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 The scripture reading comes from Deuteronomy chapter 5. Please follow along on the screen.

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 And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them,

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 Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the rules that I speak in your hearing today,

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 and you shall learn them and be careful to do them.

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 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

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 You shall have no other gods before me.

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 You shall not make for yourself a carved image,

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 or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above,

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 or that is on the earth beneath,

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 or that is in the water under the earth.

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 You shall not bow down to them or serve them.

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 For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,

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 visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children

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 to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

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 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

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 You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain,

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 for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

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 Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy,

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 and the Lord your God commanded you.

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 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

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 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God.

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 On it you shall not do any work,

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 you or your son or your daughter

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 or your male servant or your female servant,

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 or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock,

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 or the sojourner who is within your gates,

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 that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.

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 You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt,

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 and the Lord your God brought you off from there

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 with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm.

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 Therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

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 Honor your father and your mother,

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 and the Lord your God commanded you,

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 that your days may be long,

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 and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

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 You shall not murder,

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 and you shall not commit adultery,

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 and you shall not steal,

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 and you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor,

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 and you shall not covet your neighbor's wife,

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 and you shall not desire your neighbor's house,

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 his field,

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 or his male servant,

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 or his female servant,

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 his ox,

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 or his donkey,

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 or anything that is your neighbor's.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Great. Thank you, Christina.

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 Many of us know the importance of a name.

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 There are many families in Watermark that are looking forward to the arrival of their first child,

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 and you can be sure that many of those families at the moment are spending countless evenings on websites,

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 researching names,

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 how certain names go well with other names,

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 which names can possibly be teased when their kids grow up and go to school.

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 Finding names for your children is not an easy business.

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 For those of you who maybe have to find an English name as well as a Chinese name,

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 you've got double the work cut out for you.

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 And then, of course,

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 we've got to find out how our names will go with their siblings' names.

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 Will they rhyme?

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 They want something similar,

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 but not too similar.

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 Finding names for our children is complicated business.

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 For those of us that are parents and are picking names,

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 on the one hand,

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 you could go for something really simple and straightforward,

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 something uncomplicated,

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 like Kevin Murphy.

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 For me,

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 when my parents were picking my names,

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 they wanted no complicated middle names,

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 no embarrassing names,

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 nothing too long.

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 My dad didn't want to write too many letters on school application forms,

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 so he chose Simon Murphy for my brother,

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 Kevin Murphy,

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 Andrew Murphy.

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 That's all there is to it.

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 On the other hand,

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 some people really want to honor their parents,

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 and their generations,

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 and their uncles,

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 and their aunts,

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 and their grandparents,

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 and their great-grandparents.

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 And so you might have a family name

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 that gets passed down from generation to generation to generation.

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 But then you've got the tricky business of

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 what happens if you don't really like the family name that's being passed down?

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 Are you going to be the one person to break the seventh generation of family names?

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 It's all very complicated business.

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 You could do what Elon Musk did.

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 He and his girlfriend recently had a child,

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 and named their son

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 X-Ash-A12 Musk.

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 Who knows what it means?

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 But all of this shows that names,

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 and picking the right names for our children,

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 is complicated business.

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 And part of what makes it complicated

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 is that we realize the importance

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 and the significance of names.

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 Names are so much more than just describing somebody,

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 or calling somebody's attention.

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 It's more than just showing,

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 or describing that person over there,

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 as opposed to this person over here.

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 Names carry significance.

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 They carry meaning.

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 Names signify relationship.

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 I remember when Claire and I were trying to find names for our girls,

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 when Claire was pregnant with them,

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 and she would often throw out,

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 what about this name?

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 And I would say,

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 oh no, I went to school with somebody with that name.

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 I could never name my children that name.

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 Why?

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 Because names aren't just sounds.

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 We attach relationship,

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 and meaning,

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 and significance to them.

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 This morning,

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 we are continuing looking at this body of teaching

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 in the Old Testament.

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 This famous body of teaching

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 that's come to be known as the Ten Commandments.

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 Ten words for abundant life.

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 And these words God gave to His people

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 as they transitioned out of Egypt

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 and went into the Promised Land.

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 And they are words that God gives to His people

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 to remind them of His faithfulness and His goodness,

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 and to call them to trust Him and obedience

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 as they continue on their journey as the people of God.

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 And today,

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 we are looking at the third one of these commands,

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 and it goes like this.

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 You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain,

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 for God will not hold him guiltless

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 who takes His name in vain.

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 In Scripture,

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 God takes names very seriously.

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 And names have deep significance,

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 especially God-given names.

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 Names say a lot about the nature

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 or the character of the person.

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 And that's why quite often in Scripture,

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 God actually renames somebody

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 according to the calling that He's got in their life.

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 God takes somebody and says,

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 I've got a plan for your life.

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 I've got a purpose for your life.

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 No longer will your name be this.

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 I want to rename you this.

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 And so God takes a man called Abram,

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 and He renames him Abraham.

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 God takes Sarai,

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 and He renames her Sarah.

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 God takes Jacob,

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 this name that means a wrestler,

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 a bit of a cheat and a scoundrel,

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 and He renames him Israel.

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 Jesus takes Simon,

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 and He renames him Peter.

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 And so in the Bible,

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 this connection between a God-given name

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 and the essentially important thing about this person,

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 this connection between these two things

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 is really significant.

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 names aren't just a nice-sounding name.

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 Names aren't just given

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 because they rhyme with your family name.

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 There's a deep and significant connection

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 between who the person is

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 and the God-given name that they receive.

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 And then there's no more importance

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 or significant event in this regard

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 than when God gives Himself a name.

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 In Exodus chapter 3,

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 God comes to Moses,

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 and He calls Moses to deliver His people

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 out of slavery in Egypt

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 and take them into the promised land.

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 And so He comes up with this plan

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 to send Moses back to Egypt

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 to deliver His people.

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 And Moses says,

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 Okay, God,

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 but whom shall I say has sent me?

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 What is your name?

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 And God gives Himself a name.

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 He says,

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 Tell the people of Israel,

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 tell the Egyptians,

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 that I am has sent you.

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 God gives Himself this name.

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 It's an unusual name.

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 And the name is,

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 I am,

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 or I am who I am.

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 In Hebrew,

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 we say Yahweh,

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 or Jehovah.

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 In our English Bibles,

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 it's written Lord,

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 capital L-O-R-D.

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 It's a name that appears

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 over 600 times

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 in the Old Testament.

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 But it's this unusual name

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 that simply is,

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 I am.

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 I am who I am.

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 And the reason God gives Himself this name

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 is because it signifies

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 His essential essence.

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 that this God

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 is the God

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 who has no limitations.

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 He has no hindrances.

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 He has no beginning

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 and no end.

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 He's not the God

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 of a specific geography.

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 He's not the God

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 of only Israel

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 or the ancient Middle East.

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 He's not the God

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 of a time period,

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 2,000 years ago.

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 He's not the God

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 of a specific culture

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 like Israel

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 or maybe America

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 or England.

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 No, no.

