I don’t agree with the Jewish tradition of not pronouncing God’s personal name out loud. There are two reasons why. First, I don’t think its Scriptural. In the original Hebrew, God’s holy name is written over 6000 times in His Word. In addition, there are plenty of Scriptures where we are plainly commanded to call […]

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.”-Exodus 20:7 The 3rd Word is that we are to NOT take the Lord’s name in vain. And what is the Lord’s name? It is the tetragrammaton we know as YHVH. This is the perfect […]

“I, Adonai your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sins of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but displaying grace to the thousandth generation of those who love me and obey my commands.”-Exodus 20:5-6 In Exodus 20:5-6, when God speaks of punishing the children for the sins […]

“You are not to bow down to them or serve them; for I, Adonai your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sins of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.”-Exodus 20:5 When the Scripture says our Lord is a jealous God, honestly, this really rubs me the […]

You know, it just struck me this morning that there is another good and sound reason why the Lord forbids us from making any like image, symbol or any sort of representation of Him. Looking back through history, symbols have often been the cause of much anger, hatred and even wars. For example, think about […]