Hear O Israel: How to Share the Gospel With Your Family
So far in our study of Deuteronomy 6:4-9, we've learned that God wants us to love Him with all our hearts, all our souls, and all our strengths. In the article, Hear O Israel: He Who Has Ears, Let Him Hear, we saw that God also wants us to teach our children to do the same. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up ...
The Hear O Israel Prayer in the Light of Yeshua’s Teachings
In our previous post – Why Is the Hear O Israel Prayer Important to the Jewish People, we learned that the prayer (otherwise called the Shema) is important to the Jewish people for three major reasons. First, it reminds them of their monotheistic belief that there is only one God, and He alone is their Source (Deuteronomy 6:4). The second reason that we discussed was that the prayer reminds them of their responsibility to God, which is to love Him with all their hearts, all their souls, and all their ...
Hear O Israel: Faith Comes By Hearing
Salvation is impossible without faith, as farming is impossible without the soil. Remove faith from Christianity, and Christianity will fall like a pack of cards. Apostle Paul, while explaining the "what," "how," and "when" of evangelism to the church in Rome, said faith comes by hearing (Romans 10:17). It may interest you to know that this verse is one of the inspirations behind our media projects - Free in Messiah, Israel Music Evangelism, and Hear O Israel. In this blog, we will be examining this text in relation to evangelism ...
Hear O Israel: What Does it Mean to Love God?
"Hear O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one! You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. (Deuteronomy 6:4-5) From our explanation of Deuteronomy 6:4-5 so far, we've seen how God commanded the Israelites to keep His Words in their hearts and to teach their children. And in the last article, we concluded that God wants us, both as individuals and as Christian evangelism ministries in Israel, to have the same attitude in evangelism today. One ...
Why is the Hear O Israel Prayer Important to Jewish People?
Over the past weeks, it's been amazing studying God's Word to explain the true meaning of the phrase "Hear, O Israel." From Deuteronomy 6:4-9, Romans 10:17, and a few other Bible verses, we've seen how the phrase answers some of the most common questions about effective evangelism today. In this article, we'll be taking it up from there to answer the question, "Why is the Hear O Israel prayer important to Jewish people?" What Does the Hear O Israel Prayer Mean to Jewish People? Just as I shared in the ...
