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Exodus 20:2 commandment #3 ”THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN.” What does it really mean to not take the Lord’s name in vain? Does it even have to do anything with using one of Jesus’s or the Father’s many names to express anger, shock, excitement...? I’ve heard before that it doesn’t necessarily have to do with the words you speak. More so it’s meant to command us that when we take the name of the Lord upon ourselves by taking the sacrament, that we prove ourselves faithful servants and followers to the Lord, that we don’t sit idle when work is to be done, that we use our time wisely... Is this looking into the commandment too deeply or taking it out of context as the Lord originally intended for us to understand it? Anyone familiar with the Greek/Hebrew behind commandment number 3 to clarify if it was meant to only address the spoken words out of our mouths? Sacramental Prayer Doctrine and Covenats 20:77 “O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to the souls of all those who partake of it, that they may eat in remembrance of the body of thy Son, and witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they are willing to take upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him and keep his commandments which he has given them; that they may always have his Spirit to be with them. Amen.”