Exodus 20:7 CSB – Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses His Name.

What is God’s Name?

Exodus 3:7-8, 10 CSB – Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of My people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out because of their oppressors. I know about their sufferings, and I have come down to rescue them. Therefore, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh so that you may lead my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”

Exodus 3:12 CSB – I will certainly be with you.

Exodus 3:14 CSB – God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.”

What does it mean to take His name in vain?

Oaths & Pledges

Matthew 5:33-37 CSB – Again, you have heard that it was said to our ancestors, You must not break your oath, but you must keep your oaths to the Lord. But I tell you, don’t take an oath at all: either by heaven, because it is God’s throne; or by the earth, because it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King. Do not swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black. But let your ’yes’ mean ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ mean ‘no.’ Anything more than this is from the evil one.

False Prophecies

Jeremiah 14:14 CSB – But the Lord said to me, “These prophets are prophesying a lie in My Name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, worthless divination, the deceit of their own minds.”

God Told Me

Jesus’ Name

Acts 19:13-16 CSB – Now some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists also attempted to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I command you by the Jesus that Paul preaches!” Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this. The evil spirit answered them, “I know Jesus, and I recognize Paul – but who are you?” Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them, overpowered them all, and prevailed against them, so that they ran out of that house naked and wounded.

My Jesus

Philippians 2:9, 10 CSB – For this reason, God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow – in heaven and on earth and under the earth – and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Worship Well

Complete Surrender

Luke 9:23 CSB  – If anyone wants to follow after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me.

Daily Obedience

Colossians 3:17 CSB – And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the Name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.