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Announcements
Operation Christmas Child - The children are beginning work on a mission project, and they need your help.
Each month, we’re going to collect items for Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes.
We’ve set a goal of 60 shoeboxes.
For July, we’re looking to get combs, hairbrushes, toothbrushes, and wash cloths.
You can sign up on the list in the foyer to bring certain items.
Make sure they are new, and for the toothbrushes, they ask that the brushes be individually packaged.
Wednesday Nights - Starting July 6, we’re revamping our Wednesday night schedule.
We’ll start with our Monthly Fellowship Meal - we’re eating BBQ spareribs, red potatoes, corn on the cob, and homemade ice cream!
After we eat, we’ll be starting a new Men’s study.
We’re going through the book “Experiencing God” by Henry Blackaby and Claude King.
That study will meet in the Choir Room down the hall.
I can fill you in on details if you’re interested.
The ladies will stay in the Fellowship Hall for a study in the book “Matchless” by Angie Smith.
See Ferol or Carrie for details.
GriefShare - One more thing that’s not until August, but I want to get it on your radar.
Some of us have struggled mourning the loss of a loved one.
Maybe it happened years ago and you still struggle, or maybe it happened recently and you’re trying to adjust to life without them.
Whatever the case may be, the Autauga Baptist Association is hosting a grief recovery support group called “GriefShare.”
The group will meet starting August 18.
If you’re interested, or know someone who is, you can call or email the ABA office for info and to sign up.
Reading: Deuteronomy 5:11
Pray
The text of this commandment has two parts.
First is the prohibition: we are not to “take the name of the Lord your God in vain.”
We’ll explore that in just a moment.
Then there is the second part: the rationale.
We are not to take God’s name in vain because he will punish us.
That’s a round-about way to say that God will judge and punish those who take his name in vain.
Even if we escape punishment here on earth, God’s justice is perfect.
He will judge us for all our motivations, works, and words.
But we need to explore this commandment.
What exactly does taking God’s name in vain mean, and how do we avoid it?
Let’s consider very briefly the meaning of the word “vain.”
The word for vain has a basic meaning of “empty, worthless.”
It’s used throughout the Bible to describe actions that do not matter or cannot succeed.
In Jeremiah 2:30, God says:
God’s correction is not working because the children of Israel refuse to submit to him.
To do something “in vain,” then, is to do it without any hope of success or benefit.
It is to divorce yourself from the reality of the situation and continue to act in ways that do not work.
Now consider the idea of taking God’s name in vain.
The word “take” comes from the Hebrew root nasa, which means “to lift up.”
This form has the idea of bearing, lifting, or carrying something.
Thus we are not to carry God’s name in vain.
Why not?
Because God’s name isn’t something we can carry flippantly.
Now we’re ready to ask our two main questions:
What Does the Third Commandment Reveal about God?
God’s Name Is His Radiance
In Scripture, names often bear meaning.
Many times, the name identifies the character of the one called by that name.
So Adam means “man,” Nabal means “fool,” and Immanuel means “God with us.”
Each of these names indicates the character of the man.
This is also true of God.
And frequently the name of God is connected to his glory:
Notice the connection: God’s character is connected to his name, and his name is connected to his glory, praise, and his jealousy.
We talked about God’s jealousy last week.
Here’s another:
His name itself is so great that glory is due merely to his name.
It’s the glory due to him.
God’s name is a way of describing his holiness and glory.
That’s why he sometimes refers to the Temple and the city of Jerusalem (where the Temple was located) as the “place where I put my name.”
That’s the place of God’s manifest glory, so that’s where his name “resides.”
God’s name is his radiance.
God’s Name Is His Reputation
Related to the connection between the name and the character, names also give a reputation.
Often names represent not only the character but the life of the one named.
There’s a reason there aren’t too many girls named Jezebel!
Another example comes from the days of Saturday morning cartoons: one of Bugs Bunny’s favorite insults of Elmer Fudd was to call him a “nimrod.”
That’s a reference to Nimrod, the hunter in Genesis 10 who was the “first to be a mighty man” before God.
Of course, Bugs is calling Elmer a “nimrod” sarcastically - he’s not mighty like the real Nimrod was.
That’s the reason nimrod is an insult now.
God’s name is also his reputation:
God is talking about the way his people reject him over and over again, but he continues to defer his anger because of his own name.
His reputation of holiness balances with his reputation of mercy, and they both are reflected in his name.
One of my favorite Psalms also makes the connection between the name of God and his works:
God’s name is directly linked with the things he does - it’s his reputation.
God’s Name Is His Revelation
What Does the Third Commandment Require of Us?
We Must Carry His Name with Care for His Radiance
Our entire lives must honor him.
Jesus gives commendation to the church in Philadelphia:
We Must Carry His Name with Care for His Reputation
We cannot misuse the name of God for our personal advantage.
We Must Carry His Name with Care for His Revelation
We dare not speak for God what he has not commanded.
We also dare not be silent when God has spoken.
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