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February 5 - When Obedience Costs Something · Bible Chat Devotional

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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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  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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