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Wisdom 62

July 2026

Good Behavior

One reason why good behavior seems to be so rewarding is simply that we are so unfamiliar with it from the outset, being “born in sin.”

Are we rewarded for good behavior? In one simple sense, no. Not here in the Earth, generally speaking. Yet if it seems so, it is simply because we are all too familiar with that which is unrewarding. Where even improper behavior in the mildest form “lacks.” And the punishment is ever greater for ever worsening behavior, and this is the norm.

When we rather learn to do well in the eyes of the Lord and by faith, as we receive simply “a just recompense,” that alone already seems like a reward compared to the aforementioned behavior.

Simply, the good that comes from doing good itself is its own reward.

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