Why do Christians think God is a man?

Answer 1

Historically speaking, there is a theory that in earlier cultures, like the Babylonians, people lived in matriarchal societies where women held public office and were also the religious leaders. In these cultures, their god was a female. As more different cultures became civilized and stayed in one place, they began to compete for land. This resulted in wars and the more aggressive cultures changed from matriarchal (with women in charge) to patriarchal (with men in charge) because the men mostly did the fighting. So these new patriarchal cultures and societies adopted the male image of god. This practice was handed down through the Judeo-Christian traditions and that may be why the Christian god of today is considered to be a male, or a man.

God became flesh and dwelt among us because the blood of the Old Testament animal sacrifices only temporarily covered the people's sin, as they were preliminary sacrifices to the real sacrifice, the sacrifice God the Father payed for with the death of His only Son, Jesus Christ. If man never sinned, the Old Testament prophecies would have never been necessary, nor would the sacrifice Christ payed for the atonement of our sins. God is holy, and He hates any and all sin, and the death of His only Son, who never sinned, satisfied God's need to reconciliation. Now, Christ (who called Himself the Son of Man) sits on the right hand of the Father, interceding for us, and pleading our case before God the Father, as Christ is our Intercessor. Lastly, Christ was 100% man and 100% God (this dual nature is called the hypostatic union), so He could not have sinned, but He was tempted, as all men have been, are now, and will continue to be until He comes again.

Answer 2

Actually, God has no gender. There you go (:God is a holy spirit, a energy that can be neither created nor destroyed.

Another answer:God is a man. His name is Jesus. His Father is God as well.

There was no need for females until God saw that Adam needed one to be his companion.

Answer 3

The culture of the Jews was and remains a male dominated culture.

Jesus was a sacrifice for sin, He was the 'lamb of God".

The Jews were told to sacrifice a lamb before they were led out of Egypt.

Exodus 12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

This is the "passover lamb' this lamb was a type of Christ, who is therefore said to be our passover sacrificed for us,

1 Corinthians 5:7 ...........................For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.

Answer 4

because The Bible says god made Jesus in his image and Jesus is a man

Answer 5

It comes from a passage at the beginning of the bible - 'God created man in his own image'