Law of Love and Liberty: Worship Reverently

God's name declares Who He is.
And God's name declares what He
does for His people.
He is El Shaddai – LORD God
Almighty.
He is Jehovah Shalom -- the Lord
is Peace.
He is Jehovah Jireh – the LORD Will Provide, and
He is Jehovah-Raah, the LORD My Shepherd.
And of course, He is the great "I AM" – the
eternal, self-existent, self-fulfilled, sovereign God
who depends on no one and needs nothing.
"O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is Your
name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory
above the heavens." Psalm 8:1 (NKJV)
Because God's name reveals His greatness and
the essence of His character, His name stands for
God Himself.

That's why the third commandment is much
more than a prohibition against cursing.
"You shall not take the name of the LORD
your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold
him guiltless who takes His name in vain."
Exodus 20:7 (NKJV)
Every time we worship with our lips, but not our
hearts, we misuse His name. Every time we think
wrongly of God and misrepresent Him to others
by the way we speak and act, we take His name
in vain.
Yet our gracious God is Jehovah Tsidkenu, the
LORD Our Righteousness! In Christ, the law's
condemnation is silenced, and its instruction
embraced, and followed.
Join us Sunday as we continue our look at the
10 Commandments, "Law of Love and Liberty."