To use God or Jesus Christ’s name in vain, is to empty the significance of His name and take away from His glory.
Vain means…having no real substance, value, importance, empty, void, and worthless. “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 ….has commanded, we do not take HIS name –in vain. This God, who is flippantly referred to in the “OMG” phrase, who came down in thunder, lightening, fire, a thick cloud of smoke and trumpet blasts…the One that the Israelietes trembled at, the One who sent the 10 plagues and the One who parted the red sea – the Great I AM… If we turn back to Exodus 19, we see these 10 commandments came to Moses in the midst of thunder, lightening, fire, a thick cloud of smoke and trumpet blasts! All the people in the camp trembled at the glory of God! The next 6 commandments refer to our relationship with each other:ĩ.) You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. The first 4 commandments refer to our relationship with God:ġ.) You shall have no other gods before Me.ģ.) You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.Ĥ.) Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. In Exodus 20, God gave us the ten commandments. Lol! So what’s the problem with the term “OMG”?
So my husband took a black sharpie marker and turned the O into a “heart” and the “MG” into “MY”.
I did not even notice the words “OMG Cake!” were on that flag. It’s in magazines, movies, on television, Facebook, Twitter, blogs…yes, Christian ones, at Christian conferences…on the platform and it even sneaked into our house on a shirt my daughter received as a Christmas gift.Īlexis wore this shirt (pictured above) to a church activity and when she returned home her brother looked right at her shirt and said, “Whoa! Why are you letting her wear that?”
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