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THE TENDER COMMANDMENTS – SERIES
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*SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2003*
*PART 4 – “TAKE CARE WITH THE NAME”*
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WATCH CLOSELY AS I FLASH SOME NAMES UP ON THE SCREEN.
WHAT THOUGHTS RACE THROUGH YOUR MIND IN AN INSTANT?
WHAT IMAGES LEAP TO THE SCREEN OF YOUR MEMORY?
WHAT EMOTIONS BRUSH ACROSS YOUR HEART?
FOR SOME OF YOU THOSE NAMES ARE NOT RECOGNIZABLE
BUT WHEN YOU HEAR A FAMILIAR NAME – AND FAMILIAR NAME - -THOUGHTS AND ASSOCIATIONS IMMEDIATELY SURFACE IN YOUR MIND
LET ME TRY SOME YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH
(RUN NAMES)
YOU THINK CERTAIN THINGS!!!
YOU REMEMBER CERTAIN EVENTS
YOU EXPERIENCE CERTAIN EMOTIONS!!!
WHY???
BEC THOSE NAMES *REPRESENT* SOMETHING TO YOU ABOUT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS:
WHO THEY ARE…
WHAT THEY’VE DONE
HOW THEY’VE LIVE!!!
THE NAMES ARE A SUMMARY TO YOU OF ALL THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE!!!
AS A PASTOR……ONE OF MY FAVORITE JOBS IS DEDICATING LITTLE CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS BEFORE GOD’S PEOPLE!!!
IT’S REALLY A DELIGHT JUST TO SPEAK THE NAMES OF THE LITTLE ONES ALOUD BEFORE THE CONGREGATION!!!
SOME OF THE NAMES COME RIGHT OUT OF THE BIBLE!
I’VE HELD JOSHUA’S…..AND RUTH………AND STEPHEN,………..LUKE……
AND DEANNA, DORON, DAMARIS, LEIGHTON, CAMERON, KATHYRYN, LAURA…..
AND THE LIST GOES ON!!!
HAVEN’T HAD ANY DORCAS’S YET!!!
I KNOW A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY MAKE A PROPHETIC DECISION TO NAME THEIR CHILDREN A CERTAIN NAME BEC OF WHAT THAT NAME MEANS TO THEM.
WE DID THAT IN REGARDS TO LUKE!!!
WE EVEN TAKE THE TIME TO TELL THE CONGREGATON WHAT THE NAME MEANS WHEN WE DEDICATE A CHILD!!!
PEOPLE’S NAMES REPRESENT SOMETHING!!!
A NAME REPRESENTS WHO THEY ARE……..AND POSSIBLY (IN A PROPHETIC SENSE) WHO THEY MIGHT BECOME!!!
GOD WAS SO CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PHENOMENON THAT HE ACTUALLY NAME PEOPLE HIMSELF…….OR CHANGED THEIR NAMES AT CERTAIN KEY MOMENTS IN THEIR LIVES!!!
WHEN THEIR CHARACTER CHANGED, HE CHANGED THEIR NAME!!!!
HE TOLD ABRAHAM…….ONE DAY…..”/NO LONGER SHALL YOUR NAME BE CALLED ABRAM (EXALTED FATHER) BUT YOUR NAME SHALL BE ABRAHAM (FATHER OF A MULTITUDE)……FOR I HAVE MAKE YOU A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS!!!/
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THE LORD JESUS CHANGED SIMON’S NAME TO PETER - - A ROCK!!!
THE LORD WAS TELLING PETER….THAT HE WOULD BE CHANGED FROM A WISHY WASHY UNRELIABLE MAN TO SOMEONE WHO WAS FIRM AND STRONG AND WOULD TAKE A STAND!!!
WHEN A MAN OR A WOMAN RECIEVES JESUS CHRIST AS SAVIOR……HIS OR HER NAME BECOMES ETERNAL!!!!
