The Third Commandment: Honoring God's Name
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Introduction:
Names take on huge significance. Think of Biblical names.
Abram becomes Abraham. Sarai becomes Sarah. Jacob becomes Israel. “New work of God in their lives.”
Name symbolizes a person, presence, and power.
Name could characterized someone’s reputation.
God’s name includes his name, being and person.
“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.
Testifying under oath or under a deity.
Some ways we misuse God’s name is when we give no thought to His name (curse word), give lip service to His name and misrepresent His name (hypocrisy), and sing of His name (when our thoughts and affections are elsewhere).
We misuse God’s name when we misrepresent God’s character.
“To malign God’s name is to misrepresent Him and thus to bear false witness to Him. We have no right to redefine God, but this is exactly what we do when we take His name in vain.” Albert Mohler
Wrong ideas about God misuse His name. We misuse God’s name when we say He doesn’t really care about sin. We misuse God’s name when he can’t really forgive sin. We misuse God’s name when we say God is not sovereign or not good.
We misuse God’s name when we make him like us.
“God is our buddy. Our friend. Our co-pilot. Our homeboy”
We misue God’s name when we speak on behalf of what He has not spoken
“The Lord told me, the Lord showed me, the Lord led me” Ex. Prosperity Theology
We misuse God’s name when we sing songs that misrepresent God’s name.
ex. Hillsong
We misuse God’s name when we say unite politics and Christianity
“God bless America. This was the judgment of God.”
“The Third Commandment has everything to do with our worship, with the disposition of our heart, and with our knowledge or ignorance of the one true and living God. The command reaches to the depths of our discipleship, and it extends to everything we touch and everything we think that is even remotely theological or spiritual.” Albert Mohler, pg. 74
Crusades in the Name of God. Slavery in the Name of God. False Healings in the Name of God.
We misuse God’s name when we do ministry for ulterior motives.
When we only use God to advance our own name through books, podcasts, conferences.
PTL---It became a catch word to share blessings. Today, I passed my test, PTL.
We misuse God’s name when we make a false oath.
How do we honor God’s name?
Confess His Name ()
Honor His Name ()
3. Be Saved By the Name
4. Be Baptized in His Name ()
5. Jesus honors the Name ()
6. Believe in the Name (, John 1:12)
7. Pray to Honor the Name
8. Serve in His Name (Col 3)
For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
God’s name is misused in sorcery, false prophecy, and false oaths.
And the Lord said to me: “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds. Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name although I did not send them, and who say, ‘Sword and famine shall not come upon this land’: By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed.
“Our worship is casual, careless, and insincere, and in this way we dishonor God’s name.” Ryken
The expression “do not misuse the name” (lit. “do not raise the name”) in the Ten Commandments may be a shortened formula for this gesture when it accompanied an oath.
Rooker, Mark. The Ten Commandments: Ethics for the Twenty-First Century (New American Commentary Studies in Bible and Theology) (Kindle Locations 1190-1191). B&H Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Rooker, Mark. The Ten Commandments: Ethics for the Twenty-First Century (New American Commentary Studies in Bible and Theology) (Kindle Locations 1190-1191). B&H Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
22 Any invocation of the Lord or calling on His name that is insincere or needless is simply perfunctory and constitutes taking God’s name in vain.23
Rooker, Mark. The Ten Commandments: Ethics for the Twenty-First Century (New American Commentary Studies in Bible and Theology) (Kindle Locations 1253-1254). B&H Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
We misuse God’s name when we use God’s name as a genie or some type of magical formula. Some people use Jesus name like this.
Rooker, Mark. The Ten Commandments: Ethics for the Twenty-First Century (New American Commentary Studies in Bible and Theology) (Kindle Locations 1253-1254). B&H Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
False Oaths:
You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
You shall fear the Lord your God. You shall serve him and hold fast to him, and by his name you shall swear.
38 The name of the Lord should not be used for any pointless or unproductive purpose. This would include idly mentioning Him, invoking His name for no good reason, or imploring Him in a matter in which He is unlikely to respond. Mark Rooker
Rooker, Mark. The Ten Commandments: Ethics for the Twenty-First Century (New American Commentary Studies in Bible and Theology) (Kindle Locations 1303-1304). B&H Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Rooker, Mark. The Ten Commandments: Ethics for the Twenty-First Century (New American Commentary Studies in Bible and Theology) (Kindle Locations 1302-1303). B&H Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
How we misuse God’s name?
Thoughtlessly
Falsely
Hypocritically
How do we honor God’s name?
Revere God’s name
Speak Truthfully
Exalt Christ’s Name
“Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.
But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.
Matthew 5:33-37
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few. For a dream comes with much business, and a fool’s voice with many words.
When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow. It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.
We honor God’s name when let our yes, be yes, and our no be no.
This transcends the issue of oathtaking, swearing, or keeping vows, and addresses the heart of the issue: sincerity, honesty, and truth.
Rooker, Mark. The Ten Commandments: Ethics for the Twenty-First Century (New American Commentary Studies in Bible and Theology) (Kindle Locations 1372-1373). B&H Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Rooker, Mark. The Ten Commandments: Ethics for the Twenty-First Century (New American Commentary Studies in Bible and Theology) (Kindle Locations 1372-1373). B&H Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Why do we need oaths? Because some people are liars and fail to keep their oaths. Therefore there are consequences for those who fail to keep those oath.
Do you believe in God? Before God, are these allegations true? Do you swear to God?
God is so concerned about the truth, that to swear falsely in his name, is to misrepresent his name and invite his judgment.
We must speak of God’s name with sobriety.
Negatively, this Commandment prohibits all dishonouring thoughts of God, all needless, flippant, profane or blasphemous mention of Him, any irreverent use of His Word, any murmurings against His Providence, any abuse of anything by which He has made Himself known.
Pink, Arthur W.. The Ten Commandments (Arthur Pink Collection Book 53) (Kindle Locations 299-301). Prisbrary Publishing. Kindle Edition.
On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
Matthew 7:22-23
Pink, Arthur W.. The Ten Commandments (Arthur Pink Collection Book 53) (Kindle Locations 299-301). Prisbrary Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Prayer without practice is blasphemy, and to speak to God with our lips while our hearts are far from Him is but a mocking of Him and an increasing of our condemnation.
Pink, Arthur W.. The Ten Commandments (Arthur Pink Collection Book 53) (Kindle Locations 321-323). Prisbrary Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Pink, Arthur W.. The Ten Commandments (Arthur Pink Collection Book 53) (Kindle Locations 321-323). Prisbrary Publishing. Kindle Edition.