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 4
We understand that the Sabbath was unique for the people of Israel. But when Jesus came, everything changed. What He did was not a cleansing of the temple; it was an abolishing of the temple. He didn't just want to eliminate the bad priests and keep the good priests; He eliminated the priesthood. He didn't just want to clean up the people's attitudes as they gave their sacrifices. He obliterated the sacrificial system because He brought an end to Judaism—with all its ceremonies, rituals, sacrifices, external trappings, the temple, the holy of holies, all of it, including the Sabbath. We begin to understand this by watching Jesus and how He treated the Sabbath. And how did Jesus treat the Sabbath? Absolutely any way He wanted, because in verse 8, He says, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath." He can do anything He wants with the Sabbath. He can institute it. He can make commands for restrictions. He can require death for violation of those commands, as in the Mosaic law. Or He can totally set it aside, abrogate it or nullify it. We already know that Jesus is the mediator of a new and better covenant. So there is the transition that is taking place in the New Testament. As Jesus arrives, everything that is part of the system of Judaism is coming to its end. And it's important to notice that just as He obliterated the sacrificial system, He also obliterated the Sabbath system. Listen, God designed the Sabbath to be a blessing—to bring rest, to bring a day in the week when you could thank God for the glory of His creation, and also be made aware that paradise had been lost. It was a day to show gratitude for the creation and a day to repent and seek forgiveness. Our Lord has given the Sabbath to be a blessing to man, to give him rest from his work, a taste of Eden, where all was rest before the fall. It was to give man an opportunity to thank God for the creation, and then to examine his life against the law, and seeing the sin there, seek for forgiveness and mercy, and the resultant joy, peace and salvation. Again, Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath. He is greater than the Sabbath. The Sabbath will be whatever He desires it to be, whatever He designs it to be; nothing more and nothing less. The Sabbath was not moral, it's was symbolic. And it wasn't even given until the time of Moses and was annulled in the time of Christ. Now, in John 5, opposition to Jesus was smoldering under the surface. But one particular healing brought it out in the open. Jesus healed a man who had been ill for 38 years. And here's the rub: "Now it was a Sabbath that day." So, Jesus had him violate the Sabbath. He didn't have to heal the man on the Sabbath. He didn't have to command the man to do something that violated their Sabbath sensibilities. But He did it, and He did it purposely. And the Pharisees charged Jesus with breaking the Sabbath law and making Himself equal with God, and this led them to kill Him eventually. Listen, Jesus would never violate the Ten Commandments. Jesus would never violate the law of God. He is holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners. But Jesus did anything He wanted on the Sabbath, and He did this in sight of the leaders because it was part of bringing down that whole system, which included the Sabbath. Repent and believe! GTY.org (90-379) – Understanding the Sabbath
Today's Wisdom
Day: 1014
August 30, 2026
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