Saddens me seeing God - a God of love - being taunted, mocked, and even cursed in something as petty as some of these comments. Thank You for Your mercy and forgive them, please, for they know not what they do. Galations 6:7 - Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
When I say God Damn it I am an athiest so I say sorry and that I am not saying it to god I am Just saying it as a normal word so to me theres 2 meanings of God
not everyone seems to care about something you believe in. no one is forced to give you respect for it either, and if that bothers you go sit in the corner with the SJW's and everyone that doesn't like it.
Jehovah is also the God of Truth. What's difficult and frustrating is that truth can be subjective. Human's truth is based on our (very limited) senses. But Jehovah's is ALL, so Jehovah's truth is thee truth. Truth can be just as complex as untruths. It's so mind-boggling.
Just to be clear, God does forgive people who have done evil in His name, if they repent and believe. King Nebuchadnezzar and the apostle Paul are two examples of this. The adversary will surely love us to beleive that God cannot forgive you. Yah is simply saying that you will incur guilt for using His name in vain. Proverbs 28:13--"He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion."
This is technically incorrect. While committing evil in the name of God is indeed a GRIEVOUS sin, it is not the worst sin. Mr. Prager incorrectly interprets "will not hold guiltless" to mean "will not forgive". This is simply untrue as God does not hold guiltless anyman who breaks ANY of his commandments, not just this one. We are guilty when we commit sin, but the whole point of forgiveness is to take away guilt. In fact, the worst sin is the sin against the Holy Spirit in which a person willingly rejects the mercy of God. This is the only sin that cannot be forgiven because the person is unwilling to accept forgiveness.
+DeusVult! Excellent point, but that does not take away from the fact that there are constant debates on the worst sin, and here he explained why. Still, if you commit sins in God's name then it's not a single simple sin. You're adding a double sin, so to speak. One, you're lying about God, in demonstrates that he tolerates such evil then you're committing the act of whatever sin it is. I know it sounds child like as I'm not as eloquent as some. Still, I understand his view on it and yours as well.
deanpetrow No, there are two aspects to sin. Guilt and temporal damage. Guilt means that the sin is held against you in heaven and can possibly exclude you from heaven given it is a mortal sin. Temporal damage are effects caused by you sinning. "Mending the wound made by sin" would be correcting the temporal effects. For example, lets say a commit murder. If I am truly sorry for the sin and confess it to a priest acting in the person of Christ, the sin is no longer held against me and I am returned to God's friendship. If I were to die then, I would eventually after purgatory be welcomed into the kingdom. However, after the confession, I may be restored to God's friendship, but the priest may say 'okay now turn yourself in" because I must still make up in justice for the temporal effects of my sin.
I may not be the best educated in this topic, I would like to point out how the average person defines forgiveness. When your child lies to you, as a example, you may forgive them and still love them. That's doesn't mean they are not guilty of the lie or that wounds are mended, it just means that you, as a parent, are willing to look past the lie and continue to love. Of course, you will always take more caution when it comes to their words later on, but you still forgave them.
Prager misses the point. The third commandment is making a broad application. Both are correct. Saying the Lord's name in vain, or bringing God's name down to our level is saying/carrying it vain. Prager is correct in saying that a person who carries God's name to do evil violates it. Praise God that Jesus fulfilled the law. We can be guiltless of our sin, because Christ died nailing to the cross. Whosoever believes.
@ekimshield You have likely lied, cheated, or stolen in your lifetime, for all of us are guilty under sin. Lucky for you God grants you the free will to accept him. If you do his blood will cleanse your sin. Whosoever believes on the Lord Jesus Christ will be saved.
This has been one of the misunderstood parts of the entire Bible and it is has been very helpful for me to have had this explained to me like it has here
I have watched this video several times as well the marathon on the Ten Commandments. This one truly caught my attention because I am a Christian and have taken on the name of Christ - I carry his name. I came to realize that almost anything I do that is sinful, discredits the name I carry. This is a personal and individual realization. Noted that the Lord will forgive when we repent (change). He is merciful as well as just.
Prager: If everyone followed the Ten Commandments, the world would be a much better place. Angry Commenters: Hurr, Hitler said he was a Christian, so God must by evil! Prager: God told us that committing evil acts in his name is one of the worst sins imaginable. Angry Commenters: Some people still commit evil acts in God's name, so God must be evil! Come on guys, I don't watch a thunderf00t video and then try to start asinine arguments in the comments. Let's try to have a little civil discourse here. Maybe we might learn something? Also, cheers to the amiable non-Christians in the comments. It's good to see that not everybody in the atheist camp is an angry fedora, and that a lot are actually willing to have calm, reasoned discussions.
Rape, slavery, and torture are none of the commandments (and are in fact promoted by God in Deuteronomy). If everyone followed the ten commandments (and no human law), the world would be a WORSE place. As is evidence in the previous world run by Christians... The dark ages, where heretics, "witches", blasphemers, and other innocent people were burned to death and tortured horribly for doing literally nothing wrong. Oh and let's not forget the crusades. All under the approval of the pope, the vessel of God.
Balgore8 where did God promote rape, there is a verse condemning it. “But if in the open country a man meets a young woman and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die. 26 But you shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no offense punishable by death. For this case is like that of a man attacking and murdering his neighbor, 27 because he met her in the open country, and though the young woman cried for help there was no one to rescue her. It's official you haven't read the bible
***** So because it was normal in xxxBC, God didn't think to write ANYTHING forward-thinking (morally) beyond the times in which the books were written? The fact that it was normal at the time, and is now so obviously NOT normal, should PROVE to you how ridiculous those books are, and how they matter-of-factly cannot be written by an omniscient being.
***** That's the dumbest thing I have ever heard of. God directly condoned it and wrote passages about how to treat your slave. Why the hell would any omniscient, moral, and all-loving being ever do such a thing? Yeah so what, slavery is a huge part of human history, and still exists today, that doesn't make it right, or acceptable, or acceptable that God condoned it a long time ago. Think outside the box, there is nothing in the bible that ANY person of the time could not have written or known about. It's all full of stolen myths, pegan legends, and medieval ideologies.
Wayne Ekeh Though I could easily tear apart those passages and interpret them literally (which allows rape in almost every other circumstance where it exists), giving you the benefit of the doubt on this one, and since you reasonably replied, I will pass on rape, and move on to slavery. There are many passages directly condoning slavery, and how to treat your slave. As well as many passages where God committed genocide on entire towns, including the babies and children. Etc. Regardless of how you justify this, or rational it in your mind, if there is a God, I do not wish to believe he is that short-sighted and morally weak to write a book so full of garbage ethics and actions. And if that is the one true God, I definitely choose not to follow him.
Even if the Bible is the perfect word of God, this video demonstrates that it was translated by imperfect human beings so any English version of the Bible cannot be called perfect.
I have never heard anyone say that a translation of the Bible is "perfect" -- that's why there are different translations, putting the Hebrew and Greek (after ongoing study of those languages) into the language of the day. "Take," as described above, is the 1611 King James Version, when "to take someone's name" (e.g. wife taking the husband's name) meant more than it does today. It is important, then, that not only is the Bible read, but also studied, using commentaries, dictionaries, and study guides as well. All my humble opinion.
Joe Fairchild They say the Bible is perfect and most people read the Bible in their own language. True you can study the Bible in Greek and Hebrew but when most people use the term Bible they mean in their language of choice. People cite the Bible and then say it's indisputable because it's perfect. They cite it in their own first language without reference to the Hebrew NT or the Greek OT. Even the NT in Koine Greek is a translation because Jesus spoke in Aramaic, not Koine Greek. So even if you can read ancient languages it is impossible for you to read Jesus' words without using a translation. I agree that commentaries, dictionaries and study guides are very useful but as these were written by imperfect man they cannot make an imperfect translation perfect.
***** I'm not saying people shouldn't have access to the Bible in their own language, to learn Greek and Hebrew is fine for priests but inconvenient for normal people. I'm just saying it' is wrong to call anything made by the hand of man perfect. That includes your Bible.
"I tell you the truth, all sin and blasphemy can be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven. This is a sin with eternal consequences." - Mark 3:28-29 NLT. "I tell you the truth, everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, the Son of Man will also acknowledge in the presence of God’s angels. But anyone who denies me here on earth will be denied before God’s angels. Anyone who speaks against the Son of Man can be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven." Luke 12:8-10 NLT. Love PragerU but this video is in error because it contradicts the word of God and God's word does not contradict itself. That or I misunderstood or missed something. To some up the "UNFORGIVABLE SIN" - basically it is a settled disposition of life (lifestyle) that rejects the testimony of the Holy Spirit regarding Jesus. Even if someone has intentionally said such things, they can still repent and prevent a settled rejection of Jesus. The way to not blaspheme the Holy Spirit is to receive Jesus Christ, and to put one’s loving trust upon Him today. It means to stop rejecting the work of the Holy Spirit in bringing us to Jesus.
@@samuelcarver1343 I have changed my position on this after speaking to another brother, studying and asking God for wisdom (meaning I was wrong originally). to blaspheme the Holy Spirit is to call the work of the Holy Spirit the work of the devil. Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is found in different places, but Mark 3:20-30 in my opinion is the clearest.
@@samuelcarver1343 well good news. I found that brothers write up on it for you praise God. I believe it will bring you good news. "“Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come” (Matt. 12:31-32). The primary subject of these verses is the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, also known as the unforgivable sin, since Jesus said that this was the one sin that would not be forgiven. There are four views on what the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is: 1. You permanently reject the testimony of the Holy Spirit concerning Jesus Christ. This is blasphemy because in essence you are calling the Holy Spirit a liar. 2. The work of the Holy Spirit is to lead you to Jesus Christ. Hence, you blaspheme the Holy Spirit when you die without receiving Jesus Christ as your Savior. 3. We do not know what the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is since Jesus did not specify what it is. 4. You blaspheme the Holy Spirit when you say (out of an evil heart, not out of ignorance) that the work of the Holy Spirit is in fact the work of Satan or of a demon. As we study this passage, we will determine which of these views is correct. However, let me say up front that this is not a salvation issue. You will not lose your salvation if you believe any of these views. Before we get into the study, let me say this about view number 1. That view is based on John 15:26: “But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.” But John is also the one who said that if we do not believe in Jesus, we are rejecting the testimony, not of the Holy Spirit, but of the Father and we are calling the Father a liar (1 John 5:9-12). That is because the testimony which the Holy Spirit gives of Jesus came from the Father. So those who reject the testimony of the Holy Spirit are not blaspheming the Spirit but the Father. And Jesus said that every blasphemy (including blasphemy of the Father) will be forgiven. Let us begin with verse 31. Jesus said, “Every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men,” which raises the question, “When are sins forgiven: before or after death?” Heb. 9:27 says, “It is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment.” Rev. 20:13 says that the unbelieving dead will be judged according to their works on Judgment Day. If God says to a man on Judgment Day, “You are guilty of murder,” can that man then say, “You’re right, God. What I did was wrong. Will you forgive me?” No. Once a person dies, all unforgiven sins become unforgivable. Sins can be forgiven only before death. So, if a person commits the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit when he or she dies, why would Jesus single that one sin out as unforgivable if all sins become unforgivable upon death? What he is saying is that the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is the one sin that becomes unforgivable before we die. To better understand what the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is, we need to know the definition of blasphemy. The Greek word for blasphemy in verse 31 is blasphemia (bla-sfā-mē’-a), from which we get our English word. It is ultimately derived from a combination of two other Greek words: blapto, which means “to injure,” and pheme (fā’-mā), from which we get our word “fame” and which means “news, report.” So blasphemia literally means “an injurious report.” Thayer’s Greek Lexicon defines it as “slander, speech injurious to another’s good name.” It is possible to blaspheme (speak slanderously against) beings other than God (which is what Michael the archangel refused to do concerning Satan in Jude 9), but in the New Testament, blasphemy is usually directed to God. The point is that blasphemy is spoken. In verse 32, Jesus says, “Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him.” Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is speaking against the Holy Spirit. When we place verses 31 and 32 in context and look at what follows (verses 33-37), we see that Jesus is still talking about speaking. He calls the Pharisees a “brood of vipers,” and then says, “How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” We must remember that verses 31 and 32 are part of a speech Jesus gives in verses 25-37. And what prompted that speech? The Pharisees said something. Most of this story is repeated in Luke 11:14-26. Luke left out the part about the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, but, according to Luke, Jesus did bring it up later, in Luke 12:1-12. Notice that in the context Jesus is again talking about speaking (“whoever confesses Me,” “anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man,” “do not worry about...what you should say”). Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is spoken. So what did the Pharisees say that prompted Jesus’ speech in Matthew 12? In v. 22, Jesus healed a blind and mute man who was demon-possessed, presumably by casting the demon out. The multitudes in v. 23 offered an explanation for this miracle: “Could this be the Son of David?” The Pharisees could not accept this, so they offered an alternative explanation, in essence an argument to refute the multitudes’ explanation: “This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.” Jesus cast out the demon by the power of the Holy Spirit, but what the Pharisees said was that Jesus actually cast out the demon by the power of Satan. This is what prompted Jesus’ speech. Jesus’ speech consists of five rebuttals to the Pharisees’ argument. The first rebuttal is, if I am casting demons out by the power of Satan, then Satan’s kingdom is divided, which means it cannot stand. The second rebuttal is, if I am casting demons out by the power of Satan, then your exorcists must be casting demons out by Satan’s power as well. The third rebuttal is, “if (a better translation would be “since”) I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.” In other words, the fact that I am casting demons out by the power of the Spirit is evidence that you are witnessing, not Satan warring against his own kingdom, but the kingdom of God warring against Satan’s kingdom (v. 28). And I could not have cast out this demon unless I had first overcome “the strong man,” Satan himself (v. 29), which means that I am winning. So you had better join my side (v. 30) because if you are not with me, then you are against me. The fourth rebuttal is, “Therefore,” since all of the above is true, since I am in fact casting the demons out by the power of the Holy Spirit, you had better be careful what you say, because if you pursue this line of argumentation, you will blaspheme the Holy Spirit, which is unforgivable. You can say what you want against me, but don’t you dare blaspheme the Holy Spirit. The fifth rebuttal is, your argument comes from an evil heart. So repent, because you will be judged for everything you say. In context, therefore, Jesus brings up the subject of the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit because he is answering the Pharisees’ argument that he is casting out demons by the power of Satan. Mark also records this argument between the Pharisees and Jesus in Mark 3:22-30 and he specifically says that Jesus brought up the subject of the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit “because they said, ‘He has an unclean spirit.’” So view 4 is the correct understanding of what the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is. This means that when the Holy Spirit performs a miracle, a blasphemer would say that the miracle was performed by Satan. A born-again Christian who is filled with the Holy Spirit would not blaspheme the Holy Spirit. Only a person with an evil heart who is in outright rebellion against God (like the Pharisees) would be capable of doing this. But this is also why we do not want an evil heart of unbelief to rise up within us or in our fellow believers (Heb. 3:12-13). We want to stay as far away from this as we can.
