5 Comments. In Exodus 20:7, the Lord God provided a simple commandment: “You shall not invoke the name of the LORD, your God, in vain. For the LORD will not leave unpunished anyone who invokes his name in vain.”. The principle is simple. The name of the Most High God is sacred, not to be used as a trivial ejaculation, still less as a curse. The “Lord’s Name”. In the Exodus 20:7 commandment, the “name of the Lord” can mean the literal name of God (in this case Yahweh) or the person behind the name. An example of this is seen in Genesis 4:26 where people began to “call upon the name of the Lord”. Here, the people began publicly expressing their dependence upon God. Deuteronomy 5:11English Standard Version. 11 “‘You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. Read full chapter. Deuteronomy 5:11 in all English translations. Deuteronomy 4. One of the Ten Commandments found in Exodus 20:7 states: “Thou shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain” This wording means taking advantage of His name in any senseless or futile manner; God intends for us to respect and use it appropriately. Other ways people misuse God’s name include cursing or swearing His name, misusing But I find it hard to believe that God has been desensitized to people taking His name in vain. Exodus 20:7 tells us that we are not to misuse the name of the Lord, our God. That verse continues 0vh3a. When the commandment says not to take God’s name in “vain”, that word “vain” in the original Hebrew language is “sawe” which means. “emptiness, vanity, falsehood, or worthlessness”. So when it says not to take his name “in vain”, that could also mean that if I choose to carry his reputation, I shouldn’t do it in a way I, the depressed adult, irritated by all this joy, holler at the child: “Shut up!” I have just cursed that child. I have just taken the name of the Lord in vain, irrespective of whether or not I actually used God’s name in my tantrum. I have just violated the proper order, as God set it up. I have just cursed, disrespected the name of God. There are two more things to consider in regard to the vain use of God’s name. First, the word translated “take” in Exodus 20:7 also has the sense of “bear, carry.”. Exodus 28:29, giving us further insight into the meaning of the commandment, uses the same wording as Exodus 20:7. Compare “You shall not bear the name of the Lord your > “Thou shalt not take the Lord’s name [and use it] in vain” I think of all the opinions, ideas, causes, movements, etc. we involve ourselves in. I think the Lord desires we be “anxiously engaged”. But the problem comes when we drag the Lord into our misguided causes and invoke His name when doing so. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain. Deuteronomy 6:13 Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name. Deuteronomy 23:21 If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of

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