Title: Bear His Name Righteously
Text: Exodus 20:7
Outline:
- Don’t Deceitfully Bear [His name]
- The Name
- He Will Punish
- Righteously Bear [His name]
Application Questions
- Review the first two commands (as we’re numbering them; the Protestant numbering) and ask, “How am I doing with these commands? How do I think the first two relate to this command?”
- What does it mean to “deceitfully bear His name?”
- What are some ways that His name is “lifted up” deceitfully?
- Brennan Manning said, “The single greatest cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, then walk out the door and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.” How does this challenge you? How does it encourage you? How does it inform your understanding of the third commandment?
- What is one way you can apply this command going forward?
