You shall not take
the name of Yahweh
your God in vain.
(Exodus 20:7)
That is the third commandment—that we might misuse the gift of God’s Name; that we would drag it into our own agenda; that we might think we have some magic power at the utterance of the Divine Name; etc. Because of this, the old people of God, held the name in such awe that they couldn’t even speak the Name. Instead, they simply said “Lord” which is how we tend to translate it to this day: “Lord.”
In deference to our Jewish cousins in the Faith, and
partially because I think they may have a point, I try to be careful about
speaking the Divine Name. “Jesus” is our Divine Name. The very name, Greek for
Joshua; means, “YAH is salvation;” or “Yahweh is our Salvation.” That works:
If
you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that
God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. …The same Lord is Lord of all
and bestows his riches upon all who call upon him. (Romans 10:9–12)
Love, Papa
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