Today’s Daily Lesson comes from Exodus chapter 20 verse 7:
“You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.”
Last year my friend Pastor Michael Bell and a couple other clergy colleagues addressed the FWISD School Board regarding CRT and what — as Pastor Bell said — a “hobgoblin” it is.
Later in the meeting, someone on the opposite side of the CRT debate stood up to criticize us pastors for not mentioning the name Jesus in our remarks. My immediate reaction was to remember those in the Bible who said to Jesus, “Did we not do many things in your name.” Yes, they did; and Jesus wasn’t happy about it.
Blaspheme isn’t about using bad words. It’s about misusing good words.
Be careful what you say and do in the Lord’s name.
Ryon Price is Senior Pastor of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas.
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