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Exodus 20:7

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you shall not take the name

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of the LORD your God in vain

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for the LORD will not

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leave him unpunished

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who takes his name in vain

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what does it actually mean

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to take the name

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of the LORD in vain

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most people think it means

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just to use the name

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of Jesus Christ

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or God as a curse word

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you know to speak a curse

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over somebody

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using the name of God or to

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proclaim in a cursing way

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the name of Jesus

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or something like that

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it's quite a bit more than that

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as I was thinking about that

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what it means to take

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somebody's name in vain

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is to use their name very lightly

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or to make yourself

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associated with that person

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but then you do the opposite

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of what that person stands for

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so to take the

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name of God in vain

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would be to call yourself

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by His name

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and then live completely

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the opposite of His values

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for example

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you could have a power of attorney

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from a very wealthy billionaire

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suppose a very wealthy billionaire

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made you his representatives

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pardon me

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made you his representative

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and gave you a power of attorney

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to use his name

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suppose that you

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went to the bank of that person

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and you withdrew money

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from his account

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that he didn't authorize you to use

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you're taking his name in vain

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suppose you represent yourself

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as a person

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that's the representative

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of a wealthy billionaire

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because you have power of attorney

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and yet you do exactly

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the opposite of what

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that man's purpose is

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what his intention is

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what are you doing?

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taking his name in vain

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what it means to take

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a name in vain

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is you call yourself

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by somebody's name

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and then you do the opposite

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of everything that person represents

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so we find that there are people

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today that call themselves

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by the name of the LORD

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Jesus Christ

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Yeshua Ha Mashiach

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and they claim to be one of

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His followers and yet

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they live in immorality

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they sleep with a boyfriend

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or a girlfriend

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they live in a way

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that's contrary to His values

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they do the opposite

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they judge other people

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they wound other people

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steal, cheat, lie

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what are you doing

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if you call yourself

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by the name of the LORD

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and you do the things

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that are the opposite

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of the LORD's character

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you're actually taking

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His name in vain

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what happens if you call

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yourself a believer

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and yet you judge

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all kinds of people around you

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what you're doing is

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taking the name of the LORD

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in vain

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so when we do things

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that are the opposite

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of the character of

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the one whom we serve

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whose name we have taken

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upon ourselves

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we're using His name wrongly

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so we're saying

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I represent Him

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I'm His follower

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I'm the follower of the LORD

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and then we do exactly

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the opposite of that

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we're taking His name in vain

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and when I realized that

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that was convicting

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we all do that from time to time

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we all make mistakes we all sin

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we do things that are

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the opposite of the one

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that we represent

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but the key is not

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that we're going to be perfect

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the key is that we recognize it

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and repent when we've done wrong

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that when we've misrepresented

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who the LORD is

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the one whom we serve

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it's critical that we repent

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acknowledge that and ask forgiveness

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I've had times

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where I spoke in an unkind way

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or a way that I know was wrong

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and I had to go back to that person

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and ask forgiveness

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I had an encounter at an airport

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earlier this year

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where I became angry with someone

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that was sort of blocking my goal

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and not allowing me to accomplish

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what I wanted to accomplish

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and I felt convicted

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and needed to repent

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and I asked that person

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to forgive me because

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I in essence had taken

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the Lord's name in vain

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not that I used the curse word

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but I had behaved in a way

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that was the opposite

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of the one I represented

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and so it's critical

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for us to understand that

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and repent when we do that

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so that we don't just

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take the Lord's name in vain

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and never repent

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and never ask forgiveness

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so let's pray

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Father I pray that today

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we wouldn't use your name in vain

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that we would use

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your name correctly

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that we would

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represent you correctly

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that we would be your

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covenant representatives

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and that people would

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look at us and see your character

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that your name would

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be glorified and honored

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because of our behavior today

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because of the way

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that we carry ourselves

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and the that we carry your name

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that we would bring glory

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to your name

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not discredit and disrespect

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to your name

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and not bring vanity

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to your name Father

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I pray that for each one of us

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and today LORD I pray

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that we would love you

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with all our heart

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that we would bless

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other people around you

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and you'd use us to make

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a difference in our environment

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in the name of Yeshua

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Amen