The Name of God. “ You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain ”. (Exodus 20:7 -Third Commandment) Taking the name of God “in vain” means in “iniquity,” “falsehood,” “vanity,” “emptiness.”. Reverence is the ultimate purpose of the third commandment (Psalm 111:9; Ecclesiastes 5:1, 2). I've never really thought of that one as being bad. j_baam27 • 6 yr. ago. I don't think it's directly taking The Name Of The Lord in vain. But, I do think that irreverently using the term holy or tabernacle or anything specifically related to God and Heaven is sinful. I mean obviously s*** isn't holy. Haha. The commandment to not take the Lord’s name in vain can thus mean, “You should not identify yourself as a disciple of Jesus Christ unless you intend to represent Him well.” The only inconsistency at all between my position and Elder Renlund's is that I called the usual interpretation "probably wrong" and he characterized it more as being The common definition of vain is (1): 1. Having or showing an excessively high opinion of one’s appearance, abilities, or worth. 2. Producing no result; useless. From this word, we also get the word vanity, which is the attitude of excessive pride of one’s own appearance or accomplishments that are worthless in quality (2). - Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; literally, Thou shalt not take [or lift] up the Name of Jehovah thy God to vanity. This commandment forbids not only all false swearing by the Name of God, but all profanation of that Name by an irreverent or light use of it (Leviticus 19:12). Deuteronomy 5:11 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. 9Fii. Queensthief • 10 mo. ago. Funfact: Using the lord's name as an exclamation or invective is not what the bible meant by "using it vain." What the bible means by using the lord's name in vain is claiming to know the will of god or claiming things like "God wants me to be wealthy." or "God has blessed us". God made it clear in His ten commandments Exodus 20:7 KJV 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. He meant don't take His name in a curse word, don't take His name in vain saying it like it's nothing, don't take his name in vain saying a popular slur, Don't In other words, cursing or using God’s name in vain is usually an indication of something much deeper: a person’s true attitude toward God. When someone ignores God and decides He isn’t important, then they won’t see anything wrong with cursing or blasphemy. The psalmist wrote of the ungodly man who “loved to pronounce a curse. …. Jesus says every idol world word will be brought up in the judgment. Speaker 1. And so we have to be careful of the things we say, especially when we’re dealing with God’s Holy name. So I would say if you’re feeling conviction by the Holy Spirit that it might not be right err on the side of what will give God the most glory and find A name consists of letters, which have no inherent quality, but represent the quality of the thing or things being named. So, God's Name, and using God's Name means being in God's qualities (i.e. love of our neighbor and love of God over love of self and the world). To be "vain" deals with superficial, or useless/empty things, so when this is

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