Name Dropping
"There is one thing we know and that is - God is deadly serious about His name. Here are the top ten commandments, God's top ten, the ten most important things that God wanted to communicate to His children and His family and number three is - "Don't misuse My name." We are not talking about some minor issue here. In Leviticus 24, there is the story of a man that was caught taking God's name in vain and when they took the matter before Moses to find out how they should punish him, Moses was instructed by the Lord to give him the death penalty. Misusing God's name was a capital offense.
"When you think about it there is a big difference between God's name and our name. Human beings do not name themselves. Every one of us was given a name by our parents before we even knew what our name was, but one of the remarkable things about God is that no one ever named Him. We don't tell God who He is - He tells us. God has His own naming rights. In fact, His name comes before all other names and His name is above all other names and He takes His name deadly seriously.
"In the Bible a name is more than just a label, it represents the character of a person. I don't know about you, but I take my name very seriously. I am concerned about the reputation that my name carries and that is why we have laws against people who slander, who would call our good name into question, because when they slander your name they slander your person. "
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Keywords: communication, language, third commandments, ten commandments
