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.
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Christians are ambassadors for Christ who have been given a very straightforward task, and that is the ministry of reconciliation. We beg others to be reconciled to God. So how can it happen? How can it take place? By what means can sinners be reconciled to God? Well, a core component of reconciliation is that it occurs according to the will of God. We know this because starting in 2 Corinthians 5:18, it states, “Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us.” Then verse 19: “God was in Christ reconciling the world.” And then verse 20: “God entreating through us.” All of those indicate to us that the plan comes from God, that God is the reconciler who, according to verse 17, “makes new creations, who causes old things to pass away and new things to come.” God is the one who provided, in the love of Christ, the death that reconciles us, discussed back in verses 14 and 15. The plan comes from God. So we start at this point: God by nature is a reconciling God. And never is that more clearly manifest than in the person of Jesus Christ. Reconciliation actually began in Genesis chapter 3, specifically in verses 8 and 9, when God asked Adam and Eve, "Where are you?" Since then, God has been seeking sinners because God seeks to be reconciled. He is not indifferent to reconciliation; He is not hostile to reconciliation. It is His nature to be a saving God. In fact, in Ezekiel 34:16, God says, “I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken, and strengthen the sick.” That’s God’s nature, to save. It’s not that God is reluctant to save and somebody has to appeal to Him to do that; He is, by nature, a savior. God is not reluctant; Jesus does not need to approach God from His good side to convince Him to save anyone. Or, worse yet, that even Jesus is a bit reluctant; therefore, Mary is the one that must plead with Him and get Him to go to the Father and pull the whole thing off, as Roman Catholicism would have you believe. There’s utterly no reluctance on the part of God whatsoever regarding salvation. He is by nature a saving God. Look at 2 Chronicles 36:15: “The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and His dwelling place; but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of God arose against His people, until there was no remedy.” This passage illustrates how God persistently pleads and pleads until He exhausts all possible options. There’s no reluctance in God’s attitude. And we find the same character of God many times in the New Testament. By nature, God is a seeking and saving God. Listen, we don’t need to plead with God to save sinners; we need to plead with sinners to accept the salvation that God offers. And as ambassadors for Christ and ministers of reconciliation, that is our primary duty. Repent and believe! GTY.org (80-164) - The Mission of the Church – 80-164
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December 29, 2025
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