09/01/2026
One – Pastor Rusty – Sept. 1, 2026
“Hear, O Israel: YHWH our God, YHWH is one.” Duet. 6:4.
Dueteronomy 6:4 is part of the Hebrew “shema”; a recitation that has been made buy devout Jews for hundreds of years. It is called the “Shema” based on the first word in that verse, “hear”. Shama is the Hebrew word translated here. It is considered the first command in the Hebrew text, “to hear”, and specifically to hear the LORD God. Second part is you are to hear YHWH. This is not his title… this is His name.🤔 In English translations it is always represented as LORD in all caps (even though this is a reference to His name not His title). He is invariably described as YHWH “our God”; making Him personally ours. The word God is translated from the Hebrew word “Elohim”; which is the plural version of the Hebrew word “El”. Elohim is translated God throughout the Old Testament. Then the passage states that YHWH is one. The word “One” is translated from the Hebrew word “echad” which is implied that He is “united”. EcHad comes from the word “Achad” which is a verb meaning “to unify”.
“The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one.” Jn. 17:22
In John 17 Jesus prays the “prayer of unity” for the saints. Not only for those who believed in him, but for those who would come to believe in Him. “That they may be one even as you and I are one.” There is an unbelievable release of power from the position of unity. When the saints truly begin to touch the unity that the, Father, and the Son, have there is always a new level of authority and power, that unified believers are able to access. We were allowed to experience that Friday night at the Branson Night of Healing.🤔 A power born of unity! The Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit functioned in unity in creation of all things. The Spirit of God hovered and The Father spoke. (Gen. 1:2-3). Revelation 4:11 says, “All things were made by him and for him and without him nothing was made that was made”, speaking of Christ. They were all three in unison in creation. In John chapter 17 Jesus prays, “Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.” Jn. 17:5. Then he prayed in verse 22 that we would be unified in Glory. There is a unification of the saints that can only be had in the Glory realm. God is sending His glory to His bride to make us one that we may be able to host the power of God.
“Father, send us your Glory. Glorify us in your own Glory that we may be one even as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are One! Amen!” Pastor Rusty.
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