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 He is the supreme,

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 unhindered,

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 unrestricted,

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 unrivaled,

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 supreme God

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 that has no limitations,

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 no beginning,

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 no end.

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 He never changes.

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 He is the absolutely

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 supreme being.

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 He is the great

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 I am.

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 God's great name,

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 Jehovah,

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 Yahweh,

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 I am,

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 signifies this

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 magnificent essence

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 of His being

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 that He is the

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 great supreme

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 God,

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 the one

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 who is.

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 before the world

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 was made,

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 before a single star

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 was created,

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 if there was a Big Bang,

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 before any Big Bang

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 took place,

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 God was there.

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 I am

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 who I am.

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 And then we see

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 why God says,

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 do not take

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 my name

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 in vain

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 because names

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 signify

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 character,

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 who we are

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 and who God is.

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 In the Old Testament,

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 to abuse God's name

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 was deadly serious.

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 In Leviticus 24,

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 it says this,

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 whoever blasphemes,

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 now the word blaspheme

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 means to slander,

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 it actually means

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 to pierce something,

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 to cut something

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 into pieces.

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 In English,

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 we might say

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 to shred something.

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 Whoever blasphemes

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 or slanders

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 or shreds

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 God's name

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 shall surely

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 be put to death.

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 All the congregation

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 shall stone Him,

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 both the sojourner

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 as well as the native,

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 when He blasphemes

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 the name,

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 shall be put to death.

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 Now, of course,

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 this is Old Testament

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 civil law

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 and in the New Testament

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 covenant under Jesus,

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 the application

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 of this law changes.

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 If someone at Watermark

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 continues to blaspheme

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 God's name,

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 we don't take them

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 to the parking lot

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 and stone them to death,

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 thankfully.

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 But the application

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 would look something

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 like church discipline.

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 Maybe somebody continues

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 to abuse

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 and slander God's name,

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 someone in the church,

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 and may after a time,

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 we go to the congregation

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 and say,

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 we've spoken

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 and we've warned

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 this person.

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 If it does not stop,

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 we might need to ask

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 this person

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 to leave the church.

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 Abusing God's name

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 is deadly serious.

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 And this is what

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 the third commandment

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 is all about.

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 It's about honoring God

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 and honoring His glory

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 by the way

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 that we treat His name,

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 not using His name

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 and who He is

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 for our own agenda,

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 our own means.

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 For those of us

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 that grew up

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 in Christian families

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 or Christian culture,

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 we may think

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 that this means

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 not simply blaspheming,

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 saying something like,

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 oh my God,

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 or using Christ

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 or Jesus

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 and His name

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 either flippantly

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 or as a joke

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 or even worse,

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 as a way of swearing.

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 Now,

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 throughout the ages,

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 Christians have always

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 held that to say

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 things like,

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 oh my God,

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 or to use Jesus' name

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 as a joke

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 or as a swear word

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 is a clear violation

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 of the third commandment.

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 Christians shouldn't do that.

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 And the reason is

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 because God's name

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 is holy and reverential.

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 But it's not just that.

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 It's not just a name.

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 God's name is holy

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 because God is holy.

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 God's name is reverential

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 because God is reverential.

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 God's name is powerful

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 because God Himself

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 is powerful.

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 And so Christians

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 should never just casually

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 throw out God's name.

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 But actually,

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 this instruction,

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 the third commandment,

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 is so much more

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 than what we say

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 because the commandment

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 doesn't say,

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 do not say the name

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 of the Lord your God

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 in vain.

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 Do not speak His name

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 in vain.

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 Actually,

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 the verb here

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 is to carry

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 or to take up,

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 to bear His name.

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 It says,

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 do not lift up

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 or bear God's name

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 in vain.

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 And here we see

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 how broad

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 this commandment is.

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 Someone may say,

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 well,

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 I never curse.

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 I never swear.

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 I never use God's name

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 irreverently.

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 But friends,

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 for those of us

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 that are followers

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 of Jesus this morning,

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 part of what it means

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 is when you're a Christian,

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 when we repent of our sin

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 and turn to Christ,

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 is that we take up His name.

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 We bear His name.

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 In fact,

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 the word Christian

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 means a little Christ,

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 someone who's learning

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 to imitate

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 or become like Christ.

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 Friends,

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 if you consider yourself

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 a Christian this morning,

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 you bear His name.

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 You're no longer your own.

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 You belong to Him.

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 Friends,

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 if we claim to be

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 the people of God

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 and yet live as if we're not,

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 we take His name in vain.

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 If we claim to follow Him

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 and love Him

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 and adore Him

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 and live for His glory

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 but then live

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 as though we don't,

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 we take the precious name

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 of God

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 and we render it meaningless,

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 insignificant,

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 worthless.

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 We take it in vain.

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 So,

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 what does this mean

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 for our lives?

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 Well,

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 the big idea is that

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 those who bear His name

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 or to honor the God

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 whose name we bear

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 by not using it

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 for our own advantage

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 but using God's name

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 to glorify

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 and magnify Him.

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 How should we do this?

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 Well,

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 there's two ways practically.

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 The first is

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 we should never

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 take up God's name

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 in the service

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 of that which is false

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 and secondly,

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 we should never

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 take up God's name

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 in the service

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 of that which is superficial

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 or frivolous.

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 So,

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 let's look practically

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 at what that means

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 or looks like

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 in our lives.

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 Firstly,

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 let's not take up

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 God's name

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 in the service

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 of that which is false.

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 How should we do this?

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 Well,

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 let's be careful

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 with honesty

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 and truth-telling.

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 Many of us will know

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 that courts of law

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 for tens of years,

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 even hundreds of years,

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 have often asked

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 that when somebody

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 comes to the court of law

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 they put their hand

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 on a Bible

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 and they swear

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 to tell the truth,

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 the whole truth

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 and nothing but the truth,

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 so help me God.

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 Well,

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 obviously if somebody there

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 lies

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 or is less than honest,

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 it's a clear violation.

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 They've appealed

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 to the security

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 and the faithfulness

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 of God's name

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 and then are dishonoring it

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 when they don't tell the truth.

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 But Jesus actually

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 says something interesting.

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 He says that

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 even when we give

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 other oaths,

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 when we swear

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 by something

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 in our world,

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 we do the same thing.

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 He says,

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 do not swear by heaven

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 because it's God's throne,

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 but do not swear

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 by the earth

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 because it's His creation.

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 It's in His hands.

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 And so when we say

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 something like,

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 I swear on my life

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 or I swear on the hair

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 of my head,

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 some of us have got

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 less than others,

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 even that is not

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 in our realm,

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 our control.

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 It's in the realm

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 of Jesus.

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 Our lives are not really

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 in our hands,

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 how much hair we have

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 or how little hair we have.

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 It's not really in our hands

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 unless you're trying

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 to grow a beard.

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 But even those things,

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 it's in God's hands,

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 right?

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 When we make these oaths

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 and we take on

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 or claim something

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 which is not really ours,

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 it's God's,

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 and then we are

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 less than honest,

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 we take God's name

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 in vain.

