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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People refer to God's gracious saving call as irresistible because it cannot be resisted. But it's much more than that. The Bible doesn't even call this irresistible grace; it calls it a heavenly calling, a calling to holiness, a calling to sanctification, a calling to justification, a calling to communion with the saints, and a calling into the body of Christ. The word "irresistible" just under-defines that. How about just calling it a saving call because that's what it does? It saves. Ephesians 2:8-9 tells us more about this call: "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, that no one should boast." This is God's gift to us. Philippians 1:29: "For to you it has been granted for Christ's sake not only to believe in Him but to suffer for His sake." Christ has granted you the privilege to believe for His sake. The call brought you to faith. The call brought you to understand. It brought you to conviction, repentance, and faith. Clearly, this is a saving call. It's like Acts 13:48, where it says, "As many as had been appointed to eternal life believed." How did those appointed to eternal life come to believe? This was due to God calling them out of their ignorance. He called them out of their confusion. He called them out of their darkness. He called them out of their iniquity, and he called them out of their sin. And the call was an efficacious call activated by the power of God that brought them into the light, into the truth, into repentance, and into faith. That is the efficacious call. The Lord opens the mind and the heart, and the one who is unwilling becomes willing. So we could just call it grace because it's grace that actually saves us from unbelief. Remember, on his own, the sinner can't change his will; he can't move his will toward God. John 1:12 says, "To them, He gave the right to become children of God." That means nobody would will that unless God first willed it and activated it. To become willing isn't because the sinner comes to his senses. It isn't because the sinner is persuaded by clever preaching or an emotional appeal. Those are all deceptive illusions. It isn't because you're so nice or you've made Jesus look so nice. People are saved only because God summons them, and He summons them under the proclamation or the understanding of the gospel. Forget all the other nonsense. The gospel alone is what God uses to awaken the sinner, and He makes him willing, whereas he has never been willing before. Only our corrupt thinking leads us to believe we can will ourselves to salvation. You must understand that you are a prisoner in darkness and night, and until God shines the light and breaks your chains, nothing can change. This is the glory of this great truth. And in the end, all the glory goes to God. Repent and believe! GTY.org (90-296) – The Doctrine of God's Effectual Call
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Day: 953
June 23, 2026
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