Old Jerry

The meaning of “take the Lord’s name in vain” is that we use it as an ordinary word and we don’t give it any thought to when we use it. We are tempted to do that when we want are word to mean something. We will swear to God that we aren’t lying and that we are telling the truth. We tend to take our promises so lightly because we live in a world that if it isn’t in writing then it doesn’t mean anything. If people know that we are Christian and if we use these words then we are no different than the rest of the world.