MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR
8/31/2026 10:21 AM
My
Worship Time Focus: “The Conclusion”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Luke
7:35
Message of the verse:
“Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
I have to say that this will be
another of my shorter SD’s as I conclude this section that I have been working
on for several days.
Now not all who hear the gospel
message will reject it, as Jesus says wisdom is vindicated, which means
that it is (justified or proven true ) by all her children, or as the
parallel account in Matthew phrases it, “deeds” seen in Matthew 11:19. Now both terms refer to the product of true
spiritual wisdom, which is salvation as seen in 2 Timothy 3:15. “15
and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred
writings, which are able to
make you wise for salvation through faith in to make thee wise unto
salvation Christ Jesus.” Despite the
scoffing spiritual brats, the gospel will always produce results; there will
always be some who accept it. Their
lives will demonstrate the power of salvation wisdom.
John MacArthur concludes this short
section which will conclude this 17th chapter in his second
commentary on the gospel of Luke by writing “The Lord’s masterful illustration
reveals that there are two kinds of spiritual children in every generation:
folly’s brats and wisdom’s children. The
brats are fools devoid of true wisdom and marked by a hatred of the truth and
rejection of those who proclaim it. On
the other hand, wisdom’s children, the redeemed, are known by the righteous
deeds their transformed lives produce (Eph. 2:10; cf. 2 Cor. 5:17).
(Eph. 2:10; cf. 2 Cor. 5:17)
“10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ
Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in
them.”
“17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a
new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
“The
preacher’s style is not the determining factor; ‘not the cleverness of the
messenger, ‘is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes’ (Rom.
1:16). The same ‘word of the cross’ that
‘is foolishness to those who are perishing’ is to those ‘who are being
saved…the power of God’ (1 Cor. 1:18).”
Spiritual
Meaning for my life today: I can remember back after I was
saved that I was explaining the gospel message to a friend of mine, the same
message that the Lord through His Holy Spirit was given to me, and in my friend
it had no meaning at all. This friend of
mine will look at the Spiritual Diaries I post on my FB page. He went through the same thing that I went
through a month ago, that is the loss of his wife.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: I am trusting the Lord to help me
get through me living alone, as that is a problem for me. I try to keep busy by doing all of my
Spiritual Diaries each day, by attending all the services at our church, and by
walking at least four miles each day, but the time alone in the evening is the
most difficult for me.
8/31/2026
10:43 AM
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