"Shema Yisrael, Adonai eloheinu, Adonai echad."
"Hear, Israel, Adonai our God, Adonai is one." (Deuteronomy 6:4 CJB)
The Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-9) is a very important passage to the Jews. They recite it at least twice daily; morning and evening. Each verse is significant. Verse 4 begins with a command: "Shema." This is the imperative form of the verb "to hear." Moses is commanding the Jews to listen closely to what he is telling them. In this verse, he addresses the entire assembly and refers to God as "our God." God is for everyone. Anyone can come to him. Romans 10:8-13 (CJB) says:
8 "What, then, does it say? 'The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart' - that is, the word about trust, which we proclaim, namely 9 that if you acknowledge publicly with your mouth that Yeshua is Lord and trust in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be delivered. 10 For with the heart one goes on trusting and thus continues toward righteousness, while with the mouth one keeps on making public acknowledgement and thus continues towards deliverance. 11 For the passage quoted says that everyone who rests his trust on Him will not be humiliated. 12 That means that there is no difference between Jew and Gentile - Adonai is the same for everyone, rich toward everyone who calls on Him, 13 since everyone who calls on the name of Adonai will be delivered. "
"Adonai our God, Adonai is one." There is one God, and he is for everyone, Jews and Gentiles. "Everyone who calls on the name of Adonai will be delivered."
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