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Taking God Seriously: Understanding the Power and Reverence of His Name

This article explores the importance of respecting and honoring God's name, and how it impacts our reputation, character, and authority as believers. It highlights the different ways we misuse God's name and provides practical guidance on how to use it correctly.

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Taking God Seriously: Understanding the Power and Reverence of His Name

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  1. Highly Healthy Homes of Ten Habits

  2. Habit 3 Take God Seriously Exodus 20:7

  3. Exodus 20:7 Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God. The Lord will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.

  4. Your name represents three things: • Your reputation • Your character • Your authority

  5. I Am That I Am

  6. Y a H W e H Heh Vav Heh Yod Y H W H H W H Y

  7. Jesus = Joshua Y A H - S H U A “Jehovah is Salvation”

  8. I AM

  9. John 6:35 I amthe bread of life

  10. John 8:12 I amthe light of the world

  11. John 10:9 I amthe door

  12. John 10:11 I amthe good shepherd

  13. John 11:25 I amthe resurrection and the life: he that believeth …

  14. John 14:6 I amthe way, the truth, and the life

  15. John 8:24 If ye believe not that I am …

  16. John 8:58 Before Abraham was, I am

  17. John 18:5-6 As soon as he had said unto them, I am

  18. Mark 14:62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see …

  19. John 19:19-22 19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.

  20. John 19:19-22 20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

  21. John 19:19-22 21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.

  22. John 19:19-22 22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.

  23. HaYehudim v Melech HaNazarei Yeshua

  24. 5 ways that we misuse God’s name

  25. 1 we use God’s name to insult

  26. 2 we use God’s name to indulge

  27. Leviticus 19:12 Do not make a promise in my name if you do not intend to keep it. That brings disgrace on my name.

  28. 3 we use God’s name to intimidate

  29. 4 we use God’s name to impress

  30. Titus 1:16 Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are despicable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good.

  31. 5 we use God’s name impulsively

  32. Isaiah 29:13 And so the Lord says, “These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far away. And their worship of me amounts to nothing more than human laws learned by rote.”

  33. Matthew 6:7 When you pray, don’t babble on and on as people of other religions do. They think their prayers are answered only by repeating their words again and again.

  34. Exodus 20:7 Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God. The Lord will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.

  35. 3 right ways to use God’s name

  36. Psalm 61:5 You have given me the blessings you reserve for those who reverence your name.

  37. 1 reverence God’s name continually

  38. Psalm 29:2 Honor the wonderful name of the Lord, and worship the Lord most holy and glorious.

  39. 2 represent God’s name clearly

  40. 2 Timothy 2:19 A person who calls himself a Christian should not be doing things that are wrong.

  41. 3 rely on God’s name completely

  42. Colossians 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

  43. Matthew 12:36 I promise you that on the day of judgment, everyone will have to account for every careless word they have spoken.

  44. Luke 6:45 The mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

  45. Habit 3: Take God Seriously

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