The Name of God
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The Name of God

October 17, 2021

Kale Booher

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You don’t have to choose between rules and relationships

The 3rd commandment pierces through our words to our hearts



1 And God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
3 “You shall have no other gods before me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. 7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

Exodus 20:1-7


But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.

Psalm 5:11


Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

Psalm 20:7


This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

Matthew 15:8–9  (Isaiah 29:13)


We are not held guilty because Jesus was