How Do People Use The Name of God In Vain? (Q&A)

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All right. Look at verse seven. Here's the third commandment. You shall not take the name of the

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Lord, your God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

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I think a lot of people, when they hear using the Lord's name in vain, they think you just take the name of God and attach it to a curse word.

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And that's what it means to take the name of God in vain. Obviously that is taking the name of the

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Lord in vain. I don't think anyone's going to argue with that, but it's not just that. Can you think of any other ways that you can take the name of God in vain?

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Any examples? Okay. Oh, MG. Yes. You text, uh,

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Oh, M G. It certainly, if you spell it out, um, that's using God's name in vain because you're talking about God, but you're not doing it in a reverential way.

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And I think a lot of people who do that, they, it never even occurs to them. There's a lot of people who use

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God's name in vain and you can kind of tell that they're not intending to do it to them.

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It's just something you say. So people need to be taught this. So just a general rule, if you're going to use the name of the

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Lord, Jesus Christ, God, you should be talking about Jesus or God.

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And if you're talking about him, you talk about him in a reverential way. Otherwise his name should not be on your lips if you're not talking about him in that way.

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But what are some other ways you can use the name of God in vain? Well, someone could utter a false prophecy.

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Uh, God spoke to me and he said, and you just come out with what you're saying.

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God didn't say that. You said it. And you're claiming God said it. When you take an oath or a vow and you swear,

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I swear to God, what did Jesus say? What does the new Testament teach?

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Our yes should be yes. And our no, no. I mean, your word should be good enough.

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You don't need to swear by this and swear by that. If you're honest, people should know if you say something, you're going to follow through.

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You mean it. But if you do make a vow and swear to God and then you don't do it, that's using the name of God in vain.