So in response, the Pharisees actually did it, but Jesus explained to them what they did and He warned them against doing it. If doing it out of ignorance was a final judgment, then there would be no need for a warning. Now that you know/ understand, you'll only do it if you wanted to harm God by saying it. That's when you have done it, and you will not be forgiven. After learning what it is and being born again, a Christian will never do that. Be encouraged by this. Thanks for reaching out. I'll keep you lifted up in prayer. Let me know if there's anything else I can try and help you understand.
Sir the NT makes it very clear the unforgivable sin is to blaspheme Holy Spirit harden your heart against God and never soften it Also true repentance from any sin will receive Gods forgiveness but we can never confuse forgiveness and responsibility ALL sin has consequences whether it's jail or loss of family trust or friends BUT you can know God forgives and FORGETS so whatever the sin you must forgive yourself
@@InitialPC No it's not. Committing evil in the name of God is not forgivable. But if you say words by accident that evoke His name, it's not somthing to stress out over. But you shouldn't go arround doing that nevertheless.
I'm very angry that I never learned the 'right' version of this commandment. I left the church before I studied the commandments themselves in depth, and I didn't study them much when I was an atheist. But lately I've been working on building my own belief system, and I've been really surprised with the bible. It's quite beautiful, but very dense. But the wording is especially fascinating to me. It's so direct and blunt that it can be hard to realize how much it's really saying. Something as simple as god saying "I am that I am" to moses is absolutely MAGNIFICENT. So brilliant it actually makes me think it WAS divinely inspired. But I always assumed this one meant using god as a curse. I thought it was stupid. And then today I'm studying the commandments, and lo and behold, it's actually an incredibly good commandment to have. And I do have a hard time imagining god giving a shit about how we use his name in common talk. If he did, that would just get us overly fixated on the 'right language' for god (even more then we've had), and god cares a lot about freedom, including the freedom of speech. I mean, ffs, jesus was killed for 'blasphemy', that's literally just speech suppression.
In Martin Luther's Small Catechism, his explanation to this commandment says: "We should fear and love God so that we do not curse, swear, use satanic arts, lie or deceive by His name, but call upon it in every trouble, pray, praise and give thanks." The "cursing and swearing" are evils done in God's name; more than simple slips of the tongue. All brings dishonor on the Name of the Lord.
Stealing an office item is not as bad as murder... But it's enough to send you to hell. I believe that's what people mean when they say "a sin is a sin", PragerU. And because we all sin, we all deserve hell, and need a saviour. That's the core of Christianity.
Anonymous71475 I find it hilarious... because the Jews don’t even believe in Hell. Others on the other hand don’t even believe in Christ... so according your twisted logic: they will go to hell
How do you go from "will not hold guiltless" to "will never forgive"? I'm pretty sure that "will not hold guiltless" simply means that it's a sin. Just like any other sin, we will not be held guiltless unless we repent. Also, I doubt your interpretation of the translation "carry" or "misuse" excludes utterances of God's name. In fact, I believe it was the primary point of the commandment. That being said, of course, committing an act of crime or sin in the name of God or religion is still very bad. The condemnation of such is still in the spirit of this commandment.
I completely agree. While "misusing God's name for evil" may be a part of what God meant by the third commandment, I still think the traditional interpretation is also applicable.
Taken from Mark, chapter 3: "'Assuredly, I [Jesus] say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they may utter; but he who blasphemes with the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation;’ because they said, ‘He has an unclean spirit.’" Jesus was addressing the Pharisees who had renounced him and were using their religious authority to convince the congregation that Jesus was of the devil. Furthermore, in Matthew 12:31-32: "'Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.'" Wherein the Son of Man is the external presence and works of God, and the Holy Spirit is that power of God within the souls of men. By an interpretation, those who would use the power of God which they possess in themselves to do evil have done something unforgivable--far worse than simply renouncing the Lord. Hope that helps.
David Ripplinger I think because the original hebrew has been used in other instances and examples, wherein we can deduce that when this term is used in the bible, it means "will never forgive." You're talking about translations from another language after all, and there are words in English that the Hebrew cannot quite express to Hebrew-readers the full weight that that same term carries in English, so surely you might be able to relate. To pick apart this video based on Prager's talk without correcting Prager's Hebrew or offering up insight from how "will never forgive," is used elsewhere in the text, may mean that you probably don't know hebrew or have scholarship of the bible in hebrew on this particular feature? Lastly, you can't make up your own interpretation of the text based on the yearnings of your heart or your ego and project what you want the text to say, unto the text, if the text doesn't say that. It blatantly states "carry" and not "say."
Jamie Rice But that english translation is just making an attempt to translate the Hebrew. If the Hebrew means "Carry," then the accurate translation is "Carry." There was an old english translation done in the 1950's by American pastors and Oxford scholars, that accurately use the word "Carry." Unfortunately, that translation does not account for most of the bibles that people use today.
MarketAndChurch You bring up a good point. I'm not familiar at all with Hebrew, so I personally can't know for sure exactly what the original text meant, and often times in translation there are either mistakes or there is no possible one-to-one correspondence. I admit I'm not absolutely certain in my analysis of Prager's interpretation.
this channel is one of the best things I've come across equal to or better than any other educational Chanel. this coming from a devout believer as a Muslim. The minute i accepted religion and specifically islam i did for the exact reasons for what most of this channel says. its is the science if you want to say of people society ad peace. if a person wholeheartedly believes and live his life by the belief and submission in god and follows these simple all accompassing rules we would have peace but deviations at every level, business, you see the problem fractional banking, introduction of interest, and general modern sophisticated usury. mass amounts of wealth is transferred wothout actual consentual trade taking place. ineterst charged at every level of life, complicated securities and derivatives, inflation as decisions that take place at the top slowly whither away wealth or in actuallity transfer it slowly. if people look at the whole people its because the modern economic system is created out of fear and greed. we allow interest because it stimulates lending and allows businesses to flourish. slowly as will happen when usury where people can make money of of others misfortune or opportunism without traded for an actual good or contribute in any way in a good being manufactured consumed or any service being provided. the greedy want more and more. you can charge interest in ammortized periods, allowing banks to lend more than they have and that multiple gets bigger because you want more and more. this causes massive speculation and a fake economy being built which eventually destroys itself out of greed and money tranffered from the people who create real wealth to people who do not. step back this is all because of USURY. all the personal sins that causes the family unit to beak down. childern, parents, grandparents suffer because they dont give each other the rights they should. etc etc.people carrying out evil in gods name to consolidate their power or expand their wealth. and sadly this misuse of gods name has caused billions in history to abandon god and good and go off path. by the brahmas in hinduism, the catholic church quarter century ago and the extremists in islam as we speak. satan knows how to lead us away from whats right and this is one of the worst sins people scumb to. if people remeber god in every decision we made at every level the world would be a better place and people dong bad things in the name of god has one of the worst effects on society. not only through their misdeeds and destruction but worse people being misguided.
Saying OMG by accident is not somthing to worry about. However; If people use the name of the lord or christ as an expletive for no reason at all;, you need to stop and repent. But people grive the Holy Ghost in more ways then by words alone.
Halleluyah! I love this man. God bless u sir. Plenty love from Nigeria. I've always tried to understand what the third commandment meant. I now understand with absolute clarity. Carrying the name of the Lord in vain simply means doing abominable things in the name of God. This is a powerful revelation.
Thank you, sir, for saying the God of Jews/Judaism and Christians. We have our differences in our understanding of His revelation, He is the same living God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Thank you.
I as a christian, though, would like to add that since Jesus died for our sins, even this sin can be forgiven if you have accepted Jesus as your savior.
If one accepts Christ as his savior, then why commit evil in Jesus' name? Or the Father's name? Or in the Holy Spirit's name? You cannot confess Jesus is Lord while committing heinous evil deeds. In His name no less. Reprehensible.
+TaRoya Hollis To blaspheme to Holy Spirit isn't to simply say "Holy cow!" or any variation thereof, to blaspheme to Holy Spirit is to die unacceptable of Christ and die in sin. Basically, if you've died without accepting Christ as your savior, that is the unforgivable sin.
Dennis I never thought I could teach you something, this is a shock to me and I hope you don't mind. My mothers family used "Carry" where we would use "Take". My Aunt would say to my Father, "Carl after dinner would you carry me downtown?" I looked "Take" up online and it does say carry. Maybe the problem isn't the kjv translation but us, the translators. Love your work Dennis, your one of the Greatest Teachers I have ever known. Thank You 🌈
I believe the worst sin is blasphemising against the holy spirit. Now, everything you did say does go against it. Which is why I sorta agree and disagree.
Rosa Hernandez I'm not sure about you, but I was raised with the premise that God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Ghost/Spirit are all part of one and the same. God is God. Jesus is the human embodiment of God. The Holy Spirit is the essence of God-- the wisdom, the teachings, that which calls people to do God's work. Therefore, wrongdoing in the name of any of the three is the same sin.
David Howard "god is god. God's name is not god. His name is YaHWeH (he WHO he is) (YHWH) יהוה. Don't use his name in vain exodus 20:7 you must not misuse the name of the LORD your God.
awesome fnaf man9000 I never said God's name is "God", only that God is God-- A statement that is reflected in any translation of "YHWH", be it Yahweh, Jehovah, or I Am... All of which is beside the point, and the video explains why.
Thank you Mr. Prager for a very interesting perspective. I had not understood the third commandment that way but I must admit that it makes a lot more sense the way you explained it.
In the Bible Pilot (i believe it is) and the rest of the Jews in the New Testiment eventually admitted to being wrong when they realized that Jesus IS God and were wrongly accusing the Diciples of Idolotry. So I think that God can still forgive if you WANT to be and sincerly not do great in evil in His name before you die.
I learned (for reasons I won't get into) that committing Idol Worship and breaking the Sabbath are the worst sins because by doing one or the other, it is as if you did all sins. Also, I learned that this was referring to swearing by God's name falsely (especially in court) or swearing by God's name (especially in court) on something obvious.
I use the GNT version of the bible, and its words for commandment three are "Do not use my name for evil purposes, for I, the Lord your God, will punish anyone who misuses my name." This makes so much more sense than the saying-God's-name-in-vain misunderstanding that has been rampant for decades.
I wrote about “The Greater Sin” in a Deacon Digest a while back. In it I quoted Mark 3:28-29 “Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin.” Dr. Prager states the worst sin is “Committing Evil in God’s name,” and that his proof is Exodus 20:7 “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.” He also states that this commandment is the only one that states that “God will not forgive a person who violates the commandment.” His argument is that the word “guiltless” means “will not forgive.” The more I thought about it the more I wondered that if that were true, that would mean that by taking God’s name in vain you’re also blaspheming the Holy Spirit. It can be argued, I guess, that when you take the Lords name in vane your blaspheming the Holy Spirit too since they are the same person. My question is, would that be a stretch? Was I wrong in my Digest or is Dr. Prager wrong with his interpretation, or are we both right?
Hmmm. I disagree with this, solely because if you are indeed a Christian and if you are indeed saved, you can't commit evil in God's name. It's just not possible. The Holy Spirit will not allow you. People today define Christianity as something it is not: the simple belief in God. Just because you believe there is a God does not mean you'll go to Heaven. In fact, if that's all you do, you will not go to Heaven. You must accept Jesus, since he is the ONLY way to Heaven. Once you accept him, there is no losing your faith or salvation, it's impossible, and any sins that God will not forgive are impossible for you to commit. You just won't be able to do them. It's a hard concept to understand until you are saved yourself and feel the Holy Spirit inside of you.
+David Anders Yeah this is an interesting point you have, I think what the unforgivable sin might be more is for the people who did not truly devote themselves to being saved and commit evil in God's name, that's when this comes into play because as authentic Christians the Holy Spirit moves us to just never do this, seeing God used in vain wrenches my heart.
Well we are all bound to sin. It says in the Bible all fall short to to the glory of God. We are LIVING in it. We sin everyday. Because this world is corrupt and evil and there is only 1 way to heaven and that is from jesus. It doesn’t mean we won’t still sin…but the best we can do is stay close to him and walk this life with him.
