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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"TAKING GOD'S NAME IN VAIN" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SEEN IN A TEXT MESSAGE OR A CARTOON OR HEARD SOMEONE SAY "OMG" OR "OH MY GOD"? WOULD YOU SAY THAT THIS IS A SIN OF TAKING GOD'S NAME IN VAIN. IT SAYS IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS THAT "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain." THE DICTIONARY SAYS "IN VAIN" MEANS "in an improper or irreverent manner". IF YOU ARE USING GOD'S NAME THIS WAY, WOULD YOU SAY THAT THIS IS A SIN? I THINK THAT MOST CHRISTIANS WOULD SAY YES. I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE THINKING THAT SINCE JESUS, WE ARE NOT TECHNICALLY UNDER THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW (THE TEN COMMANDMENTS), HOWEVER, SHOULDN'T WE HONOR GOD AS OUR LOVING AND HOLY FATHER? IT IS A LOT DIFFERENT IF WE SAY "OH MY GOD" WHEN WE ARE PRAYING TO HIM.
PEOPLE HAVE HEARD THAT PHRASE SO MANY TIMES THAT THEY SAY IT NOT EVEN REALIZING WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. THEY DON'T EVEN CONSIDER IT BORDERING ON BLASPHEMY, BUT IT IS, AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT WHAT IS IN THEIR HEARTS. THE BIBLE SPEAKS A LOT ON WATCHING OUR WORDS. SOME PEOPLE DON'T EVEN SAY "OH, MY GOODNESS" BECAUSE THEY THINK IT IS JUST A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE BLASPHEMOUS EXPRESSION.
MY PROBLEM IS THAT I HAVE HEARD MINISTERS USE GOD'S NAME THIS WAY. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, SOME PEOPLE THINK IT MAKES IT OK TO SAY IT. SOME PEOPLE THINK IF A MINISTER CAN USE IT, WHY CAN'T I? WOULD THEY THINK IT WOULD BE OK TO COMMIT ADULTERY IF A MINISTER COMMITTED ADULTERY? WE NEED TO CONTINUALLY RENEW OUR MINDS AND STAY IN GOD'S WORD. SO, LET'S WATCH OUR TONGUES AND NOT GET IN A HABIT OF SAYING OR DOING THINGS OTHER PEOPLE SAY AND DO.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
