Series: Rooted
Week 2 Title: Who is God?
Scripture: Exodus 34:6–7, Acts 17:22–28
Big Idea: God reveals Himself as a relational God—not distant or abstract, but One who invites us to know Him personally through His Word, His creation, His image in us, and ultimately through Jesus Christ.
A.W. Tozer: “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.”
We don’t invent God; He reveals Himself.
The starting point for being rooted is answering: Who is God?
Moses asks: “Show me your glory.” God responds with His name and character.
The most repeated description of God in Scripture: compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, just.
These attributes live in tension, not contradiction.
Takeaway: God is not who we imagine Him to be—He is who He declares Himself to be.
Paul in Athens: an altar “to an unknown god.”
Our culture is just as religious, creating images of God in our own likeness—ideology, politics, sexuality.
Paul declares: the true God is Creator, Sustainer, Lord of history.
“In Him we live and move and have our being.”
God is not distant—He is near and relational.
Encounter Him: God is a presence to know, not just a subject to study.
Seek Him: Don’t settle for secondhand opinions of God—pursue Him in His Word.
Worship Him: God is transcendent and immanent.
Trust Him: His compassion and justice meet at the cross—Jesus is the ultimate revelation of God (Hebrews 1:1–3).
Final Challenge: Rooted is not about abstract knowledge but about a relational God who longs to be known—by Israel, the church, every tribe and nation, and you today.
