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So at first blanch, at first glance, one
would conclude that the most important
creed of the children of Israel stating
that God is one
is a numerate issue. It seems that
Tanakh is very consumed with
the creed that the God is one and
there's no one else besides him. The
chapter 9:6 there's nothing besides him.
Isaiah chapter 43, there's no savior
besides him. Verse 11, no god before or
after him. Verse 10, 44,678.
All of that is that there is one god
alone. He's no other. So that comes up
so often that people ask the question
frequently, okay, that there's one god,
okay, that is important. And not to be a
polytheist, not to believe there are
many gods.
What I I would like to just convey to
you just looking at saturating this
passage a little bit more is that there
is something being conveyed in this
sacred text that may that many people
miss and it's a thing right in front of
you. If God is one and there's no other
it's a radical monotheism
then one has to conclude the character
of God. One must be then know that God
is all loving. It his oneness means that
God must be all love because if he is
one alone and there's no one be else
besides him then why did he create us?
After all there is nothing before
creation there is nothing that we
possess that he lacked. Now after
creation we're created in the image of
God. So God then is very vested in us
having a relationship with him. And we
would very much see that God wants us to
be faithful to him and does not want us
to be disobedient to not injure that
relationship. That's after creation.
That's why this is very critical. Many
people mix this up. So the question is
prior to creation,
why would God create the world?
Obviously the purpose of the world is
for mankind. But why did he need it? He
could have if there's nothing you
possess
that could in make God's life better,
his eternal it it doesn't even make
sense. God therefore must have created
man out of a complete act of love and
complete altruistic pure act of love. So
that's what should come through with
Deuteronomy 6:4. And if God created you
out of a complete act of love, then when
somebody
says to you, I love you.
What is
he expecting to hear? What is she
expecting to hear? It's I love you too.
Got it? You got that part? God, if God
is one alone, that means that he is all
love. Because the there is nothing you
have that he doesn't possess. He created
you. Now he's bound up in you. But
before creation, why did he do it? It
must have been an act of love. So God is
literally saying, "I love you." What
would he want to then hear given that
he's created you in his image? He's
bound up in you. It's I love you, too.
Hence the very next passage, Deuteronomy
6:5.
It's just beautiful. It begins with and
you shall love. Why do we and what does
this have to do with 64? Well, now it
has everything to do with it. If God is
saying, "I love you. You exist out of a
pure act of love because I'm one alone.
Therefore, I am omniscient, all knowing,
omnipotent, all powerful, eternal, no
beginning, no end, immutable,
unchained." Then he doesn't need you.
Therefore, he must be saying to you, "I
love you." What does he want to hear?
And I love you, too. And that's why
Deuteronomy 6:5 follows 6:4 Tyra is so
beautiful. It's so delicious. If if you
don't if you're not now ready to bow
before the God of Israel, then nothing
will move you.
People mistakenly think that Schma is a
statement of a creed about the oneness
of God. It's true. But what is the
point? The point is that means he loves
you. Because what are you doing here?
Why did he create you? He then is in a a
relationship with you and he doesn't
want you to interfere with that. He
wants you to know the nature of the
relationship and it's love and therefore
and should therefore that's why it
begins with that and what do you mean
and what does one what does loving God
have to do with God's oneness?
Everything.
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