{"id":4383,"date":"2014-03-25T14:07:13","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T14:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pjhmail.wordpress.com\/?p=4383"},"modified":"2014-03-25T14:07:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T14:07:13","slug":"psalm-13920","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/4383\/psalm-13920\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 139:20"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi John,<\/span><\/p>\n

While reading in Psalms it struck me that David mentioned the Lord’s enemies took His name in vain. In the context of the surrounding verses it’s hard to believe these men were anything but wicked. Were these men Jews?<\/span>
\n Thanks<\/span><\/p>\n

Michael<\/span>
\n ===============<\/span>
\n Hi Michael.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, David was referring to God’s people, the ones who had “taken God’s name” upon themselves by entering into covenant with Him. \u00a0They had made themselves His enemies by disobeying His law. \u00a0“A man’s enemies”, one of the prophets said, “shall be those of his own household.” \u00a0And when those in the household of faith walk contrary to the will of their Father, then He has enemies in his household, too.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks for the question. \u00a0It’s one that is asked by everyone who knows what “taking the name of the Lord” means, and then comes upon that verse in Psalms.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Pastor John<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi John, While reading in Psalms it struck me that David mentioned the Lord’s enemies took His name in vain. In the context of the surrounding verses it’s hard to believe these men were anything but wicked. Were these men Jews? Thanks Michael =============== Hi Michael. Yes, David was referring to God’s people, the ones […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-qa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4383"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}