“God” is not His name. It is His title.
The Commandment “You will not use the Lord your God’s name in vain.” is a directive to not abuse His authority!
Good point... i have changed my view and pray to God that Donald Trump does His work for the Glory of God..
Exactly. It’s about not claiming that YOU speak for God in order to serve your own vanity. It’s amazing how many people still have a 4th grade interpretation of this.
This is a terrible rationalization of an objectvitly mortal sin. All of history is against your argument.
Looks like the muslims missed that one!
There is only one God and so calling on “God” essentially is calling on Him. There is a request being made of Him ad that is not being phased politely or lovingly, but demandingly and what is being demanded is the most awful fate possible. I do not believe that he appreciates or condones that phase at all. Ignorance may be forgiven but I don’t think He will forgive a lack of repentance covered in sophistry.
The Commandment “You will not use the Lord your God’s name in vain.” is a directive to not abuse His authority!
You have stated it well. I first heard this interpretation on a podcast where Michael Heiser of Logos Bible Software was interviewing a seminary graduate student who had just finished their doctoral paper on this subject.
A few months later, Dennis Prager, who is a Jew who is fluent in Hebrew, gave a similar explanation during his program.
The explanation, which is based on the exegesis of the Hebrew, says that "taking the name" refers to "representing" or "imaging". Thus, later in Deuteronomy, a description is given about the ephod which was to be worn by the high priest when he went about the temple. The ephod contained twelve precious stones which represented the twelve tribes of Israel. The Hebrew text at that point says that the priest was "taking the names" of the twelve tribes into the presence of God. Thus, the priest was representing the twelve tribes in God's presence in the temple.
The application for us is that those who teach in God's name or make pronouncements about the wishes and inclinations of God must be very careful to represent Him faithfully.
Modern day application of taking the name of the Lord in vain: Woe to those who preach from the pulpit that God is fine with abortion!
While you may be right, at the very lease, to use God’s name or title in such a way is disrespectul.
Trump should try to eliminate GD from his vocabulary as should all people. And people who say “Oh my God” without really meaning to invoke God.