Again this gives way to all sorts of blasphemous freedom to take the name of God in vain. Well, I don't use the name of the Lord in a casual manner and the only cuss word I use is crap, which I'm sure is tame by most standards. But, I think the alternative causes unnecessary issues with the words that dead people speak.
God’s name is special because God is special, and we have to show respect to Him. Another way people take God’s name in vain is when they say they’re a Christian – they call themselves by Jesus’ title of Christ – but they don’t change their life. Like the people you drew or wrote about, people can’t just say they believe. TheyRespect for his name is an expression of the respect owed to the mystery of God himself and to the whole sacred reality it evokes. (#2144) TAKING GOD’S NAME IN VAIN. Because the proper use of God’s name is so uplifting and moral an act, we can easily discern how wicked is the misuse of God’s name, which is forbidden by the Second Commandment.
This comment by the preacher really caught my attention, and I was all ears, and then he briefly explained why. He said that to “take” the name of the Lord in vain meant to pretend to belong to God when you really don’t, according to your actions. I thought, “Wow, that is really profound!”. Still, I wanted to check with the Hebrew to
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