Jun. 09, 2024

The TEN

Week 3 – My Reputation

June 9, 2024

Exodus 20:7 (NIV) “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.

Exodus 20:7 (NASB2020) “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.

Don’t use ______________ for _______________.

We often use God’s name to ___________________

and _________________________.

Using God’s name to justify our agenda is called

_____________________.

Jeremiah 14:14 (NIV) Then the LORD said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds.

Exodus 20:7b …for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses His name.

Matthew 5:33-36 “Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill to the Lord the vows you have made.’ 34 But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; 35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. 36 And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.

Matthew 5:37 All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

When we use God to prop up __________________,

it's usually ______________________ that suffers.

Become a person whose reputation doesn't need any propping up by:

Under- ______________ and over-________________

Owning the occasional _________________