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“PRAISE THE LORD!
PRAISE THE NAME OF THE LORD;
PRAISE HIM, O YOU SERVANTS OF THE LORD!
YOU WHO STAND IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD,
IN THE COURTS OF THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD,
PRAISE THE LORD, FOR THE LORD IS GOOD;

SING PRAISES TO HIS NAME,
FOR IT IS PLEASANT.”

Ps. 135:1-3

The above is a demonstration of TRUTH. What is below is mere TRADITION.
What is stated above depicts acceptable acts of holiness and reverence for the
Almighty’s Name that are quite different from the strict man-made regulations of
handed-down traditions such as:

T 1. A name never to be spoken out loud.
R 2. A name never to be written by man.
A 3. A name never to be erased by man.
D 4. A name always to be substituted with generic but
authorized names for the Almighty that are to be
spoken in place of those forbidden to be verbalized.
I 5. A name to be purposely mispronounced or
T misspelled by changing certain letters to prevent the
I deadly sin of breaking the Third commandment of
O “taking the Name of the Lord in vain.”
N 6. A name to be printed as “G-d” or “L-rd”
lest “the name” be “taken in vain.”)

May we guard ourselves against such sanctimonious man-made rules of counterfeit
holiness! His sacred names were intended to be spoken, written, worshipped, and
even praised out loud by His people!
Notice in the regulations above, the frequent references to the danger of being guilty
of “taking the name of the Lord in vain.” The inference is toward speaking His name

irreverently, mispronouncing His name,
pronouncing forbidden holy names of the Almighty, etc.
This is NOT what it means to “take the name of the Lord in vain.”
Consider this quote from “The Institutes of Biblical Law” by R. J. Rushdooney:

“To take THE NAME OF THE LORD IN VAIN is to deny in reality
the only true God; it is the EMPTY PROFESSION of Him when our
lives and actions, and often every thought, possession, and every law-

sphere is alienated from God or blasphemously
ascribed to ourselves.” pg. 117

What is the heart of the 3rd Commandment? It is to take the
name “Christian” to ourselves, but then not to live out our
lives in a Christ-like manner! Such a one has “taken the Name
of the Lord in vain.” This commandment has nothing to do
with what we say with our mouths pertaining to His sacred
names, but rather is about how we live our lives for the One

whose name we bear! 23