God and Jesus forgive you and all other people for everything, unfortunately difficult for someone, but as long people pray for forgiveness and want to come back to God
While this video may have had very good intentions, I think someone forgot to check their Bible during the planning. There IS an unforgivable sin; Jesus spoke very specifically about it. "All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men," Matthew 12:31. As has been pointed out already, your explanation of the third commandment does not rule out the traditional interpretation. I believe that both meanings have their place in Scripture.
Taken from Mark, chapter 3: "'Assuredly, I [Jesus] say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they may utter; but he who blasphemes with the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation;’ because they said, ‘He has an unclean spirit.’" Jesus was addressing the Pharisees who had renounced him and were using their religious authority to convince the congregation that Jesus was of the devil. Furthermore, in Matthew 12:31-32: "'Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.'" Wherein the Son of Man is the external presence and works of God, and the Holy Spirit is that power of God within the souls of men. By an interpretation, those who would use the power of God which they possess in themselves to do evil have done something unforgivable--far worse than simply renouncing the Lord. Hope that helps.
I don't think you fully understand though. It doesn't matter what the bible says. It matters how it is understood. And that is why Dennis is doing this clarification. To set the record straight that saying "God, I had a rough day at work," is not what this law is talking about. Translations into the Greek and English have not been true to the original, which is carrying the lords name in vain.
If the bible says one thing, but most Christians misinterpret it to mean another, then we have very real problems on our hands that needs immediate clarification so that we can best live out the 10 commandments and be as authentic to it as possible.
It just crossed my mind that when Jesus says the Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, He just does an application of this commandment, so basically He doesn´t add another unforgivable sin.
I think this can be applicable to things that don't explicitly refer to god, even if committed by an known atheist. That is, doing evil in the name of "the greater good". Or following the concept that the ends justify the means. Joseph Stalin believed that murdering, torturing, starving, and/or enslaving people were good things to do, because he believed that somehow that would result in the whole world becoming a paradise on Earth for everyone. Convincing others that doing evil is actually a good thing, breaks down morality, and ultimately leads to hell existing on Earth.
I see a problem with this video's example explanation. The god Muslim's serve, "Allah", is in fact a different one than God, who the Christians & Jews serve. (That is Jews who have accepted Jesus as the Christ, & not simply a prophet/teacher.) Also "blaspheming against the Holy Spirit" is an unforgivable sin (Mark 3:29).
doing evil in gods name is blaspheming against the holy spirit also, what about the killings caused by christians in the old days like the witch trials claiming to kill defenseless people in the name of god thereby murdering in the name of god i think the quran follows the same rules stated here
they are not innocent, & were hypocrites. However, I believe "blaspheming the Holy Spirit" to be a little different than this. I literally mean the person of the Holy Spirit. So like someone saying that a work of the Holy Spirit is from the Devil.
Jake Kamps Entirely agree since between muslim and christian there is a fundamental difference in beliefs especially as the nature of jesus himself. Where we believe him as a mortal man and christian believe him as divine. Even in the term of language, Allah refers only to one being, a word with only singular noun in arabic so totally unsuitable for the trinity concept in christianity. Not to start any inter-religion debate but acknowledging the god of one religion is equal to accepting the authority of its teachings....which is bad call even among monotheism when each have conflicts in their basic beliefs. I really like his discussion and insight on morality of the commandments but professionally he should not have touched any other religion as example which is beyond the context christian religion...to be relevant he should have used a christian historical figure as example....maybe the borgia pope perhaps...if their historical tv series are anywhere accurate, it is a very good example of carrying the name of god in vain....or maybe the crusaders who instead of going to the holy lands, pillaged the Byzantine city of Constantinople.
I am a Christian and I agree with about everything Mr Prager says about this. I believe this has a parallel with Christ's teaching about blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
Here's two more on the unforgivable sins, Matthew 12:31-32 (NKJV) The Unpardonable Sin 31 “Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. 32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come. Mark 3:29-30 (NKJV) 29 but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation”- 30 because they said, “He has an unclean spirit.” The Peril of Not Progressing (Losing salvation) Hebrews 6:4-6 (NKJV) 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.
I am a Muslim,and I find this to actually be a really fair assessment of why ISIS is one of the most evil groups we have out in the world. I pray that the light of Islam can shine harder than is has in the past and that with Gods will we can bring and end to the cancer that is ISIS. I would also just like to point out, that since 9/11 a lot of people have become Muslim as well, and become upstanding individuals when they were formerly not. That is a valid piece of perspective that I feel was not in this video
BintAlHaq Well, Mr Prager is a Christian (evidently) and doesn't study trends in Islam, it seems. But I thank you for sharing it with us in the comments!
This video forgot to include that teaching God needs our money or that He wants us to pay or give money to the so called ministers is a misuse of His Name. Because there is no such verse in the Bible, in fact the Bible teaches the opposite - a very grave sin!!!
Mark 3:20-35 Tells what the unpardonable sin is. Look closely at verse 30. Blaspheme means to insult. Some of the religious crowd said Jesus did the miracles by the power of satan thus insulting the Holy Spirit and sealing their fate. So to blaspheme the Holy Spirit is to attribute the divine to the demonic. Verse 30 determines this is why Jesus spoke this. They indeed rejected Jesus Christ but that's forgivable like all sins if it is repented of but insulting the Holy Spirit can never be forgiven Only God himself knows when that line is crossed and perhaps the person guilty of it.
Great series of the ten commandments. Honestly. But this escalated quickly here. How can a person who murder be forgiven and one who steal in the name of God not be forgiven? How "the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name" went to the statement of the end "God will not forgive you!"? I feel some kind of sadness because all other videos are extremely logical, but this one seems to fanatic; and contrary to the others, it feels like you have to force the interpretations to much to get to this conclusion. This are my thoughts on this. I would appreciate the response of Prager University, or some studious christian or even a respectful non-theist on this topic. (Thanks to David Ripplinger who already gave a good opinion on this).
If logic is the standard you use for evaluating moral norms, than why is there a need for Divine Moral Authority? If there is a Divine Moral Authority, why (dare to) demand an underlying logic?
Filosofisch voer It could be a valid argument. But i think the purpose of the entire series is to show the "logic" of the 10 commandments, and how, in words of this man "God has at least as much common sense as we do"
***** Cowardice undoubtedly. Or unfamiliarity with youtube discussions. At any rate. What about the ancient non-theistisc civilizations (Confucianist, Taoist, Buddhist)?
Filosofisch voer I don't think it's a coincidence that sociology considers the culture in countries where Confucianism and Buddhism are prevalent to be shame cultures, not guilt cultures. I'm unsure if that's the exact term in english, as it's not my native language. What it means essentially is that in a shame culture, you avoid shame, i.e. you avoid being caught lying much more than you avoid lying in general. In a guilt culture you avoid lying in general, because it is primarily guilt that you avoid.
Even if this is the worst sin weren't *all* of our sins forgiven when Jesus died on the cross? did not Jesus overrule all contradicting laws of the old testament when he did so?
That's an awful lot of pressure! The bible tells you to do EVERYTHING in the name of the lord, it's rough to think that if you mess it up: He will not forgive you.
I'd say, by extension, don't do something in the name of another person or the country unless it upholds the values and principles of that person or country.
I'm not that religious, guess I'll get to that point someday. My opinion of these videos are that they have sense, they are very interesting and reach me. Thank you :) very nicely explained
+corey may Probably because blaming it on Catholic staff's child rape is either stupid or proves all you've got is argument by outrage. All that amounts to is an appeal to emotion, which is utterly useless when trying to prove whether the Bible is reliable or truthful.
There are equally as many 'Christians' committing evil in God's name today. The clearest example being preachers who please the congregation in return for money; the chief example being mass faith healers.
Yes and no: some of these preachers do use that money very well. Of course, they may live very well too, but they do their job and people are OK with that. It would be evil if they lie to get mpney from people. In mpst cases, it's the first case.
Joseph Ang You've just proven my point. "people are OK with that". We are not meant to be of this world and to please men. The right question to ask is whether it's pleasing to God. It doesn't matter whether it's pleasing to men.
***** your question is fundamentally wrong. Christianity teaches not to ask 'what's wrong' for men would easily justify their actions. We are taught that we are individually accountable to God to be judged for each of our actions, therefore rather than asking that question, we inspect each action and ask whether it pleases God. With that in mind, the question to ask is whether those actions are glorifying and pleasing to God and whether we're giving our best to Him by living full of carnal satisfaction.
***** I believe I have already answered your query in my previous comment. Once again, your question is wrong. Secondly it's not for us to judge whether he's glorifying God with his actions because God will judge each of us individually so he'll have to answer for himself. If you want my opinion it's simple, excessive wealth isn't necessary to sustain life. His not living a simple life, but rather living comfortably while others suffer and die from the lack of access to basic needs. This isn't what the bible teaches Christians to do.
***** OK but you don't need me to answer these things. When faced with a situation, just remember to ask what does God say? and what does the bible say? Those are far more important than whatever I written here.
+Martin Kortner For all I know you could've just change the wikipedia page to that if you wanted to (because it's a free encyclopedia, anyone can change it). So don't believe everything wikipedia says.
Hilko Jongsma So according to you I made a Wikipedia account, edited the page, made up the citated sources, added it to other languages as well so they match and somehow managed keep the made up stuff there past Wiki admins who fact checks new entries, all to make a point in a comment section 3 months ago?
Martin Kortner Appearently you are blind to my words: "For all I know" No of course I'm not saying that you did this litterally, my point is, that anyone can change a wikipedia page. And if there were enough admins to check all of the text litterally, Wikipedia could just as well not be an open encyclopedia, because you have enough people to create the pages anyway. So don't be so ignorant. All I'm saying is that I'm a Christian. And if I compare Allah's features with God's, I come to the conclusion that they are definitly NOT the same. They may have a similar origin, or the word "allah" may just have the same meaning as the word "god", but those are no reason they are the same.
Hilko Jongsma I used Wikipedia as a source because it's a well known facts that the abrahamic gods share an origin in the stories of Abraham. I didn't think people here would be perky enough to want to go through heavy academic texts on the matter, so I listed an easy-to-understand source with citations for those who wanted to look into it further. I'm not sure what you indicate I'm ignorant about. If you could educate me on that, I'd really appreciate it :) As for if they are the same, well, even many of the same faith don't even have the same view of the concept of a god, so you're right, to say they're exactly the same would indeed be wrong. But yes, they do have the same origins. Kind of like how the character of Santa Claus, who originated from the stories of Saint Nicholas has spread to have countless different stories attached to him. For example, the popular American version, Santa Claus, is the same character as the Dutch Sinterklaas in origin, but they have very different mythology connected to them. Even among Americans and people from the Netherlands people have different views on these characters. The Christian god and the god of Islam are connected in a very similar way. They both share an origin as the Abrahamic god, but they have diverted into having different mythologies connected to them. As for what features they share and which ones they don't, it depends entierly on which parts of the texts you look at. As a Christian I'm sure you're also well aware that the god of the bible changes throughout the various books, with features ranging from cruel and unforgiving, requesting slaughter of innocent mothers and children, to warm and loving, asking that we help the poor and the needy. The god of the Quran is much the same, with mixed messages that you can understand however you want, depending on where in the texts you look and how you choose to interpret it. Your interpretation of the god described in the bible differs a lot from the interpretation others of the christian faith have, and so that blurs the line between whether you can call it the same or not even more.
How would a regular citizen like me commit such a sin? I'm worried I already have and do not know. Also. Would committing this sin without knowledge of its existence be a means of God to punish for it?
Using God (religion) to take advantage of and displace the new culture/society you recently moved into. I.E. muslims who move into new areas, disregard the local people and their laws by instead following Sharia Law. Believing it's a religion rights in the name of God.
This is a very good video to help explain to people what it actually means to “take” or “misuse” God’s name in vain or in “a worthless way.” Though, I’ve always been curious as to why people think that the word “god” is his actual personal name. ‘God’ is a designation or title that can apply to other gods or even to men as the Bible itself shows. That commandment says not to take his “name” in vain rather than his title or position. So it’s the reputation it carries with it. Not sure if “guiltless” means “unforgivable” though unless that’s solely a Jewish perspective. Jesus taught the sin that is held as unforgivable is blasphemy against God’s Holy Spirit, though only God can ultimately decide what he constitutes as someone blaspheming against his Holy Spirit. Though, Leviticus 24:10-16 does show a form of blasphemy such as “cursing god.” Another example of what this can entail is what the religious leaders of Jesus’ day did when they blasphemed against god’s Holy Spirit. Jesus performed works that were undeniably god’s Holy Spirit operating on him so as to identify him as the Messiah the Jews had long been waiting for but they (the Pharisees and Saducees and those of like mind) refused to believe it was God’s Holy Spirit and instead told everyone that Jesus was able to do the works he did only by the “power of Beelzabub, the ruler of the demons” and not the power of god (Matthew 12:22-32) - even going so far as to say Jesus himself was Demon-possessed as John 10:19-21 says.
So stealing a stapler in god's name is worse than murdering someone for secular reasons? This is a perfect example of religion corrupting our natural moral compass. Without religion people would intuitively understand that murder is always worse than blasphemy.
Well, yes. Those who sin in Gods name tarnish his name and drive people away from him and turn them into people, well, like you. Others who sin in his name can also gather followers to further sin in his name. Think Jonestown.
