Biblically speaking, names are important, which is why the Third Commandment is seemingly so harsh about prohibiting the taking of the Lord’s name in vain. However, this Commandment is often sorely misunderstood and oversimplified. In this week’s message, Pastor Sonny explains the deeper meaning of God’s Third Commandment in our ongoing series on Exodus.
The key to living a virtuous life is to orient ourselves to a “good” and perfect law giver first and trust that He and His laws are truly good, and then obedience will come. This leads us to the first two commandments.
Without a standard, without a judge, our society’s way of dealing with morality will only result in chaos and confusion, which will ultimately lead to our own destruction. This is why the first statement in the Ten Commandments is of utmost importance. As human beings, we need our morality to be grounded on something absolute […]
This week Pastor Sonny continues our study of the Book of Exodus by kicking off a mini-series on The Ten Commandments and what they mean for New Testament believers.
God is not Someone we can take casually. The Bible shows there is a danger in approaching God — we need to know Him first in all of His holiness and perfection before we can truly obey Him.