3rd Commandment AWANA
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If you will recall we are working our way through the 10 commandments
The 10 commandments were given to a nation for a purpose
That purpose was to point them to their need for a savior and to point them to a relationship with God
See the law still serves that purpose for us today
Not only does it show you how to have a relationship with God but it also shows your need for a savior today, that you cannot do all of that by yourself
What is the first commandment?
Remember the first commandment is to have no other gods before God
That first command sets the tone
There is no other God but God alone
You and I cannot serve 2 masters it won’t end well
Scripture says that you will either hate one and love the other or you will be devoted to one and despise the other
The second command is a build on of the 1st and takes the first one a little deeper
What is the second commandment?
Since there are no other Gods, don’t cheat on God with a picture or a statue of what you think God looks like in heaven
You are to not have any idols
Scripture even goes so far in Deuteronomy that the nation of Israel was to smash the idols of the other nations, and I think it would be safe to say that if you and I had any idols we should smash them and destroy them
These first commandants are all about your relationship with God
Which brings us to the 3rd commandment
What is the third commandment?
7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.
We are not to take the Lords name in vain
So what does that mean?
the word vain is defined as Worthless, futile, inconsequential, unrestrained, false
We are to not take the Lords name in vain is because the Lords name means something
We are not to use it as just another word in our language but we are to hold it in high regard
There is no other name or word like
We take this to mean today that we are not to attached the Lords name to curse word or to use it as just any other word in our language
It is not just any
Gods name is different than any other word we have in our language
8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
God has given Jesus a name unlike any other name or even word for that matter on the face of the earth
Church it is not something to be used as an explanation point at the end of a point we are making
We are to not use it in conjunction with curse words
God is not some worthless name we get to just throw around
There is power in the name of Jesus
6 There is none like You, O Lord; You are great, and great is Your name in might.
When people take the Lords name in vain they are putting down God
They are taking something very powerful and acting like it is nothing
When people take the Lords name in vain they think it is just a word or a name
But as we have talked about it is not
Think about that if you have every said the Lords name in vain or misused the name of God
Now think about what you hear in you daily business
It would almost seem that as you go about your daily business and you hear the misuse of the Lords name because it is so important to you that if you don’t say anything it should almost make you sick to hear it use the wrong way
Because church there is no other name like this name
You may think your name is great and awesome but does your name save people?
Church the name of the Lord is so very different than any other name and has such power and should be held with high regard and reference
Because the junk people or we are attaching it so is not who the God of the universe is
This is what the name of Jesus does
12 “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”
This is why it is not just another name or another word in our language
No other name saves but Jesus
This is why we are not to use it worthlessly or in vain because it means something and has power attached to that name
The Father’s name is most hallowed when we behave in conformity to His will. For Christians to live in disobedience to God is to take His name in vain, claiming as Lord someone whom we do not follow as Lord.
John F. MacArthur
We see that taking the Lords name in vain is no longer about speech but the way we live
If we claim to be a Christ and don’t live like it, it is just like taking the Lords name in vain
Which is a sin
After reading this comment I was taking back
Does your life match up with the God you claim saved you
And church if it doesn’t then you are essentially taking the Lords name who is attached to your life through a personal relationship with Jesus and just using it flippantly or worthlessly
Do you start to understand how these first 3 commandments guide us to a closer relationship with Jesus
What is the first command?
You will for sure grow closer to God if you have no other Gods before Him
What is the second command?
You will grow even closer because you are not worshipping anything other than God
You will grow even closer when there is nothing in the place of God in your life
What is the third command?
You will grow even closer with the God when you do not missus His name and His power