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Christian Asks- What does it mean to not use the Lord's name in vain? (Patreon)

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David B.

I think also--as Joy Davidman suggests in her book Smoke on the Mountain--the commandment forbids, as was common in the ancient world with pagan gods, misusing the sacred Name of the Lord to *make things happen* in a magic/spellcasting way. (This would be a major shift in approach to the divine in that context, and the fact that some Old Testament rules were in specific contrast/opposition to the pagan practices at the time seems to me to bear this out.) This also make me wonder, as Skye talks about in With, regarding trying to use God as a way to get what you want, about our approach to God now, looking at Him as a means to an end. Is the whole "name it and claim it"/prosperity gospel thing also kind of violating this commandment? (It's wrong, regardless, but it is also closer in spirit, I believe, to ritual magic than to trusting/loving/serving God, and while we are supposed to ask in Jesus' name and trust Him, we should always remember "not my will, but Thine be done.")