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 I remember when I was

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 a child,

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 I used to convince myself

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 that if I said something

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 that had an element

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 of truth to it,

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 maybe 20% truth,

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 then I wasn't really lying.

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 And if I convinced myself

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 of that,

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 then I could convince myself

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 that if I were to lie

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 but it was very special

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 circumstances,

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 well,

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 I was off the hook.

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 And of course,

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 once I convinced myself

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 of that,

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 then any circumstances

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 became special circumstances.

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 I found a clever way

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 of allowing myself

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 to get off the hook

00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:53.340
 of not being someone

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 who lies.

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 But for those of us

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 that are Christians,

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 whatever we say

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 or we think,

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 we do so knowing

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 that the God

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 who is all truth,

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 the God in whom

00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:07.480
 there is no shadow

00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:08.079
 of changing,

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 the God in whom

00:17:08.860 --> 00:17:09.519
 there is nothing

00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:11.079
 that is false,

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 everything we say

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 and think,

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 we do before His throne

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 and before His holiness.

00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:17.399
 Christians should always

00:17:17.399 --> 00:17:18.299
 be those that are honest

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 and truth-telling.

00:17:21.099 --> 00:17:22.139
 Second way we can

00:17:22.139 --> 00:17:23.119
 honor God's name

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 is by making sure

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 there's continuity

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 with what we say

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 and how we behave

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 with our conduct.

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 I'm sure all of us

00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:30.539
 have encountered Christians

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 maybe in the workplace

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 that are very vocal

00:17:32.879 --> 00:17:33.839
 about their faith.

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 They're always listening

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 to Christian music

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 at top volume

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 in the office place.

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 They've got their Bible

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 on the desk

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 on the one side

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 and on the corner

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 of the desk

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 they may have a book

00:17:42.860 --> 00:17:44.420
 that says God is my CEO.

00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:46.059
 There may be those people

00:17:46.059 --> 00:17:47.759
 that before a business meeting

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 they'll call their colleagues

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 and say let's really pray.

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 I think God wants

00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:52.319
 to give us this new client.

00:17:53.059 --> 00:17:53.759
 They're very vocal

00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.519
 about their faith

00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:55.559
 and what church they go to

00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:57.299
 and all their Christian activities

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 and yet in the pressure

00:17:59.819 --> 00:18:01.019
 moments of work

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 they can be very obnoxious,

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 maybe arrogant,

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 very uncaring

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 and unsympathetic

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 and actually

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 it's very evident to all

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 that the most important person

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 in their life

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 is really themselves.

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 They don't listen to others.

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 They're always talking

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 about themselves

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 in conversations.

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 They're the center

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 of their own world.

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 Friends,

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 these things ought not to be so.

00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:25.400
 It's not just a bad example.

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 It's lifting up God's name

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 and then rendering it meaningless,

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 insignificant

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 and worthless.

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 Here's another way

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 that we need to be careful

00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:35.639
 about the way

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 that we use God's word.

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 When we take up God's word

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 which is attest me

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 to his name

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 and then we twist it

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 to say what we want it to say

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 or even worse

00:18:46.619 --> 00:18:47.759
 we twist it to say something

00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:49.619
 that it doesn't say really.

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 We take the reverence

00:18:51.879 --> 00:18:53.219
 and the glory of God's name

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 and we use it

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 for our own agenda.

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 We take it in vain.

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 Now of course

00:18:57.339 --> 00:18:57.939
 all Christians

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 need to be aware of this

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 but those for whom

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 this is especially pertinent

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 is pastors and preachers.

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 Friends,

00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:06.019
 when people stand

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 before God's people

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 and they open up God's word

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 and say

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 this is what God says

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 and yet that's not

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 what God really says

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 is a deadly serious

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 thing to do.

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 God doesn't mince his words

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 what he has to say

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 about pastors and preachers

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 that twist God's word

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 for their own agenda

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 or to say what they want to say.

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 In the book of Jeremiah

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 we see this happening a lot.

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 The prophets are those

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 who are given God's word

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 and they're meant to call

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 God's people to repentance

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 to turn to God

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 and yet rather than doing that

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 they say what people

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 want to hear

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 rather than what God

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 has given them to say.

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 Listen to what God says.

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 He says,

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 The prophets

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 are prophesying lies

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 in my name.

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 They are saying

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 peace, peace

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 when there is no peace.

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 They are prophesying

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 to you a lying vision

00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:55.420
 worthless divination

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 the deceit

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 of their own minds.

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 Friends,

00:19:59.079 --> 00:19:59.680
 what this means

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 is that anybody

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 that stands up

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 to preach God's word

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 better do so

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 in the fear of God.

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 When you stand up

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 and say

00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:08.880
 this is what God says

00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:09.820
 listen up

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 you are calling people

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 not to yourself

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 but to God.

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 We better make sure

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 that we are honoring

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 his name.

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 But what that also means

00:20:17.019 --> 00:20:18.060
 is that Christians

00:20:18.060 --> 00:20:19.920
 ought to hold

00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:20.560
 their pastors

00:20:20.560 --> 00:20:21.279
 and their preachers

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 accountable

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 that what is being said

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 from the pulpit

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 is really coming

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 directly from God's word.

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 This is a deadly

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 serious thing

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 to do.

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 How we handle

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 God's word.

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 So all of that

00:20:32.620 --> 00:20:34.079
 is honor God's name

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 by not taking it up

00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:35.720
 in the service

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 of what is false.

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 But then we also

00:20:38.100 --> 00:20:39.279
 need to honor God's name

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 by not taking it up

00:20:40.120 --> 00:20:40.620
 in the service

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 of that which is

00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:41.980
 superficial

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 or frivolous.

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 Here's a couple of ways

00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:46.259
 that we can do that.

00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.819
 We ought to be

00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.440
 really careful

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:49.620
 when we say things

00:20:49.620 --> 00:20:51.660
 like God has told me so

00:20:51.660 --> 00:20:53.039
 or God told me

00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:53.799
 to do this

00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:54.940
 or God has said

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 this to me.

00:20:56.100 --> 00:20:56.620
 Now of course

00:20:56.620 --> 00:20:57.779
 God does speak to us

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 even today

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 he speaks to us

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 from his word

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 and he can speak to us

00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:02.599
 by divine revelation.

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 And maybe it is true

00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:04.639
 that sometimes

00:21:04.639 --> 00:21:05.500
 God is leading

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.480
 and guiding us

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 according to making

00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:08.660
 certain decisions

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 or doing things.

00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:10.759
 But we need to be

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:12.019
 really careful

00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:13.399
 when we attach

00:21:13.399 --> 00:21:14.539
 God's name

00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:16.059
 to our own agenda

00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:17.299
 or our own ideas.

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 And for two reasons.

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 One,

00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:21.220
 it can be quite manipulative.

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 Who's going to disagree

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:22.899
 with you

00:21:22.899 --> 00:21:23.379
 when you say

00:21:23.379 --> 00:21:24.519
 God told me this?

00:21:24.819 --> 00:21:24.940
 Right?

