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.

I. The Most Important Question

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?

II. God Reveals Himself (Exodus 34)

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.

III. God is Near (Acts 17)

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.

IV. Response / Application

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.