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3rd Commandment: Do Not Carry the Name in Vain
Yeah, there's always opportunity.
BibleProject
3rd Commandment: Do Not Carry the Name in Vain
And then what do you really want in life?
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3rd Commandment: Do Not Carry the Name in Vain
A bunch of money or beautiful relationships?
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3rd Commandment: Do Not Carry the Name in Vain
This is a way to, especially someone you know really well, who you know who they can't stand or you know who they're afraid they're becoming like.
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3rd Commandment: Do Not Carry the Name in Vain
Is to then give them that name.
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3rd Commandment: Do Not Carry the Name in Vain
Yeah, that's using that person's name as a curse.
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3rd Commandment: Do Not Carry the Name in Vain
That's interesting.
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3rd Commandment: Do Not Carry the Name in Vain
We're saying name means reputation.
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3rd Commandment: Do Not Carry the Name in Vain
Name becomes a way to describe the whole.
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3rd Commandment: Do Not Carry the Name in Vain
God is in him.
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3rd Commandment: Do Not Carry the Name in Vain
But instead of saying, I am in him, he says, my name is in him.
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3rd Commandment: Do Not Carry the Name in Vain
My name is in him.
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3rd Commandment: Do Not Carry the Name in Vain
Not only is it a way to refer to your reputation, it's a way to just then talk about your very essence.
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3rd Commandment: Do Not Carry the Name in Vain
That's right.