Think It Over:
For further reflection personally, with a friend or with your
Community Group. If you are leading a group through this guide, don’t feel
like you have to answer every question. Pick out those questions that will stir
up conversation and action among your group.
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Ø How important is your name to you? Do you know what it means? Have you
every wished you had a different name? Why or why not?
Ø Read Exodus 20:7. The relationship between a name and a person was
much closer in Older Testament times than today. What do we learn from
the following verses? Isaiah 29:23; Ezekiel 36:23?
Ø What do the following passages tell us about God, His name and His
people? Exodus 3:13-17; Exodus 34:5-7
Ø What privileges are associated with God’s name in the following verses?
Genesis 4:26; Deuteronomy 18:19; Psalm 72:19; Isaiah 50:10
Ø What do you think it means or doesn’t mean to misuse the name of the
LORD your God (Exodus 20:7)?
Ø In New Testament times God is still concerned for the honor of his name
(John 12:28), and that his people should bring Him honor (1 Peter 2:9-12).
What are some of the ways we misuse it?
Ø Positively, Jesus teaches in the Lord’s Prayer that we should pray: Our
Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. What are some practical ways in
which we might use God’s name or wear His name well?
Making It Real: Read John 10:1-5. Describe what you see Jesus’
illustration pointing to. How does the fact Jesus knows your name affect your
knowing His name. In Philippians 3:8 Paul writes about knowing Christ by
experience. How can knowing Christ by experience touch the way you use His
name or wear His name?
RESPECT GOD’S NAME…
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“You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD
will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
Exodus 20:7 (NIV) page 52
Ü What misuse does not mean
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Let me tell you something: Every one of these careless words is
going to come back to haunt you. There will be a time of Reckoning.
Words are powerful; take them seriously.
Matthew 12:36 (Msg)
…I have lost all things. I consider them garbage (dog dung-Msg)…
Philippians 3:8 (NIV) page 819
Ü What misuse implies
Changing Your Mind: 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss
because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose
sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ
Philippians 3:8 (NIV) page 819
Ø We define His Name
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God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to
say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”
Exodus 3:14 (NIV) page 40
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Wearing God’s Name Well
Ø We own His Name
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“This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name (may your name be kept holy-NLT)
Matthew 6:9 (NIV) page 678
…The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.
Acts 11:26 (NIV) page 767
Acts 2:38 (NIV) page 759
Philippians 2:10 (NIV) page 819
Ü Where misuse can show up
1 Corinthians 10:31 (NIV) page 798
Ø Promises
þ Retrace your journey to
understand God’s greatness
Matthew 5:33-37 (NIV) page 678
Psalm 103:1–2 (NIV) page 417
Ø Pronouncements
þ Reveal Him to the
world as Christ did
Jeremiah 14:14 (NIV) page 534
The Lord told me
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“I have revealed you (I spelled out your character in
detail-Msg) to those whom you gave me…
John 17:6 (NIV) page 754
Matthew 24:36 (NIV) page 694
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Ø Pretenses
…it is his voice that the sheep recognize. He calls his own
sheep by name and leads them out of the fold…
John 10:3 (Phillips)
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“Knowing the correct password—saying ‘Master, Master,’ for
instance—isn’t going to get you anywhere with me. What is
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required is serious obedience—doing what my Father wills. I
can see it now—at the Final Judgment thousands strutting up to
me and saying, ‘Master, we preached the Message, we bashed
the demons, our God-sponsored projects had everyone talking.’
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And do you know what I am going to say? ‘You missed the
boat. All you did was use me to make yourselves important. You
don’t impress me one bit. You’re out of here.’
Matthew 7:21–23 (Msg)
Bottom Line:
God knows your name
do you really know His
Prayer: Lord, Enable me to represent You
well in every conversation and interaction