Choosing a Good Name

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Proverbs 13:20 He who walks with the wise will be wise but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Proverbs 4:23 Above all else guard your heart…

Proverbs 4:23 . . . . for it is the wellspring of life

Proverbs 18:21 There is life and death in the power of the tongue.

Proverbs 3:3-4 Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.

Your reputation is a reflection of: Your identity What you value

Romans 1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world.

Judas Iscariot

Benedict Arnold

John Wilkes Booth

What will you and I be known for?

How do I win a good name before God and man?

1. Love

“God is Great, God is Good, and we thank Him for this food.”

God’s Love is Unmerited

Romans 5:8 “But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us!”

God’s Love is Indestructible

Romans 8:35-39 “Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or anguish or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? …37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

Romans 8:35-39 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

Romans 8:35-39 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will have the power to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord!”

God’s Love is Unending

Isaiah 49:14,15 The LORD has abandoned me; The Lord has forgotten me!

15 Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the child of her womb? Even if these forget, yet I will not forget you.

Psalm 136:1-26 “His Love is eternal” 26 times!

2. Faithfulness

Because God is good, God is faithful.

In temptation, God is faithful.

1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

In forgiveness, God is faithful.

1 John 1:8-10 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

In spiritual growth, God is faithful.

1 Thessalonians 5:19-24 Do not put out the Spirit's fire; 20 do not treat prophecies with contempt. 21 Test everything. Hold on to the good. 22 Avoid every kind of evil.

23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through 23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.

come together in describing the Lord Love Faithfulness come together in describing the Lord

Exodus 34:5-7 Then the LORD came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the LORD. 6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD,

Exodus 34:5-7 the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faith-fulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin.

Psalm 89:14-15 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you. 15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, O LORD.

Psalm 36:5 Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.

Building a good Reputation

The motive is love.

I Corinthians 13:1-3 If I speak the languages of men and of angels, but do not have love, I am a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all

I Corinthians 13:1-3 faith, so that I can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 And if I donate all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

I John 4:7-8 Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

The method is faithfulness.

Proverbs 28:20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings.

Matthew 25:21 Well done, thou good and faithful servant - you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things - enter into the joy of your Lord!

Time + Consistency TRUST =

I’m not like this on Sundays.

How do I need to grow in love?

Where do I need to grow in faithfulness?

Proverbs 3:3-4 Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.