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 Lord's Day
For Christians, Sunday is not a day when we're more holy than others. It's not a day when there are some restraints on how we are to behave. It's a day when we celebrate our salvation. It's a day when we glorify God and focus on what Christ has done for us. That's why we gather together and pray, sing hymns, read Scripture, fellowship, and talk about the things of Christ. It's a day when you look at the most important reality in your life, and that is your salvation. Well, eventually this first day became so precious to the early church that it got its own name. According to Revelation 1:10, the apostle John says, "I was in the Spirit on"—what?—"the Lord's Day." John wrote these words in 96 A.D., at the end of the first century, and by then, the day of worship was no longer referred to as Sunday. For believers it was the Lord's Day. And in the second century, numerous testimonies confirm that this was the customary way to refer to the first day of the week. The first day of the week was the Lord's Day, the day that we honor the Lord. So what does the Lord expect of us on His day? All I can say is that what He would expect of us would be obvious, wouldn't it? That we would celebrate Him as Savior, that we would rejoice in His cross, that we would rejoice in His resurrection. That we would pray together, fellowship together, break bread together around His table, and that we would listen to the apostles' doctrine, and hear the preaching of the Word, and embrace its glorious truth. I'm not talking about legalism. We're not talking about some kind of old covenant Sabbath laws imposed upon us. But grace certainly doesn't require less than law, does it? No. However, the real question is how much do you love Christ? How strong is your desire for worship? We're not going to drop any external rules on you. Every aspect of the new covenant surpasses that of the old covenant, including the day, which is joyous rather than burdensome like the Mosaic Saturday Sabbath. Listen, we're not under the old covenant regulations. We're not under a system of condemnation. We don't need shadows. We have the reality, the true rest in Christ. And this is a day to rest, not to rest in the sense of celebrating creation, but to rest in the sense of celebrating new creation: salvation. That doesn't mean you can't do some work in the afternoon. That doesn't mean you can't enjoy some recreation or fellowship or do some other things. It just means there's a day that God Himself has ordained for you to focus primarily on the glory of your salvation. Therefore, take every opportunity you can to fill Sundays with worship, praise, fellowship, and divine truth. Now, rather than asking, "What shouldn't I do on Sunday?" ask, "What should I do?" What does my love for Christ ask me to do? What does my heart for Him ask me to do? I'm not forbidden to work or to play. But the high ground is to say, "This is a day of all days in which I will find my greatest delight." And what is my greatest delight? My greatest delight is to worship and fellowship with God's people. And you can't do that if you just bring your body to church without your heart. Therefore, search your heart. Is Sunday really the Lord's Day for you? I hope so. Repent and believe! GTY.org (90-380) – Why Sunday Is the Lord's Day
Today's Wisdom
Day: 1015
August 31, 2026
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