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                           A day without the presence of God, is a wasteful day

III. WE ARE TO REVERE THE NAME OF GOD. "HALLOWED BE THY NAME."

A. To honor someone we honor their name. Memorials: to Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson. A name identifies the person.

We are Baptist: That is a name. It traditionally means people who solely follow the Bible. The does not make us what we are but a name is taken to describe what something is.
Baptist: People who believe in immersion for baptism and follow the Bible alone as their sole authority for faith and practice.
Fundamentalist: We literally believe and follow the Bible and nothing else.
Independent: We recognize only the Lord Jesus as being the Head of the Church, the Bible our authority.

B. Thus we need to have a holy and reverent regard for the name of God.

1. Ten Commandments:

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. (Exodus 20:7)
2. Taking the Lord's name in vain means for that using it as a curse word.
The word mean literally "to make holy." That means it is to be set apart for God alone. Further the word is the opposite of the word "kionos" which means "common."
It is certainly disrespectful to refer to God as "the old man upstairs" or similar expression. God is not a man He is Almighty God! We should never use the name of God the Father, Christ or the Holy Spirit as slang.
To misuse God's name is to show disrespect for God. Christians who have experienced the New Birth and have surrendered to the Lord Jesus are grateful and thankful for their salvation. They should never use curse words, or slang or off color language. People who use such language are showing contempt for God.
This practice degrades them and they seriously harm their testimony. When you hear someone misusing God's name how does it impress you? You think little of them.
Would you curse in front of your father or mother? Why not?
It is sin to use the Lord's name in vain and is a symptom of a spiritual problem. Using God's name in vain is a blatant sin. It is not discerning the Body and Blood of Christ. (see 1 Cor. 11:29).

D. Praying is addressing God, who loves and cares for us greater that as an earthly father should who loves his child. Thus is would be totally improper not to show respect to God. Songs teach this and show the love of a child of God for their Lord and Savior.

"There is a name I love to hear, I love to sin its worth; it sounds like music to my ears the sweetest name on earth. Oh how I love Jesus, Oh how I love Jesus, sweetest name I know."
"Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, there is just something about that name. Sweetest name I know, Fills my every longing, Keeps me singing as I go."
"Jesus is the sweetest name I know, and I love Him so...."
"Jesus, the very thought of thee, with sweetness fills my beast."

IV. CONCLUSION:

1. I wonder is there someone hear today who would honestly say, "I really never seen the Lord in this way."

I have never really accepted Him as my Lord and as my Savior.
I do not know what it means to be thankful to God for forgiving my sins, because I never ask Him too.
2. Would be honest enough to say, I sorry Lord for the way I have acted toward you.
Would you please forgive me of my sins If you have never believed, repented of your sin would you pray now and ask God to give you eternal life? Would you do it now?

3. Church member. Do you revere the name of the Lord? Do you show proper respect?
Professing Christian? By your life and language do you show respect for the Lord and you testimony of Him before others.
If you have not it is sin and you ought now to confess it as such and ask forgiveness.

BE YE HOLY

Rise and Shine, There's Work to be Done

God did not save you so that you could just warm a pew bench on

Sundays. Oh no, dear friend. He saved you to have intimacy with Him and to work with Him in the beauty of His holiness. When He said, "Be ye holy" it was not a request, it was a command. And God doesn't command us to do anything that He won't empower us to do

Is your life counting for Jesus Christ? Is anybody impacted by your life? Have you led someone to Christ, or offered an encouraging word in the name of Jesus? Are you exercising your spiritual gifts? Is your lifestyle above reproach? How much time are you spending in front of the t.v. versus reading your Bible?

Read the Bible Everyday

Isaiah 55:10-11, For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

The Bible can be a challenge to read because the devil and his minions will do their best to keep you from it. Why is the devil so concerned about the Bible? It is the only offensive weapon listed in the armour of God (see Ephesians 6:10-20) . The Word of God is powerful and it will change your life inside out. Read it everyday no matter what. It must be a part of your life. Forget about self-help books and pity-party meetings, tune into Jesus through the Bible and do what He says.

Hebrews 4:12, For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner

What Kind of Fruit Do You Bear?

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Matthew 7:20

Jesus talked about two different types of fruit in Matthew 7:16-27--good fruit and bad fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit any more than an apple tree can bring forth pears. If you are a true believer in Jesus Christ, your life should show forth good fruit. GOOD FRUIT, I.E. GOOD WORKS, DO NOT SAVE YOU, BELIEF IN JESUS CHRIST DOES. But good works are the external result of knowing Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.

Below, there are two types of lifestyles--Spirit-filled and flesh-filled. When you examine your everyday lifestyle, which category do you operate in?

THE SPIRIT-FILLED

5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

THE FLESH-FILLED

5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

If you call yourself a Christian, I sincerely hope that you are in the first category. If you are in the second category and you claim to be a Christian, here's some counsel from the Bible:

Galatians 6:7, Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

If you are NOT a Christian and you feel that you are in the first category, you are still on your way to hell because you don't have forgiveness for your sins. No amount of good works will get you into heaven. God will only accept those who accept His Son and He will reject all who reject Jesus.

John 3:36, He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

Look at what God says about the good works of the natural man who tries to earn his way into heaven.

Isaiah 64:6, But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

God in You, the Hope of Glory

When a person gets saved, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost come to live inside of them. As a result, a Christian will bear Christ-like fruits. That's what Christ meant when He said that by their fruits shall ye know them. When you plant an apple seed, you get a tree that bears apples. When you plant Jesus Christ you get Christ-like fruits.

Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

1 John 1:6-7, If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Conversely, when a person is not saved, they bear Satan's fruit e.g., addiction, pride, idol-worship (of money, academic credentials, television, nature etc.), lust of the flesh, humanism, bad language, etc.

Through Christ, we have been reconciled to God.

II Corinthians 5:18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation.

If then, we have been reconciled unto God, we should be bringing forth God-like fruits:

II Peter 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

The Bible says to "give diligence to make your calling and election sure" (II Peter 1:10) and to work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. (Phillipians 2:12) You say that you believe? That's good, but according to James 2:19 "the devils also believe and tremble." The question is, "Have you been born again?"

“I, even I, am the Lord;

And there is no saviour beside Me.

“It is I who have declared and saved and proclaimed,

And there was no strange god among you;”

Isaiah 43:11-12