The Lord Our God, The Lord Is One
Love Your God & Your Neighbor
DEUTERONOMY 6:4-9
“”Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
”Deuteronomy 6:4-9 NKJV
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The Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit are one God, and yet, even though it is not pacifically written in our Bibles, they are the perfect trinity.
The word Father is a title, as is the word Son.
The word Spirit is a description of a person without a physical body. He is the Holy Spirit-He always was and always will be.
We humans were, unlike God, who was not created-He's not a creature, were created in God's image, spirit beings before we was in our mothers womb.
Some say that was only God's planning, not reality, but God not only knew Jeremiah before He formed him in his mother's womb, but He sanctified and ordained him a prophet too (JEREMIAH 1:5). He would have exited before he was born to be sanctified and ordained.
The Bible affirms that God is eternal—existing before creation, in the present, and forevermore—often described as the "Alpha and Omega" or the "I AM." Key verses highlighting God’s eternal, unchanging nature include Revelation 1:8, Psalm 90:2, and Hebrew 13:8.
But He is also in person, the Father of all things, He always was and always will be, and a person, God in human form (PHILIPPINIANS 6), He always was and always will be, for, “All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.”
John 1:3 NKJV
Therefore, even though He co existed from the beginning, He is a Son to the Father. “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.”
Colossians 1:15 NKJV
Jesus was not created, for it is written, “every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: “Blessing and honor and glory and power Be to Him who sits on the throne, And to the Lamb, forever and ever!””
Revelation 5:13 NKJV
There’s no mistake, Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world (JOHN 1:29).
Therefore, our Almighty God is three person in One God, which is why God’s people are commanded to be baptised in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (MATHEW 28:19).
He who sits on the throne, the Father, the Lamb, who is the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
We can be certain that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are separate persons, because “When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.””
Matthew 3:16-17 NKJV
Jesus wasn’t baptised for the remission of sin, for He never sinned (2 CORINTHIANS 5:21; HEBREWS 4:15; 1 PETER 2:22), but rather, as a public declaration of His covenant with His people.
Therefore, as a public declaration to Christ, Peter said, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.””
Acts 2:38-39 NKJV
Baptism is a command to all believers and by it, we become one body of people, filled with the Holy Spirit, of which Christ is the head
(1 CORINTHIANS 12:12).
Jesus said we are ‘to love God with all of ourselves;” this is the first and greatest commandment, and the second is like it, to love your neighbor as yourself.’ These commandments encompass all the other Old Testament laws. (MATHEW 22:37-39).
Moses, in the days leading up to the end of his leadership, laid out the essentials for us to follow God and raise our children.
This passage provides the central theme of Deuteronomy, setting a pattern that helps us relate the Word of God to our daily lives.
We are to love God, thinking constantly about His commandments night and day, teaching our children and living by the guidelines set out in His word.
We should write them on our door post and gates so we see them every time we pass, and on our fridges too, that they become embedded deep in our hearts and minds, and are a constant reminder of God’s love, so that He becomes the influence of everything we see, say, do, and believe.
God emphasised the importance of teaching God’s word to our children-eternal truths are most effectively learned in the environment of a loving home.
God’s word is the solid foundation that will lead them to a wonderful glorious future as they grow-up walking with God and finding their way in life. Furthermore, they too, will pass on God’s eternal truths to the generations to come.
Jesus repeated these instructions to love the Lord in Mark 12:29-30 and MATHEW 22-37-40.
To love is the greatest of all commandments, all the Law and the Prophets stand upon these two great commandments (MATHEW 22:40).
When one is obedient to the Law of love, obedience to all Gods commandments shall be fulfilled, for love is the foundation of Christ Jesus’ way of life.
Love is far more than a feeling or an emotion; it is an action and a duty of care toward others-too see others problems as your own, and to make every effort help them through their troubles without expectation of any kind of payment or reward, for God’s kind of love is selfless and unconditional.
To love your neighbor as yourself is a duty of care toward others-your neighbors in your street, village, town, and even over seas; they are all your neighbors.
My beloved, if only we could all learn to love one another and put these two great commandments into practice, this world would very quickly become a better place to live.
Kindness comes without a price tag, and one random act of kindness leads to another, and can not only change lives, but often leads to another and another and another, for the true love of Christ is contagious.
All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.
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