What the Bible says about God's Reputation
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Exodus 20:7 The third commandment emphasizes the holy quality of His character and offices as identified by His names. His names reveal what He is. It is the Christian's responsibility to adorn and uphold the reputation and glory of all that those names imply. When we were regenerated, His Family name—God—became our Family name! We were baptized by the Spirit of God into that name. The third commandment therefore covers the quality of our witness in bearing that name. John W. Ritenbaugh The Fifth Commandment Related Topics: Bearing God's Name | Family Name, Honoring | God's Name | God's Names | God's Reputation | Honoring God's Family Name | Honoring God's Name | Name as Bearer's Reputation | Names of God | Quality of Witness | The Third Commandment | Third Commandment | Witness, Quality of

Psalm 18:1-3 David begins by declaring, "Fervently do I love you!" and then delivers a torrent of God's names, eight of them! He knew God's attributes as expressed by His names, trusted what they taught him, and conducted his life accordingly. By faith, he trusted God to intervene in the affairs of men. Paraphrased, the eight names are "strength," "foundation," "place of safety," "fountain," "deliverer," "my strong God," "defender," and "horn of my salvation." Consider what David did in light of a modern circumstance: When the car needs repair, we take it to the person who has the title ("auto mechanic") or name (reputation). We do not take it to the dentist. In like manner, we are to seek God in our need in areas in which He has revealed Himself to us as skilled and willing to help. However, where does that leave one who has not sought God and does not know what He can and will do or what He requires? John W. Ritenbaugh The Third Commandment Related Topics: Bearing God's Name | Deliverer | Foundation | Fountain | God's Attributes | God's Attributes as Multifaceted | God's Name | God's Name, Hallowing | God's Name, Honoring | God's Reputation | Place of Safety | Strength | The Third Commandment | Third Commandment

Isaiah 43:6-7 We who bear the name of God are witnesses that our God is God. What do our lives declare about God? If we who bear His name fail to live up to that name's reputation, we break the third commandment and profane the name of God. We hallow or profane God's name by our conduct, no matter what member of our body errs. This commandment tests the quality of our witness. It changes hypocrisy from merely "bearing false witness" to idolatry, for which God holds the offender guilty, for He sees what men may miss in judgment. John W. Ritenbaugh The Third Commandment (1997) Related Topics: Bearing False Witness | Bearing God's Name | God's Reputation | Hypocrisy | Idolatry | Name as Bearer's Reputation | Reputation | The Third Commandment | Witness

 

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