Introduction
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. Exodus 20:7 KJV |
- excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited
- proceeding from or showing pride in or concern about one's appearance, qualities, etc.; resulting from or displaying vanity
- ineffectual or unsuccessful; futile
- without real significance, value, or importance; baseless or worthless: vain pageantry; vain display.
- Archaic. senseless or foolish.
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Commandment
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.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.Deuteronomy 5:11 KJV
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Bible Verses
- Exodus 20:7
- Exodus 22:28
- Leviticus 18:21
- Leviticus 19:12
- Leviticus 22:2
- Leviticus 24:16
- Deuteronomy 5:11
- Ezekiel 39:7
- James 5:12
- Matthew 5:33-37
- Matthew 6:9
- Matthew 24:16-22
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Discussion
28Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: 29But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. 30Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.Mark 3:28-30Mark 3 tells us that the only unforgivable sin is blasphemy against the Holy Ghost. Blasphemy is defined as cursing God, being irreverent toward God by the dictionary, but John 10:33 also suggests that blasphemy is the act of making oneself God (this would still fall under irreverence, I suppose). To break the 3rd commandment is to commit blasphemy, as you are being irreverent towards God when you use his name in vain. Thus the breaking the 3rd commandment is unforgivable!
Mark tells us the reason for this is that the one who blasphemes has an unclean spirit. It is easy to see why God would be so angry at the misuse of His name however. A simple walk through history will show where people twisting God's words and attaching God's name to these ideas has caused great suffering throughout the world as well as turned people away from God. This was the case in the dark ages, when the Catholic Church killed everyone who disagreed with them "in the name of God." This was the case when racist Whites mangled the nature of the curse on Canaan, professing it to be a curse on Ham that they identified as dark skin, thus claiming God ordained Africans to be subservient, lesser people. Not only did both of these misuses of God's name continue for centuries and cause the deaths of many, it turned people (even today) away from God. Many people were bright enough to know that no just God would ordain and condone such thoughts and actions, however, instead of coming to the conclusion that these people were blaspheming the name of God, they stopped believing in God all together.
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