I. HOW GOD'S NAME IS HALLOWED.

1. WHEN THE WORD OF GOD IS TAUGHT IN ITS TRUTH AND PURITY. God has
revealed Himself to us in His Word, and it is only from that Word that
we can learn to know Him and worship Him aright. [John 1:18+] Those,
therefore, who in the Church, the school, or the home, teach God's Word,
as well as those who gladly hear, read, and learn it, hallow His name.
[John 17:17+] But the Word must be taught in its truth and purity; that
is, it must be taught as it is recorded in the Scriptures, with nothing
added, taken away, or changed. [Gal. 1:9, Rev 22:18, 19]

AND WE AS THE CHILDREN OF GOD LEAD HOLY LIVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH IT. In
order to hallow God's name, we must not only hear but obey His Word.
[Jas. 1:22+, Matt. 5:16] As God's children we should think, speak, and
act according to the rule which He has laid down in His Word, and thus
glorify His name.

TO THIS MAY OUR BLESSED FATHER IN HEAVEN HELP US. We cannot preserve
God's Word in its truth and purity against its foes, nor believe and
obey it by our own strength: hence we pray for God's help.

II. HOW GOD'S NAME IS PROFANED.

BUT WHOEVER TEACHES AND LIVES OTHERWISE THAN AS GOD'S WORD PRESCRIBES,
PROFANES THE OF GOD AMONG US. [Rom. 2:21-24, Tit. 1:16] False teachers,
who deny God's Word, or change it, or add to it, or subtract from it,
profane the name of God, because they hide the glory of God from those
who believe their teachings. Those who live otherwise than as God's Word
prescribes, and are hypocrites or impenitent and unbelieving persons,