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The 3rd Commandment
The 3rd Commandment
The first two were challenging, but this one might seem like a relief, right?
I don’t use GD or swear on God’s name...
It almost seems like God is just getting picky.
But there is a powerful and life altering meaning and purpose behind this commandment.
Just like the other commandments, God isn’t trying to restrict us or keep us from joy.
The commandments are an avenue to freedom as we consider how they:
Reveal God to us
Confront us in our sin
Instruct us in our following
Promise us true, lasting joy
There is great freedom in honoring the Name of God.
God obviously takes His name seriously as we see the end of the verse.
Reveals God’s Character
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It reveals God’s UNIQUENESS and SUPERIORITY.
Reveal about God’s Character.
ex 3
God comes to Moses and says “I have heard my people’s cry from Egypt.
I am sending you to bring my people out of Eygpt.”
Moses response is “but who am I to say has sent me.”
He is asking about authority, why should they listen to you?
Moses understand the importance of a name, it speaks to character, power, and authority.
God also understand the importance of a name, He says “Tell them ‘I am who I am’ is sending you.
‘YAHWEH (which means LORD)’ has sent you.”
The NAME that is above all other names send you Moses.
You are to claim the authority of YAHWEH Himself, whose name stands unique to all other names.
This is God’s PERSONAL NAME
He has no beginning.
No ending.
No dependence.
He simply is, always was, and always will be.
He communicates all of this with a personal name, a name that is superior to ALL other names.
So a few months later, as Moses is with God on Mt.
Sinai, God commands His people to use His name in it’s unique and authoritative purpose only.
To do otherwise was discredit the name and character of God.
2. It reveals that God is KNOWABLE and PERSONAL.
If you were to call the Atlantic ocean a Sea or a Pepsi a Coke (it is pop BTW) you aren’t going to hurt their feelings because they are not personal or knowable.
(I can know what a Pepsi tastes like, but I can’t have a conversation with it).
But God is Personal, not just a distant force that governs the universe.
So to use God’s name in a way other than to refer to Him is dishonoring and degrading.
The word Vain here means falsely, deceptively, or trivially.
God’s name should not be used in a way that misrepresents his character, presents Him in a way that is deceptive to others, or makes light of who He is.
The Israelites understood the know-ability of God in the way the referred to Him.
They wouldn’t use the term YAHWEH in speech or writing, in order that they might miswrite it or mispronounce it.
They did use other names for God that pointed at His character.
El Shaddai: God Almighty- It’s an expression that reflects on God’s strength, majesty, and power.
Elohim: Father God / God the Creator – This name comes from being in awe of His power displayed throughout nature.
He is the Sovereign God, and God of Eternity.
In the beginning, He created – just by the power of His spoken Word.
Jehovah-jireh- The name that speaks to the Lord’s provision.
He sees and provides for our every need as He provided the ram for Abraham to take the place of Issac at Mount Moriah.
God’s name should speak to WHO HE IS not used in a false or trivial way.
Confronts our Sinfulness
1.
It confronts our IRREVERENCE.
How we use the name of God speaks to the respect we have for His name.
OMG, for God’s sake, good God, Jesus Christ, GD...
When we use God’s name as an expression of emotion (joy, anger, frustration…) it empties His name of the meaning it was intended to have.
2. It confronts our INEPTITUDE.
To be inept means to be inappropriate, out of place, or unsuitable.
We show our ineptness with God’s name when we use God’s name in an inappropriate or unsuitable manner.
In a manipulative manner
God told me...
God told me to tell you...
I feel God wants...
God is calling me/us/you to...
I do not doubt that God is actively speaking to us, but I believe God speaks to us through His Word.
It is dangerous and harmful to use statements like this for a couple of reasons:
We are potentially putting words into the mouth of God.
Had a lady tell me one time she feels like God is telling her to step down from helping in our children’s ministry to focus on
We are potentially suggesting we have a unique access to God.
Potentially more mature or more spiritual.
You may very well be more in-tune with God’s Word through study, prayer and mediation, but to suggest that God speak specifically to you is dangerous and potentially harmful.
Even in the gift of prophesy there is an expectation that the words received would be examined in light of scripture and would be for the building up of the body of Christ.
We must be cautious and careful what we ascribe to God as His Word.
We also must be cautious and thoughtful about what we ascribe to the Lord.
We can be frivolous and inappropriate when we use phrases like “Praise the Lord” “Thank the Lord” “Hallelujah” and other like that.
“The Raptors won the NBA Championship, PTL!”
“The McRib is back, thank you Jesus!”
“No school tomorrow, Hallelujah?”
Sports broadcasters and weather men over use the term “historic” to the point it has lost it’s meaning.
Modern lingo throws the word “Epic” out for most any fun or exciting experience, and it has lost its power.
We we
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It confronts our HYPOCRISY.
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One of the most frustrating experiences is going into a home improvement store not sure exactly what you are looking for
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90% of the people who work there do not know ANYTHING about home improvement.
They where the smock, have a tape measure attached to their side, but they have no clue what the standard size fitting you need for you plumbing project is.
The uniforms and the patches and metals are earned, not something that should be bought.
Confession: I was that guy for a summer.
And I got pretty good at acting like an expert plumber, praying the whole time they would come back after my shift to find the right part.
It is dishonoring to wear something from the military you did not earn.
We might wear the smock and act like we know what we are talking about, but we are actually making a mockery of the ones who do know.
Ever asked a Marine “Were you are Marine?”
they would respond “I am a Marine!” because it is a title that is earned.
There was one of those guys there and he, I’m sure was often frustrated with me and my bad advice.
We bear the name of Christ if we call ourselves Christians.
When we don’t live out the life God has called us to live we dishonor the name of God and the name of Christ.
The third command confronts our hypocrisy as we do not live out a life that honors God’s name.
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