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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Our Salvation Captain
The first thing that Jesus Christ accomplished by His death on the cross is that He became our substitute. That is, He died our death. Secondly, He became our salvation captain. Yes, Jesus Christ is not only our substitute—that is, bearing our punishment to rescue us from hell—but He is also our salvation captain. Look at Hebrews 2:10, "For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings." That's what God's design is, isn't it, to bring sons to glory, to capture men for heaven? And in doing that, it was fitting for God—"to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings." Therefore, Jesus became our salvation captain in His death. The word "captain" means pioneer, leader, author, or trailblazer. It means anyone who begins something that others follow in. It pleased God to make this captain perfect so that He could blaze the trail into the Father's presence and bring along with Him all the sons that God had designed to enter into glory. Our perfect trailblazer and leader was Jesus. Through His death He became not only a perfect substitute for our sins, but He also became a perfect leader and trailblazer. You say, "What do you mean by that?" Just this: there is no way to get to God apart from Jesus Christ. Jesus said, "I am the way. No man cometh unto the Father"—what?—"but by Me." There's no other way. You must understand that the way to God is blocked by sin. A man and his sin can't just walk into God's holy presence: that's impossible. We cannot enter into God's glory with our sin. And we can't get to heaven on our own merit. Somebody has to blaze the trail. And the only way to ever open up the path to God's presence is to get rid of our sin, right? And once sin is taken care of, we can then enter into His presence. So Christ came, died, and paid for our sin; thus, he opened up the trail so that we could enter into the presence of God. You see how He's the perfect trailblazer? And He had to die to do it. There's just no way you can get into the presence of God when there's unpunished sin. And you see, that's why He had to suffer to be the perfect leader. He couldn't lead us to God unless He had paid the price of our sin. Through His suffering, He became the perfect substitute, the perfect captain, the perfect pioneer, the perfect leader, and the perfect trailblazer. And only by dying for us could He open the path, and He opened it wide so that many sons can come to glory by following Jesus Christ. He paid for sin. Do you understand that Jesus Christ took upon Himself an eternity of punishment on the cross and paid it all in three hours and walked away from it a risen Savior? Now that's power my friend. Listen, the cross was a masterpiece. God exhibited a solution to the problem, which no human intelligence could ever answer, the problem of "How does God communicate mercy and grace to a sinful people?" He brought mercy and justice together at the cross. Christ paid the penalty, bore an eternity of judgment in three hours, and yet He was not destroyed. Oh, what a powerful person. And thus, He became the perfect captain of salvation by opening up the trail to God. Repent and believe! GTY.org (1204) – Why Was Jesus Born?
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Day: 967
July 7, 2026
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