Ephesians 4:6

"One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all."


Now remember we've been talking about one all the way through this afternoon. One Body, one Spirit, one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and now one God and Father of all. Now the Jewish folks, bless their hearts, they kind of accuse us Christians of being polytheists in that we believe in a Trinity. But for the Jewish person coming out of the Old Testament, that is almost an anathema to him. So if you would go back to Deuteronomy chapter 6 for a moment, we'll see what their reasoning is. This of course is the Jewish view of God being like Paul just said in Ephesians, "One God." Absolutely He's One! And as we read, remember this is part and parcel of Jewish worship.


Deuteronomy 6:4

"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:" And here you have all the letters capitalized. Read it again.


Deuteronomy 6:4-5

"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 5. And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might."


Which of course was the bedrock of the Law. Now as you come on up through the Scriptures, even staying in the Old Testament, which was written primarily to the Jewish people, stop at Isaiah chapter 9 for a moment. Again we'll look at a verse that we've looked at many times over the years, and that would be in verse 6.