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Tabernacle Sermon by Reb. Len G. Broughton, D. T).
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T ex t : —“Thou shalt not take the name of the
Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord will not hold
him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.” Ex.
20: 7.
HOLD no commandment to be more
permanent or more necessary for the
nation and for me than this one.
—Maurice.
Tn the first commandment we saw the
necessity for the worship of one God-
Jehovah, He that will be, lie that is,
and He that lias been—the supreme
object of worship.
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In the second commandment we saw the neces
sity for worshipping the one Jehovah God, spiritu
ally, and not through forms and ceremonies.
Now we come to the third commandment where
we are commanded to worship Him reverently and
in sincerity. This commandment naturally cleaves
into two parts, a prohibition, and a warning:
“Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy
God in vain,” is the prohibition. “For the Lord
will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in
vain,” contains the warning.
THE NAME OF THE LORD.
In thinking over these two expressions, “The
Name of the Lord,” and “in vain,” they might at
first seem ambiguous. But in reality they are too
comprehensive to be condensed into an hour’s study.
I will try to give you a glimpse, however, of what
they comprehend. Around the expression, the
“Name of the Lord,” many a battle has been
fought by translators. It is hard for us who only
know’ the Bible in English to appreciate the real
meaning of the expression. It is hard to find a
ATLANTA, GA., SEPTEMBER 24, 1908.
single word, or even a compound word or a group of
words in the English that will express the meaning
of the word for God. This has also been realized
in other languages. Our missionaries in China have
been greatly put to the test to find words that will
give to the Chinese the Bible conception of God.
The Roman Catholics for three centuries have used
the word “Tien-'Chu” which means “Lord of
heaven,” but that by many other missionaries has
not been found to be sufficiently expressive. 'Some
have adopted “Shang-Ti” which means “Supreme
Ruler.” But still that is not exactly what is desired,
so the missionary has to resort to the best method
he can to help overcome the difficulty. What is
desired of course is to convey in the name as much
of the character and disposition of God as possible.
The inspired men themselves endeavored to thus
represent God. Isaiah in prophesying about C hrist
said, “His name shall be called Wonderful, Coun
selor, the Mighty God, the everlasting Father, the
Prince of Peace.”
Tn different parts of the Scripture God is repre
sented to us as Creator, Preserver, Benefactor, King,
Judge, the Eternal, the Almighty the All-seeing,
the Heavenly Father, Immanuel, Holy Spirit, and so
forth. All these convey some distinct characteristic
of God.
The frequent use of the expression “the Name of
God” in Scripture in a very significant fact. Time
forbids more than a passing reference to it:
“How excellent is thy name in all the earth.”
“The name of the God of Jacob.”
“In the name of God will we set up our banners.”
“Sing praises to His name.”
“Holy and reverent is His name.”
“Hallowed be thy name.”
“Where two or three are gathered together in my
name. ’ ’
“Baptize them in the name of the lather, the
Son, and the Holy Ghost.”
“The name which is above every name.”
“Whatsoever we do in word or deed, do all in the
name of the Lord Jesus.”
We might continue this exercise of looking up the
frequency of the use of “the name of the Lord” in
the Bible with great profit and interest to ourselves;
but we must now come to consider the command
ment itself.
“Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy
God in vain.” We have seen that the name of
God is that which we use to designate Deity or to
express his attributes. This being true, it is not a
hard task to show how men break the third com
mandment today. Men break the third command
ment by use of any name which misrepresents the
true character of God, or by the use of the right
name applied in the wrong way.
This is evidently an inspired conception of the
violation of this commandment, Isaiah 48: 1:
“Hear ye this, 0 house of Jacob, which are called
by the name of Israel and are come forth out of
the waters of Judah; which swear by the name of
the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel,
but not in truth or in righteousness.”
SWEARERS AND SWEARING.
But the question of practical concern to us is,
what are some of the popular phases of the viola 7
tion of the third commandment with us today?
First I wish to mention the violation which we call
cursing. It hardly seems neccessary in this day of
refinement to speak of this but it is more necessary
than you might think on first consideration. I am
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