I was thinking about "The Shema" or the FIRST COMMAND...
Deuteronomy 6:4-5...
"Hear O Israel, The Lord, Our God, is One Lord; and you shall love the Lord with all your Heart, soul, and strength"
How beautiful and profound this is....
3 commands...
Hear the Lord
Be Obedient to the Lord
Love the Lord....
3 PROPHECIES
You SHALL hear
You SHALL be obedient
You SHALL love
3 ways you shall love:
Heart, Soul, Strength
This also translates to:
Emotional - our "feelings"
Volitional - our "Will power"
Mental - our "Brain" knowledge
Notice there is NO separation between Believe and Do....
3 "Lord statements"
The Lord (YHWH)
Our God (Elhoim - a Plural Hebrew word (literally gods) that is always "Singular" when referring to The LORD (YHWH)... by the construction of the hebrew word in this passage - it is possessive... "My God")
One Lord (YHWH ehad)
How much wrangling over doctrines, beliefs, positions, and such are resolved in this ONE sentence.....
Deuteronomy 6:4-5...
"Hear O Israel, The Lord, Our God, is One Lord; and you shall love the Lord with all your Heart, soul, and strength"
How beautiful and profound this is....
3 commands...
Hear the Lord
Be Obedient to the Lord
Love the Lord....
3 PROPHECIES
You SHALL hear
You SHALL be obedient
You SHALL love
3 ways you shall love:
Heart, Soul, Strength
This also translates to:
Emotional - our "feelings"
Volitional - our "Will power"
Mental - our "Brain" knowledge
Notice there is NO separation between Believe and Do....
3 "Lord statements"
The Lord (YHWH)
Our God (Elhoim - a Plural Hebrew word (literally gods) that is always "Singular" when referring to The LORD (YHWH)... by the construction of the hebrew word in this passage - it is possessive... "My God")
One Lord (YHWH ehad)
How much wrangling over doctrines, beliefs, positions, and such are resolved in this ONE sentence.....