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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Can Satan Make You Sin?
God did not create sin. Sin is the absence of perfection. It's just a choice to obey or not obey. And within God's plan, He allowed for that choice, knowing that those choices would be made in order to display both His grace and His wrath and to put a final and eternal end to sin. But as always, the one who chose evil was the source of it. In the case of Lucifer, he was the source of evil initially in the angelic realm, and he got a third of the other angels to go along with him and join his disobedience. But the important thing to understand is that they all fell by choice. The same happened with Adam and Eve, only it had a different effect. With the angels, they all sinned their own sin, and their sin didn't pass on to anybody else because they don't procreate. However, in the case of Adam and Eve, when Adam and Eve made the wrong choice, all humanity went with them because we all come out of the loins of Adam and Eve. You see, Satan, being wicked, wanted to plunge humanity into the same misery that he received for being disobedient, and he did just that. He is a malevolent, wicked, evil, vicious personality opposed to God and opposed to man. Satan is wretched and malevolent from the top to the bottom, inside out. He seeks only evil. And so, he rushes to destroy man. He is a deceptive, lying, hostile, and wicked killer. He wants to bring about the death not only of all those angels who went with him, but also the death of the whole human race. However, as powerful as he is, as wicked as he is, as evil as he is, listen to this: he is subject to God's sovereign control. And his temptation toward Eve does not involve any compulsion on his part. He can't make her sin. He doesn't have that power. Now, let me tell you something: The devil still can't make you sin. Did you hear that? He cannot make you sin. When you sin, you bear the responsibility. He does not have the power to make you sin. He didn't have the power to make Eve sin. She sinned by her own choice. And Adam and Eve are fully guilty for their sin. Satan is a malevolent power, but he is subject to God's sovereign control. And his power has its limits. God gives him only so much room, and beyond that he cannot go. And one of the things that he's limited in is his power. Think of it this way, he thought he could be like God. But guess what? He's not omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, immutable, or sovereign. He's not like God at all. He is utterly as unlike God as a creature could be. He didn't get what he wanted. And as Martin Luther said, "The devil is the Lord's devil." Satan functions within the sovereign purposes of God to achieve the things that are in the eternal decree of God for the salvation of sinners, the damnation of sinners, and the ultimate triumph and destruction over evil. Yes, Satan is the adversary of God and the adversary of men, but he can't make you sin. So how can you be victorious? James 4:7 says, "Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." Repent and believe! GTY.org (90-235) – The Origin of Evil
Today's Wisdom
Day: 1010
August 25, 2026
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