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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Religious Hypocrisy
I think God's name is taken more times in vain in churches today than anywhere else. The blasphemy in the sanctuary is worse than the blasphemy in the street. Empty ceremony, superficial worship, thoughtless praise, errant doctrine, love of error, indifferent prayer, and phony ritual—these things abound, and they mark religious hypocrites. And the doom of hypocrites caught in a false religious system is pronounced by Jesus in Matthew 23. Furthermore, Isaiah 29:13 says, "Judgment will come upon those who offer their lip but not their heart, who draw near with their mouth while their heart is far away." All true worship comes from the heart because we love God, because we love Christ, and because it's in obedience to Scripture. We don't need tradition, and we don't need the church to interpret everything for us. There is one revelation of God that is absolutely true, and it's the Scripture and not anything beyond this. Look, if we love God, we love His Word. If we love His Word, we will love to obey His Word. True religion is humble love for and delight in God. Humble love for and delight in Christ. Humble love for and delight in the Holy Spirit, in the beauty of the holiness of our Lord, and in the glory of His majesty. And this humble love leads us to love the Word and love to obey the Word. In Mark 12:15, it says of Christ, "But He, knowing their hypocrisy." Wow. They don't ever escape because no hypocrite ever does. Jesus knows; He knows your heart. He knows if you love Him, if the trajectory of your life is to love Him with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, if He is your all in all, if He is your everything, if you adore Him, if you love Him and worship Him from the heart, He knows your true feelings, and He knows if you're a hypocrite. And you're in some pretty bad company if it's all external. At Grace Community Church, we manage to strip out all the useless and ostentatious ceremony, don't we? We purposely strip out all the rituals and get rid of all the routines, costumes, folderol, and superficiality. But we still have the possibility of hypocrisy: people trying to live a good life on the outside but earning their way to God while their hearts are far from Him. What's the solution? To repent. Hypocrites desperately need to repent. Read the testimony of Paul in Philippians 3. He was a Pharisee of the Pharisees. He was a hypocrite of the first rank, and when he finally saw it for what it was, he called it manure. And he said, "All those things that once were gain to me, I counted as loss." They were all a disastrous loss. They were driving him straight into hell. And at that point, he says, "I discovered the righteousness not of my own, but the righteousness of God which comes by faith in Christ," and his entire life was transformed. Listen, there is forgiveness. Our Lord says in Isaiah 1:18, "Come now, let us reason together. Though your sin be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." The sin of hypocrisy is a sin that God forgives all the time. Therefore, embrace His Son, and repent of your religion. A lot of people see their sins in their sins, but they don't see their sins in their religion. Repent of your false religion, and embrace the true love of Christ. Pray that God will grant you forgiveness and the love that will enable you not only to love His Word but also to obey His Word. Repent and believe! GTY.org (41-32) - Scripture-Twisting Tradition
Today's Wisdom
Day: 1057
October 13, 2026
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