00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:25.899
 How can you argue

00:21:25.900 --> 00:21:26.420
 with God?

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 But secondly,

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:29.100
 it's very easy

00:21:29.100 --> 00:21:29.720
 and sometimes

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:31.040
 even unconsciously

00:21:31.040 --> 00:21:32.300
 to attach

00:21:32.300 --> 00:21:33.800
 divine authority

00:21:33.800 --> 00:21:35.660
 to our own ideas

00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:36.759
 or our own opinions

00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:38.040
 because we want

00:21:38.040 --> 00:21:39.060
 backing for them.

00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:40.060
 We need to be

00:21:40.060 --> 00:21:40.759
 really careful

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:41.580
 about just throwing

00:21:41.580 --> 00:21:42.320
 out casually

00:21:42.320 --> 00:21:43.900
 God told me this.

00:21:45.060 --> 00:21:46.040
 Here's another way.

00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:46.920
 We need to be

00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:47.640
 really careful

00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:49.200
 with our prayers.

00:21:50.040 --> 00:21:51.220
 We honor God's name

00:21:51.220 --> 00:21:52.300
 when we're not casual

00:21:52.300 --> 00:21:53.620
 with our prayers.

00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:55.919
 I've been so challenged

00:21:55.919 --> 00:21:56.939
 by this recently.

00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:57.779
 A few weeks ago

00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.859
 I was reading a book

00:21:58.859 --> 00:22:00.799
 and Kevin DeYoung,

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:02.039
 the great pastor,

00:22:02.199 --> 00:22:03.000
 was talking about

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:04.039
 this concept

00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:04.759
 with regard

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:06.279
 to the third commandment.

00:22:06.399 --> 00:22:07.339
 And listen to

00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:08.339
 what he said.

00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:09.500
 He said,

00:22:09.899 --> 00:22:11.099
 We ought to be

00:22:11.099 --> 00:22:12.059
 really thoughtful,

00:22:12.619 --> 00:22:13.039
 careful,

00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:14.119
 and intentional

00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:15.479
 with our prayers.

00:22:15.859 --> 00:22:16.599
 For example,

00:22:16.959 --> 00:22:17.759
 what about praying

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.399
 with our kids

00:22:18.399 --> 00:22:19.519
 around the dinner table

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.619
 or before bed?

00:22:21.199 --> 00:22:21.659
 In the midst

00:22:21.659 --> 00:22:22.459
 of all the chaos,

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.700
 sometimes I'll quickly

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.579
 pray to God

00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:25.200
 for the food

00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:26.160
 or for the day

00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:27.140
 and then be done.

00:22:27.840 --> 00:22:28.319
 The problem

00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:29.420
 is not the short prayer.

00:22:29.900 --> 00:22:30.340
 The problem

00:22:30.340 --> 00:22:30.779
 is that I'm

00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.279
 thoughtlessly

00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:32.140
 tossing out

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:33.079
 the name of God

00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:34.519
 as just one more

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.480
 hurdle to clear

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.380
 before I can

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:37.160
 finally eat

00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:38.259
 or finally get

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:38.720
 some peace

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.160
 and quiet

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:39.759
 in the house.

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.120
 No doubt,

00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:42.539
 God is more patient

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:43.519
 with three-year-olds

00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.539
 who can't sit still

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:45.440
 than he is

00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:46.059
 with parents

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:47.200
 who can't slow down

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:48.120
 to get their minds

00:22:48.120 --> 00:22:49.039
 and hearts right.

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.460
 It would be better,

00:22:50.620 --> 00:22:50.819
 friends,

00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:51.559
 not to pray

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.179
 of the meal

00:22:52.179 --> 00:22:52.599
 at all

00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:53.779
 if the alternative

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.539
 is praying

00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:55.339
 God's name

00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:56.439
 falsely.

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:57.740
 Man,

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.639
 I was so challenged

00:22:58.639 --> 00:22:59.079
 by that.

00:22:59.139 --> 00:22:59.679
 As a family,

00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.519
 we pray before

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:01.139
 every meal.

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:01.659
 We ask God

00:23:01.659 --> 00:23:02.480
 to bless the food

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.139
 and we thank him

00:23:03.139 --> 00:23:03.579
 for it.

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:05.079
 But after 10 years

00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:05.759
 of doing that,

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.740
 it's so easy

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.220
 for that just

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:08.079
 to become a pattern,

00:23:08.339 --> 00:23:09.200
 just something you do

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.720
 before you can

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.779
 finally get to eat.

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.039
 Friends,

00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:12.899
 it's true that Jesus,

00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:13.559
 when he taught us

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:14.079
 how to pray,

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:15.099
 we pray to our

00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:16.139
 Father in heaven.

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:17.000
 What a great thing

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:17.619
 it is that God

00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:18.359
 is our Father.

00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:19.959
 But he also taught us

00:23:19.959 --> 00:23:20.459
 to pray,

00:23:20.939 --> 00:23:22.099
 hallowed be your name.

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.059
 God,

00:23:23.159 --> 00:23:24.059
 honor your name.

00:23:24.699 --> 00:23:25.699
 Father in heaven,

00:23:25.979 --> 00:23:27.659
 glorify your name.

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.219
 Friends,

00:23:29.419 --> 00:23:30.299
 when we pray,

00:23:30.719 --> 00:23:32.699
 we address this glorious,

00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:33.939
 majestic,

00:23:34.659 --> 00:23:35.119
 sovereign,

00:23:35.719 --> 00:23:36.379
 limitless,

00:23:36.659 --> 00:23:37.339
 unchanging,

00:23:37.659 --> 00:23:38.740
 unrivaled,

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:40.519
 God with no limitations,

00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:42.519
 the great I am.

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:43.579
 And yet,

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:45.159
 praying half-hearted prayers

00:23:45.159 --> 00:23:46.459
 that we don't really mean,

00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:48.440
 lifting up God's name

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.940
 and then rendering it

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:51.400
 insignificant and meaningless

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:52.460
 is something

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.539
 that we should avoid.

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.160
 Finally,

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:56.140
 last practical thing

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:56.559
 is this.

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:58.559
 We need to be careful

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:59.620
 about our worship.

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:00.819
 And particularly,

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.480
 I'm thinking of

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:02.160
 when the songs

00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:02.900
 that we sing.

00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:04.720
 How many of us

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:06.019
 have come to family worship

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:06.940
 on Sunday morning?

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.440
 Our minds are all

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.360
 over the place,

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.420
 our hearts are all

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:11.160
 over the place,

00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:13.620
 and we sing the songs,

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.759
 but our hearts

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.799
 are not really in it.

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:17.200
 Maybe our minds

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:17.700
 are drifting

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:18.659
 and we're not really

00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:19.220
 thinking about

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.819
 what we're singing,

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:21.259
 or maybe even worse,

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.259
 we are aware

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:22.919
 of what we're singing,

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:23.639
 but we're not sure

00:24:23.639 --> 00:24:24.819
 if we really believe it.

