Language and personal preference. I use masculine pronouns as a matter of choice. It doesn't mean God has a gender. It does mean that to convey a meaning we must choose either masculine or feminine pronouns. If we speak only in his/her terms it becomes complicated. When God was humanised as a male it became more acceptable to refer to Him, He and His. In the past, the masculine pronoun was considered adequate for all situations where the gender of the person was not specified. Today, this usage is considered to be "sexist language". It can be avoided by using both pronouns. Neutral pronouns have even been suggested. The Chinese have a gender-neutral third-person-singular pronoun. It's all a matter of choice.

Few monotheist religions will claim that their God has a specific gender. To most believers "He" is God and beyond such merely human physical constraints and classifications as gender, race etc. The term "He" is often one of simple convenience. It would seem disresptful to refer to God as "It" and linguistically awkward to always use the proper noun, or to say "he/she" (I imagine church services would start to sound something like the reading of a legal document if this were the case!) It is inescapable that at the time when the majority of original religious texts were written men were the dominant actors in society and religion. Their role was a visible one, whereas women's activities would be more "behind the scenes" , less likely to be recorded. It seems natural in such an environment that the male pronoun should be used automatically. Its also worth considering that the early prophets, or mouthpieces of divine will, were almost always male, and this would have a bearing on the gender of the "voice" of God as well (If we hear God's voice as being male, we are more likely to attribute him a masculine identity) Even though we now have a more equally balanced society, the habit of using "He" was used habitually for so long that is now ingrained in our psyches to associate God with being male, despite his lack of gender.

Because He has one. God Himself is male, and He also has a wife in Heaven. Obviously, She is female. You may hear references to "Our Heavenly Parents" rather than just Heavenly Father or Heavenly Mother. It's also out of respect. I mean, I can just imagine how offended I'd be if someone called me "it" (no reference to tag or hide-n-seek intended).

Excellent question. Some ancient forms of God's name are plural and are both masculine and feminine. I think that God is beyond our concepts of gender.

God is given a gender,because it was from the Egyptians,Greeks,and Romans. Each culture had a myriad of gods both male and female.This was carried on by the main religions of this day.In fact having a God with a personality was also taken from ancient times.

It is partly what people were lead to believe and, today, what a lot of people are comfortable with. I feel God more than see him and he feels like a power, an ability I have always had that is slowly being revealed to me as my understanding and awareness grows.

Heaven is a masculine realm. Earth is a feminine realm. Earth came from Heaven Woman came from man. 23: And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

It would be weird calling GOD "It".