LoL, so edgy Mr.2LegHumanist, but stealing a stapler is not evil. I think where Prager is wrong is that he said that God gave us common sense, because then you read dumb comments like this of people who intentionally mishear what people say so that they can poke holes in arguments thinking their so smart. Too edgy mate.
***** With religion it's all relative. It's open to interpretation, you can pick and choose what is allegorical and what is literal, you can pick and choose which of the many judeo-christian interpretations you want to accept. If religion offered truly objective morality, the moral zeitgeist would not have changed over the past millenia and we'd still be stoning people to death for not honouring thy mother and thy father!
Lil Kim God has more common sense than we do I'd say lol. And there's a difference between cultural religious laws of Israel and universal religious laws.
Exactly. If you actually read the New Testament, the emphasis is on the "darkness outside" or "wailing and grinding of teeth". It's the natural grief and separation of being locked in from the inside, as C.S. Lewis put it. No amount of logical argument can make the pain of hell understandable, but logical argument can prove it to be true and just.
***** None of my professors ever talked about religion in my classes. You are not religious because you were smart enough to questions your "atheist professors". You are religious because you believed what your parents and other adults told you when you were a kid, thats why if you are born in the middle east you are likely to "discover" islam, if you are born in America you "discover" christianity.
Breaking the third commandment also breaks the first two... As does not keeping the fourth commandment in accordance with the creation 7th day which was made Holy by God.
Matthew Klepadlo It is murder of oneself, but remember, God forgives *all* sins, except those who are unwilling to accept forgiveness and blasphemy of the Holy Spirit
@@Edmonton-of2ec how could you ask for forgiveness after you have killed yourself, suicide is a sin, unless you have jumped off a bridge and you have a few seconds to say, lord forgive me, the chances are, you will burn in hell. I guarantee you if suicide was not a sin, most Christians would be jumping off planes to go to heaven, the pain will not be felt and you get to live in paradise for eternity, suicide is a sin.
Viralerzzz Would you prefer to be refered to as "Another Guy on the Computer" or as "Viralerzzz"? ...the title "God" in this country, 'USA,' has become subjective to everyone that worships "God" in their own way. Ask a Muslim, he'll be glad to tell you who "God" is; ask a Hindu, he too will tell you who "God" is; ask a New Ager, he'll tell you "It doesn't matter who "God" is, because he goes by all names; He's the same "God" that everyone else worships." So do want to worship a specific "God" or the conglomeration and morass of the multitude of names of "God"?
I'm glad to her this interpretation. I've always believed this commandment to be not so much against not swearing but against using the idea of God for you own self-serving purposes (Muhammad... cough... cough...)
COMMANDMENTS 2015 1. You shall never relinquish your critical thinking in favor of a conceptual entity the existence of which you cannot validate. (We must all recognize the fact that today, religion is the most serious impediment to any sensible management of the worlds peoples. Religion and belief in conceptual entities, divides humans into competing groups that will invariably argue, fight and kill each other's children over these unfounded beliefs. This has to stop as should the "polite tolerance" of totally implausible religious claims. It is time for us all to think. To think rationally; to think for ourselves. We must have the honesty, integrity and courage to admit when we do not know the answer and that the answers will not be found on our knees with our eyes closed.) 2. You shall never elevate your cause above your humanity. (Humans can be moral without a belief in a conceptual entity. Develop your empathy.) 3. You shall stop the practice of genital mutilation of your young for religious reasons and the presentation to them, of implausible religious claims, as absolute truth. (Hide your face and weep if you dare to harm a child.) 4. You shall not tolerate cruelty or the subjugation and mistreatment of people. (Women in particular have had an inferior status based upon ancient religious text.) 5. You shall honor your father and your mother. 6. You shall not murder. 7. You shall not have sex irresponsibly, without consideration of it's consequences or without empathy and consideration for others and you will always insist upon safe sex practices. 8. You shall not steal and cannot escape judgment if you rob people with a false prospectus rather than with a weapon, nor will you "rip people off" in the name of religion. 9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 10. You shall not covet. (You shall learn to control your envy.) 11. You shall not condemn people on the basis of their ethnicity or their color but you should rigorously question their unfounded beliefs. (Contemplation is acceptable, unprovable assertions are not.) 12. You shall not condemn people for their inborn non-violent nature. (Why would God create so many homosexuals only in order to torture and destroy them?) 13. You shall not use people as private property, as owned, or as slaves. 14. You shall accept responsibility for what you do and shall not defer such to a conceptual entity, the existence of which we cannot validate. (Scapegoating, or having someone else die for your sin is not moral.) 15. You shall rigorously pursue a verifiable truth, develop your empathy and have respect. (Be aware that you, too, are an animal, and dependent upon the web of nature. Think and act accordingly.) 16. You shall strongly oppose all and any efforts to incorporate religion into government or the military, shall insist on the separation of Church and State and guard against religious literalism. 17. You shall wear clothes for protection, fashion or humor but not as a propitiation to a conceptual entity, the existence of which we cannot validate. 18. You shall refrain from dragging inappropriate, unverifiable and meaningless beliefs and rituals from the past, into the present and shall recognize that cultism is a damaging and corrosive pursuit. (Human beliefs and strange rituals are learned, they are not part of human DNA. It is time to understand that we can all get along if properly educated.) 19. You shall not present religious pseudoscience as education or as literal and will accept that we are mortal beings with finite lives, whose purpose is for us to collectively and individually determine. 20. Governments should discontinue tax exemption for religion and stop the support and perpetuation of implausible religious claims that cannot be validated. (Belief in a conceptual entity should not absolve you of your obligation to pay for the umbrella of infrastructure and defense under which you enjoy your freedom) Some input courtesy of Christopher Hitchens
I don't understand of this concept of "I hate god". Can you real hate a fictional character? I don't hate superman, I hate my old Senior Chief and Lazy ass first class. Superman is more of a "the premise of this character is stupid" more than a hatred. God fits into this category, this mythological character is a stupid premise, I don't it.
You know how many times ive said "oh my g**?" Here I am trying to learn the correct wayz on my own, i grew up Christian but have lost it over the years, im tryinh to pick up my feet and learn all over again. Is there a way I can help god forgove me? I will a baptism work?
We are punished by our sins not for our sins. We don't need others to point out our salvation or non salvation. Example: a lady at church you hardly know says to you God told me to tell you, you are, have, could , would , should be aware of this or that ... This is not only a form of witchcraft (aka) manipulation. This example is also about taking God's name in vain because the lady is using God's name to justify her personal reasons for judging, interfering or trying to control others yet saying God wants you to know, be aware, take heed, believe... ext. We have a personal relationship with God we don't need others opinions or approval.
I honestly didn't know about the commandments and I broke some...I there's a way to restore or undo what you just did or say or god will hate you for breaking the commandments?
+Justin George Repentance through Jesus Christ. Accept Christ as your savior and your sins will be washed clean. Repent for what you have done, and be honest with God (it's not like he can't see what you've done).
Justin George To answer your question with a question: Did Christ die for all sins? The answer to that one is yes, as long as you are sincere in your repentance, it doesn't matter if it's your first, second, fifth, tenth time or more. God's not expecting perfection, just that you try to avoid temptation, and come ask forgiveness when you fall. We all stumble Justin, believe me, I should know.
My understanding is bearing false witness on God. And is from my perspective, the most common reason given for peoples rejection of God. The miss representation of God has caused great harm, and still happens today.
We are not held guiltless for the sins we commit, for we are in fact guilty. But being guilty of sin does not mean we can't be forgiven. All sins can be forgiven unless it is the sin of impenitence which is the denial of God throughout all one's life including the point of death. It is saying a final "no" to God before you die which tells Him that you don't want to be with him in paradise. Other than that, God tells us that all sins can be forgiven if you repent and are sorry.
And one key thing about repentance that most people might overlook: Repentance is not a simple "Oh, yeah, sorry 'bout that." It goes a lot deeper. From my understanding, repentance is an admittance and recognition of all guilt, and a true sorrow at the wrongs committed. It always gets to me when people say that it's really simple, when honestly admitting to the part of one's self that is really nasty and wrong but also integral to one's being is a very difficult thing to do, but still a very necessary thing.
The Bible says: Separation from God is sin. Out of that separation comes all kinds of evil. When people go against God's Character they are essentially becoming their own god.
Mr. Prager, I really enjoy your videos. I particularly enjoy your reasonable approach to Scripture and conservatism. According to your videos we do disagree on certain doctrines of Scripture, but I love and admire your stand for morality. I do wish for your response concerning your last statement in this video. I am curious of how you would reconcile "God will not forgive you if you take his name in vain." with the conversion of Saul of Tarsus in Acts 9. Truly Saul committed great evil in the name, Jehovah, not knowing that He is Christ?
According to the Nicene Creed, the Holy Spirit is "the Lord, the giver of life." If the Holy Spirit gives life, is it possible since life is received at conception, the alteration of human DNA, since it passes down through it's descendants, it's the unforgivable sin, since you are irreparably altering the nature of human beings?
Saddens me seeing God - a God of love - being taunted, mocked, and even cursed in something as petty as some of these comments.
Thank You for Your mercy and forgive them, please, for they know not what they do.
Galations 6:7 - Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
When I say God Damn it I am an athiest so I say sorry and that I am not saying it to god I am Just saying it as a normal word so to me theres 2 meanings of God
Yähuah ain't no god of love; He's a god of war, like Mars!
not everyone seems to care about something you believe in. no one is forced to give you respect for it either, and if that bothers you go sit in the corner with the SJW's and everyone that doesn't like it.
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Jehovah is also the God of Truth. What's difficult and frustrating is that truth can be subjective. Human's truth is based on our (very limited) senses. But Jehovah's is ALL, so Jehovah's truth is thee truth. Truth can be just as complex as untruths. It's so mind-boggling.
Just to be clear, God does forgive people who have done evil in His name, if they repent and believe. King Nebuchadnezzar and the apostle Paul are two examples of this. The adversary will surely love us to beleive that God cannot forgive you. Yah is simply saying that you will incur guilt for using His name in vain. Proverbs 28:13--"He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion."
Martin Miller How do we not say his name in vain though?
Brooky The Rooky using his name to justify killing your neighbor because they're being too loud is using it in vain
Saying omg is in vain or promising to god to punch someone or do it in god's name is violating the fourth (4th) commandment?
Martin Miller I meant the 3rd.
Martin Miller god will forgive you if you repent
I was so scared in the beginning because I thought that if you say "oh my god" he won't forgive me and I almost had a heart attack!
Same.
Well, it IS taking God's name in vain and it is NOT forgiven unless you repent and confess your sin.
@@donblosser8720 amen, brother unless u repent. God will forgive u what u say
@@Souls_25 that's a lie. Unless you are born again you will not Enter the KINGDOM OF GOD. John chapter 3.
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This is technically incorrect. While committing evil in the name of God is indeed a GRIEVOUS sin, it is not the worst sin. Mr. Prager incorrectly interprets "will not hold guiltless" to mean "will not forgive". This is simply untrue as God does not hold guiltless anyman who breaks ANY of his commandments, not just this one. We are guilty when we commit sin, but the whole point of forgiveness is to take away guilt. In fact, the worst sin is the sin against the Holy Spirit in which a person willingly rejects the mercy of God. This is the only sin that cannot be forgiven because the person is unwilling to accept forgiveness.
AMEN
+DeusVult! Excellent point, but that does not take away from the fact that there are constant debates on the worst sin, and here he explained why. Still, if you commit sins in God's name then it's not a single simple sin. You're adding a double sin, so to speak. One, you're lying about God, in demonstrates that he tolerates such evil then you're committing the act of whatever sin it is. I know it sounds child like as I'm not as eloquent as some. Still, I understand his view on it and yours as well.
+DeusVult! Not really, the point of forgiveness isn't to take away your guilt, it is to mend the wound made by the sin.
deanpetrow No, there are two aspects to sin. Guilt and temporal damage. Guilt means that the sin is held against you in heaven and can possibly exclude you from heaven given it is a mortal sin. Temporal damage are effects caused by you sinning. "Mending the wound made by sin" would be correcting the temporal effects. For example, lets say a commit murder. If I am truly sorry for the sin and confess it to a priest acting in the person of Christ, the sin is no longer held against me and I am returned to God's friendship. If I were to die then, I would eventually after purgatory be welcomed into the kingdom. However, after the confession, I may be restored to God's friendship, but the priest may say 'okay now turn yourself in" because I must still make up in justice for the temporal effects of my sin.
I may not be the best educated in this topic, I would like to point out how the average person defines forgiveness. When your child lies to you, as a example, you may forgive them and still love them. That's doesn't mean they are not guilty of the lie or that wounds are mended, it just means that you, as a parent, are willing to look past the lie and continue to love. Of course, you will always take more caution when it comes to their words later on, but you still forgave them.
Honestly this actually makes sense
Prager misses the point. The third commandment is making a broad application. Both are correct. Saying the Lord's name in vain, or bringing God's name down to our level is saying/carrying it vain. Prager is correct in saying that a person who carries God's name to do evil violates it. Praise God that Jesus fulfilled the law. We can be guiltless of our sin, because Christ died nailing to the cross. Whosoever believes.
@ekimshield You have likely lied, cheated, or stolen in your lifetime, for all of us are guilty under sin. Lucky for you God grants you the free will to accept him. If you do his blood will cleanse your sin. Whosoever believes on the Lord Jesus Christ will be saved.
@@glennjohn3919 my ass
@Dylan The Elephant it’s funny how I’m sure you prayed to God when you had fear sometime in your life
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I am a Christian Baptist. And I apreciate this video. Good to know this.
