Question 61

Modern Adaptation

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Scriptural References

Malachi 1:6-7 (ESV)

⁶“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ ⁷By offering polluted food upon my altar. But you say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ By saying that the LORD’s table may be despised.

Leviticus 20:3 (ESV)

³I myself will set my face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given one of his children to Molech, to make my sanctuary unclean and to profane my holy name.

Leviticus 19:12 (ESV)

¹²You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

Matthew 5:34-37 (ESV)

³⁴But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, ³⁵or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. ³⁶And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. ³⁷Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.

Isaiah 52:5 (ESV)

⁵Now therefore what have I here,” declares the LORD, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail,” declares the LORD, “and continually all the day my name is despised.

Traditional Formulation

Question: What is forbidden in the third commandment?

Answer: The third commandment forbids all profaning and abusing of any thing whereby God makes Himself known.

Adaptation Commentary

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