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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Why Exposit?
Why did the Puritans exposit? 1. Expository preaching creates an essential connection between doctrine and life. Some people hold the belief that expositional preaching lacks practicality. The bottom line is this: You live your theology. And you live your convictions. And there’s a process. It starts with cognition: “This is true.” It moves to conviction: “This is what I believe is true.” And then it moves to affection: “This is what I love.” And life is just an expression of what you believe is true and what you love. There’s no possible way to live a Christian life without a robust, rich, full understanding of doctrine that has arisen from the text of Scripture. 2. Exposition forces the preacher to include those truths that trouble, offend, and even terrify the lost and the sinful. There has to be manliness in preaching. Many preachers lack the essential ruggedness of a message that challenges the comfort of the sinner. They exhibit a reluctance to clarify the law. This is a characteristic of the contemporary church, which could be referred to as the feminization of the church. It’s a terrifying realization to say to the sinner, “Not only are you alienated from God, but every breath you take mounts your guilt, and the treasure, the deposit, gets larger and larger and larger.” However, it appears that this modern evangelical church has no interest in frightening sinners. Without including the truths that trouble, offend, and terrify the lost and sinful, you forfeit divine grace's tenderness. The sinner cannot understand grace unless he understands how terrifyingly guilty he is before God. Cheap grace is a product of being weak on law and judgment. 3. Expository preaching connects the preacher and the people to the Holy Spirit’s illumination in the past. This is why we’re here today. The truth that the Holy Spirit illuminated to the Puritans hasn’t changed. Right? And if you’re an expositor and the Word of God doesn’t change and there’s nothing new, then you can literally draw from the ages. You have all the history of illumination at your disposal. What an incredible, rich gift that is to us. If there is a single correct interpretation, consistent and faithful interpreters of Scripture will confirm it. They will approach these truths from a variety of perspectives that will enrich your understanding. A disregard for the past is the same as a disregard for illumination; the Spirit's ministry to Bible readers in every generation is to help them understand Scripture. In fact, I find myself more comfortable reading about dead people than those living. So many contemporary commentators are influenced by the culture. It’s wonderful to go five hundred years back and see the truth illuminated to an author who lived in a completely different world. Therefore, being an expositor, then, creates an essential connection between doctrine and life; it forces the preacher to include those truths that trouble, offend, and even terrify the lost and the sinful, and it literally puts at your disposal all the illumination of church history in any given passage. That’s why we exposit. Repent and believe! GTY.org (PC22-2) - The Enduring Legacy of the Puritans – PC22-2
Today's Wisdom
November 20, 2025
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