Sermon 6: God’s Commandments – The Third Commandment

Ten laws from God were set in stone. Ten laws that God has commanded us to follow. These are the ten laws we must obey in order to stay on the path that leads to Heaven.

These ten laws have needed no amendments, no additions and no repeals. These ten laws were truly revealed to Moses by God.


God's Third Commandment


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.


This commandment is incredibly important for us to remember as we journey toward Heaven. And, while on the path to Heaven, we are learning lessons that push us closer to being a more “heavenly being”. In order to lighten the severity and amount of lesson-learning times in our life, we must try to develop and accept traits that will let us choose and accept Heaven.

The easiest way to become this type of person is to put God’s commandments first and foremost in your personal ranking of most important things to pay attention to every day. The first two commandments have you paying attention to God. Having God first in your thoughts will give you ease along your path to Heaven because having His presence with you during the day will make it simple to recognize good and avoid bad choices. The pull of temptation weakens when confronted by God.

But, remember we are imperfect on earth. This is by design because on earth we learn good through its relation to bad, eventually becoming able to choose an eternity of perfect goodness. This means that we will all experience bad in some way, whether in thought or action.

The third commandment is telling us that, while we have God wrapped around us during the day, God’s power is not to be used at any time when you are not choosing good. God’s power is only to be invoked for good, and when you pray to God or do things in God’s name in ways that bring you closer to acceptance of Heaven, God grants you success. Always.

Taking His name in vain means that you are trying to use the power of God in a negative way. Because God’s power does not work that way, therefore, you have invoked Him in vain, wasted Him. This is breaking a commandment that God holds as important as not killing and reminds you again of the respect and reverence you must have for God.

So, only pray in a positive manner – pray for good for others, pray for tolerance and patience. Prayers are not to be used for the detriment of any of God’s creations – it is breaking a commandment. Do not take God’s power lightly. Do not waste or misuse or misrepresent the name of God. Breaking commandments will make your lessons on earth harder than they need to be.

God gave us these commandments because of His incredible love for us. God wants us to have a path to Heaven filled with great happiness. We are so lucky to be able to learn what is most important by just reading the Bible. Trial and error takes much too long.


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