A collection of sermons, daily devotions, and blog posts from Pastor Gary Combs
Today’s Devotion on the One Year Bible Reading
LET THIS GENERATION STAY AWAKE!
“Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place… And what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake” (Mark 13:30, 37 ESV). In Mark’s Gospel, Jesus spoke these words to His disciples as they sat on the Mount of Olives overlooking the temple in
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The Commandments
Some of us view the Ten Commandments like a "ladder" that we have to climb to reach God. Yet as we labor to climb it, we either collapse in guilt or puff up in legalism. We need to realize that the Law isn't a ladder to earn God’s love. It was given as a way of life for a redeemed people. If we misunderstand the purpose of the law, we will misunderstand God’s character and our need for Christ. So, let's look at the The Commandments, not as a cold legal contract, but as a covenant commitment between a Rescuer and His redeemed. In Exodus 20, God declared the Ten Commandments to the Israelites at Mount Sinai to establish a holy covenant of laws for His people whom He had already graciously redeemed.
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THE TEN WORDS
Have you ever tried to earn something that was meant to be received as a gift? For many people, that’s how they see the Ten Commandments, or the “Ten Words” as they are called in Jewish tradition. They see them like a ladder to climb in order to reach God. But what if the commandments