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 Ministry of Reconciliation
Reconciliation is a very important word. The word “reconciliation” is used five times in 2 Corinthians 5:18-20. It simply means that man and God can be friends instead of enemies. And God has called us to preach this message and to train others so they can preach this message. This is the mission of the church. This is what we go into all the world to do. This is what we preach to every creature. This is the content of the Great Commission. And I believe that if there was anything that Satan would want to attack, it would be the church’s understanding of this message. So we need to realize that if we don’t get the gospel right, we’re neutralized. Regrettably, here we are five hundred years after the Reformation, still trying to sort out what the gospel is, battling to hold onto it. Churches in our country are loaded with people who could not give a cogent representation of the significance of the death of Jesus Christ. They might know that He died and He died for sin, but they wouldn’t know what that really means. Our mission is to reconcile men to God. We do that as the ministry of reconciliation by preaching the word of reconciliation, and that’s how we discharge our ambassadorship in an alien culture. And the question that is so penetrating today is, “What is that message? What is that 'word of reconciliation' mentioned in verse 19”? Here it is: “Namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their wrongdoings against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.” This is my job; this is your job. This is our task; this is our responsibility. We have the truth. And we live in this world for one reason, and that’s to announce that God will be reconciled to sinners. The enmity between hopeless, wicked people and a holy God can end. That’s our message. Actually, from the human viewpoint, if you look at the depravity of man and the infinite and perfect holiness of God, it would seem that there would never be a possibility of reconciliation. In other words, if anything seems irreconcilable, it’s absolute and perfect holiness and sin. Or an absolute and perfect and holy God and utterly depraved and wicked men. We really don’t get any help in this dilemma either by looking at angels, because when they fell, there was no reconciliation provision. If that’s all we knew, we might have concluded that reconciliation with God was absolutely impossible, since there was no provision made for fallen angels to ever be reconciled. But as impossible as it is for the human mind to conceive, as inscrutable as it would be to imagine a holy God communing with wicked people and still maintaining His holiness, that is exactly the truth, and that is the word of reconciliation which we preach. So there is a way to be reconciled to God. There is a plan, and God has given it to us to proclaim. And if there’s anything the church must understand, it’s the word of reconciliation. We are ambassadors for Christ who have been given a very straightforward task, and that is the ministry of reconciliation. Repent and believe! GTY.org (80-164) - The Mission of the Church – 80-164
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October 27, 2025
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