Jesus Believed in Elohim

    Elohim is the Hebrew word for God, and is used frequently in the Old Testament.  Jesus was a Jew, and when Jesus speaks of God in the New Testament, it is clear that he means Elohim, the God of the Jews.  He is usually speaking to Jews, and when he refers to God, there is no confusion about who he is talking about.  He refers to Elohim in this example:

When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them tested him by asking, "Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?"  He said to them, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.  This is the greatest and the first commandment.  The second is like it:  You shall love your neighbor as yourself.  The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments." (Mt 22:34-39, parallels in Mk 12: 28-24, Lk 10:25-28, from Old Testament Dt 6:5, Lv 19:18)

Both of these laws are quotes from the Old Testament.  The first deals with Elohim.  It is clear both that Jesus believed in Elohim, and believed that Elohim deserved total commitment.  I will use the term Elohim to indicate God as Jews understand God.