This has been one of the misunderstood parts of the entire Bible and it is has been very helpful for me to have had this explained to me like it has here
I have watched this video several times as well the marathon on the Ten Commandments. This one truly caught my attention because I am a Christian and have taken on the name of Christ - I carry his name. I came to realize that almost anything I do that is sinful, discredits the name I carry. This is a personal and individual realization. Noted that the Lord will forgive when we repent (change). He is merciful as well as just.
Prager: If everyone followed the Ten Commandments, the world would be a much better place.
Angry Commenters: Hurr, Hitler said he was a Christian, so God must by evil!
Prager: God told us that committing evil acts in his name is one of the worst sins imaginable.
Angry Commenters: Some people still commit evil acts in God's name, so God must be evil!
Come on guys, I don't watch a thunderf00t video and then try to start asinine arguments in the comments. Let's try to have a little civil discourse here. Maybe we might learn something?
Also, cheers to the amiable non-Christians in the comments. It's good to see that not everybody in the atheist camp is an angry fedora, and that a lot are actually willing to have calm, reasoned discussions.
Rape, slavery, and torture are none of the commandments (and are in fact promoted by God in Deuteronomy). If everyone followed the ten commandments (and no human law), the world would be a WORSE place. As is evidence in the previous world run by Christians... The dark ages, where heretics, "witches", blasphemers, and other innocent people were burned to death and tortured horribly for doing literally nothing wrong. Oh and let's not forget the crusades. All under the approval of the pope, the vessel of God.
Balgore8 where did God promote rape, there is a verse condemning it.
“But if in the open country a man meets a young woman and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die. 26 But you shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no offense punishable by death. For this case is like that of a man attacking and murdering his neighbor, 27 because he met her in the open country, and though the young woman cried for help there was no one to rescue her.
It's official you haven't read the bible
***** So because it was normal in xxxBC, God didn't think to write ANYTHING forward-thinking (morally) beyond the times in which the books were written? The fact that it was normal at the time, and is now so obviously NOT normal, should PROVE to you how ridiculous those books are, and how they matter-of-factly cannot be written by an omniscient being.
***** That's the dumbest thing I have ever heard of. God directly condoned it and wrote passages about how to treat your slave. Why the hell would any omniscient, moral, and all-loving being ever do such a thing? Yeah so what, slavery is a huge part of human history, and still exists today, that doesn't make it right, or acceptable, or acceptable that God condoned it a long time ago. Think outside the box, there is nothing in the bible that ANY person of the time could not have written or known about. It's all full of stolen myths, pegan legends, and medieval ideologies.
Wayne Ekeh Though I could easily tear apart those passages and interpret them literally (which allows rape in almost every other circumstance where it exists), giving you the benefit of the doubt on this one, and since you reasonably replied, I will pass on rape, and move on to slavery. There are many passages directly condoning slavery, and how to treat your slave. As well as many passages where God committed genocide on entire towns, including the babies and children. Etc. Regardless of how you justify this, or rational it in your mind, if there is a God, I do not wish to believe he is that short-sighted and morally weak to write a book so full of garbage ethics and actions. And if that is the one true God, I definitely choose not to follow him.
Even if the Bible is the perfect word of God, this video demonstrates that it was translated by imperfect human beings so any English version of the Bible cannot be called perfect.
I have never heard anyone say that a translation of the Bible is "perfect" -- that's why there are different translations, putting the Hebrew and Greek (after ongoing study of those languages) into the language of the day. "Take," as described above, is the 1611 King James Version, when "to take someone's name" (e.g. wife taking the husband's name) meant more than it does today. It is important, then, that not only is the Bible read, but also studied, using commentaries, dictionaries, and study guides as well. All my humble opinion.
Joe Fairchild They say the Bible is perfect and most people read the Bible in their own language.
True you can study the Bible in Greek and Hebrew but when most people use the term Bible they mean in their language of choice.
People cite the Bible and then say it's indisputable because it's perfect. They cite it in their own first language without reference to the Hebrew NT or the Greek OT.
Even the NT in Koine Greek is a translation because Jesus spoke in Aramaic, not Koine Greek.
So even if you can read ancient languages it is impossible for you to read Jesus' words without using a translation.
I agree that commentaries, dictionaries and study guides are very useful but as these were written by imperfect man they cannot make an imperfect translation perfect.
***** I'm not saying people shouldn't have access to the Bible in their own language, to learn Greek and Hebrew is fine for priests but inconvenient for normal people.
I'm just saying it' is wrong to call anything made by the hand of man perfect. That includes your Bible.
***** That makes sense.
***** So we're supposed to use Jesus an an example instead of God?
If I lived alone I would have actually cheered when he said "The worst sin is committing evil in God's name."
PREACH IT, PRAGER!
"I tell you the truth, all sin and blasphemy can be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven. This is a sin with eternal consequences." - Mark 3:28-29 NLT.
"I tell you the truth, everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, the Son of Man will also acknowledge in the presence of God’s angels. But anyone who denies me here on earth will be denied before God’s angels. Anyone who speaks against the Son of Man can be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven." Luke 12:8-10 NLT.
Love PragerU but this video is in error because it contradicts the word of God and God's word does not contradict itself. That or I misunderstood or missed something.
To some up the "UNFORGIVABLE SIN" - basically it is a settled disposition of life (lifestyle) that rejects the testimony of the Holy Spirit regarding Jesus. Even if someone has intentionally said such things, they can still repent and prevent a settled rejection of Jesus.
The way to not blaspheme the Holy Spirit is to receive Jesus Christ, and to put one’s loving trust upon Him today. It means to stop rejecting the work of the Holy Spirit in bringing us to Jesus.
Yeah but what does that mean
@@samuelcarver1343 I have changed my position on this after speaking to another brother, studying and asking God for wisdom (meaning I was wrong originally). to blaspheme the Holy Spirit is to call the work of the Holy Spirit the work of the devil. Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is found in different places, but Mark 3:20-30 in my opinion is the clearest.
@@-JesusisGod-oh it’s because I’m scared I might done that
@@samuelcarver1343 well good news. I found that brothers write up on it for you praise God. I believe it will bring you good news.
"“Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the
blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks a
word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks
against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the
age to come” (Matt. 12:31-32).
The primary subject of these verses is the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, also
known as the unforgivable sin, since Jesus said that this was the one sin that
would not be forgiven. There are four views on what the blasphemy of the Holy
Spirit is:
1. You permanently reject the testimony of the Holy Spirit concerning Jesus
Christ. This is blasphemy because in essence you are calling the Holy Spirit a
liar.
2. The work of the Holy Spirit is to lead you to Jesus Christ. Hence, you
blaspheme the Holy Spirit when you die without receiving Jesus Christ as
your Savior.
3. We do not know what the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is since Jesus did
not specify what it is.
4. You blaspheme the Holy Spirit when you say (out of an evil heart, not out of
ignorance) that the work of the Holy Spirit is in fact the work of Satan or of
a demon.
As we study this passage, we will determine which of these views is correct.
However, let me say up front that this is not a salvation issue. You will not lose
your salvation if you believe any of these views.
Before we get into the study, let me say this about view number 1. That
view is based on John 15:26: “But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to
you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will
testify of Me.” But John is also the one who said that if we do not believe in Jesus,
we are rejecting the testimony, not of the Holy Spirit, but of the Father and we
are calling the Father a liar (1 John 5:9-12). That is because the testimony which
the Holy Spirit gives of Jesus came from the Father. So those who reject the
testimony of the Holy Spirit are not blaspheming the Spirit but the Father. And
Jesus said that every blasphemy (including blasphemy of the Father) will be
forgiven.
Let us begin with verse 31. Jesus said, “Every sin and blasphemy will be
forgiven men,” which raises the question, “When are sins forgiven: before or after
death?” Heb. 9:27 says, “It is appointed for men to die once, but after this the
judgment.” Rev. 20:13 says that the unbelieving dead will be judged according to
their works on Judgment Day. If God says to a man on Judgment Day, “You are
guilty of murder,” can that man then say, “You’re right, God. What I did was
wrong. Will you forgive me?” No. Once a person dies, all unforgiven sins become
unforgivable. Sins can be forgiven only before death.
So, if a person commits the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit when he or she
dies, why would Jesus single that one sin out as unforgivable if all sins become
unforgivable upon death? What he is saying is that the blasphemy of the Holy
Spirit is the one sin that becomes unforgivable before we die.
To better understand what the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is, we need to
know the definition of blasphemy. The Greek word for blasphemy in verse 31 is
blasphemia (bla-sfā-mē’-a), from which we get our English word. It is ultimately
derived from a combination of two other Greek words: blapto, which means “to
injure,” and pheme (fā’-mā), from which we get our word “fame” and which
means “news, report.” So blasphemia literally means “an injurious report.”
Thayer’s Greek Lexicon defines it as “slander, speech injurious to another’s good
name.” It is possible to blaspheme (speak slanderously against) beings other than
God (which is what Michael the archangel refused to do concerning Satan in Jude
9), but in the New Testament, blasphemy is usually directed to God.
The point is that blasphemy is spoken. In verse 32, Jesus says, “Anyone who
speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks
against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him.” Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is
speaking against the Holy Spirit.
When we place verses 31 and 32 in context and look at what follows
(verses 33-37), we see that Jesus is still talking about speaking. He calls the
Pharisees a “brood of vipers,” and then says, “How can you, being evil, speak
good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” We must
remember that verses 31 and 32 are part of a speech Jesus gives in verses 25-37.
And what prompted that speech? The Pharisees said something.
Most of this story is repeated in Luke 11:14-26. Luke left out the part about
the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, but, according to Luke, Jesus did bring it up
later, in Luke 12:1-12. Notice that in the context Jesus is again talking about
speaking (“whoever confesses Me,” “anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man,” “do not worry about...what you should say”). Blasphemy of the Holy
Spirit is spoken.
So what did the Pharisees say that prompted Jesus’ speech in Matthew 12?
In v. 22, Jesus healed a blind and mute man who was demon-possessed,
presumably by casting the demon out. The multitudes in v. 23 offered an
explanation for this miracle: “Could this be the Son of David?” The Pharisees could
not accept this, so they offered an alternative explanation, in essence an
argument to refute the multitudes’ explanation: “This fellow does not cast out
demons except by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.” Jesus cast out the demon
by the power of the Holy Spirit, but what the Pharisees said was that Jesus
actually cast out the demon by the power of Satan. This is what prompted Jesus’
speech.
Jesus’ speech consists of five rebuttals to the Pharisees’ argument. The first
rebuttal is, if I am casting demons out by the power of Satan, then Satan’s
kingdom is divided, which means it cannot stand.
The second rebuttal is, if I am casting demons out by the power of Satan,
then your exorcists must be casting demons out by Satan’s power as well.
The third rebuttal is, “if (a better translation would be “since”) I cast out
demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.” In
other words, the fact that I am casting demons out by the power of the Spirit is
evidence that you are witnessing, not Satan warring against his own kingdom, but
the kingdom of God warring against Satan’s kingdom (v. 28). And I could not have
cast out this demon unless I had first overcome “the strong man,” Satan himself
(v. 29), which means that I am winning. So you had better join my side (v. 30)
because if you are not with me, then you are against me.
The fourth rebuttal is, “Therefore,” since all of the above is true, since I am
in fact casting the demons out by the power of the Holy Spirit, you had better be
careful what you say, because if you pursue this line of argumentation, you will
blaspheme the Holy Spirit, which is unforgivable. You can say what you want
against me, but don’t you dare blaspheme the Holy Spirit.
The fifth rebuttal is, your argument comes from an evil heart. So repent,
because you will be judged for everything you say.
In context, therefore, Jesus brings up the subject of the blasphemy of the
Holy Spirit because he is answering the Pharisees’ argument that he is casting out
demons by the power of Satan. Mark also records this argument between the
Pharisees and Jesus in Mark 3:22-30 and he specifically says that Jesus brought up
the subject of the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit “because they said, ‘He has an unclean spirit.’” So view 4 is the correct understanding of what the blasphemy of
the Holy Spirit is.
This means that when the Holy Spirit performs a miracle, a blasphemer
would say that the miracle was performed by Satan. A born-again Christian who is
filled with the Holy Spirit would not blaspheme the Holy Spirit. Only a person with
an evil heart who is in outright rebellion against God (like the Pharisees) would be
capable of doing this. But this is also why we do not want an evil heart of unbelief
to rise up within us or in our fellow believers (Heb. 3:12-13). We want to stay as
far away from this as we can.
So in response, the Pharisees actually did it, but Jesus explained to them what they did and He warned them against doing it. If doing it out of ignorance was a final judgment, then there would be no need for a warning. Now that you know/ understand, you'll only do it if you wanted to harm God by saying it. That's when you have done it, and you will not be forgiven. After learning what it is and being born again, a Christian will never do that. Be encouraged by this. Thanks for reaching out. I'll keep you lifted up in prayer. Let me know if there's anything else I can try and help you understand.
Sir the NT makes it very clear the unforgivable sin is to blaspheme Holy Spirit harden your heart against God and never soften it
Also true repentance from any sin will receive Gods forgiveness but we can never confuse forgiveness and responsibility ALL sin has consequences whether it's jail or loss of family trust or friends BUT you can know God forgives and FORGETS so whatever the sin you must forgive yourself
I love you brother for saying this because I thought about the same thing languages get twisted but it means rejecting God
the unforgiveable sin is forgiveable?
