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 Bad and Good News
The Bible says that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Yes, everybody sins, and the Bible says the wages of sin is death. That's the simple truth of the gospel, that we all sin against God and the wages of sin is death. That's why we all die. Why? Because of sin. That's why there's death in the world—because there's sin in the world. That's why we have the second law of thermodynamics, the law of entropy, where everything is continuously breaking down. All because sin has cursed the universe, causing everything to disintegrate, crumble, and decline, including you and me. And it's not getting better; it's been getting worse ever since the fall of Adam and Eve. Listen, you'd think in America we would learn how to control crime and abuse, right? But we can't. It just escalates and escalates. Why? Because our entire realm is made up of sinners—all of us. And since the wages of sin is death, the Bible says that upon death it is appointed unto men to be judged by God. And what happens to those who die in their sins? Jesus says they go to hell forever. Look, God is a just judge, and He sends sinners to eternal hell. They can't be in His presence. He's a holy God. Now, that's the bad news. But if you don't understand the bad news, folks, you won't seek the good news. In other words, if you don't understand the disease, you won't seek the cure. Right? We have to explain to you what's wrong before you can look for what's right. And that's the sad reality. You see, as long as people deny the reality of sin, they cut themselves off from the hope of salvation from it. Listen, if you deny there is a God and cut yourself off from Him, you have cut yourself off forever from God, and that's the definition of eternal hell. God does exist whether you want to acknowledge it or not, and He does establish a moral law by which He judges every human being in the world, whether you want to acknowledge that law or not. My responsibility and the responsibility of every Christian is to tell you that. And what you do with that is between you and God. Now, if you accept the bad news, then you're in a position to get the good news. But if you deny the reality of the bad news, you've damned yourself. So let me tell you what the good news is: God forgives sinners. That's the good news. That's the gospel. That's the simple truth: God forgives sinners. You say, "Well, how much of their sin does He forgive?" All of it. Scripture says that He forgives all their trespasses. That's what Christianity teaches. God forgives sinners. Why would He do that? Because He's a loving, gracious, merciful God, and He wants to display that by forgiving the sins of all who will believe the gospel. In fact, in Ezekiel 33:11, God says, "I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked." And 2 Peter 3:9 says, "The Lord is not willing for any to perish, but for all to come to repentance." So, now that you understand both the bad and the good news, what must you do? Repent and believe! GTY.org (GTY66) – The Certainty of God's Existence
Today's Wisdom
Day: 959
June 29, 2026
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