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1C — the object of worship 2C — the manner of worship 3C — the language of worship 4C — the time of worship

Outline 1. A Name with Restraints 2. A Name with Reverence 3. Lifting Up God’s Name

A Name with Restraints God guards how his name is spoken 
 by his people.

A Name with Restraints Three parts to the the third commandment: • The Action ‣ how one speaks about God ‣ how one speaks to God ‣ how one worships God ‣ how one lives for God

A Name with Restraints Three parts to the the third commandment • The Content ‣ When the people spoke about God, spoke to God, worshipped God, and lived for God, they were to do so so in a way that upheld the weight and worthiness of his name.

A Name with Restraints Three parts to the the third commandment • The Warning ‣ God will punish those who take his name lightly when they speak about him, speak to him, worship him, or live for him.

A Name with Reverence “What comes to our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” A. W . Tozer 
 The Knowledge of the Holy

A Name with Reverence God’s name refers to his person and his people. Isaiah 6:1-7 
 Philippians 2:5-11

Lifting Up God’s Name “…but we will walk in the name of the L ORD 
 our God forever and ever.” Micah 4:5, ESV

Lifting Up God’s Name • How we speak about God ‣ When God’s name, or any variation thereof, appears on our lips, our attitude in and content of conversation must bear the weight of his person.

Lifting Up God’s Name • How we speak to God • When we call upon the name of the L ORD our God in prayer, our first petition is hallowed be thy name.

Lifting Up God’s Name • How we worship God • When we gather for worship as a church our heart, mind, and body must be prepared to worship God with reverent joy.

Lifting Up God’s Name • How we live for God • Because we as Christians bear the name of Jesus we must take care that our actions reflect the name of Jesus.

Reverent Love “The purport of this Commandment is, that the majesty of the name of God is to be held sacred. In sum, therefore, it means, that we must not profane it by using it irreverently or contemptuously. This prohibition implies a corresponding precept, viz., that it be our study and care to treat his name with religious veneration…”

Reverent Love “…Wherefore it becomes us to regulate our minds and our tongues, so as never to think or speak of God and his mysteries without reverence and great soberness, and never, in estimating his works, to have any feeling towards him but one of deep veneration.” John Calvin, ICR, II.8.22