of the Word (Jesus) in John 1:14, the Bible says, "And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth."

Consider Matthew 6:1-18.  Five times in verses 1-8, Jesus called God "Father" and once used the masculine pronoun ("him") in identifying God.  In the model prayer Jesus gave in verses 9-13, Jesus taught men to pray calling God "Father" in verse 9.  Four additional times Jesus called God "Father" in verses 14-18.

The Holy Spirit is identified using masculine gender pronouns in many places, notably John 14:26; John 15:26; and John 16:13.

I think this is sufficient to show the Godhead, though a spirit (not flesh and blood) must be considered as being masculine in gender.