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.
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The Power of Conversion
The first part of being converted is moving from error to truth, from darkness to light. The second is that we turn from sin to righteousness. Listen to Romans 6:18: “Now you’ve been set free from sin, and you’ve become a slave to God"—resulting in sanctification, and the outcome is eternal life. Once slaves to sin, we are now heartily obedient to the gospel truth. We have been freed from sin and have become servants or slaves of righteousness. This is monumental. You’ve gone from error to truth and sin to righteousness. We’re not just talking here about the doctrine of justification. That’s a different matter where God declares you righteous and imputes the righteousness of Christ to your account as if it were your own. In other words, God credits Christ’s perfect righteousness to you because of your trust in Him. We’re not talking about that. We’re talking about God actually transforming you so that you cease to be a bondslave of sin and you become a bondservant of righteousness. In fact, when Christ saves, He not only takes you out from under the penalty of sin, but also the power of sin. Romans 6:14 says, “Sin shall not be master over you.” Its mastery has been shattered. Your new master is righteousness. And even though you sin and you fail, you have the attitude of Paul, who said, “The things I want to do, I don’t do. The things I don’t want to do, I do. I see this wretchedness still in me, but it’s not the pure longing of my redeemed soul.” It's not about perfection, but direction. So why did Jesus come? To save sinners from their sin. And salvation is the taking away of our sins. But sanctification is the process by which God transforms us from a slave to sin into a slave to righteousness. Our new master is righteousness. We now have holy aspirations, holy longings, and holy desires. If a person has truly been saved, they have been converted. That is, they fully embrace the truth and go deeper into the truth. They find their delight and joy in the truth and in the righteousness that goes along with the truth. They pursue righteousness and holiness that they know honors God. This is part of having a new heart and a new spirit, as Ezekiel 36 describes it. This is part of being a new creation. Therefore, a true Christian is someone who has turned away from sin. So how do you know you’ve been truly saved? You’ve been converted from being disobedient to being obedient. If you have experienced conversion, you have come to know Him, and you have a deep love for righteousness, holiness, and obedience to the glorious truth that you have come to embrace. That’s why Jesus came, to transform us, not just to justify us but to convert us. And if you look at your life and you don’t see the destruction of those devilish works and the desire to do what is right and what is holy and a pattern of righteousness and holiness, then you haven’t been converted. The idea that being a Christian has no bearing on your lifestyle is not supported by the Bible. It’s just another sad deception of Satan. Repent (turn) and believe! GTY.org (90-299) - Spiritual Transformation – 90-299
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December 7, 2025
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