@@InitialPC
No it's not. Committing evil in the name of God is not forgivable. But if you say words by accident that evoke His name, it's not somthing to stress out over. But you shouldn't go arround doing that nevertheless.
I'm very angry that I never learned the 'right' version of this commandment. I left the church before I studied the commandments themselves in depth, and I didn't study them much when I was an atheist. But lately I've been working on building my own belief system, and I've been really surprised with the bible. It's quite beautiful, but very dense. But the wording is especially fascinating to me. It's so direct and blunt that it can be hard to realize how much it's really saying. Something as simple as god saying "I am that I am" to moses is absolutely MAGNIFICENT. So brilliant it actually makes me think it WAS divinely inspired.
But I always assumed this one meant using god as a curse. I thought it was stupid. And then today I'm studying the commandments, and lo and behold, it's actually an incredibly good commandment to have. And I do have a hard time imagining god giving a shit about how we use his name in common talk. If he did, that would just get us overly fixated on the 'right language' for god (even more then we've had), and god cares a lot about freedom, including the freedom of speech. I mean, ffs, jesus was killed for 'blasphemy', that's literally just speech suppression.
You still shoudnt blaspheme though!
These videos have been very enlightening. Thank you for taking the time to make them.
What about blaspheme the Holy Spirit?
Anything involving the Holy spirit is in the new testament
+Okatakiye Ofori So what? Matthew clearly states that is an unforgivable sin. Doing something bad in the name of God is technically blasphemy.
+holydove89 God the father, God the son and the Holy Spirit are 3 in one
The Holy Spirit is a rapist.
carultch fair, well reasoned point
WOW I never knew that. this is a huge revelation for me. this makes so much sense. thanks for the video. loved it
In Martin Luther's Small Catechism, his explanation to this commandment says: "We should fear and love God so that we do not curse, swear, use satanic arts, lie or deceive by His name, but call upon it in every trouble, pray, praise and give thanks." The "cursing and swearing" are evils done in God's name; more than simple slips of the tongue. All brings dishonor on the Name of the Lord.
Stealing an office item is not as bad as murder...
But it's enough to send you to hell. I believe that's what people mean when they say "a sin is a sin", PragerU.
And because we all sin, we all deserve hell, and need a saviour. That's the core of Christianity.
Anonymous71475 I find it hilarious... because the Jews don’t even believe in Hell. Others on the other hand don’t even believe in Christ... so according your twisted logic: they will go to hell
As a Jewish person live in Israel, I find this video inspiring. Thank you so much for explaining the True meaning of 10 commandments. God bless you
This is good stuff. I don't think I ever truly understood the commandments!
Yes, this is how I've always understood it. Thank you for confirmation.
How do you go from "will not hold guiltless" to "will never forgive"? I'm pretty sure that "will not hold guiltless" simply means that it's a sin. Just like any other sin, we will not be held guiltless unless we repent.
Also, I doubt your interpretation of the translation "carry" or "misuse" excludes utterances of God's name. In fact, I believe it was the primary point of the commandment. That being said, of course, committing an act of crime or sin in the name of God or religion is still very bad. The condemnation of such is still in the spirit of this commandment.
I completely agree. While "misusing God's name for evil" may be a part of what God meant by the third commandment, I still think the traditional interpretation is also applicable.
Taken from Mark, chapter 3:
"'Assuredly, I [Jesus] say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they may utter; but he who blasphemes with the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation;’ because they said, ‘He has an unclean spirit.’"
Jesus was addressing the Pharisees who had renounced him and were using their religious authority to convince the congregation that Jesus was of the devil.
Furthermore, in Matthew 12:31-32:
"'Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.'"
Wherein the Son of Man is the external presence and works of God, and the Holy Spirit is that power of God within the souls of men. By an interpretation, those who would use the power of God which they possess in themselves to do evil have done something unforgivable--far worse than simply renouncing the Lord.
Hope that helps.
David Ripplinger I think because the original hebrew has been used in other instances and examples, wherein we can deduce that when this term is used in the bible, it means "will never forgive." You're talking about translations from another language after all, and there are words in English that the Hebrew cannot quite express to Hebrew-readers the full weight that that same term carries in English, so surely you might be able to relate.
To pick apart this video based on Prager's talk without correcting Prager's Hebrew or offering up insight from how "will never forgive," is used elsewhere in the text, may mean that you probably don't know hebrew or have scholarship of the bible in hebrew on this particular feature?
Lastly, you can't make up your own interpretation of the text based on the yearnings of your heart or your ego and project what you want the text to say, unto the text, if the text doesn't say that. It blatantly states "carry" and not "say."
Jamie Rice But that english translation is just making an attempt to translate the Hebrew. If the Hebrew means "Carry," then the accurate translation is "Carry." There was an old english translation done in the 1950's by American pastors and Oxford scholars, that accurately use the word "Carry." Unfortunately, that translation does not account for most of the bibles that people use today.
MarketAndChurch You bring up a good point. I'm not familiar at all with Hebrew, so I personally can't know for sure exactly what the original text meant, and often times in translation there are either mistakes or there is no possible one-to-one correspondence. I admit I'm not absolutely certain in my analysis of Prager's interpretation.
this channel is one of the best things I've come across equal to or better than any other educational Chanel. this coming from a devout believer as a Muslim. The minute i accepted religion and specifically islam i did for the exact reasons for what most of this channel says. its is the science if you want to say of people society ad peace. if a person wholeheartedly believes and live his life by the belief and submission in god and follows these simple all accompassing rules we would have peace but deviations at every level, business, you see the problem fractional banking, introduction of interest, and general modern sophisticated usury. mass amounts of wealth is transferred wothout actual consentual trade taking place. ineterst charged at every level of life, complicated securities and derivatives, inflation as decisions that take place at the top slowly whither away wealth or in actuallity transfer it slowly. if people look at the whole people its because the modern economic system is created out of fear and greed. we allow interest because it stimulates lending and allows businesses to flourish. slowly as will happen when usury where people can make money of of others misfortune or opportunism without traded for an actual good or contribute in any way in a good being manufactured consumed or any service being provided. the greedy want more and more. you can charge interest in ammortized periods, allowing banks to lend more than they have and that multiple gets bigger because you want more and more. this causes massive speculation and a fake economy being built which eventually destroys itself out of greed and money tranffered from the people who create real wealth to people who do not. step back this is all because of USURY. all the personal sins that causes the family unit to beak down. childern, parents, grandparents suffer because they dont give each other the rights they should. etc etc.people carrying out evil in gods name to consolidate their power or expand their wealth. and sadly this misuse of gods name has caused billions in history to abandon god and good and go off path. by the brahmas in hinduism, the catholic church quarter century ago and the extremists in islam as we speak. satan knows how to lead us away from whats right and this is one of the worst sins people scumb to. if people remeber god in every decision we made at every level the world would be a better place and people dong bad things in the name of god has one of the worst effects on society. not only through their misdeeds and destruction but worse people being misguided.
So... I'm not doomed to hell. Thank you for clarifying. I was deeply troubled by this.
Saying OMG by accident is not somthing to worry about. However; If people use the name of the lord or christ as an expletive for no reason at all;, you need to stop and repent. But people grive the Holy Ghost in more ways then by words alone.
Thank you so much for this! Your explanation brings light to the overwhelming journey I go through in reading the Bible.
Thank you Mr Prager for proclaiming the good news of the word of God. I learnt a lot today.
Godammit Dennis!
Great video, I am surprised how deep of a meaning their was to this commandment.
Halleluyah! I love this man. God bless u sir. Plenty love from Nigeria. I've always tried to understand what the third commandment meant. I now understand with absolute clarity. Carrying the name of the Lord in vain simply means doing abominable things in the name of God. This is a powerful revelation.
Thank you, sir, for saying the God of Jews/Judaism and Christians. We have our differences in our understanding of His revelation, He is the same living God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Thank you.
I as a christian, though, would like to add that since Jesus died for our sins, even this sin can be forgiven if you have accepted Jesus as your savior.
If one accepts Christ as his savior, then why commit evil in Jesus' name? Or the Father's name? Or in the Holy Spirit's name? You cannot confess Jesus is Lord while committing heinous evil deeds. In His name no less. Reprehensible.
@@AthanaSus I meant if you repent.
Z Floyd ayt, thought this needed to be clear as well. Ty for qucik response
Much knowledge recieved from your videos!!! God bless you!🙏
I always thought the worst sin is blaspheme the holy spirit which is unforgivable in the book of Matthews?
(Do Not Misuse God’s Name and blaspheming against the holy spirit are the same)
+TaRoya Hollis To blaspheme to Holy Spirit isn't to simply say "Holy cow!" or any variation thereof, to blaspheme to Holy Spirit is to die unacceptable of Christ and die in sin. Basically, if you've died without accepting Christ as your savior, that is the unforgivable sin.
You are right.
+TaRoya Hollis
It's the only unforgivable sin. Just for your own knowledge, it's the book of "Matthew". No 's' :)
Thank you for this video. It brings me comfort.
Dennis I never thought I could teach you something, this is a shock to me and I hope you don't mind. My mothers family used "Carry" where we would use "Take". My Aunt would say to my Father, "Carl after dinner would you carry me downtown?" I looked "Take" up online and it does say carry. Maybe the problem isn't the kjv translation but us, the translators. Love your work Dennis, your one of the Greatest Teachers I have ever known.
Thank You 🌈
I believe the worst sin is blasphemising against the holy spirit. Now, everything you did say does go against it. Which is why I sorta agree and disagree.
Rosa Hernandez I suspect that doing evil in God's name might be darn close to a blasphemy of the Holy Spirit though.
Rosa Hernandez I'm not sure about you, but I was raised with the premise that God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Ghost/Spirit are all part of one and the same. God is God. Jesus is the human embodiment of God. The Holy Spirit is the essence of God-- the wisdom, the teachings, that which calls people to do God's work. Therefore, wrongdoing in the name of any of the three is the same sin.
David Howard "god is god. God's name is not god. His name is YaHWeH (he WHO he is) (YHWH) יהוה. Don't use his name in vain exodus 20:7 you must not misuse the name of the LORD your God.
+David Howard Well said sir.
awesome fnaf man9000 I never said God's name is "God", only that God is God-- A statement that is reflected in any translation of "YHWH", be it Yahweh, Jehovah, or I Am... All of which is beside the point, and the video explains why.
Thank you Mr. Prager for a very interesting perspective. I had not understood the third commandment that way but I must admit that it makes a lot more sense the way you explained it.
The Roman Catholic church did many evil things in God's name during the middle ages, and probably still do.
In the Bible Pilot (i believe it is) and the rest of the Jews in the New Testiment eventually admitted to being wrong when they realized that Jesus IS God and were wrongly accusing the Diciples of Idolotry. So I think that God can still forgive if you WANT to be and sincerly not do great in evil in His name before you die.
I learned (for reasons I won't get into) that committing Idol Worship and breaking the Sabbath are the worst sins because by doing one or the other, it is as if you did all sins.
Also, I learned that this was referring to swearing by God's name falsely (especially in court) or swearing by God's name (especially in court) on something obvious.
Awesome info :)) thank u for making it relevant and clear!!
I use the GNT version of the bible, and its words for commandment three are "Do not use my name for evil purposes, for I, the Lord your God, will punish anyone who misuses my name." This makes so much more sense than the saying-God's-name-in-vain misunderstanding that has been rampant for decades.
That was chilling
Was it?
You miss understand
not all sins are equal, but all punishment is. Hell
I wrote about “The Greater Sin” in a Deacon Digest a while back. In it I quoted Mark 3:28-29 “Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin.” Dr. Prager states the worst sin is “Committing Evil in God’s name,” and that his proof is Exodus 20:7 “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.” He also states that this commandment is the only one that states that “God will not forgive a person who violates the commandment.” His argument is that the word “guiltless” means “will not forgive.”
The more I thought about it the more I wondered that if that were true, that would mean that by taking God’s name in vain you’re also blaspheming the Holy Spirit. It can be argued, I guess, that when you take the Lords name in vane your blaspheming the Holy Spirit too since they are the same person.
My question is, would that be a stretch? Was I wrong in my Digest or is Dr. Prager wrong with his interpretation, or are we both right?
Hmmm. I disagree with this, solely because if you are indeed a Christian and if you are indeed saved, you can't commit evil in God's name. It's just not possible. The Holy Spirit will not allow you. People today define Christianity as something it is not: the simple belief in God. Just because you believe there is a God does not mean you'll go to Heaven. In fact, if that's all you do, you will not go to Heaven. You must accept Jesus, since he is the ONLY way to Heaven. Once you accept him, there is no losing your faith or salvation, it's impossible, and any sins that God will not forgive are impossible for you to commit. You just won't be able to do them. It's a hard concept to understand until you are saved yourself and feel the Holy Spirit inside of you.
+David Anders Yeah this is an interesting point you have, I think what the unforgivable sin might be more is for the people who did not truly devote themselves to being saved and commit evil in God's name, that's when this comes into play because as authentic Christians the Holy Spirit moves us to just never do this, seeing God used in vain wrenches my heart.
No one is good. We have all failed to be good. We are all selfish at the core.
Zowja agreed. The Holy Spirit prompts but doesn’t override your free will. You can be saved and commit terrible sins
Then absolutely nobody is "saved".
Well we are all bound to sin. It says in the Bible all fall short to to the glory of God. We are LIVING in it. We sin everyday. Because this world is corrupt and evil and there is only 1 way to heaven and that is from jesus. It doesn’t mean we won’t still sin…but the best we can do is stay close to him and walk this life with him.
