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-“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.
+“You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
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-** My Life ...**
+** Taking God Serious ...**
+There is a simple path to not misusing the name of the Lord. It is to fully take him serious. It is
+to get to know him, and then to live up to this knowledge.
+But how do you get to know God to do this? Are we not bound to misuse his name, if we use it at all?
+The New Testament paves a path to God, it is Jesus who is the door! When we come to him, when we get
+to know him, when we believe in him, we move along this path, we go through the door. Jesus, the son of
+God, he is God himself, who became human. He is the lamb of God, the holy one, the messiah, the
+annointed one. The holy spirit is living with him and in him. Jesus can be the one to relate to.
+He is the one we should believe in.
+When I talk about believing in Jesus, I think of it as a personal relationship. It is you alone, you
+with your thoughts, your emotions, your will, your heart, your decisions, who believes. It is a very
+intimate and personal thing. Of course, it is also a public matter, since you cannot believe and stay
+quiet about it. But the core of faith is in your heart! And with this type of serious faith, you
+will start to honor God, his presence and his holiness. You will honor his name and obey the second
+commandment.
 (Roland Potthast)
 [[http://www.jesusnetwork.eu/en/topics_collection_ix|... further texts]]
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