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 such wisdom on to my children is because God has graciously made it all available in the Bible.
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How Reconciliation Takes Place
As ministers of reconciliation, if we’re going to win the world, it starts with strong, spiritual leadership that can point out error and lead us to truth. It then moves through godly congregations where people do what God wants them to be, so the testimony of their life is remarkable and demonstrates the saving power of God. In other words, we make the gospel believable by our transformed lives. And then as we move into the world, it’s how we treat the world around us, but it has so much to do with our living. But behind all of this is the concept that God is a saving God. He is by nature a Savior; He seeks sinners. And so we must never forget that God is the source of reconciliation. According to 2 Corinthians 5, God is the starting point of reconciliation, and it’s because of His nature, His will, and His plan. Listen, man never makes reconciliation with God. It’s what we embrace, not what we do. You understand that, right? Reconciliation is a divine provision by which God’s holy displeasure has been appeased, the hostility removed, and sinners restored to Him. To put it another way, reconciliation with God is not something we accomplish when we decide to stop rejecting Him; it’s something He accomplished when He decided to stop rejecting us. God, then, is the source of reconciliation because reconciliation is by the will of God. Secondly, it’s also by the forgiveness of sins because there is no reconciliation without the forgiveness of sins. Look at verse 19: “God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself.” How could He do that? There’s only one way: by not counting what? Their sins against them. The only way that we could ever be reconciled to God is if the barrier, which is sin, is removed. So God is reconciling sinners to Himself, and He can only do that one way, and that is by not counting their sins against them. People always want to talk about limited or unlimited atonement, neither of which are biblical terms. But Christ’s death on the cross in itself had unlimited and infinite value because it’s available to everyone. But it only applies to those who believe. True? So, in that sense, it’s limited. But how is it that God can have a reconciliation with those who believe? By not counting their sins against them. Therefore, God sent His Son into the world of men to reconcile sinners. And the only way He could do that was by not holding their sins against them. Because the only way for God to be reconciled to man is if the wall of sin that is between them is out of the picture. And there’s only one way to get sin out of the picture. But God can’t just dismiss it; He’s too holy for that. So He has to do what? He has to judge it; it has to be dealt with. And how was our sin dealt with? God sent His Son to die on the cross as payment for all the sins of those who would ever believe. For them, Christ provided a substitutionary atonement. And once our sin is dealt with, reconciliation takes place. Consequently, reconciliation is always by the will of God and always by the act of forgiveness. Repent and believe! GTY.org (80-164) - The Mission of the Church – 80-164
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April 28, 2026
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