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Day 285. What does it mean to take God’s Name “in vain”? (2025)

Day 285. What does it mean to take God’s Name “in vain”? (2025)

Update: 2025-10-12
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Today is day 285 and we are studying The Third Commandment.


285. What does it mean to take God’s Name “in vain”?


“Vain” means empty, meaningless, and of no account. To take God’s Name in vain is to treat it as such. (Leviticus 24:10 –16; Romans 2:23 –24)


We will conclude today with the Waw Stanza of Psalm 119 found on page 430 of the Book of Common Prayer (2019).


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Original music from Matthew Clark. Daily collects and Psalms are taken from Book of Common Prayer (2019), created by the Anglican Church in North America and published by the Anglican Liturgical Press. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Catechism readings are taken from To Be a Christian - An Anglican Catechism Approved Edition, copyright © 2020 by The Anglican Church in North America by Crossway a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Day 285. What does it mean to take God’s Name “in vain”? (2025)

Day 285. What does it mean to take God’s Name “in vain”? (2025)

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