Deuteronomy 5:11- 11 “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
Does it make you cringe when you hear someone do this? I would rather hear the “F word” any day than
to hear someone use my Lord’s name as a foul word.
It’s not taken serious enough and if we are guilty of using it at all, we need to stop.
It is important to God, therefore it needs to be important to us.
Using the Lord’s name is disrespectful to Him. It would be like your children, in presence opening up their mouths to defame you or say the worst things they could. Does it change anything if they say, “well I
didn’t mean it!?”
It’s respect for a loving God. It’s another reminder that the Lord takes things very seriously. I think a lot of
people believe God doesn’t care and doesn’t take things seriously.
It matters to God. Everything matters to our God.