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 Sabbath - Part 3
It's very important that we understand that the Sabbath was not instituted for man in Genesis. Look at Genesis 2:1-3: "And so the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their heavenly lights. By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He rested from all His work which God had created and made." Here God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it as a memorial to His creation. It's clear that the seventh-day Sabbath was not instituted for man in Genesis. However, the Sabbath was instituted officially in Exodus, in the law of Moses. The Lord speaks to Moses in Exodus 31:12, and He says to him, "As for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'You shall surely observe My Sabbaths; for this is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you.'" So, who is it a sign for? Verse 17: "'It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever'"—why?— "'for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He ceased and was refreshed'"—or rested. In Exodus we are clearly told that Sabbath is a sign. That is to say, it points to something else. Let me help you to understand. What was the sign of the Noahic covenant? A rainbow. What was the sign of the Abrahamic covenant? Circumcision. And here you have in the Mosaic covenant another sign, and the sign this time is the Sabbath. But it was only a sign. And all signs point to something else. But what was the symbol for? What was the sign for? Why this sign? The Sabbath was a reminder of creation. So, every Sabbath that went by, when they rested, they were reminded of a perfect creation, a paradise of God dominated by righteousness, which had been forfeited by sin and could only be regained again by righteousness. God then institutes the seventh-day Sabbath—not for everybody in the world; in fact, specifically, it says, for Israel. Verse 17: "A sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever." Every seventh day was a reminder that they were living in a fallen world and that they had lost paradise. And they, therefore, were to consider the importance of obeying the Ten Commandments. They were to consider the importance on that seventh day of examining their own lives and looking at how they were measuring up against the law of God; recognizing sin was the objective and bringing them to repentance. Therefore, the first seventh day identified God as the Creator, but the institution of the Sabbath in the Mosaic economy identified God as the lawgiver. The first view was to produce gratitude for the wonder of creation; the second, to produce repentance for the forfeiture of all that is right. Thus, the Sabbath took on a new meaning. Yes, it still is a reminder that God created, but it's a reminder that the creation of God, which was originally perfect, is now marred, and we are marred, and the realm of His creation is stained by sin, and we are stained by sin, and the creation, as Paul puts it, is groaning, and we are groaning as well. So, we understand that the Sabbath was uniquely for the people of Israel. And when Jesus came, everything changed. Repent and believe! GTY.org (90-379) – Understanding the Sabbath
Today's Wisdom
Day: 973
July 17, 2026
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