Many people work in league, directly or indirectly, with the devil, rooted in a sense of pride. This pride provides a sense of control and dominance in one’s own life. One way this can manifest is through the imposition of “woke” pronouns onto society.
The human person is God’s greatest creation, made in His image and likeness. Anything that distorts or degrades the human person brings joy to Satan, because when he attacks the identity of a human, he indirectly attacks and mocks God Himself.
God is a personal being who describes Himself as the only God. In Jeremiah 23:24, He says, “‘Do not I fill heaven and earth?’ declares the LORD.” There is only one true, living God. The Bible also says, “The Lord our God, the Lord is one” (Deuteronomy 6:4).
God is infinite, holy, all-powerful, and unchangeable. You cannot take away any one attribute from Him because all of God contains these things. He is all of these things, yet there is only one God.
However, there is a mystery to this God. This mystery is that He is one God in three Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The mystery is the Holy Trinity.
Examples of the Trinity in the Old Testament
Here are a few examples of the pronouns of the Trinity in the Old Testament. In Genesis 1:26, it says, “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:” Notice the use of “us” and “our” in this one sentence. Then, in Genesis 1:27, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” Notice the use of “his”, “him”, and “them.”
When God speaks, He says “let Us” make in “our image,” and then we read immediately that He created people in His own image. This shows that God is both plural and singular. Genesis 3:22 further illustrates this point, “The man has now become like one of us.” God is both an “I” and a “we.” He is both a “him” and an “us.”
Of course, the Old Testament is full of these examples. Isaiah 6 and Moses at the burning bush are both notable examples. The Lord of Hosts is holy, holy, holy. The Old Testament provides clear clues that God is one and yet God is more than one.
Trinity pronouns in the New Testament
The Old Testament foreshadowed what was to be fulfilled in the New Testament of Christ. What may have been unclear to the Jews is now very clear to us.
Jesus instructs us to pray to God, saying, “Our Father who art in heaven…” (Luke 11:2). Why wouldn’t Jesus tell us to pray to himself? This is because the Father is God and the Lord Jesus Christ is also God.
First John 5:20 makes this point clear: “We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.” Jesus is God, fully human and divine, as Colossians 2:9 explains, “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form.”
But what about the Holy Spirit? Is He also God? Acts 15:28 confirms that the Holy Spirit is a person: “‘It is the decision of the Holy Spirit and of us not to place on you any burden beyond these necessities.”
Additionally, we baptize Christians in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit because Jesus commands us to do so: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:18). Peter told Ananias in Acts 5 that lying to the Holy Spirit is also lying to God.
While blasphemies can be forgiven, Matthew 12:31 states that “the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.” Blasphemy is speaking evil of God.
So, what about the “woke” pronouns used by our society?
As Christians, we must be careful not to blaspheme against God, and I believe using they/them and he/us is doing just that. God is offended by what we say. Let this verse work on our conscience and see how it might apply to us. This verse says the words “name” and “vain” twice each: “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not leave unpunished him who takes His name in vain” (Exodus 20:7 NASB).
In the Bible, names are more than just labels. In fact, they believed nothing really existed until it had a name to express its character. By its very definition, a name carried content of significance about who that person really is. Vanity in the book of Ecclesiastes refers to a life of emptiness. To be vain is the same as being empty. God revealed His name to Moses as “I am.” To use the Lord’s name in vain is the same as saying God is vain, meaning futile, empty, pointless, or wasted. This is a wrong summary of who God is.
In this context, this is a far-reaching commandment. Examples of this type of sin are saying expletives about God, unbiblical worship, using God’s name to back up lies, misinterpreting the Bible leaving an impression of God that is different than the one He has revealed, suggesting that God doesn’t care about people, or simply dragging God’s name through the mud.
Perhaps the most serious is not calling on God at all or living as if God is not present. In the Old Testament, breaking this commandment meant death by stoning. God takes this seriously. Under the new covenant, the sin will be punished at the judgment seat of Christ unless we know the Savior.
There is forgiveness for every sin, including this one. First, we must repent to God and then have faith by knowing the Name under heaven for which we can be saved. The name the Christians follow in adoration, not defamation.
When pronouns become idols
The Ten Commandments are words written by the very finger of God. Jesus Christ taught explicit obedience to the Ten Commandments (Matt. 5:17–19). In addition, the New Testament calls these words holy, just, and good (Romans 7:12). Therefore, keeping the law is an obedient practice for today’s Christian. In fact, love for these laws is a mark of Christian conversion.
“Then God spoke all these words, saying, ‘I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before Me,’” (Exodus 20:1–3 NASB).
Throughout history, humans have worshipped many different gods. A common thought today is that no one religion holds all the truth about God. Basically, they are all correct and true. This means Christianity must be seen as a partner with all the other religions or possibly even secular thoughts like the use of pronouns to describe God’s creation differently than He intended.
However, Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me,” (John 14:6). You cannot accept Christianity as true and ignore these verses of Scripture. The two thoughts cannot coexist. Not if you believe in a Godly inspired and sufficient Bible.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the use of “woke” pronouns by our society is a form of blasphemy that we should avoid as Christians. God is the only true God, and any distortion or degradation of the human person mocks and attacks God’s creation. The Trinity is a mystery of one God in three persons — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit — that is clearly seen in both the Old and New Testaments.
Using the wrong pronouns for God can be a form of blasphemy and should be avoided to honor and respect God’s name and identity. Christians should be careful not to take the name of the Lord in vain, recognizing that His name carries significant meaning and reverence.