God and Jesus forgive you and all other people for everything, unfortunately difficult for someone, but as long people pray for forgiveness and want to come back to God
While this video may have had very good intentions, I think someone forgot to check their Bible during the planning.
There IS an unforgivable sin; Jesus spoke very specifically about it. "All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men," Matthew 12:31.
As has been pointed out already, your explanation of the third commandment does not rule out the traditional interpretation. I believe that both meanings have their place in Scripture.
Taken from Mark, chapter 3:
"'Assuredly, I [Jesus] say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they may utter; but he who blasphemes with the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation;’ because they said, ‘He has an unclean spirit.’"
Jesus was addressing the Pharisees who had renounced him and were using their religious authority to convince the congregation that Jesus was of the devil.
Furthermore, in Matthew 12:31-32:
"'Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.'"
Wherein the Son of Man is the external presence and works of God, and the Holy Spirit is that power of God within the souls of men. By an interpretation, those who would use the power of God which they possess in themselves to do evil have done something unforgivable--far worse than simply renouncing the Lord.
Hope that helps.
I don't think you fully understand though. It doesn't matter what the bible says. It matters how it is understood. And that is why Dennis is doing this clarification. To set the record straight that saying "God, I had a rough day at work," is not what this law is talking about. Translations into the Greek and English have not been true to the original, which is carrying the lords name in vain.
If the bible says one thing, but most Christians misinterpret it to mean another, then we have very real problems on our hands that needs immediate clarification so that we can best live out the 10 commandments and be as authentic to it as possible.
It just crossed my mind that when Jesus says the Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, He just does an application of this commandment, so basically He doesn´t add another unforgivable sin.
Same thing.
I think this can be applicable to things that don't explicitly refer to god, even if committed by an known atheist. That is, doing evil in the name of "the greater good". Or following the concept that the ends justify the means. Joseph Stalin believed that murdering, torturing, starving, and/or enslaving people were good things to do, because he believed that somehow that would result in the whole world becoming a paradise on Earth for everyone. Convincing others that doing evil is actually a good thing, breaks down morality, and ultimately leads to hell existing on Earth.
I see a problem with this video's example explanation. The god Muslim's serve, "Allah", is in fact a different one than God, who the Christians & Jews serve. (That is Jews who have accepted Jesus as the Christ, & not simply a prophet/teacher.)
Also "blaspheming against the Holy Spirit" is an unforgivable sin (Mark 3:29).
doing evil in gods name is
blaspheming against the holy spirit
also, what about the killings caused by christians in the old days
like the witch trials
claiming to kill defenseless people in the name of god
thereby murdering in the name of god
i think the quran follows the same rules stated here
they are not innocent, & were hypocrites.
However, I believe "blaspheming the Holy Spirit" to be a little different than this. I literally mean the person of the Holy Spirit. So like someone saying that a work of the Holy Spirit is from the Devil.
Yes, but Allah is a reference to a more general incomplete definition of God.
I would say "Allah" is a different person/being entirely than the Christ-ian God.
Jake Kamps Entirely agree since between muslim and christian there is a fundamental difference in beliefs especially as the nature of jesus himself. Where we believe him as a mortal man and christian believe him as divine. Even in the term of language, Allah refers only to one being, a word with only singular noun in arabic so totally unsuitable for the trinity concept in christianity. Not to start any inter-religion debate but acknowledging the god of one religion is equal to accepting the authority of its teachings....which is bad call even among monotheism when each have conflicts in their basic beliefs.
I really like his discussion and insight on morality of the commandments but professionally he should not have touched any other religion as example which is beyond the context christian religion...to be relevant he should have used a christian historical figure as example....maybe the borgia pope perhaps...if their historical tv series are anywhere accurate, it is a very good example of carrying the name of god in vain....or maybe the crusaders who instead of going to the holy lands, pillaged the Byzantine city of Constantinople.
0:42 and islam
I love this!
Christ said that the only sin that will not be forgiven is to blaspheme the Holy Spirit.
I am a Christian and I agree with about everything Mr Prager says about this. I believe this has a parallel with Christ's teaching about blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
Here's two more on the unforgivable sins,
Matthew 12:31-32 (NKJV)
The Unpardonable Sin
31 “Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. 32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.
Mark 3:29-30 (NKJV)
29 but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation”- 30 because they said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
The Peril of Not Progressing (Losing salvation)
Hebrews 6:4-6 (NKJV)
4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him
to an open shame.
Mike L basically what this is saying is that it’s unforgivable to mock the Holy Spirit, right?
I am a Muslim,and I find this to actually be a really fair assessment of why ISIS is one of the most evil groups we have out in the world. I pray that the light of Islam can shine harder than is has in the past and that with Gods will we can bring and end to the cancer that is ISIS. I would also just like to point out, that since 9/11 a lot of people have become Muslim as well, and become upstanding individuals when they were formerly not. That is a valid piece of perspective that I feel was not in this video
BintAlHaq Technically (or maybe not even technically), it would certainly apply to ISIS.
***** He did just call ISIS a cancer.
BintAlHaq Well, Mr Prager is a Christian (evidently) and doesn't study trends in Islam, it seems. But I thank you for sharing it with us in the comments!
emanuel e He makes it pretty clear in almost every video.
emanuel e I am sorry, my bad. But he isn't Muslim, so it still holds.
Makes so much common sense, thank you.
This video forgot to include that teaching God needs our money or that He wants us to pay or give money to the so called ministers is a misuse of His Name. Because there is no such verse in the Bible, in fact the Bible teaches the opposite - a very grave sin!!!
Mark 3:20-35 Tells what the unpardonable sin is. Look closely at verse 30. Blaspheme means to insult. Some of the religious crowd said Jesus did the miracles by the power of satan thus insulting the Holy Spirit and sealing their fate. So to blaspheme the Holy Spirit is to attribute the divine to the demonic. Verse 30 determines this is why Jesus spoke this. They indeed rejected Jesus Christ but that's forgivable like all sins if it is repented of but insulting the Holy Spirit can never be forgiven Only God himself knows when that line is crossed and perhaps the person guilty of it.
Great series of the ten commandments. Honestly. But this escalated quickly here. How can a person who murder be forgiven and one who steal in the name of God not be forgiven? How "the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name" went to the statement of the end "God will not forgive you!"? I feel some kind of sadness because all other videos are extremely logical, but this one seems to fanatic; and contrary to the others, it feels like you have to force the interpretations to much to get to this conclusion. This are my thoughts on this. I would appreciate the response of Prager University, or some studious christian or even a respectful non-theist on this topic.
(Thanks to David Ripplinger who already gave a good opinion on this).
If logic is the standard you use for evaluating moral norms, than why is there a need for Divine Moral Authority? If there is a Divine Moral Authority, why (dare to) demand an underlying logic?
Filosofisch voer It could be a valid argument. But i think the purpose of the entire series is to show the "logic" of the 10 commandments, and how, in words of this man "God has at least as much common sense as we do"
Could you deduce the 10 commandments from common sense?
***** Cowardice undoubtedly. Or unfamiliarity with youtube discussions. At any rate. What about the ancient non-theistisc civilizations (Confucianist, Taoist, Buddhist)?
Filosofisch voer I don't think it's a coincidence that sociology considers the culture in countries where Confucianism and Buddhism are prevalent to be shame cultures, not guilt cultures. I'm unsure if that's the exact term in english, as it's not my native language. What it means essentially is that in a shame culture, you avoid shame, i.e. you avoid being caught lying much more than you avoid lying in general. In a guilt culture you avoid lying in general, because it is primarily guilt that you avoid.
Even if this is the worst sin weren't *all* of our sins forgiven when Jesus died on the cross? did not Jesus overrule all contradicting laws of the old testament when he did so?
Islamist carry out their evil deeds in the name of their god Allah, Allah is not the same as Jehovah, who is the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob.
And why?
Besides, it is written in the Quaran that the unbelievers shall be beheaded. And those who do so shall enter their islamic heaven.
allahu akbar!
Clement Liu You need mental help and get saved.
Sorry, I was making a joke. Although I do agree that Islam is the most cancerous religion, due to the fact that they are so pervasive and extremist.
That's an awful lot of pressure! The bible tells you to do EVERYTHING in the name of the lord, it's rough to think that if you mess it up: He will not forgive you.
I'd say, by extension, don't do something in the name of another person or the country unless it upholds the values and principles of that person or country.
Agreed!!
I'm not that religious, guess I'll get to that point someday. My opinion of these videos are that they have sense, they are very interesting and reach me. Thank you :) very nicely explained
The god of Judaism and Christianity, they forgot Islam
Christianity and Islam have the same god. Allah just means god in Arabic. Muslims believe in Jesus as well
They believe he was a prophet, not the son of God
Vaunomax yes they also believe that he was physically raised into heaven rather than being hung on the cross
i dont like islam
Eric 85
Nor do I as I don't like any religion it just bothers me how a lot of people don't realize that Muslims believe in the Christian God
Thank you PragerU!
I wonder why he didn't blame the rise of atheism of the church's child rape scandal?
+corey may Probably because blaming it on Catholic staff's child rape is either stupid or proves all you've got is argument by outrage. All that amounts to is an appeal to emotion, which is utterly useless when trying to prove whether the Bible is reliable or truthful.
Gustav where does the bible say that
The old testament is very long son please give me a more accurate example
There are equally as many 'Christians' committing evil in God's name today. The clearest example being preachers who please the congregation in return for money; the chief example being mass faith healers.
Yes and no: some of these preachers do use that money very well. Of course, they may live very well too, but they do their job and people are OK with that.
It would be evil if they lie to get mpney from people.
In mpst cases, it's the first case.
Joseph Ang You've just proven my point. "people are OK with that". We are not meant to be of this world and to please men. The right question to ask is whether it's pleasing to God. It doesn't matter whether it's pleasing to men.
***** your question is fundamentally wrong. Christianity teaches not to ask 'what's wrong' for men would easily justify their actions. We are taught that we are individually accountable to God to be judged for each of our actions, therefore rather than asking that question, we inspect each action and ask whether it pleases God. With that in mind, the question to ask is whether those actions are glorifying and pleasing to God and whether we're giving our best to Him by living full of carnal satisfaction.
***** I believe I have already answered your query in my previous comment. Once again, your question is wrong. Secondly it's not for us to judge whether he's glorifying God with his actions because God will judge each of us individually so he'll have to answer for himself. If you want my opinion it's simple, excessive wealth isn't necessary to sustain life. His not living a simple life, but rather living comfortably while others suffer and die from the lack of access to basic needs. This isn't what the bible teaches Christians to do.
***** OK but you don't need me to answer these things. When faced with a situation, just remember to ask what does God say? and what does the bible say? Those are far more important than whatever I written here.
islam's god is not the God of the jews or Christians ... so it can't be used as a reference or example.
deezTX It is though en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allah
+Martin Kortner For all I know you could've just change the wikipedia page to that if you wanted to (because it's a free encyclopedia, anyone can change it). So don't believe everything wikipedia says.
Hilko Jongsma So according to you I made a Wikipedia account, edited the page, made up the citated sources, added it to other languages as well so they match and somehow managed keep the made up stuff there past Wiki admins who fact checks new entries, all to make a point in a comment section 3 months ago?
Martin Kortner Appearently you are blind to my words: "For all I know"
No of course I'm not saying that you did this litterally, my point is, that anyone can change a wikipedia page. And if there were enough admins to check all of the text litterally, Wikipedia could just as well not be an open encyclopedia, because you have enough people to create the pages anyway.
So don't be so ignorant. All I'm saying is that I'm a Christian. And if I compare Allah's features with God's, I come to the conclusion that they are definitly NOT the same.
They may have a similar origin, or the word "allah" may just have the same meaning as the word "god", but those are no reason they are the same.
Hilko Jongsma I used Wikipedia as a source because it's a well known facts that the abrahamic gods share an origin in the stories of Abraham. I didn't think people here would be perky enough to want to go through heavy academic texts on the matter, so I listed an easy-to-understand source with citations for those who wanted to look into it further.
I'm not sure what you indicate I'm ignorant about. If you could educate me on that, I'd really appreciate it :)
As for if they are the same, well, even many of the same faith don't even have the same view of the concept of a god, so you're right, to say they're exactly the same would indeed be wrong. But yes, they do have the same origins. Kind of like how the character of Santa Claus, who originated from the stories of Saint Nicholas has spread to have countless different stories attached to him. For example, the popular American version, Santa Claus, is the same character as the Dutch Sinterklaas in origin, but they have very different mythology connected to them. Even among Americans and people from the Netherlands people have different views on these characters.
The Christian god and the god of Islam are connected in a very similar way. They both share an origin as the Abrahamic god, but they have diverted into having different mythologies connected to them. As for what features they share and which ones they don't, it depends entierly on which parts of the texts you look at. As a Christian I'm sure you're also well aware that the god of the bible changes throughout the various books, with features ranging from cruel and unforgiving, requesting slaughter of innocent mothers and children, to warm and loving, asking that we help the poor and the needy. The god of the Quran is much the same, with mixed messages that you can understand however you want, depending on where in the texts you look and how you choose to interpret it.
Your interpretation of the god described in the bible differs a lot from the interpretation others of the christian faith have, and so that blurs the line between whether you can call it the same or not even more.
How would a regular citizen like me commit such a sin? I'm worried I already have and do not know. Also. Would committing this sin without knowledge of its existence be a means of God to punish for it?
Using God (religion) to take advantage of and displace the new culture/society you recently moved into.
