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. And the only reason I can pass any of this wisdom on to my children is because God has graciously made it all available in the Bible.
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The Effect of Universal Sin
In order to understand sin, we must know what it is. Well, sin is any personal lack of conformity to the moral character and law of God. That means anything less than the holiness of God is sin. So, if you are anything other than as holy as God is, that's sin. And if you do anything to violate His law, that's sin. The bottom line? Sin is any transgression against God. And what is sin like? Sin is defiling. It's a deep defiling in our very nature that corrupts everything we do. Sin is rebellious. It's by nature the despising of God, the dethroning of God, and the enthroning of self. Sin is ingratitude. Sin is to take everything that God has given us in His created world and never return thanks to Him. Sin is hard work. It consumes people's lives and energies. And sin is incurably fatal. There is no human cure. And how many people does sin affect? According to 1 Corinthians 15:22, "As in Adam all died." Romans 5:12 says, "By one man sin entered the world and death by sin because all have sinned." So wherever there is death, there's sin. And everybody dies because everybody's a sinner. Romans 3:23 sums it up: "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." So how many people does sin affect? Answer: everybody. Why? Because everybody dies. And everybody dies because everybody is in sin. Now, if you're looking to find my sin in my DNA, it's not there. You can't see it in a test tube any more than you can see my sin in an x-ray of my brain. And aren't you glad when you have an MRI that that thing can't read your thoughts? There isn't any way to x-ray a thought. Nor is there any way to find your sin. You can only find that in the mystical reality of who you are. And since we are all dying, that means we are all sinning. Now, of course, not everybody is as bad as they could be. Nor is everybody as bad as everybody else or as bad as possible. But everybody is bad enough to be damned to hell. And everybody is incapable of meeting God's standard. And what is God's standard? To be as morally perfect as God is and perfectly obedient to His law. So, if you are not as perfect as God and if you've ever broken even one of His laws, you're subject to eternal death. Listen, universal death implies a universal sin nature. And a universal sin nature implies universal sinning. So we've looked at what sin is, what it's like, and who's affected by it. I close by saying this. All of this is true about us, and this is exactly who we are, and what we deserve is eternal punishment. But the fact of the matter is, God has placed our iniquity on Christ. A great reality. He bore our sins in His own body. He was made sin for us. So, God punished Him in our place. That is the glory of the gospel. And if you come to God and ask Him with a truly penitent heart, believing in Jesus as your substitute who paid your sin debt in full, and ask God to forgive your sin, Scripture says He will hear that prayer and answer it. Amen! Repent and believe! GTY.org (90-234) – The Breadth and Depth of Sin
Today's Wisdom
Day: 1006
August 20, 2026
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