50 Days of Wisdom
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Wisdom is a skill in living that begins with fearing God, then progresses to guarding your mind, choosing your companions, controlling your body, monitoring your words, pursuing your work, managing your money, and loving your neighbor. Very simple. But that’s it. And when you’ve done that, you’ve learned wisdom. It’s vital to be taught wisdom. For example, as a father, if I fail to teach my son to fear God, the devil will teach him to hate God. If I fail to teach my son to guard his mind, the devil will teach him to have an open mind. If I fail to teach my son to obey his parents, the devil will teach him to rebel and break his parents’ hearts. If I fail to teach my son to select his companions carefully, the devil will choose them for him. If I fail to teach my son to control his body, the devil will gladly teach him to give it completely over to his lusts. If I fail to teach my children to enjoy speech that is honorable to God, the devil will fill their mouths with filth. If I fail to teach my children to pursue their work, the devil will make them lazy. If I fail to teach them to manage their money, the devil will teach them to waste it on riotous living. If I fail to teach them to love their neighbor, the devil will gladly teach them to love only themselves.
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Dealing with Sin
No Christian can give honest testimony to the fact that when he became a Christian, sin was erased. It’s not so. The tendency to sin is still in our lives. Even though we’re saved, we still sin; and worse, we still derive pleasure from our sin. We still struggle with sinful habits, not just isolated sinful acts. And sometimes we fall into shameful, scandalous sins. Our thoughts and our words are not always what they ought to be. Our time is often wasted on frivolous and worldly pursuits. Our minds and our affections are often set on things that will pass away. Our hearts often grow cold to things holy and evangelistic. And we might ask the question, why is this so? If indeed sin does not have dominion over us, if indeed we are no longer the slaves of sin, why can’t we live a pure life and enjoy a clear conscience? Why does this battle go on? Well, the answer is: there is yet remaining sin within us. Yes, we have been saved from the penalty of sin because Christ took the penalty of our sin Himself in dying on the cross. And we have been saved from the dominating power of sin in that sin’s powerful mastery over us is broken, and we do not have to obey it. And we have even been saved, to some degree in the present, from the presence of sin, for it no longer is with us at all times in all ways. And some day we will be saved from its presence altogether. But though we have been saved, and redeemed, and forgiven, there is still remaining sin within us. Therein lies the problem. The problem is: if you want to have a pure life and therefore a clear conscience, you have to deal with remaining sin. The question is: how do you deal with it? Scripture calls on us to deal with our sin by killing it because there is remaining sin residing in our unredeemed humanness, our flesh, and it has to be killed. It has to be pursued, located, and eliminated. And until we do that, we’re never going to enjoy what Paul experienced in his bold confidence of a holy and godly sincere conscience. The distinctive behavior of those who are saved and those who are victorious over sin is that they are continually putting their evil deeds to death, killing them. Paul says what you’ve got to do is continually, unendingly, through all your life, be putting to death the deeds of the body. You’re moving around killing sins all the time. It’s a continuous struggle, persistently putting to death the deeds of the flesh, such as immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry. Kill them. Put them to death. And you can’t do it partially or half-heartedly. He is describing a way of life that seeks to kill sin, crush it, sap it of its strength, and deprive it of its influence and thus yield a clear and good conscience that brings peace, joy, rest, security, assurance, and hope. Basically, mortification of sin, or the killing of sin, involves the cultivation of new habits of godliness combined with the elimination of old habits of sin. On the positive side, you begin to do godly things. On the negative side, you stop doing sinful things. And that is a constant warfare to which we must remain perpetually committed. Repent and believe! GTY.org (80-128) - Hacking Agag to Pieces – 80-128
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November 10, 2025
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