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 Power of the Cross
The cross puts God's justice on display by showing that He didn't pass over sin or sin's just judgment during Old Testament times. Christ's death on the cross paid for every sin ever committed by every believer, both before and after. Therefore, the cross glorifies God by declaring His justice. But it also glorifies God by demonstrating His grace. It's essential in understanding the gospel that the one offended has to design the terms to remove the offense, right? And God is the one who has been offended by sinners. Therefore, God is the one who established the means by which the offense could be removed. God is the one who cursed the world. God is the one who declared us to be sinners. God is the one whose Law has been violated, whose name has been blasphemed. Therefore, God is the one, then, who determines the means by which that can be reversed, erased, and eliminated. He has designed the plan, and He has made it by faith, faith being the means by which we are justified apart from the works of the Law. This is an act of pure grace. And to understand that, we need to look at it from God's vantage point. It's not only how wonderful grace is for us because it satisfies a sinner's need, but also how wonderful it is to understand that God is a God of great grace. God's grace is on display on the cross, to such an extent that He puts His own Son there. Thirdly, the cross not only points to God's justice and to God's grace, but it also points to His consistency. How many ways can you be saved? Are there two ways to salvation? Is there a Jewish way and a Gentile way? Were the Jews justified by Law? And the Gentiles justified by faith? Romans 3:30 says, "God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith, is one." He is one God with one way of salvation. He will save all men by faith through grace. He will justify all who believe, Jew or Gentile. You have to understand that in all periods of human history, the same God, one God, saved people one way, by grace through faith. Thus, the cross points to God's consistency. Fourthly, it also confirms God's Law. If God said, "You know what? I feel so sorry for you, so I'm just going to forgive you." And we constantly hear this: "God loves you unconditionally." The idea of the gospel today is that you just pray this little prayer and, boom, it's all over with; you're in. Really? I don't think so. What about the Law of God? If you break the Law of God just once, you die, right? Romans 6:23, "The wages of sin is"—what?—"death." Ezekiel 18:20, "The soul that sins, it shall die." Galatians chapter 3 says, "Cursed is everyone who breaks the Law." So what about that? When we say that God forgives by grace and forgives those who believe and He deposits His righteousness to them, Romans 3:31 asks, "Do we then nullify the Law?" What about the Law? What about the requirement? What about a just punishment? "O may it never be; on the contrary, we establish the Law." When you look at the gospel, you understand that you cannot break God's Law without activating holy justice. And it either falls on you, or it falls on Christ. Listen, I love to look at the cross from the sinner's view. But I think I love even more to look at the cross from the view of God. Because the cross of Christ puts the righteousness of God on display, the grace of God on display, the consistency of God on display, and the sanctity of the Law of God on display. The beauty and the magnificence of the gospel is in the power of the cross. And genuine salvation will produce much more than a shallow, superficial response, right? Repent and believe! GTY.org (TM11-3) - The Gospel Satisfies God's Demands – TM11-3
Today's Wisdom
Day: 1059
October 15, 2026
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