{"id":1469,"date":"2020-10-02T12:09:13","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T12:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2020-10-03T12:30:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T12:30:23","slug":"the-name-in-vain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/the-name-in-vain\/","title":{"rendered":"The Name in Vain…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Third Commandment<\/a> states: lo tissa et shem Adonai Elohekha lashav,<\/em> \u201cYou shall not lift up (lit. \u201ccarry\u201d) the Name of the LORD your God in vain\u201d (Exod. 20:7). Note that the Hebrew word lashav (\u05dc\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b8\u05d5\u05b0\u05d0), usually translated \u201cin vain\u201d in English, means in an empty or thoughtless manner (the LXX translates it as \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u1f77\u1ff3, “worthlessly” or “thoughtlessly”), though the word might also be rendered as \u201cfor show,\u201d that is, insincerely or for sake of others. Obviously “lifting up the Name” of God \u2018lashav\u2019 includes invoking the Divine Presence in profane and vulgar ways, but it also includes “lip-service” expressions of faith, mechanical confessions, heartless acts of service, and so on. \u201cLifting up the Name\u201d should never be used as a \u201cweapon\u201d against others, nor should it ever be used to justify or practice violence. You cannot “call upon God\u2019s Name” in the truth without first exercising genuine reverence by recognizing the sacredness of life, the value of other people, and the LORD\u2019s all-consuming glory, love, and power…<\/p>\n

Reverencing the Name of the LORD means being in a personal, vital, and all-important relationship with the truth. The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of Truth (\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d7\u05b7 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b1\u05de\u05b6\u05ea). This means understanding God\u2019s character as “merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, extending kindness to the thousandth generation, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin” (Exod. 34:6-7). Since the Hebrew idea of word (\u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05d1\u05b8\u05e8) is coextensive with truth (i.e., \u201cthing\u201d), Yeshua is called the Word of God (\u05d3\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd) who represents the Name of God to all who trust in Him (John 17:26, Heb. 1:3). Indeed Yeshua is the true Name of God, the \u201csubstance\u201d (being) of God, the \u201cexact imprint and representation of His nature,\u201d and so on. “His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is \u2018The Word of God” (Rev. 19:12-13).<\/p>\n

Exodus 20:7a Hebrew reading lesson (click):<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exod20-7a-jjp.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Third Commandment states: lo tissa et shem Adonai Elohekha lashav, \u201cYou shall not lift up (lit. \u201ccarry\u201d) the Name of the LORD your God in vain\u201d (Exod. 20:7). Note that the Hebrew word lashav (\u05dc\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b8\u05d5\u05b0\u05d0), usually translated \u201cin vain\u201d in English, means in an empty or thoughtless manner (the LXX translates it as \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-dvar","category-hebrew-reading-practice"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1469"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1473,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469\/revisions\/1473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}