The Third Commandment

The Third Commandment
Author: Mark V. Markov

When people get excited
And or happy
Many like to say
"Oh my God"
And or
"Oh my Lord"

Another proof
That God is good.
And even to so many
The feeling of goodness
The feeling of being very happy
Is associated
With the expression of
"Oh my God"
And or "Oh my Lord"

When we see
The third commandment
"Thou shall not use the Lord's name in vain"
Please remember
That the word Lord
And the word God
Are titles in reference to the Holy Trinity
The actual name is Yahweh
And Yeshua our Savior Jesus Christ,
Also the words Holy Spirit
Are as a name to us,
Holy and Sacred.

So it's very easy
To keep the third commandment
"Thou shall not use the Lord's name in vain"
Since when
You say
"Oh my God"
And or
"Oh my Lord"

You are not breaking the commandment.
Just don't use,
The actual name of the Lord your God in vain.

So if you say
"Oh my God"
And or "oh my Lord."
You are not,
Using the name of the Lord your God in vain.
But you are
Stating the title in reference to Elohim
A statement being associated with you,
Being happy, excited, amazed, or overwhelmed.

The emphasis is
It's not very hard
To keep that commandment
For everyone.
And for those
That say
"Oh my God"
And or "oh my Lord,"
In their life.

This is not to encourage
Everyone to say
Those expressions
Over and over

Yet, it is
To help explain
That just saying
"Oh my God"
And or "oh my Lord"
It is not using the Lord's name in vain.
So therefore
It is very easy
To keep the third commandment
"Thou shall not use the Lord's name in vain."

Exodus 20:1-21 (ESV)

The Ten Commandments

1 And God spoke all these words, saying,

2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

3 “You shall have no other gods before me.

4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

6 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

7 “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.

8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work,

10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates.

11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

13 “You shall not murder.

14 “You shall not commit adultery.

15 “You shall not steal.

16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

17 “You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.”

18 Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off

19 and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.”

20 Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin.”

21 The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.