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 on all this wisdom to my children is because God has graciously made it available through the Bible.
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Our Substitute
There are five things that Jesus was because He died. First, He was our substitute; second, our salvation captain; third, our sanctifier; fourth, our Satan conqueror; and fifth, our sympathetic High Priest. All five of these things were the goals of Jesus Christ. And He could be none of those at all if He did not die, and thus, the reason He came was to die. First of all, notice that He came to be our substitute. Look at Hebrews 2:9: “He was made for a little while”—or a little time—“lower than the angels”—for what reason, and indicated by what thing? —“for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man.” Now, there is the first and greatest reason why Jesus came. He came to die. He came to die for every man. In other words, He came as a substitute. Ezekiel said, “The soul who sins shall die.” Paul said, “The wages of sin is death.” Now sin, by virtue of the justice of God, is punished by death. If I then sin, I will die. If I die and bear my own punishment, I die physically, spiritually, and eternally and am sentenced to an eternal hell without God. Listen, God looked into this world, and He saw men who were going to die because of sin, and because of His love, He said, “I will not allow all men to die in their sin. I will send someone else to bear their punishment, to die their death.” And thus did Jesus come. He came to be our substitute. And when He was nailed on the cross, He died for me, and He died for you. He died our death and paid our penalty in full. You see, that’s the only alternative God had. Either He punishes you for your sin and me for my sin, and that’s eternal punishment in hell forever, or else He substitutes someone else in our place, and they pay our penalty. And that’s exactly what Jesus came to do: to be our substitute, the exalted second person of the Trinity, the divine Son of God. God in flesh humbled Himself and came to earth to die my death, to provide for me an escape from eternal hell. The sinless One became sin, the living One died, and the perfect One became the punished one—not because He deserved it, but because I deserved it. He was my substitute. And therefore, Jesus was made lower than the angels for a little while to rescue us. Now, higher than angels is God, and lower than angels is man. And Christ was at the same time higher than angels in His power and lower than angels in His humiliation—which was the perfect combination. You see, man by himself could not regain the dominion he had lost in the garden, and so Jesus had to come to man’s sinful level to pick him up and lift him back up to His level. And all God asks of you is that you receive that same Christ, that you acknowledge that, indeed, He did die for you, that you believe He died for you, and that you do receive His death on your behalf as your substitute and Him as your saving Lord. Therefore, what must you do? Repent and believe! GTY.org (1204) - Why Was Jesus Born? – 1204
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April 5, 2026
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