We call Him "Father"

"In the beginning God...
Now the serpent..."

There is a trend in the Church toward story-telling;  to tell our story as part of God's story, to respect each other's story...
the story starts here, in Genesis.
Whatever your story has become, Genesis tells its beginning.
Revelation tells its resolution,
and everything in between- the conflict.
Here within the pages of the Bible is a varied and extensive cast of characters but God is the main character; this is His story, His plot;
He is the point.
All religions begin with a story; ours begins with the Triune God.
Unlike other religions who claim faith in a singular God; the God of the Bible exists in and for relationship. In other words, the God of the Bible is the only One who can exist in love because He is the only One who exists in relationship. Love begins with Him, and it is out of His love, that life springs. God loved, therefore God created. (That is why Christians say: "It isn't a religion...it's a relationship.")
As initiator and source of life, we call Him "Father". Put aside all the feminist crap (that's about as strong a word as I'll use although a stronger would be fitting) about Christianity being chauvinistic ... we call Him "Father" because He is the originator of life! This is not about comparing the sexes! Stop wrestling God's own Word into your own agenda. Man was created in His image as life giver (Father), so God MADE first a male (Adam), then man was made in His image of life nurturer, so God MADE next a female (Eve). The sexes were created to work as a partnership in expressing His character NOT His gender.
But before creation...before God was compelled to create the world of mankind; God existed with the Son. Jesus eternally exists based upon the life-giving nature of the Father. Jesus is the first "begotten" of God. And yes, Jesus entered human history as a perfect man, the fullness of Deity expressed in humanity , as the communication of life from the giver of it....
Then the Spirit...The Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the Holy Spirit. There is no "Him" or "Her" assigned. The Holy Spirit, in fellowship with the Father and the Son, empowers life.
But the cast of characters in the story of our faith is not complete in Genesis 1-2. Like all great plots, the Bible tells the story of conflict. Genesis 3:1 Enter Satan:
"Now, the Serpent..."
Fresh on the heels of Adam and Eve,
Satan.
Satan is also called a Father (although I've never seen anyone outraged and pumping banners: "What if Satan's a woman?"). Satan is the Father of lies (John 8:44), the twister of all that is good into evil.
We have limited information and differing opinions on the origin of Satan but most theologians agree that Satan is a fallen angel (Is. 14:12-15, Ez. 28:13-17); created to worship God but attempting the coup of the ages. Like the classic evil dictator; he had no inherent rights to any power. He cleverly swindled it out the hands and hearts of Adam and Eve. Indwelling the serpent, he drew Eve into conversation. "Did God really say...?" Satan fanned the embers of pride, lust and greed. He began by causing doubt: Had Eve understood correctly? Did God really mean what she thought he meant? Was it really for her good? Did God really care about her good? Were the consequences of disobedience really that bad?  Would what she stood to gain outweigh  those consequences?
The doubts that Satan planted in the thinking of Eve, drew her away from truth...away from love and into the lie that we are worthy objects of our own worship. Satan was right about one thing; Eve did become more like God that day, now she knew evil.
Hello, Satan.
Goodbye, Eden.