February 5 – Living with a Lasting Name

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Welcome to Bible Chat, where we
have devotional conversations

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rooted in scripture and relevant
for today, February 5th.

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Living with a lasting name
Everyone wants to be remembered

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for something.
Whether we admit it or not, we

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all care about the name we’re
building.

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We want to matter.
We want our lives to mean

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something.
In a world obsessed with likes,

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followers, and recognition, it’s
easy to believe that being known

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is the same as being
significant.

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But Scripture gently and firmly
reminds us that not every name

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lasts the same way.
Proverbs chapter 10, verses six

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to seven, says blessings are on
the head of the righteous, but

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the mouth of the wicked conceals
violence.

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The memory of the righteous is a
blessing, but the name of the

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wicked will rot.
That’s a sobering contrast.

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One life leaves behind blessing.
The other fades, spoils, and

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loses its value.
This tells us that legacy isn’t

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about being talked about, It’s
about being remembered for the

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right reasons.
It’s about the kind of impact

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your life has on others long
after the moment has passed.

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Then we step into Acts chapter
5, where the apostles are

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standing in the middle of real
pressure.

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They are commanded by powerful
leaders to stop speaking about

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Jesus, to be quiet, to protect
themselves, to play it safe.

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And Peter, speaking for the
apostles, says something that

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defines their legacy.
In Acts chapter 5, verse 29, he

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says we must obey God rather
than men.

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That sentence cost them comfort.
It cost them approval.

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It even put their safety at
risk.

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But it also sealed the kind of
name they would leave behind.

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Their courage wasn’t loud for
attention.

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It was steady, rooted obedience.
They chose faithfulness over

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popularity.
They chose truth over

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acceptance.
And because of that, their lives

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continue to bless millions of
people centuries later.

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Their names didn’t rot.
Their memory became a blessing.

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This challenges us in everyday
ways.

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When you choose honesty instead
of fitting in.

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When you stand for what’s right,
even if it costs you

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friendships.
When you obey God quietly, when

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no one is cheering.
Those moments feel small.

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But they are shaping your name.
They are writing your story.

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You don’t have to be famous to
leave a lasting legacy.

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You just have to be faithful.
Obedience to God has a way of

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outliving applause.
Integrity creates impact that

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doesn’t fade.
And when your life points people

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toward God, the blessing
continues long after you’re

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gone.
So the question is just will I

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be remembered?
The real question is, what will

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my life leave behind?
A name that fades or a memory

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that blesses?
Let’s pray.

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Heavenly Father, thank you for
reminding me that how I Live

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Today shapes the legacy I leave
behind.

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Help me to care more about
obeying you than gaining

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approval from people.
Give me courage to stand for

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what is right, even when it’s
uncomfortable or unpopular.

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Teach me to live with integrity,
to walk in righteousness, and to

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leave behind a life that becomes
a blessing to others.

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In Jesus name, Amen.
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Proverbs chapter 10 verses six
to seven World English Bible

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Blessings are on the head of the
righteous, but violence covers

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the mouth of the wicked.
The memory of the righteous is

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blessed, but the name of the
wicked will rot.

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Acts chapter 5 World English
Bible But a certain man named

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Ananias with Sapphira his wife,
sold a possession and kept back

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part of the price.
His wife also being aware of it,

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then brought a certain part and
laid it at the apostles feet.

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But Peter said, Ananias, why has
Satan filled your heart to lie

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to the Holy Spirit and to keep
back part of the price of the

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land?
While you kept it, didn’t it

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remain your own after it was
sold?

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Wasn’t it in your power?
How is it that you have

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conceived this thing in your
heart?

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You haven’t lied to men, but to
God.

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Ananias, hearing these words,
fell down and died.

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Great fear came on all who heard
these things.

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The young men arose and wrapped
him up, and they carried him out

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and buried him.
About 3 hours later, his wife,

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not knowing what had happened,
came in.

