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1 | God can use woman in the ministry? | Gal 3:28 | Morant61 | 37119 | ||
Greetings BWJ! Would you please provide a Scripture reference where the Holy Spirit is referred to as a 'mother' or as 'her'? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | God can use woman in the ministry? | Gal 3:28 | OldTimer | 37126 | ||
To the best of my knowledge, the personal pronoun "He" is always used in reference to the Holy Spirit. To say that God has a masculine or a feminine side is to anthropromorphize Him - that is, attempt to give Him human characteristics. But remember, we are made in HIS image... we must be careful not to re-create Him in ours. Having said that the only feminine characterization of God that I'm aware of in the Bible is Sophia - Wisdom - who is represented in the book of Proverbs as crying out in the streets for us to hear. But to take this analogy and make a feminine God out of it is not warranted in my opinion. The is also the image of a mother bird used to portray God's providential love and concern for us (Ps 91, Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34) but again, to take this analogy to the point of calling God "her" is not Biblically accurate. |
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3 | God can use woman in the ministry? | Gal 3:28 | Morant61 | 37166 | ||
Greetings Oldtimer! That was the point I was attempting to make! Anything we say about God needs to be supported by Scripture. Thus, to call the Holy Spirit 'mother' or 'her' would not be Scriptural. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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