October 10 HC #100 – Jeremiah 7:28-34 God does protect His name. It is His name that can quickly stir the Lord up to action, and He will not let offenses against His name go unpunished for long. The people of Judah found that out when they were... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 9 HC #100 – II Kings 18:19-19:35 The Lord takes His name very seriously. We have seen how the Lord commanded that those who blasphemed His name were to be put to death under the OT law. Another incident is the Assyrians coming to besiege... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 8 HC #100 – Leviticus 24:15-16 How serious is taking the Lord’s name in vain? After all this is the one that is broken all the time. It is hard to find a movie that does not take the Lord’s name in vain and now it is breakable on TV shows... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 7 HC #99 – I Timothy 6:1 We don’t care so much about names anymore. It used to be that you were always told not to bring dishonor on the family name. You can watch old movies where a man’s good name was more important than riches. The... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 6 HC #99 – II Corinthians 9:1-15 (esp. 13) There is a positive side to every commandment. It is not just a list of things that are forbidden, but it also entails things that we ought to be doing. The Lord’s name is not to be taken lightly... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 5 HC #99 – James 5:12 The Third Commandment is about taking the Lord’s name in vain. Vain means lightly or making it light. So we are not to use the Lord’s name vainly. But it is really more than just His name. His attributes, His... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 4 HC #98 – II Peter 1:16-21 Not only are we simply to submit to the prohibition on images because we acknowledge that God’s thoughts are higher than our thoughts, but we must also recognize one other important point. God has given preaching... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 3 HC #98 – Isaiah 55:6-9 What about people who cannot read? Or the young children? Can’t pictures of God be used? What about just pictures of the second person of the Trinity Jesus? Can’t we use those? The answer is no. Jesus is God, thus,... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 2 HC #97 – Acts 17:24-25 God may not and cannot be imaged. It is not possible. You do not have the ability to image God. All images of Him are not enough and lie in some way. How can you image a Spirit? How can you image infinity? Perfect... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 1 HC #97 – II Kings 18:4 All images are they forbidden to us as Christians? The answer is no, but all images are forbidden of God, and images are not to be used in worship. You cannot serve God by these images, not matter where they come... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