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.119
 Friends,

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.779
 it's when we

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:29.319
 mouth these words

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:30.659
 and we sing His praises,

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.799
 but we're not in awe,

00:24:31.919 --> 00:24:33.099
 we're not marveling,

00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:34.119
 we're not attentive

00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:35.200
 to the awesomeness

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:36.139
 and the majesty

00:24:36.139 --> 00:24:37.220
 and the glory

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:38.839
 of who our God is.

00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:40.319
 In the Old Testament,

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:41.240
 the book of Samuel,

00:24:41.899 --> 00:24:42.980
 there's this priest

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.539
 called Eli,

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.960
 and he has these two sons,

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.620
 and the Bible

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:46.720
 actually describes them

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.960
 as worthless men,

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:49.160
 and the reason is

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:50.279
 because the priests

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:52.140
 were to look after

00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:53.380
 the worship of God's people,

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.340
 and Eli's sons

00:24:54.340 --> 00:24:55.500
 were meant to help him

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.200
 in the worship

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:57.039
 of God's people.

00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:58.220
 And so God's people

00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:59.299
 would bring their worship,

00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:00.340
 their sacrifices,

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:01.160
 maybe a bull

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.720
 or a goat

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.380
 or a lamb,

00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:03.620
 they would bring it

00:25:03.620 --> 00:25:04.660
 to the tabernacle

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.779
 as an offering

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.340
 of worship.

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.900
 But Eli's sons,

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:09.019
 these worthless men,

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:10.220
 would often take

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:11.019
 what God's people

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:12.180
 were bringing as worship,

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:13.039
 and they would use it

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:14.220
 for their own advantage.

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:16.360
 Instead of burning it

00:25:16.360 --> 00:25:16.820
 and offering it

00:25:16.820 --> 00:25:17.279
 to God,

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:18.480
 they would eat it themselves,

00:25:18.860 --> 00:25:19.460
 they would line

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.299
 their own pockets,

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:21.519
 they took what was

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:23.480
 a sacred endeavor,

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.720
 a sacred action,

00:25:24.840 --> 00:25:25.460
 and used it

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.519
 for their own advantage.

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.120
 And so listen

00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:28.140
 to what Samuel says.

00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:29.000
 He says,

00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:29.640
 Thus,

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:31.100
 the sin of the young men

00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:32.700
 was very great

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.820
 in the sight of the Lord.

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:35.100
 For the men treated

00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:35.860
 the offering,

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:37.100
 the worship of the Lord,

00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:38.440
 with contempt,

00:25:39.060 --> 00:25:39.880
 with disdain.

00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:42.200
 It wasn't that they were

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:43.960
 worshipping a false god,

00:25:44.340 --> 00:25:45.280
 they weren't telling the people

00:25:45.280 --> 00:25:46.560
 to stop worshipping Yahweh

00:25:46.560 --> 00:25:47.520
 and now worship Baal,

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.880
 but the worship

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.560
 that God's people

00:25:49.560 --> 00:25:50.100
 were bringing,

00:25:50.260 --> 00:25:50.800
 they were treating

00:25:50.800 --> 00:25:51.580
 with contempt,

00:25:52.040 --> 00:25:52.880
 as a light thing.

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.620
 They were treating it

00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:54.160
 in vain.

00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:56.540
 Friends,

00:25:56.620 --> 00:25:57.620
 how many of us,

00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:59.960
 how many times

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.640
 have treated

00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:01.540
 the offering

00:26:01.540 --> 00:26:02.380
 of the Lord

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:03.720
 as a vain thing?

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.360
 How many of us

00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:06.540
 have treated

00:26:06.540 --> 00:26:07.540
 Christ's offering?

00:26:08.280 --> 00:26:09.060
 When Jesus went

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:10.200
 to the cross

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:10.779
 and He offered

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.559
 His blood

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:13.740
 to cover us

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.480
 from our sins,

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:16.539
 to remove the guilt

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.779
 of sin and shame

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.339
 from us,

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.799
 to remove from us

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.980
 the penalty of death

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:22.419
 that hung over us,

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.319
 to welcome us

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:24.200
 into our family,

00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:25.179
 into His family.

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.240
 And yet,

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.000
 how many of us

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:28.159
 treat

00:26:28.159 --> 00:26:29.240
 the offering

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.759
 of Christ

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.359
 and His blood

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:31.799
 as a vain

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:33.319
 and an insignificant thing?

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:35.919
 The Apostle Peter

00:26:35.919 --> 00:26:36.579
 reminds us

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:37.259
 that in the Gospel

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:38.220
 we are saved,

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:39.360
 we are ransomed

00:26:39.360 --> 00:26:40.000
 from death,

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.519
 we are brought

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.440
 out of darkness

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.259
 into light,

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:44.600
 not with a perishable thing

00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:45.660
 such as gold or silver.

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:47.539
 Jesus didn't buy us back

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.519
 with a billion dollars.

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:50.339
 He ransomed us

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:52.360
 from eternal death

00:26:52.360 --> 00:26:55.160
 with the precious blood

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:56.920
 on the cross.

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.100
 Friends,

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:59.059
 in the book of Romans,

00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:00.079
 the Apostle Paul,

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.460
 he writes,

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:00.860
 he says,

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:02.440
 don't show contempt

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:03.819
 for the riches

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.920
 of God's kindness,

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.940
 His patience,

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.740
 His tolerance,

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:09.180
 don't you realize

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:10.140
 that God's patience

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.799
 and His kindness

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.740
 is meant to lead us

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.759
 to repentance,

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:14.480
 not to abusing

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.660
 His offering

00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:16.759
 of His sacrifice.

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.720
 Now,

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:22.940
 as we come to a close,

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:25.140
 look at how this

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:26.880
 third commandment ends.

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:28.160
 It's not just

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:28.880
 an instruction

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:29.779
 not to be false

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.420
 and superficial.

00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:31.599
 It comes with a warning.

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.559
 It says,

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.799
 do not take the name,

00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:34.859
 the precious name

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.799
 of God in vain,

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:37.299
 for God will not

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:38.399
 hold him guiltless

00:27:38.399 --> 00:27:39.319
 who takes His name

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:39.759
 in vain.

00:27:41.179 --> 00:27:41.980
 Throughout history,

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:42.779
 there have always been

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.359
 men and women

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:44.519
 that have stood up

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.359
 in a court of law,

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.519
 put their hand

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.059
 on a Bible

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.480
 and said,

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.359
 I promise to tell

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:48.779
 the truth,

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.399
 the whole truth,

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.279
 and nothing but the truth,

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:51.139
 so help me God.

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.679
 And then have proceeded

00:27:52.679 --> 00:27:54.000
 to be less than honest,

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:56.619
 to commit perjury.

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:58.500
 Why do people do that?

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.559
 Well,

00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:00.299
 the reason is because

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:00.960
 we think we can

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.799
 get away with it.

00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:03.079
 We think that

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:04.359
 no one's going

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:05.200
 to find us out.

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.579
 But look at what

00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:07.379
 God says here.

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.339
 He says,

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:09.240
 He will not allow

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.980
 His name

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:11.899
 to be taken up falsely

00:28:11.899 --> 00:28:13.659
 or rendered worthlessly

00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:15.720
 and do nothing about it.