I.E. muslims who move into new areas, disregard the local people and their laws by instead following Sharia Law. Believing it's a religion rights in the name of God.
Errr... Am I the only one wondering why rape isn't a sin?
Thou shalt not steal is a good analogy by Tyndale here, but thats not totally accurate. There are things aside from the 10 commandments which are sins
You might be! Christians know that it is a terrible sin.
This is a very good video to help explain to people what it actually means to “take” or “misuse” God’s name in vain or in “a worthless way.” Though, I’ve always been curious as to why people think that the word “god” is his actual personal name. ‘God’ is a designation or title that can apply to other gods or even to men as the Bible itself shows. That commandment says not to take his “name” in vain rather than his title or position. So it’s the reputation it carries with it. Not sure if “guiltless” means “unforgivable” though unless that’s solely a Jewish perspective. Jesus taught the sin that is held as unforgivable is blasphemy against God’s Holy Spirit, though only God can ultimately decide what he constitutes as someone blaspheming against his Holy Spirit. Though, Leviticus 24:10-16 does show a form of blasphemy such as “cursing god.” Another example of what this can entail is what the religious leaders of Jesus’ day did when they blasphemed against god’s Holy Spirit. Jesus performed works that were undeniably god’s Holy Spirit operating on him so as to identify him as the Messiah the Jews had long been waiting for but they (the Pharisees and Saducees and those of like mind) refused to believe it was God’s Holy Spirit and instead told everyone that Jesus was able to do the works he did only by the “power of Beelzabub, the ruler of the demons” and not the power of god (Matthew 12:22-32) - even going so far as to say Jesus himself was Demon-possessed as John 10:19-21 says.
So stealing a stapler in god's name is worse than murdering someone for secular reasons? This is a perfect example of religion corrupting our natural moral compass. Without religion people would intuitively understand that murder is always worse than blasphemy.
Well, yes. Those who sin in Gods name tarnish his name and drive people away from him and turn them into people, well, like you. Others who sin in his name can also gather followers to further sin in his name. Think Jonestown.
Sin is death. If all sin equals death, then what would you say? He says you are dead in your transgressions.
LoL, so edgy Mr.2LegHumanist, but stealing a stapler is not evil.
I think where Prager is wrong is that he said that God gave us common sense, because then you read dumb comments like this of people who intentionally mishear what people say so that they can poke holes in arguments thinking their so smart. Too edgy mate.
i love how you are trying to find a fault in this just because it is christian
kindly stop
***** With religion it's all relative. It's open to interpretation, you can pick and choose what is allegorical and what is literal, you can pick and choose which of the many judeo-christian interpretations you want to accept.
If religion offered truly objective morality, the moral zeitgeist would not have changed over the past millenia and we'd still be stoning people to death for not honouring thy mother and thy father!
Does it mean that someone is held responsible or accountable for misquotes of scripture or is ignorance of the law is no excuse type of thing.
If God has as much common sense as we do then he must be ashamed of himself given that our system of justice is miles better than his.
Lil Kim God has more common sense than we do I'd say lol. And there's a difference between cultural religious laws of Israel and universal religious laws.
"God has more common sense than we do I'd say lol"
really? can you even conceive of a crime that deserves eternal torture?
Exactly. If you actually read the New Testament, the emphasis is on the "darkness outside" or "wailing and grinding of teeth". It's the natural grief and separation of being locked in from the inside, as C.S. Lewis put it.
No amount of logical argument can make the pain of hell understandable, but logical argument can prove it to be true and just.
***** " nobody knows what Hell is like. We only know that ist a place without God"
So you can provide scientific research?, oh please enlight me!
***** None of my professors ever talked about religion in my classes. You are not religious because you were smart enough to questions your "atheist professors". You are religious because you believed what your parents and other adults told you when you were a kid, thats why if you are born in the middle east you are likely to "discover" islam, if you are born in America you "discover" christianity.
Breaking the third commandment also breaks the first two... As does not keeping the fourth commandment in accordance with the creation 7th day which was made Holy by God.
For God's sake...
you will go to hell my friend damn... how many times I mentioned god's name in a sentence that makes me scared now on what will happen after i die...
Did you two even WATCH the video?
John Whitesell Yep
Well stated!
Reed Howard yep a troll and theirs probably a lot of people taking it seriously
I think the worst sin is to violate Shabbath, as it is the commandment repeated most often throughout the Bible.
Wasn't suicide a sin that's unforgivable?
I might be missing something…
Matthew Klepadlo It is murder of oneself, but remember, God forgives *all* sins, except those who are unwilling to accept forgiveness and blasphemy of the Holy Spirit
@@Edmonton-of2ec how could you ask for forgiveness after you have killed yourself, suicide is a sin, unless you have jumped off a bridge and you have a few seconds to say, lord forgive me, the chances are, you will burn in hell. I guarantee you if suicide was not a sin, most Christians would be jumping off planes to go to heaven, the pain will not be felt and you get to live in paradise for eternity, suicide is a sin.
Praise our Elohim YHVY , for her is just and righteous and sent us the Messiah Yeshua so we can be forgiven
Yeah, but, "God" is a Category, not a name.
curlywolfone true but there is only one Yahweh, one true God. Deuteronomy 6:4.
Agreed.
curlywolfone and he's name is "god" btw
Viralerzzz Would you prefer to be refered to as "Another Guy on the Computer" or as "Viralerzzz"? ...the title "God" in this country, 'USA,' has become subjective to everyone that worships "God" in their own way. Ask a Muslim, he'll be glad to tell you who "God" is; ask a Hindu, he too will tell you who "God" is; ask a New Ager, he'll tell you "It doesn't matter who "God" is, because he goes by all names; He's the same "God" that everyone else worships." So do want to worship a specific "God" or the conglomeration and morass of the multitude of names of "God"?
There is one Elohim, (God,) and His name is YHWH; He has one Messiah, (Savior) His name is YHSHWH.
I'm glad to her this interpretation. I've always believed this commandment to be not so much against not swearing but against using the idea of God for you own self-serving purposes (Muhammad... cough... cough...)
I think it could actually be both. Just did a video on this topic. I'd be curious of your opinion
@@PracticalFaith Sure, it could be both!
YOUR WHOLE SERIES OF VIDEOS TAKE HIS NAME IN VAIN
Good God, I'm not the only one who thinks this. Thanks
yiyo ascen I'm sure god will forgive him for trying to teach morons.
We need to also understand what "evil" is, as defined by Scripture. So many people believe that "evil" is the REALLY bad stuff. It's not just that.
COMMANDMENTS 2015
1. You shall never relinquish your critical thinking in favor of a conceptual entity the existence of which you cannot validate.
(We must all recognize the fact that today, religion is the most serious impediment to any sensible management of the worlds peoples. Religion and belief in conceptual entities, divides humans into competing groups that will invariably argue, fight and kill each other's children over these unfounded beliefs. This has to stop as should the "polite tolerance" of totally implausible religious claims. It is time for us all to think. To think rationally; to think for ourselves. We must have the honesty, integrity and courage to admit when we do not know the answer and that the answers will not be found on our knees with our eyes closed.)
2. You shall never elevate your cause above your humanity.
(Humans can be moral without a belief in a conceptual entity. Develop your empathy.)
3. You shall stop the practice of genital mutilation of your young for religious reasons and the presentation to them, of implausible religious claims, as absolute truth.
(Hide your face and weep if you dare to harm a child.)
4. You shall not tolerate cruelty or the subjugation and mistreatment of people. (Women in particular have had an inferior status based upon ancient religious text.)
5. You shall honor your father and your mother.
6. You shall not murder.
7. You shall not have sex irresponsibly, without consideration of it's consequences or without empathy and consideration for others and you will always insist upon safe sex practices.
8. You shall not steal and cannot escape judgment if you rob people with a false prospectus rather than with a weapon, nor will you "rip people off" in the name of religion.
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10. You shall not covet. (You shall learn to control your envy.)
11. You shall not condemn people on the basis of their ethnicity or their color but you should rigorously question their unfounded beliefs. (Contemplation is acceptable, unprovable assertions are not.)
12. You shall not condemn people for their inborn non-violent nature.
(Why would God create so many homosexuals only in order to torture and destroy them?)
13. You shall not use people as private property, as owned, or as slaves.
14. You shall accept responsibility for what you do and shall not defer such to a conceptual entity, the existence of which we cannot validate. (Scapegoating, or having someone else die for your sin is not moral.)
15. You shall rigorously pursue a verifiable truth, develop your empathy and have respect.
(Be aware that you, too, are an animal, and dependent upon the web of nature. Think and act accordingly.)
16. You shall strongly oppose all and any efforts to incorporate religion into government or the military, shall insist on the separation of Church and State and guard against religious literalism.
17. You shall wear clothes for protection, fashion or humor but not as a propitiation to a conceptual entity, the existence of which we cannot validate.
18. You shall refrain from dragging inappropriate, unverifiable and meaningless beliefs and rituals from the past, into the present and shall recognize that cultism is a damaging and corrosive pursuit.
(Human beliefs and strange rituals are learned, they are not part of human DNA. It is time to understand that we can all get along if properly educated.)
19. You shall not present religious pseudoscience as education or as literal and will accept that we are mortal beings with finite lives, whose purpose is for us to collectively and individually determine.
20. Governments should discontinue tax exemption for religion and stop the support and perpetuation of implausible religious claims that cannot be validated. (Belief in a conceptual entity should not absolve you of your obligation to pay for the umbrella of infrastructure and defense under which you enjoy your freedom)
Some input courtesy of Christopher Hitchens
could you please write the entire lord of the rings in your next comment?
thanks
I don't understand of this concept of "I hate god". Can you real hate a fictional character? I don't hate superman, I hate my old Senior Chief and Lazy ass first class. Superman is more of a "the premise of this character is stupid" more than a hatred. God fits into this category, this mythological character is a stupid premise, I don't it.
Wonderful analysis, Mr. Prager.... you are spot on....
You know how many times ive said "oh my g**?" Here I am trying to learn the correct wayz on my own, i grew up Christian but have lost it over the years, im tryinh to pick up my feet and learn all over again. Is there a way I can help god forgove me? I will a baptism work?
What about now?
Arguably the most important commandment of them all.
We are punished by our sins not for our sins. We don't need others to point out our salvation or non salvation.
Example: a lady at church you hardly know says to you God told me to tell you, you are, have, could , would , should be aware of this or that ... This is not only a form of witchcraft (aka) manipulation.
This example is also about taking God's name in vain because the lady is using God's name to justify her personal reasons for judging, interfering or trying to control others yet saying God wants you to know, be aware, take heed, believe... ext. We have a personal relationship with God we don't need others opinions or approval.
I honestly didn't know about the commandments and I broke some...I there's a way to restore or undo what you just did or say or god will hate you for breaking the commandments?
+Justin George Repentance through Jesus Christ. Accept Christ as your savior and your sins will be washed clean. Repent for what you have done, and be honest with God (it's not like he can't see what you've done).
Unix One but can you repent twice?
Justin George To answer your question with a question: Did Christ die for all sins? The answer to that one is yes, as long as you are sincere in your repentance, it doesn't matter if it's your first, second, fifth, tenth time or more. God's not expecting perfection, just that you try to avoid temptation, and come ask forgiveness when you fall. We all stumble Justin, believe me, I should know.
Unix One im asking for a yes or no answer not a long paragraph about if i died for him
Justin George Yes. Yes you can repent more than once. As long as you mean it. Is that short enough?
My understanding is bearing false witness on God. And is from my perspective, the most common reason given for peoples rejection of God. The miss representation of God has caused great harm, and still happens today.
We are not held guiltless for the sins we commit, for we are in fact guilty. But being guilty of sin does not mean we can't be forgiven. All sins can be forgiven unless it is the sin of impenitence which is the denial of God throughout all one's life including the point of death. It is saying a final "no" to God before you die which tells Him that you don't want to be with him in paradise. Other than that, God tells us that all sins can be forgiven if you repent and are sorry.
And one key thing about repentance that most people might overlook: Repentance is not a simple "Oh, yeah, sorry 'bout that." It goes a lot deeper. From my understanding, repentance is an admittance and recognition of all guilt, and a true sorrow at the wrongs committed. It always gets to me when people say that it's really simple, when honestly admitting to the part of one's self that is really nasty and wrong but also integral to one's being is a very difficult thing to do, but still a very necessary thing.
I agree
Prager u, you are just AWESOME, thank you Dennis, only the pure hearts can see God
The Bible says: Separation from God is sin. Out of that separation comes all kinds of evil.
When people go against God's Character they are essentially becoming their own god.
Mr. Prager, I really enjoy your videos. I particularly enjoy your reasonable approach to Scripture and conservatism. According to your videos we do disagree on certain doctrines of Scripture, but I love and admire your stand for morality. I do wish for your response concerning your last statement in this video. I am curious of how you would reconcile "God will not forgive you if you take his name in vain." with the conversion of Saul of Tarsus in Acts 9. Truly Saul committed great evil in the name, Jehovah, not knowing that He is Christ?
So would you say that the 3rd Commandment would be blasphemy against the Holy Spirit?
Great video I think your interpretation of the 3rd commandment is great
According to the Nicene Creed, the Holy Spirit is "the Lord, the giver of life." If the Holy Spirit gives life, is it possible since life is received at conception, the alteration of human DNA, since it passes down through it's descendants, it's the unforgivable sin, since you are irreparably altering the nature of human beings?
sorry if that was asked already, but what about the "unpardonable sin" listed in the new testament gospels? what sin does this refer to?