You Better Think 🤔

Mark 15:19 (KJV)  And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him. After writing that the Lord reminded me that just in the chapter before the same thing happened.  Mark 14:65 (KJV) And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. This was the first time our Lord and Savior was spit on and hit and made fun of. Let us never forget how cruel mankind can be. What does the act if spitting on others mean? spitting can be used as a way to provoke or intimidate someone. Spitting can also be an expression of disrespect towards another person, to deem the worthlessness of another. It’s a nonverbal way of expression. Mankind not knowing who they were really spitting on, hitting and making fun of kept doing the same. So it is today there are those who speak evil of the God who loves them dearly. They use God’s name in vain in their talk and type as they text each other.  They disrespect the place of Worship and those who attend there. But never forget what Jesus said while hanging on the cross 

Luke 23:34 (KJV) Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. They didn’t know what they were doing. Neither do people today. Why would I say that? Here’s why, if someone loudly said words of disgrace about your mother or dad repeatedly in an angry way how would you act? Probably not in a way that you hear God's name used. Why is that? Because of the relationship you have with your mom and dad. You, like no one else on earth, understands what they sacrificed, gave and their love for you and your siblings. So when someone who doesn’t know them says hurtful words it hurts deeply. But when God’s name is used in a disrespectful way, it doesn’t bother you at all. Why is that? Because of the relationship. That is what Jesus was saying “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” they don’t know what they are doing. But when you have a relationship your feelings change. I remember many years ago a man kept using God’s Name in vain. I finally said to him “I don’t appreciate that you continue to use my Father’s Name in vain.” He had no clue of what I was saying, my father in law had to tell him what I meant as I walked away. No doubt he was a nice man but he just didn’t know what he was doing. He may have heard others talking like that and he just incorporated those words into his vocabulary. We do the same and we don’t have to use God’s Name in a big way to use it in vain. Same principle applies. Let’s say your dad’s name is Dan, would you incorporate into your vocabulary these words O my Dan, for Dan’s sake and other ways we use God’s Name in vain? Probably not. Why? Would it be out of love, respect  and your relationship? As Aretha Franklin said in her song “you better think! 🤔