Fear of God (6)

Holy is His name

It made His top 10

What makes something sacred—what makes something holy—is the touch of God upon it

What God Will Not Tolerate

Jesus essentially said: “You know what I want you to pray for? I want you to pray that my Father’s name would be regarded as holy. Then I want you to say, ‘Thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth even as it is in heaven.’ So what I want my people to be praying for is that my reign, my sovereignty, my authority as King will be honored and recognized in this world. Pray that people will do my will on this planet, even as the angels in heaven right now obey my will.”

Jesus doesn’t say so, but I’m convinced there’s a logical progression here. I don’t think that the Kingdom of God will ever come on this earth, or that the will of God will ever be done on this earth, until or unless the name of God is revered by His people. How is it possible for people to honor a king, and at the same time desecrate His name?

It’s not like the Jewish people had some name fetish, or that they believed there was some magic associated with the utterance of the word. But they understood, as God understood, that if we have a cavalier, casual attitude toward the name of God, that reveals more about our deepest attitude toward the God of the name than anything else we say.

Teach us How to Pray:

“Holy is His name.”

“When you pray say this: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed is Your name.” But that’s not what He said. He said, “When you pray, the first thing I want you to pray for when you get on your knees is that the name of God would be treated as sacred, as holy.”

Do not take the name of the Lord in Vain

Mt Sinai

Moses:

What it took to Can only compare ourselves to God’s holiness:

2 Corinthians 10:12 NKJV

12 For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

God

Exodus 19:

Exodus 22: