Bible Discussion Thread

What does , thou shalt not use the lords name in vain, mean. Thank you.

I have always thought that it means not professing to be a Christian when you aren't one really . I know many people who , if you asked them what their religion is , they would say they are Christians but if you ask them a couple of very basic questions about their faith they wouldn't be able to answer you . Obviously in the old testament it means something slightly different , somewhere in there it says that he is not a Jew that is a Jew outwardly , we have to remember that God and Jesus know each of us intimately , we can't fool them . They know if we are really Christians , they look straight into our hearts .We can fool other people but we cannot fool our God or our Saviour . I think it's about pretending to be something that you are not .

It's saying the name of God in a disrespectul manner. I like watching Ray Comfort videos of his street evangelism and he always asks, would you use your parents' name as a cuss word? Most everyone says no, yet admits to using God's name in vain which is insulting to God and a violation of the 3rd of the 10 commandments. It's sad that in this society its difficult to escape hearing it everywhere and when your brain hears something tens of thousands of times it has an effect. God bless.

I hate that too . I would rather someone used an actual curse word than use God or Jesus as a curse word . I try hard not to get annoyed with people though . I realise that a lot of people say things out of habit and hardly even realise what they are saying or that they are saying something offensive . I still does make me cringe every time though .

Hi Jimmy. I believe you asked this question in the section, "Christian Life". If you go there, there are replies sent to you.