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I shall pipe in in due course, but am curious to the Christian understanding here on CD.
Since God is love, we are to not devalue love or use it falsely. Without love, we would not exist as life is love in action. The power of God works through love and without love or the misuse of Love, life will suffer. If one pretends to love in order to manipulate life or invoke God for anything less than to support life, life will diminish. The commandment teaches to strengthen our connection to life and the living,
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Since God is love, we are to not devalue love or use it falsely. Without love, we would not exist as life is love in action. The power of God works through love and without love or the misuse of Love, life will suffer. If one pretends to love in order to manipulate life or invoke God for anything less than to support life, life will diminish. The commandment teaches to strengthen our connection to life and the living,
I don't think that it has anything to do with using God's name as a swear word. I think it means that we shouldn't attribute to God things that he didn't do.
I grew up in a abusive pentecostal religion. Too many times I heard "thus sayeth the Lord!" when the truth was it was thus sayeth sister Smith.
I shall pipe in in due course, but am curious to the Christian understanding here on CD.
Oh goodness yes. I have tried to obey that commandment ever since I was a child. Anytime someone has said G-damn in the past, I have cringed and been shocked and thought to myself how they must not care about their salvation. Even now, I HATE hearing that word. I feel it is one of the most blaphemous things you can ever utter in the human language. I saw a Hollywood bloopers reel from the 1940s and 50s with hollywoods stars always saying that EXACT word everytime they got a line wrong. It's no wonder Hollywood is the devil's playground now. What a disgusting and blasphemous place. I can't even believe teenage girls nowadays came up with the termModerator cut: language The first time I ever heard that I was completely SHOCKED. I've never heard something so filthy in my life. That is TERRIBLE!! I know I have a cussing problem, and I tend to cuss up a storm once angry but I'm starting to control that. But one thing I have NEVER said in my entire life is the G-damn word or any other cuss word with God's name in it because of my own anger. I still believe that God could strike me down at any moment for even saying something awful of that caliber. The fact that those words even come out your mouth is telling of what your heart condition towards Christ is and idk, that's some messed up crap to me. I will NEVER say it. I've heard it all over in movies, conversations, books, and it still never ceases to disgust me and shock me to no end. People just don't fear God obviously.
I mean, I don't want to stand here and be a hypocrite because I have used the term "Oh my God" or "Lord have mercy" "Oh Lord, you need help!" or something like that for a LONG time now. But that's because I was shocked at something so outlandish that I had to say "Oh my God" because there is no appropriate words to use that would safice for a moment like that. And I always usually apologize to God for using these terms. But honestly, what's it gonna look like for me to say "Oh my word!" or "By golly!"? Lol. I mean, I don't think I should use it period. I should work on not using those terms at all. My friend used to say "What the?!" everytime she heard or seen something really shocking. That's a good alternative.
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In the days of that time it was common to swear that you would do something or complete a task and swear it " I swear to God." then you would break that oath, even if it was circumstanses beyound your control. You were defiling God by breaking your oath.
As it says in Matthew 5:
33Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
34But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: 35Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. 36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. 37But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
In the days of that time it was common to swear that you would do something or complete a task and swear it " I swear to God." then you would break that oath, even if it was circumstanses beyound your control. You were defiling God by breaking your oath.
As it says in Matthew 5:
33Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
34But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: 35Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. 36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. 37But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
I don't think that it has anything to do with using God's name as a swear word. I think it means that we shouldn't attribute to God things that he didn't do.
I grew up in a abusive pentecostal religion. Too many times I heard "thus sayeth the Lord!" when the truth was it was thus sayeth sister Smith.
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Originally Posted by sschulz
In the days of that time it was common to swear that you would do something or complete a task and swear it " I swear to God." then you would break that oath, even if it was circumstanses beyound your control. You were defiling God by breaking your oath.
As it says in Matthew 5:
33Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
34But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: 35Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. 36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. 37But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Using God's name in vain was belittling God.
Yes - I believe that it is both of these
Using Gods name (authority) to support what is not true.
``You will not take the name of the Lord your God in vain ; for the Lord your God will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain`` Exodus 20:7........Many demons use Jesus name as a curse in their vocabulary, and people must resist the devil and they would not use this ....... But using Jesus name as a curse is not the only way this commandment can be broken , also is people belittle the purpose and identity of Jesus Christ with rejecting the scriptures that Jesus authored and commands people to obey... false religions take the identities of the authority of the name of the Lord Jesus in vain.....
A difficult commandment to understand. I do not think it means what most Christians believe and that is using His name in profanity. I think it more likely has more to do with How we use, teach, apply Him to our lives ..
Good topic for discussion, Hot.
I like your idea! I do try not to use God in the cussing sense. Although I think God may have laughed when I repeatedly asked him to damn my IKEA TV cabinet when I was trying to assemble it. I suppose he ultimately did, when it fell apart as I tried to move it out my front door
I find myself trying to edit out "Jeez" or "gosh dangit" type statements since I have 3 year olds who repeat everything. Overall, I find cussing to be something that may have an appropriate place (like among friends at a sports bar, for instance) but shows total classlessness (is that a word?) when people cuss in front of others in public, work, etc. I know my kids will cuss at some point - I'm not living outside reality. But I want them to know when are where it's totally inappropriate, like in front of any parents!
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