Are You Really a Believer? - Connect Group 9-27-22

Who is God?

Who is God according to you?

According to the Bible

Who God is is associated by his name in context

Genesis 1:1 “1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Elohim - God the Creator

Exodus 3:14-15 “14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’ ” 15 God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ “This is my name forever, the name you shall call me from generation to generation.” Yahweh - I AM / The self existent one

Genesis 16:13-14 “13 She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” 14 That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.” El Roi - The God who sees me

Genesis 17:1-2 “1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless. 2 Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.”” El Shaddai - The all-sufficient one, God Almighty.

Genesis 21:32-33 “32 After the treaty had been made at Beersheba, Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces returned to the land of the Philistines. 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.” El Olam - The everlasting/eternal God

Provider, healer, master, consuming fire, peace, shepherd.

What do you think God looks like?

According to the Bible

Exodus 33:20 “20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.””

John 4:24 “24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.””

Ezekiel 1:26-28 “26 Above the vault over their heads was what looked like a throne of lapis lazuli (sapphire), and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man. 27 I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him. 28 Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking.”