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Leviticus 19:12
Excerpted from: Extremes of IdolatryGod will not, according to them, respond to any name but the Hebrew ones—especially since the other names are names of "pagan" gods! This is the reasoning behind the doctrine. Leviticus 19:12 gives a restatement of the third commandment, what I would call the "dual sense" of the third commandment, and it is simply written.
This could very well be called a commentary on the third commandment. It expands things out to help us better understand what is meant by it. The dual sense, then, is that we are not to use God's name when swearing in a way that we do not mean. We often see, in the Old Testament, God's name being used in vows and swearing, but they were sincere and God upheld that, and that was fine. We also know that in the New Testament Jesus tells us to "swear not at all." So this has been changed somewhat and He does not want us to swear at all. He wants our "yes to be yes and our no to be no." There is no need for swearing because we can have the character of God in us and mean what we say.
The other sense of this commandment is the profaning of His name through speech and/or conduct. We are not to use God's name lightly in our speech. We are not to use it in any way that is going to bring dishonor to Him. And it also includes, then, our conduct. We are not to call ourselves "Christian" or "God's people" and then do things that are going to bring some sort of dishonor or infamy, by association, upon God. We are not to carry the name of Christ, we are not to carry the name of God, as part of our own identity, in a way that will dishonor God.
Leviticus 19:12
Excerpted from: The Holiness CodeThe first thing that should hit us is that very clearly this is the Third Commandment, so obviously this is still in effect. As a matter of fact this whole verse restates two of the major issues involved in the Third Commandment. 1) He tells them not to swear. That could go to cursings, euphemisms, anything out of our mouth that abuses God's name. That is the prima facie view of it. That is what is on its face. "You shall not take the name of the Lord God in vain," meaning you shall not speak God's name in a profane manner.
But the other part of the Third Commandment is that we can profane God's name through our actions, which this verse here says. "You shall not profane the name of your God in any way." It leaves it wide open. It is not just words. It can be deeds, actions.
Leviticus 19:9-12
Excerpted from: Thou Shall Love Thy NeighborWe are to be considerate of the poor that are around us. We may not have fields to glean, but we are to be concerned with those that are having a hard time. We should take notice of it and help them when we can.
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