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.339
 Earlier this week,

00:28:17.399 --> 00:28:18.359
 I was just thinking

00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:20.019
 what I would do,

00:28:20.159 --> 00:28:21.539
 how I would respond

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:22.359
 if someone were

00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:23.220
 to slander

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:25.079
 or joke about

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.980
 or malign

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.759
 my wife.

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.099
 If someone were

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:29.059
 to take my wife

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.859
 and then malign

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.839
 her behind her back,

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.859
 slander her

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:33.639
 and shred

00:28:33.639 --> 00:28:34.519
 her reputation.

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:35.799
 Well,

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.179
 I'm not sure

00:28:36.179 --> 00:28:36.799
 what I would do,

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.559
 but I can promise you

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.259
 it wouldn't be pretty.

00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:40.099
 And the reason is

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.859
 because my wife

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:41.679
 is the most precious

00:28:41.679 --> 00:28:42.619
 thing in all the world

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:42.959
 to me.

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:44.279
 There's nothing more

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:45.019
 precious to me

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.719
 on this earth.

00:28:46.439 --> 00:28:47.299
 Nobody gets to

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:48.219
 slander my wife

00:28:48.219 --> 00:28:49.279
 and get away with it.

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.779
 Nobody gets to

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.500
 mess with her

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:52.439
 or mess with her

00:28:52.439 --> 00:28:53.039
 reputation

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:54.339
 and just get away

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:54.779
 with it.

00:28:55.679 --> 00:28:56.079
 Friends,

00:28:56.199 --> 00:28:57.179
 God here says

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:58.480
 that the sovereign,

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.500
 majestic,

00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:00.980
 supreme God,

00:29:01.340 --> 00:29:02.880
 the great I am

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:04.019
 is jealous

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:05.420
 for his name.

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.560
 Nobody gets

00:29:06.560 --> 00:29:07.480
 to deride him,

00:29:07.840 --> 00:29:08.779
 to slander him,

00:29:09.060 --> 00:29:10.019
 to blaspheme

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:11.039
 the precious name

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.580
 of Christ

00:29:11.580 --> 00:29:12.860
 and to get away

00:29:12.860 --> 00:29:13.340
 with it.

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.120
 Friends,

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:15.120
 playing loose

00:29:15.120 --> 00:29:15.720
 and casual

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.680
 with God's name,

00:29:16.820 --> 00:29:17.900
 whether it's in our prayers

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.779
 or in our worship

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:20.039
 or in our conduct

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:21.500
 or in any other way

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.920
 is a deadly serious

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.480
 thing to do.

00:29:24.100 --> 00:29:24.799
 In the book of Acts

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:26.019
 in chapter 5,

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:26.879
 there is a couple

00:29:26.879 --> 00:29:28.940
 who use God's name

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:29.639
 to advance

00:29:29.639 --> 00:29:30.460
 their own agenda.

00:29:30.919 --> 00:29:31.680
 They're pretending

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.480
 to be godly

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.159
 and God-honoring

00:29:33.159 --> 00:29:33.779
 and to love

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.500
 and worship God

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.139
 but actually

00:29:35.139 --> 00:29:35.919
 in their hearts

00:29:35.919 --> 00:29:36.659
 they want to honor

00:29:36.659 --> 00:29:37.539
 their own name.

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:38.680
 Friends,

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.680
 they both end up dead.

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:41.359
 First Ananias

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:42.299
 and then his wife

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:43.019
 Sapphira

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:44.680
 both on the same day.

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.099
 Friends,

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:47.539
 taking God's name

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:48.639
 casually,

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:49.819
 flippantly,

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.879
 in a vain manner

00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:53.119
 is a deadly serious

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:54.259
 thing to do.

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:55.519
 And so,

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.319
 is there any hope

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:56.799
 for sinners

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.740
 like you and me?

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.799
 Friends,

00:29:58.839 --> 00:29:59.539
 is there any hope

00:29:59.539 --> 00:29:59.879
 for me?

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:00.980
 I,

00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:02.079
 who this week

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:03.279
 have blasphemed

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:04.039
 God's name,

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:05.720
 not with my words

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.720
 but with my conduct,

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.639
 with my lifestyle,

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.379
 as I've lived

00:30:08.379 --> 00:30:10.079
 for my own glory

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:11.319
 rather than

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:12.359
 the glory of his name.

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:15.200
 2,000 years ago,

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:17.180
 Jesus is walking

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.859
 into the street,

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.440
 not walking,

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.279
 he's riding a donkey

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:19.899
 into the streets

00:30:19.899 --> 00:30:20.399
 of Jerusalem

00:30:20.399 --> 00:30:21.740
 and there are all sorts

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.200
 of people

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:23.159
 that are calling out

00:30:23.159 --> 00:30:23.579
 his name.

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.839
 They're describing

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.579
 him as the king.

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:26.559
 Hosanna,

00:30:26.699 --> 00:30:27.179
 Hosanna,

00:30:27.439 --> 00:30:28.199
 blessed is he

00:30:28.199 --> 00:30:29.099
 who comes in the name

00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:29.740
 of the Lord.

00:30:30.679 --> 00:30:31.879
 And just a few days later,

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.559
 they're standing

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:33.839
 in the public square

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:35.099
 before Pontius Pilate

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:36.179
 and they're saying,

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.399
 we have no king

00:30:37.399 --> 00:30:38.000
 but Caesar.

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.839
 Crucify him,

00:30:40.399 --> 00:30:41.359
 crucify him.

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:42.639
 Friends,

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.240
 and shockingly,

00:30:43.439 --> 00:30:45.159
 Jesus at his trial

00:30:45.159 --> 00:30:46.819
 is accused

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.960
 of blaspheming

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:49.079
 the name of God

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:50.460
 because he's accused

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.960
 of equating himself

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.779
 with God.

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:54.339
 The irony is

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:55.079
 the only person

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.879
 who ever walked

00:30:55.879 --> 00:30:56.220
 on earth

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:57.179
 who could legitimately

00:30:57.179 --> 00:30:58.460
 claim the name

00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:58.939
 of God

00:30:58.939 --> 00:31:00.460
 is mocked,

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.419
 slandered,

00:31:01.919 --> 00:31:02.699
 spat upon,

00:31:03.139 --> 00:31:03.779
 abused,

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:04.779
 condemned,

00:31:05.179 --> 00:31:06.039
 and ultimately

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:07.779
 condemned to death

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:09.079
 for taking up

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:10.259
 the name of God.

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:12.019
 But remember

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:13.559
 that just a few days,

00:31:13.639 --> 00:31:14.279
 a few hours

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:15.419
 before Jesus dies,

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:16.059
 he's praying

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.799
 to his father

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.899
 and he says,

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.339
 Father,

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:19.779
 the hour has come.

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.720
 Glorify your name.

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.720
 What's he talking about?

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:24.960
 The hour has come.

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:25.879
 What's the hour?