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Peter answered her.
Tell me whether you sold the

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land for so much.
She said, Yes, for so much, but

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Peter asked her, How is it that
you have agreed together to

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tempt the Spirit of the Lord?
Behold, the feet of those who

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have buried your husband are at
the door, and they will carry

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you out.
She fell down immediately at his

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feet and died.
The young men came in and found

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her dead, and they carried her
out and buried her by her

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husband.
Great fear came on the whole

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assembly, and on all who heard
these things by the hands of the

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apostles.
Many signs and wonders were done

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among the people.
They were all with 1 accord in

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Solomon’s porch.
None of the rest dared to join

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them.
However, the people honored

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them.
More believers were added to the

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Lord, multitudes of both men and
women.

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They even carried out the sick
into the streets and laid them

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on cots and mattresses, so that
as Peter came by, at least his

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shadow might over shadow some of
them.

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The multitude also came together
from the cities around

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Jerusalem, bringing sick people
and those who were tormented by

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unclean spirits, And they were
all healed.

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But the high priest rose up, and
all those who were with him,

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which is the sect of the
Sadducees, and they were filled

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with jealousy and laid hands on
the apostles, then put them in

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public custody.
But an Angel of the Lord opened

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the prison doors by night and
brought them out, and said, Go,

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stand and speak in the temple to
the people all the words of this

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life.
When they heard this, they

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entered into the temple about
Daybreak and taught.

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But the high priest and those
who were with him came and

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called the council, together
with all the Senate of the

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Children of Israel, and sent to
the prison to have them brought.

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But the officers who came didn’t
find them in the prison.

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They returned and reported.
We found the prison shut and

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locked, and the guards standing
before the doors.

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But when we opened them we found
no one inside.

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Now when the high priest, the
captain of the temple, and the

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chief priests heard these words,
they were very perplexed about

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them, and what might become of
this one came and told them,

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Behold, the men who you put in
prison are in the temple,

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standing and teaching the
people.

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Then the captain went with the
officers and brought them

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without violence, for they were
afraid that the people might

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stone them.
When they had brought them, they

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set them before the council.
The high priest questioned them,

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saying, Didn’t we strictly
command you not to teach in this

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name?
Behold, you have filled

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Jerusalem with your teaching and
intend to bring this man’s blood

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on us.
But Peter and the apostles

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answered, we must obey God
rather than men.

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The God of our fathers raised up
Jesus, whom you killed, hanging

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him on a tree.
God exalted him with His right

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hand to be a Prince and a
Savior, to give repentance to

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Israel and remission of sins.
We are His witnesses of these

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things, and so also is the Holy
Spirit, whom God has given to

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those who obey Him.
But they, when they heard this,

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were cut to the heart, and were
determined to kill them.

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But one stood up in the council,
a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a

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teacher of the law, honored by
all the people, and commanded to

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put the apostles out for a
little while.

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He said to them, You men of
Israel, be careful concerning

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these men, what you are about to
do.

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For before these days Theudas
rose up, making himself out to

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be somebody, to whom a number of
men, about 400, joined

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themselves.
He was slain, and all as many as

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obeyed him were dispersed and
came to nothing.

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After this man, Judas of Galilee
rose up in the days of the

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enrollment, and drew away some
people after him.

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He also perished, and all as
many as obeyed Him were

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scattered abroad.
Now I tell you, withdraw from

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these men and leave them alone.
For if this council or this work

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is of men, it will be
overthrown.

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But if it is of God, you will
not be able to overthrow it, and

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you would be found even to be
fighting against God.

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They agreed with him, summoning
the apostles.

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They beat them and commanded
them not to speak in the name of

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Jesus and let them go.
They therefore departed from the

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presence of the council,
rejoicing that they were counted

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worthy to suffer dishonor for
Jesus name.

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Every day in the temple and at
home, they never stopped

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teaching and preaching Jesus the
Christ.

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Thanks for joining us on Bible
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