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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Why Would God Allow Sin?
We must understand that God did not create evil or sin. His creatures are the source of both. And there's no external cause of sin outside of His creatures. There's no sin force floating out there that God created. Sin is simply the absence of perfection. It's just a choice to obey or disobey God. Now, the question then comes up: why would God allow sin? Well, there's no specific statement in Scripture, but I think you can make a fairly reasonable speculation beyond which I cannot go and don't find any value in attempting to go. And it is this: what did sin coming into the world bring about? I believe there are three reasons why God allowed evil. Number one, it brought about the salvation of sinners. God had to allow sin; God had to decree sin in the plan, though He was never the author of it, in order that He might save sinners. Why did God want to save sinners? To put on display attributes that otherwise never would have been manifest, right? How is God going to show grace and mercy if there aren't any sinners? That was a part of God's nature that He wanted to display for His own glory throughout all eternity. So, God provided a means by which He could demonstrate grace and mercy. He also wanted to show love, love that is so far-reaching that it can reach even His own enemies who hate Him. How can He demonstrate this love if He has no enemies? So, God allows evil in order that He might demonstrate grace, mercy, forgiveness, and salvation. Secondly, He allows evil in order that He might put His wrath, anger, and judgment on display. How would God ever reveal that part of His true and eternal nature if there were not an opportunity to judge sinners? And so, all you have to do is look at redemptive history, and you see the salvation of sinners and the damnation of sinners, and you see ultimately a place prepared for those who are saved and a place prepared for those who are damned, and you must conclude then that the eternal purpose of God was to save some and judge some in order that He might demonstrate both His grace and His wrath. And third, I believe that God allowed sin in order that He might forever destroy it. As long as His creatures have any measure of intelligence, reason, and choice, there is always potential for them to fall short of the standard and to make the wrong choice. So, there's choice, and the potential for a wrong choice is always there. But a measure of freedom is given to the creatures, by which they can choose to honor God or dishonor Him. It's almost as if God wanted evil to come to the surface so that He could excise it. And that's exactly what's going to happen when the whole of redemptive history is complete, when all the saved are sent to heaven and all the lost are cast into the lake of fire. So, I believe God decreed evil within His plan without creating it for those three reasons: to save sinners, to judge sinners, and to once and for all and forever destroy evil. But as always, the one who chose evil is the source of it. Repent and believe! GTY.org (90-235) – The Origin of Evil
Today's Wisdom
Day: 966
July 6, 2026
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