The Shema: Israel’s Constitution and Loving God

And the sign of the wonder comes to pass. He predicts he predicts something's gonna happen, and and it and it happens. Of which he spoke to you saying, let us go after other gods, which you've not known, and let us serve them. So a prophet comes and says, hey, I I can predict the future. I can do a miracle, and the the prophet actually somehow pulls this off. And he says, now here here's what I want you to do. [00:52:23] (28 seconds)  #SignsCanDeceive

We have a president that we elect who appoints justices, and and we have debates about which president we should elect. We get to vote, and we get to argue with our friends, and and debate with our friends about who this president should be, who gets to appoint so many of these justices. Now now as Christians, we probably don't always debate these things in the most God honoring fashion, and and that's on us. But it's a good thing because this is such an important document that upholding it and interpreting it is is incredibly important. [00:37:59] (35 seconds)  #FaithAndCivicDebate

Such an important document that lays out the fundamental principles by which we organize our society, we run our government, and and as as it says, ensure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. Such an important document. Let me ask you this. How many of you have ever taken an oath to support and defend the constitution of The United States? Yeah. Raise your hand if you've done that. Yeah. Well well, thank thank you for that. [00:35:58] (37 seconds)  #DefendTheConstitution

Such an important document that lays out the fundamental principles by which we organize our society, we run our government, and and as as it says, ensure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. Such an important document. Let me ask you this. How many of you have ever taken an oath to support and defend the constitution of The United States? Yeah. Raise your hand if you've done that. Yeah. Well well, thank thank you for that. [00:35:58] (37 seconds)  #TakeTheOath

Such an important doc I mean, it's a document. If it does what it says, it it ensures the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our our our descendants, our kids, and our our grandkids provide for the common defense, promote welfare in general. I just make sure we're we're all well. That that that that establishes justice. Such important things. It really is a document that is worth fighting for, isn't it? If you're an American citizen, it's a document that's worth worth fighting for. [00:36:59] (44 seconds)  #ProtectOurLiberty

That that's not how it works with God. When you worship Yahweh, when you when you're loyal to Yahweh, you're loyal to him and him alone. There's no other God. There's no one else who has that authority in your life. There's no one else that you owe your love and devotion and your worship. As a matter of fact, if you try to give your love and devotion to anyone else, not anyone else other than Yahweh, that's bad, but also anyone else in addition to Yahweh that that does not go well. [00:50:12] (33 seconds)  #ExclusiveLoyaltyToGod

hero 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. Now if you're you're Jewish, you refer to this passage as the Shema. Shema is is the Hebrew word for hear, the the command to listen. And that's the first word of this passage. Hear, listen Israel. This is this is the listen passage. You listen to this. Hear Israel. And here's what it says. [00:47:38] (34 seconds)  #TheShema