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 creation account in Scripture is not only trustworthy and clear, but it’s a priority. The creation account is not something you trifle with. It’s not secondary, arbitrary, or obscure. It is preeminent, primary, essential, critical, clear, and designed for a purpose. So why did God create? What’s the priority for the creation? What’s the purpose or goal for which He made everything? Well, it's important to understand that God not only created everything, but He also providentially controls everything. Providence describes God’s total control over every single contingency—every circumstance. Every act and reaction in the universe is under His control. There isn’t a rebel molecule, a rebel word, or an act going on that’s outside His control. That’s what we call providence. So God is both Creator and Sustainer, and by providence, He moves the whole creation toward an end. Where's it going? This is the most important thing I will say. The entire creation is a stage; it’s a theater. It’s a theater for redemption. The whole creation exists so that God can call a bride to heaven for His Son; that’s what’s going on. It’s all leading to a redemptive purpose. God is gathering a bride for His Son. Before the world began, God determined redemption. And He recorded the names of the redeemed in the Book of Life prior to the world's creation. Then He created the theater where the play of redemption would take place. He created a universe and the people in the universe to redeem a bride for His Son and to put His glory on display through that redemption. When we read the New Testament, we read that He’s calling out the redeemed, a church, to display His grace before the angelic hosts. Before the world began, God determined redemption. God literally offered Christ before the world began, as part of His purpose and plan. God chose us in Christ and predestined us before the world began. So in all of human history, the Father is collecting a bride for His Son—a collective bride. That’s why Jesus says, “All that the Father gives to Me will come to Me.” What is the goal of all this? The ultimate goal is to bring to final glory a redeemed humanity, solely for the purpose of glorifying the Son, serving the Son, and literally reflecting the Son's glory forever and ever—all as a love gift from the Father to the Son. That's obscure in contemporary theology. Most people think that the greatest love that’s operating in redemption is God’s love for sinners. It isn’t. That’s a secondary love. The primary love is the Father’s love for the Son. And the Father so perfectly, inexhaustibly, and eternally loves the Son that He must give to the Son an expression of that love, which is a redeemed humanity. At the same time, He puts on display His mercy, grace, compassion, and kindness. All of us who are saved are being gathered together as brides for the Son. That's why scripture refers to the New Jerusalem in the final state as the bridal city and the city of the bride. In the Old Testament, God’s wife was Israel. In the New Testament, Christ's wife is the church, those who have been saved. Repent and believe! GTY.org (GTY148) - Straight Answers About Creation – GTY148
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December 13, 2025
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