IT IS WRITTEN DOWN IN WHAT IS CALLED IN THE BIBLE “THE LAMB’S BOOK OF LIFE”
IF A NAME REPRESENTS A PERSON’S CHARACTER AND REPUTATION……AND IS VERY IMPORTANT TO GOD……
WHY IS THERE SO MUCH PROFANITY TODAY!????
WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE CASUALLY TAKE THE NAME OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND LORD JESUS IN VAIN????
I WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE THAT THIS MIGHT BE AN ISSUE OF DEEP CONCERN TO THE LORD…
BUT WHY WOULD HE MAKE IT ONE OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS!!!
WHY SUCH A STERN WARNING???
WHY ALL THE CAUTION???
DO YOU THINK IT IS POSSIBLE THAT GOD KNOWS SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN MY LIFE IF I BECOME CARELESS AND FLIPPANT ABOUT THE NAME OF GOD????
NOW….
WE KNOW WE LIVE IN A DAY WHERE THE AIR IS BLUE WITH PROFANITY!!! \\ \\
YOU CAN HARDLY WATCH A MOVIE……PICK UP A NOVEL……OR EVEN LISTEN TO THE RADIO WITHOUT HEARING GOD’S NAME TAKEN IN VAIN!!!
ONE OF THE DEFINITIONS FOR THE WORD “PROFANE” SPEAKS OF ‘DEBASING OR DEFILING” THAT WHICH IS HOLY OR WORHTY OF REVERENCE!!!
IT’S AN ATTACK AGAINST SOMETHING THAT IS HOLY!!!!
IT’S AN ATTEMPT TO TAKE SOMETHING THAT IS EXALTED…..OR REVERED AND JERK IT DOWN FROM ITS PEDESTAL!!!
WHEN I PROFANE SOMETHING……I TRY TO YANK IT DOWN TO MY LEVEL…..SO I CAN REDUCE IT TO BEING NOTHING MORE THAN I AM!!!!
SO WHEN I PROFANE THE LORD GOD……….IT IS NOTHING LESS THAN A DENIAL OF HIS HOLINESS AND MAJESTY AND POWER!!!! \\ \\
IT IS AN ATTEMPT TO SOMEHOW PULL GOD DOWN TO A COMMON LEVEL AND MAKE HIM EQUAL WITH ME!!!
AND THAT IS A GRAVE AND SERIOUS BUSINESS!!!
THERE ARE THOSE OUTSIDE THE LORD WHO CAN’T STAND TO THINK OF ANYONE OR ANYTHING ‘HIGHER’ OR MORE LOFTY THAN THEY ARE!!!
ON A GREATLY SMALLER SCALE……LOOK AT WHAT THE TABLOIDS AND GOSSIP MAGAZINES SEEK TO DO TO ‘CELEBRITIES”
THE PUBLIC SEEMS TO HAVE AN INSATIABLE APPETITE FOR ANYTHING THAT WOULD DRAG FAMOUS ATHLETES OR PERFORMERS….OR PRESIDENTS….PRINCESSES….PREACHERS….AND HIGH OFFICIALS DOWN TO THE LOWEST LEVEL!!!
WHEN THAT HAPPENS WE CAN SAY…..”THEY’RE NO BETTER THAN ME…..I’M AS GOOD AS THEY ARE”!!!!
AND BY CURSING…….WE ARE DESTROYING THE CONCEPT OF A LOFTY GOD ABOVE US!!!
IN OTHER WORDS……I HAVE SUCCEEDED IN MY OWN MIND OF FEELING THAT I CAN TAKE THIS GOD WHO APPEARS TO BE HOLY….AND REDUCE HIM TO SOMEONE JUST LIKE ME!!!
TO FOLLOW THAT TRACK TO ITS LOGICAL CONCLUSION…..THERE WOULD NOT BE ANYTHING SACRED LEFT IN THE UNIVERSE!!!!
