The other day I was walking my dog when I saw a woman trying
to get into her back door. From
the noise coming out of the house, it was obvious that her husband and his
friends were having a wild party.
The woman was holding a case of beer in one hand and a grocery sack in
the other. She started kicking the
door and then yelled out in anger, “JESUS CHRIST!”
She had turned the Holy Name of the Lord into a curse
word. She had turned it into a vile epithet full of venom.
The most precious Name had become the most evil curse word possible.
“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 and Deuteronomy 5:11
Read what theologian John Piper has to say on this subject.
We can take God’s name in vain in numerous ways.
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