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Jesus and the 1st Commandment
1st commandment. 1️⃣
Against idolatry:
Deuteronomy 5:7
[7]Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

Jesus reiterated the Shema, that God is only One:
Deuteronomy 6:4-5
[4]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.
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He revealed that the Son and the Father are One God:
John 17:21-22
[21]That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 🌏☄️🛂
[22]And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 💫

He added that believing God is believing Him also because God is working in Him:
John 14:10-11
[10]Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
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[11]Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
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When Jesus said I Am, God was already speaking through Him which the Jews did not understand:
John 7:28-29
[28]Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.🙏
[29]But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
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The Jews during that time cannot understand what He said because He only regarded Him as a man despite of His miracles:
John 8:57-59
[57]Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?👴
[58]Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.🅰️🅾️
[59]Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
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To resist idolatry, He amplified that one must love God emotionally, intellectually, physically and spiritually,
Mark 12:29-31
[29]And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
[30]And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

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