imge hit on something important here that I wanted to point out.
"This only hurts our Savior and He died in vain."
One of the things that brought me back to Christianity was the understanding of how what we perceive sin in simple terms, but how it condemns from multiple angles.
Taking the Lord's name in vain is forsaking the Lord, whether it be in speech or in action. If you profess to be a Christian and disobey God, you are indeed taking the Lord's name in vain.
If you are holding on to an idol in your life and it's taking up all of your time that you know you should be dedicating to your relationship with Jesus, you are worshiping false Gods, practicing idolatry, taking the Lord's name in vain, coveting your idol, stealing time from the Lord and most likely breaking the holy Sabbath of the Lord your God.
Sin is not one-dimensional. God designed the Ten Commandments in such a way that you can't break one and not be guilty of others at the same time. This shows the severity of disobedience to the law of God and why we're called to righteousness.
God wants a righteous people who are ready for heaven. Heaven is
not a place of disobedience. What makes any Christian think they are going to enter the kingdom of heaven in a state of wretched sinfulness or lukewarmness?
God's law is the standard by which we are judged—and we
are judged.
- "I'm covered by grace."
- "Jesus is my rest."
- "The 9 are still binding, just not the Sabbath."
- "Sunday is the Lord's day, because the resurrection of Jesus makes it double-holy."
- "The law was the old covenant. We are in the new covenant."
- "The law is love God, love others, which replaces the Ten Commandments."
These statements fly in the face of the repeated calls for repentance in the new testament and the holiness and righteousness we're called to—that can only be achieved through obedience to God through His commandments.
If you own a car and you drive, do you break speed limit laws? If so, what is the reasoning for your breaking of the speed limit? "I do what I want.", "I can go 10 miles over the speed limit and won't get pulled over.", "I'll never get caught if I'm careful." Even the most careful speeder gets pulled over at some point and has to pay the piper, or worse, causes an accident that harms others.
These things we tell ourselves, so that we can do what we want, are fallacies of the sinful, selfish mind.