Hi Steve,

In reality God does not have sexuality like we do. Our sexuality is part of being created human, part of being man and woman. This is how God created us. But God is not part of creation, he exists outside creation in a “spiritual” realm.

However, the Bible sometimes speaks about God in person terms and speaks using male terms for God. I think the Bible does this because we have no other way of understanding what he is like. Imagine if you were walking in the forest and came across something you had never seen before. You could only describe it terms of things that you and others know. You would say things like “It was like a tree in that it was tall and…”. Do you see what I mean?

We have never met anything like God. So we have to describe him in terms of things that we understand. So when we talk of God’s right arm, we don’t mean he actually has a right arm but we are talking about his strength. The Bible talks about God being a father - that is male - as a way of understanding what he is to us.

I hope this helps.
cheers
David