IF YOU DON’T LIVE IN A MONASTERY……YOU’LL PROBABLY HEAR THE WORD ‘DAMN’ SEVERAL TIMES THIS WEEK………OR EVEN BEFORE LUNCH IS OVER TODAY!!!
WHAT DOES THAT TERM MEAN???
IT MEANS TO CONDEMN TO A FATE!!!!
PEOPLE WILL SEEMINGLY DAMN ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING!!!
IT’S G-D THIS…..AND G-D THAT!!!
MY G-D CAR……MY G-D SCHEDULE…….AND MY G-D BACK PROBLEMS……..AND THE LIST GOES ON!!! \\ \\
IT’S SO COMMON!!!
IT SEEMS TO BE A PART OF COMMON SPEECH!!!
SO DOES IT MATTER??~/
WELL….GOD THINKS IT MATTERS!!!
I’LL TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT MATTERS…….
HE MADE IT ONE OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS!!!
WHY WOULD HE INCLUDE IT????
BEC HE KNOWS THAT EVERY TIME THOSE TERMS ARE USED……INCREDIBLE DESTRUCTION COMES INTO MY LIFE AND THE LIVE OF THOSE I LOVE!!!!
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WHEN YOU DON’T PUT GOD FIRST…….WHEN YOU DON’T HONOR HIS NAME………
I’’M TELLING YOU…..LIFE JUST DOESN’T WORK!!!! \\ \\
IT DOES MATTER WHEN WE USE GOD’S NAME IN VAIN!!!!! \\ \\
THERE MAY BE MORE TO GOD’S ORDER OF THINGS THAN MANY PEOPLE THINK!!!
I’VE HEARD MEN SAY…..”GD THIS HOME!!!……GOD THAT WOMAN!!!…..GD!!!THOSE KIDS!!!
I DON’T THINK THEY HAVE ANY REAL IDEA OF WHAT THEY’VE SAID……
I DON’T THINK THEY HAVE ANY CONCEPT THAT THESE WORDS AND TERMS DO NOT FALL ON DEAF EARS!!!
IN THE BOOK OF MATTHEW JESUS WARNS US…./BUT
I TELL YOU THAT MEN WILL HAVE TO GIVE ACCOUNT ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT FOR EVERY CARELESS WORD THEY HAVE SPOKEN” (MATT 12:36)/
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HE WENT ON TO SAY…../YOUR WORDS NOW REFLECT YOUR FATE THEN…….EITHER YOU WILL BE JUSTIFIED BY THEM OR YOU WILL BE CONDEMNED”!!!/
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WHY WOULD GOD SAY…”DON’T TAKE MY NAME IN VAIN???
BEC HE LOVES YOU AND ME SO VERY MUCH!!!
THE PROBLEM WITH MOST PEOPLE IS THAT THEY THINK THEY CAN GET BY WITH IT BEC THEY SAY ANYTHING THEY WANT TO AND “NOTHINGS HAPPENED TO ME YET”!!!
YET WHEN YOU READ THE SCRIPTURES YOU DISCOVER SOMETHING ABOUT SOWING AND REAPING….
AND IT IS THIS:
*YOU NEVER…..NEVER REAP IN THE SAME SEASON THAT YOU SOW!!!!!*
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*(LET ME REPEAT THAT - AND IT REALLY HOLDS TRUE)*
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*AND GOD’S WORD IS TRUE!!!*
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*AND USING HIS NAME IN VAIN WILL AFFECT YOUR LIFE!!!*
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WHEN WE USE THE NAME OF GOD IN A CARELESS WAY….
WHEN WE READILY CALL UPON HIM TO “DAMN “ OR CONDEMN A PERSON OR PLACE OR SITUATION……IT IS MY BELIEF THAT WE SET SOMETHING IN MOTION IN THE SPIRIT….
BEYOND OUR FINITE UNDESTANDING!!!
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