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 such wisdom on to my children is because God has graciously made it all available in the Bible.
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The Sabbath: Part 1
Jesus violated the Sabbath by the standards of the Jews, and when they confronted Him, He said two things. He said, “Man was not made for the Sabbath, but the Sabbath was made for man”—which was to say that the Sabbath was not to be a burden that men had to conform to, but the Sabbath was to be a delight that men could enjoy. The Jews had turned it into an almost unbearable burden. The second thing He said was, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath,” and thus He declared His sovereignty over the Sabbath. How are we to understand the place that the Sabbath plays—if any—in the life of the people of God? Let’s look at Exodus chapter 20. This is the Decalogue, the Ten Commandments, and near the middle of the Ten Commandments is the fourth commandment. “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servants or your cattle or your sojourner”—or stranger—"who stays with you. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.” There is no question about the other nine commandments being permanent and binding. We are to have no other gods. We are never to make an idol. We are to worship only the true and living God. We are never to take the name of the Lord in vain. We are not to dishonor our father or mother, but rather give them honor. We are not to murder, commit adultery, steal, lie, or covet. Those are all moral mandates, moral commands, with the exception of verses 8 through 11, the fourth command, regarding the Sabbath. And the question that is often posed is a simple one: if all the other commands are permanent, is not this one permanent as well? Well, there are people who incorrectly believe it is, and we might call them strict Sabbatarians. They fall generally into two categories. One would be Seventh Day Adventists, and I think it’s legitimate to consider Seventh Day Adventism a cult, because they believe that the writings of Ellen G. White are inspired by God and can be put alongside the Bible. That is the definition of a cult. But they identify themselves as faithful to the fourth command. There are also Seventh Day Baptists, a smaller group, that interpret the commandment as permanently binding as well. Then, not quite so strict, you could also identify what you would call Christian Sabbatarians. They have decided that as Christians, we must keep the Sabbath, but it’s not any longer the seventh day; it’s the first day. So, they shift the command in Exodus from Saturday to Sunday. This is a classic view among reformed theologians and this was the view of many, if not most, of the Puritans. And the question before us is, are they correct? Is it correct that we should be observing Saturday, the old Sabbath, or perhaps Sunday, as a kind of new replacement Sabbath, as a holy day, set apart from all other days? Well, the answer to that is no. Repent and believe! GTY.org (90-379) - Understanding the Sabbath - 90-379
Today's Wisdom
April 14, 2026
Day: 896
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