Christians seem to think that the only way in which a person can use God's name in vain is to say things like "Oh my God!" or "God damn it!" Far from it. God's name is used in vain more times in a day by Christians, professing Christians, and Christian-posers. When you call God as a witness to something that is clearly a lie, you use God's name in vain. When you attribute things to God that He never said or did, you use God's name in vain. When you invoke God in any way, shape, or form that is not honest, trustworthy, true, and with integrity, you use God's name in vain.
You might never utter those words that employ God's name as a four-letter expletive curse word, but if you say God said something to you that He clearly did not say, or if you say God did something in your life that He clearly did not do, or if you attribute something to Him that had nothing to do with Him whatsoever, then you are just as guilty of using God's name in vain as the person who does employ it as a curse word. God is not fooled, and He will not be mocked.
When you claim that God taught you something that you choose to interpret from the Bible that simply does not stand up to scrutiny and biblical exegesis, you are guilty of using God's name in vain. When you claim that God told you to do something or led you to do something or that you prayed about something and God gave His blessing, despite it being in direct opposition to what is contained in His Word, you are guilty of using God's name in vain. The voice in your head is not the voice of God. It is the voice of your own wicked, depraved heart. It is the voice of your fleshly desires.
So, you who call yourself a Christian, how often do you actually use God's name in vain? Since it is one of the Ten Commandments, I suggest you start taking it more seriously, especially if you claim to love God. Because attributing things to God that He in no way is responsible for is you being guilty of using God's name in vain, which means you might as well be using it as a four-letter expletive curse word. You will not be held guiltless.
Stop using God's name in vain!
P.S.— Some of the worst people to use God's name in vain are the Catholics and the Charismatics. Catholics, through the abuse of their "indulgences," claim that by paying the church money, the sins you commit under that payment is forgiven by God. Sorry, but, no, it is not. You were merely suckered into giving the church money, while still being dead in your trespasses and sins because you have never repented and forsaken your sins. Charismatics falsely attribute a great many acts to the Holy Spirit, acts in which He has nothing to do with. The people who fall for all of this will be twice the sons of Hell than those who are lying to them and teaching these false doctrines of demons. But do not deceive yourself; other denominations are also guilty of using God's name in vain. Mostly, its the people in the denominations. When everyone claims to be lead by God and taught something by God, there is quite obviously a problem. Every verse of Scripture only has one interpretation, and if your interpretation does not square with the plain reading of Scripture, then God did not lead you and you were not taught by God. You are guilty of using God's name in vain.
P.S.— Some of the worst people to use God's name in vain are the Catholics and the Charismatics. Catholics, through the abuse of their "indulgences," claim that by paying the church money, the sins you commit under that payment is forgiven by God. Sorry, but, no, it is not. You were merely suckered into giving the church money, while still being dead in your trespasses and sins because you have never repented and forsaken your sins. Charismatics falsely attribute a great many acts to the Holy Spirit, acts in which He has nothing to do with. The people who fall for all of this will be twice the sons of Hell than those who are lying to them and teaching these false doctrines of demons. But do not deceive yourself; other denominations are also guilty of using God's name in vain. Mostly, its the people in the denominations. When everyone claims to be lead by God and taught something by God, there is quite obviously a problem. Every verse of Scripture only has one interpretation, and if your interpretation does not square with the plain reading of Scripture, then God did not lead you and you were not taught by God. You are guilty of using God's name in vain.