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:27.019
 It's the hour

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.720
 of his death,

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:29.619
 the hour of his crucifixion,

00:31:29.879 --> 00:31:30.659
 the hour when he's

00:31:30.659 --> 00:31:31.419
 going to be nailed

00:31:31.419 --> 00:31:32.460
 to the cross.

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:34.099
 And even in the moments

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:35.799
 before he's put on trial,

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:37.220
 the days before

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:38.059
 his crucifixion,

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:39.379
 the cry of his heart

00:31:39.379 --> 00:31:40.579
 is not to me,

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:40.919
 God,

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.480
 not to me,

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.460
 but to your name

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:43.099
 give the glory.

00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:43.919
 Father,

00:31:44.099 --> 00:31:45.220
 glorify your name.

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:45.559
 Father,

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:47.299
 lift up your holy name.

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:48.220
 Jesus,

00:31:48.659 --> 00:31:49.599
 the only man

00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:51.099
 who ever perfectly

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:52.659
 obeyed the third commandment,

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.659
 the only man

00:31:53.659 --> 00:31:54.960
 that never ever

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.839
 slandered

00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.879
 or took God's name

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.299
 in vain,

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:58.480
 the one who bore

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.119
 God's name

00:31:59.119 --> 00:32:00.579
 and perfectly honored it,

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:02.159
 Jesus is condemned

00:32:02.159 --> 00:32:03.399
 to die as a criminal.

00:32:04.159 --> 00:32:05.319
 Jesus has his name

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:06.000
 and his glory

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:07.259
 dragged through the mud

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.639
 as he's slandered

00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:09.440
 and abused

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:11.019
 as he's nailed

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.720
 to the cross.

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:13.139
 And while he's there

00:32:13.139 --> 00:32:13.720
 on the cross

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.660
 and he's struggling

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:15.299
 to breathe

00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:16.200
 because of the weight

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.839
 of his body

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:18.220
 is hanging against

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.700
 his lungs,

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.819
 he's struggling

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.400
 to breathe

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:21.400
 and even still

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:21.920
 the people

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:22.519
 on the ground

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.140
 around him

00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:23.860
 are mocking him.

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:24.759
 They're saying,

00:32:25.140 --> 00:32:26.299
 you call yourself God?

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.220
 If you're God,

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:28.059
 save yourself.

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.059
 Come down

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.799
 from the cross.

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:31.900
 And Jesus

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:32.660
 doesn't do it.

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.360
 Why?

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:35.019
 Because he's not there

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:35.920
 to save himself.

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.240
 Friends,

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.539
 he's there

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.279
 to save others.

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:40.460
 He's there

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:40.879
 to save

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:41.720
 the very people

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.879
 who just a few hours

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:44.180
 earlier were crying out

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:45.359
 to crucify him,

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.480
 crucify him.

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.039
 Friends,

00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:48.420
 he's there

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:49.019
 to save

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.819
 the very people

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:50.440
 who down

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:51.599
 on the ground

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:52.559
 are mocking him,

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:54.119
 reviling him,

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:56.000
 spitting upon him,

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.460
 condemning him.

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.420
 Friends,

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.220
 Jesus is there

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:01.279
 to save those

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:02.180
 who will turn to him

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:03.200
 in faith and repentance.

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:05.059
 As we think

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:05.799
 about our lives,

00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:07.039
 as I think

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.879
 about my own life,

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:09.220
 friends,

00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:10.019
 how many of us

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:11.279
 have used God's name

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:12.240
 for our own purposes?

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:14.559
 Maybe for some of us

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:15.420
 we've attached

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:16.279
 the name of Jesus

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:17.019
 to our lives

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:18.059
 as a cheap

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:19.299
 and easy form of grace,

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:21.299
 as a get out of jail card

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:22.119
 to save us

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:23.000
 from eternal hell,

00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:23.960
 but we actually

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.660
 have no intention

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.279
 of living

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.899
 for the glory

00:33:25.899 --> 00:33:26.480
 of his name.

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.440
 Friends,

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.139
 Jesus came

00:33:29.139 --> 00:33:29.859
 to die on the cross

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:30.319
 for sinners

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:31.160
 like you and I,

00:33:31.879 --> 00:33:32.740
 to save us

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.599
 if you'll turn to him

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:34.539
 in faith and repentance.

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:35.740
 Friends,

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:36.700
 Jesus had not only

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:37.180
 his body

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:38.240
 but also his name

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:39.140
 nailed to the cross

00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:40.019
 as he was executed

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.759
 as a criminal

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:42.180
 and a troublemaker.

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.980
 But he gave

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.940
 his name up.

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:46.920
 He sacrificed himself

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.640
 and his honor

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.299
 and his name.

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:50.019
 He gave up his name

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.920
 that he might give us

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.240
 a name.

00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:53.099
 That we might be called

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:54.559
 his beloved.

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:56.160
 That we might be called

00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:57.079
 sons and daughters

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:57.660
 of God.

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:59.339
 That we might be called

00:33:59.339 --> 00:34:00.799
 his righteous ones.

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:02.140
 That we might no longer

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:03.000
 live for ourselves

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:04.380
 but for the glory

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:05.660
 of his name.

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:06.720
 Let's pray.

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.119
 Oh Jesus,

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:11.820
 we come before you

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.380
 this morning

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:13.960
 and God,

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.700
 your word

00:34:14.700 --> 00:34:18.380
 challenges us.

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:23.119
 Father,

00:34:23.240 --> 00:34:23.880
 we are so sorry

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.639
 for the many times

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:25.559
 we've taken your name

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:25.900
 in vain.

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:28.019
 God,

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:29.000
 won't you forgive us

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:30.019
 but not only that,

00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:31.119
 won't you also change us?

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.720
 Come and help us,

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:32.880
 Lord,

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:34.099
 to not only bear your name

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.619
 in our lips

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:35.579
 but to have your name

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.539
 written on our hearts.

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.319
 God,

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.159
 may our conduct

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:40.119
 be in align

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:41.039
 with the words

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.619
 of our mouth.

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:42.819
 God,

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.500
 come and help us,

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.019
 we pray.

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:45.679
 In your wonderful name.

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:46.799
 Amen.

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:49.360
 Chris is going to come

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:50.159
 and lead us

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:51.259
 in a moment

00:34:51.259 --> 00:34:53.179
 of responding to that

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:54.079
 and just repentance.

00:34:54.319 --> 00:34:54.920
 And so let's take

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.500
 a few moments.

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:56.380
 Let's not rush off

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:56.880
 too quickly.

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:58.299
 Let's listen

00:34:58.299 --> 00:34:59.480
 and really respond

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.000
 to God

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.860
 as Chris leads us

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:01.339
 in this time.

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.159
 Let's do that.

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:09.559
 I believe God

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:10.339
 is actually really

00:35:10.339 --> 00:35:11.619
 speaking to us

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.480
 right now

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:13.039
 so we don't want

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.960
 to just rush

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:15.139
 this moment.

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:17.699
 When God speaks,

00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:18.960
 he wants us

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.539
 to hear

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:20.679
 and to respond

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:22.059
 in repentance

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:23.239
 and in faith

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:24.239
 and in turning to him.

