THE NAME THAT IS ABOVE ALL NAMES (4 OF 11)
Scripture: Exodus 20:7
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The Name That Is Above All Names (4 of 11)
Series: The 10 Commandments
Colin Wimberly
Exodus 20:7
CIT - God commands His people to honor His holy name.
Propostion - God's people must always keep His name holy and sacred.
Question: how can we honor God's name and keep it Holy?
INTRODUCTION:
Read the text and pray
ILLUS: In 2012, a 19-year-old man from Washington state named Dakoda Garren was charged with stealing a rare coin collection worth at least $100,000. After Garren had completed some part-time work for a woman living north of Portland, the woman reported that her family coin collection was missing. Her collection included a variety of rare and valuable coins, including Liberty Head quarters, Morgan dollars, and other coins dating back to the early 1800s.
Initially, Garren denied any involvement, claiming that the police didn't have any evidence against him. But then he started spending the coins at face value, apparently unaware of the coins' worth. He and his girlfriend paid for movie tickets using quarters worth between $5 and $68. Later on the same day, they bought some local pizza with rare coins, including a Liberty quarter that may be worth up to $18,500.
The news article reported, ''Garren has been charged with first-degree theft and is being held in jail on $40,000 bond. Which, technically, is an amount he could easily afford if the valuable coin collection were actually his.''
What does that have to do with taking the Lord's name in vain?
I think a lot of people, even people who claim to be believers, treat the Lord's name the way Dakoda Garren treated those rare and valuable coins. They treat God's name as if it were common or of little value.
But God's name is above every name. His name is to be honored. His name is to be treated as sacred and Holy.
How do we do that? What does it mean to take God's name in vain? How do honor God's name and keep it holy?
FIRST, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF ...
Series: The 10 Commandments
Colin Wimberly
Exodus 20:7
CIT - God commands His people to honor His holy name.
Propostion - God's people must always keep His name holy and sacred.
Question: how can we honor God's name and keep it Holy?
INTRODUCTION:
Read the text and pray
ILLUS: In 2012, a 19-year-old man from Washington state named Dakoda Garren was charged with stealing a rare coin collection worth at least $100,000. After Garren had completed some part-time work for a woman living north of Portland, the woman reported that her family coin collection was missing. Her collection included a variety of rare and valuable coins, including Liberty Head quarters, Morgan dollars, and other coins dating back to the early 1800s.
Initially, Garren denied any involvement, claiming that the police didn't have any evidence against him. But then he started spending the coins at face value, apparently unaware of the coins' worth. He and his girlfriend paid for movie tickets using quarters worth between $5 and $68. Later on the same day, they bought some local pizza with rare coins, including a Liberty quarter that may be worth up to $18,500.
The news article reported, ''Garren has been charged with first-degree theft and is being held in jail on $40,000 bond. Which, technically, is an amount he could easily afford if the valuable coin collection were actually his.''
What does that have to do with taking the Lord's name in vain?
I think a lot of people, even people who claim to be believers, treat the Lord's name the way Dakoda Garren treated those rare and valuable coins. They treat God's name as if it were common or of little value.
But God's name is above every name. His name is to be honored. His name is to be treated as sacred and Holy.
How do we do that? What does it mean to take God's name in vain? How do honor God's name and keep it holy?
FIRST, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF ...
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