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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The First Cause
The single great goal of Grace Community Church through all its life has been to be the church. And what concerns me today is that many individuals in the ministry are facing pressure to conform to cultural norms, potentially losing their identity as the church. You can look at some of those places, and they may call themselves the church, and there may be a hidden community of “the called” in there somewhere, but we never want the real church to be invisible in the midst of a visible human organization; we want the real church to be visible. Therefore, the single great goal then for the church through all its life has been to let God be at work and to allow the church to be the church. We don’t want the culture or the society around us to define what we are. We want to be whatever it is that God wants us to be. That’s what we want to be—nothing less and nothing more. We are the church; that’s what we are. And I find it challenging to call certain institutions the church when there’s no commitment on their part to let God build the church according to His purpose. Now remember, the word “church” needs to be replaced in your mind by the word “called” because we are the called ones. We have been called by God. We’ve been summoned by God. We are a gathering of people that have been brought together by divine supernatural power through the work of God in salvation. So, when we talk about “the called,” which is a synonym for the church, the first thing I want you to know is we have been called before. Look at Ephesians 1:3: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who’s blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world.” We were called before. This association of believing people was called by God, initially chosen by God before the foundation of the world. Obviously, the actual calling came in time, but the plan for that calling was established in eternity past. In verse 5: “He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention” – or good pleasure – “of His will.” He predestined us. This obviously speaks of the great doctrines of election and predestination. We were called before the foundation of the world for the purposes of God. That calling didn’t actually come until the time when we were born, grew up, heard the gospel, the Spirit prompted us, we believed, and we were added to the church. But in the plan of God, that calling was established in eternity past. The passage literally tells us, in verse 4, He chose us; He picked us out for Himself. In eternity past, God chose His church. Therefore, the first cause of our existence, the first cause of the blessing of this church, and the first cause of everything that’s happened in this church is God’s sovereign, independent, unaffected choice. Repent and believe! GTY.org (80-211) - A Church for the New Millennium – 80-211
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December 16, 2025
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