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.599
 And so I want

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:25.940
 to just

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:27.379
 read from

00:35:27.379 --> 00:35:28.619
 the last part

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:29.859
 of Psalm 139

00:35:29.859 --> 00:35:30.579
 which says this,

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.480
 Search me,

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.659
 O God,

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:34.579
 and know my heart.

00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:36.199
 Try me

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:37.699
 and know my thoughts.

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:39.500
 See if there is

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.840
 any grievous way

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:41.319
 in me

00:35:41.319 --> 00:35:42.900
 and lead me

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:44.000
 in the way

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.739
 everlasting.

00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:47.299
 I want us

00:35:47.299 --> 00:35:48.139
 to actually spend

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:49.519
 just a minute

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:51.119
 really reflecting

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:52.099
 and asking God

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:52.900
 and praying

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.599
 that prayer.

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.279
 God,

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:55.380
 search my heart.

00:35:56.239 --> 00:35:56.980
 Search me

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.900
 where I have

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:59.079
 cheapened your name.

00:35:59.079 --> 00:36:00.239
 where I have

00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:00.880
 treated it

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.639
 so lightly.

00:36:02.279 --> 00:36:02.880
 I have treated

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.920
 it so casually.

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:06.039
 I have thought

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:07.840
 that your cross

00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:08.559
 was just a

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.259
 get out of jail

00:36:09.259 --> 00:36:10.119
 free card

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:11.259
 but I have not

00:36:11.259 --> 00:36:11.980
 realized

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:13.900
 who you really

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.340
 are.

00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:17.099
 Some of us

00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:18.719
 we need to repent

00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:19.119
 for the way

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:19.900
 we have used

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.639
 God's name.

00:36:21.319 --> 00:36:21.940
 The way that

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.759
 we have used

00:36:22.759 --> 00:36:23.420
 it in prayer

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:24.239
 like a genie

00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:24.779
 just to get

00:36:24.779 --> 00:36:25.460
 what we want

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:26.799
 but not seeing

00:36:26.799 --> 00:36:28.079
 who he truly is.

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:29.940
 some of us

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.719
 need to repent

00:36:30.719 --> 00:36:31.639
 because

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:33.500
 he's called us

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:34.119
 and given us

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:34.900
 a privilege

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:36.199
 to be his ambassadors

00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:37.900
 and yet our lives

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.719
 have not lived

00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:39.239
 in the light

00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:39.960
 of that calling.

00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:42.000
 So I want you

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.639
 to take a minute

00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:43.079
 now

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:43.980
 and pray that

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:44.239
 prayer

00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:45.039
 search me

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.500
 oh God

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:47.340
 search me

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:47.840
 oh God

00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:49.139
 know my heart

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:50.179
 try me

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:51.599
 try my thoughts

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:54.519
 see if there's

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:55.199
 any grievous

00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:55.599
 way

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:56.119
 any way

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.920
 that hurts

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:58.239
 and dishonors

00:36:58.239 --> 00:36:58.579
 you

00:36:58.579 --> 00:37:00.179
 let's just

00:37:00.179 --> 00:37:00.679
 take a minute

00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:01.299
 to do that

00:37:01.300 --> 00:37:10.260
 whatever

00:37:10.260 --> 00:37:11.280
 God

00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:11.320
 or

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:11.800
 us

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:12.780
 see if there's

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:13.760
 even here

00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:14.780
 and they're

00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:15.380
 in love

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:16.220
 and they're

00:37:16.220 --> 00:37:17.080
 in love

00:37:17.080 --> 00:37:17.880
里

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:18.280
 and they're

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:18.880
 far

00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:19.820
 in

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.340
 whereas

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:20.660
 you

00:37:20.660 --> 00:37:21.600
 see if there's

00:37:21.600 --> 00:37:22.220
 something to know

00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:22.800
 as the

00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:23.100
 forgiveness

00:37:23.100 --> 00:37:23.140
 and you

00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:24.420
 have just

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:25.000
 heard

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.940
 and let's look

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.620
 at the

00:37:26.620 --> 00:37:27.019
 other

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:27.600
 way

00:37:27.600 --> 00:37:28.060
 in YOUR

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:29.059
 Amen.

00:37:58.059 --> 00:38:00.059
 Amen.

00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:29.059
 Amen.

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:37.619
 I believe there are some people who you've called yourself a Christian for a long time.

00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:44.279
 But as you've been listening and hearing what it really means to bear the name,

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:48.940
 you realize your life has no correlation to that at all.

00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:52.599
 And God is calling you today.

00:38:53.699 --> 00:38:58.000
 He's calling you not to run away from Him, but to run to Him.

00:38:58.059 --> 00:39:00.159
 In true repentance this morning.

00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:22.019
 Father, we just come before you who are the great, the holy, the glorious,

00:39:22.460 --> 00:39:24.960
 the one who just rules over all of creation.

00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:29.019
 And yet you would come and die for us.

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:32.880
 You would do everything that we might bear your name.

00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:36.860
 And it's a beautiful name, Lord.

00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:45.740
 But forgive us where we have diminished your name and just treated it so lightly, Lord, in our lives.

00:39:46.660 --> 00:39:48.360
 Please have mercy on us.

00:39:48.760 --> 00:39:55.740
 Lord, we've spoken in ways where we've spoken your name, but we've just used it for our own agendas.

00:39:55.739 --> 00:39:56.739
 Lord, we've been ashamed of your name.

00:39:56.739 --> 00:39:57.739
 Lord, we've been ashamed of your name.

00:39:57.739 --> 00:40:01.739
 Lord, we've been ashamed of your name.

00:40:01.739 --> 00:40:05.579
 And we've been to the church service on a Sunday.

00:40:05.719 --> 00:40:07.359
 Or we've just read our Bibles.

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:12.239
 And afterwards, the way that we respond bears no relation at all to the people you've called us to be.

00:40:12.359 --> 00:40:13.359
 Father, forgive us.

00:40:14.299 --> 00:40:15.099
 Change us.

00:40:16.939 --> 00:40:18.879
 Lord, we've been ashamed of your name.

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:21.699
 You've called us your children.

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 You've called us ambassadors of you.

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 You've called us chosen and dearly loved.

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 And yet, in the light of everyone else around us, we have tried to hide the fact that we are followers of you.

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 And for some of us, we feel like that sense of detachment from, we feel the hypocrisy in our lives.

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 We see that our walk and our talk are so different.

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 And so we've shied away from even sharing the gospel.

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 We've not run to you in desperate wanting you to change.

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 But we've used that as an excuse not to even speak your name to others.

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 Father, have mercy on us.

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 Call us back to yourself.

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 Show us your unfailing love.

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 Show us your mercy.

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 Show us that as sons and daughters of the King, that is an incredible privilege.

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 Please, would you open our eyes to see you today.

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 To see your glory.

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 To not treat you lightly.

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 But to walk humbly before you.

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 And to rejoice in your salvation.

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 That you forgive us.

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 And you show us your grace.

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 Thank you, Lord.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.