A collection of sermons, daily devotions, and blog posts from Pastor Gary Combs

Today’s Devotion on the One Year Bible Reading

WHAT IS THE COST OF WORSHIP?

“But King David said to Ornan, ‘No, but I will buy them for the full price. I will not take for the Lord what is yours, nor offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.’” (1 Chronicles 21:24 ESV). After David sinned by taking a census, God sent judgment upon Israel. When the angel of the

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The Narrow Way of the Kingdom

The Narrow Way of the Kingdom

As we’ve studied His sermon, we’ve seen how Jesus has laid out what it looks like to live as citizens of the Kingdom of God. Now, as He closes, He calls us to a decision, to a choice. Whose kingdom will you choose? And it’s this choice that we’re discussing today. It’s a simple choice. For Jesus only offers two options: the wide gate or the narrow gate. That confronts our desire for spiritual autonomy. It challenges the mindset that we can take a little bit of Christianity, a little bit of self-help, and maybe sprinkle in some Eastern philosophy and end up just fine. But Jesus doesn’t leave room for a middle path! And that’s why we need this message today. Because the narrow way isn’t just hard to find—it’s easy to reject. Not because it's unclear, but because it's unpopular. And yet, it’s the only way that leads to real and lasting life. In Matthew 7:13-14, Jesus began to conclude His sermon by warning His first-century Jewish audience that there were only two spiritual paths, the broad way that leads to destruction and the narrow way that leads to life, and He instructed them to enter through the narrow gate.

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DON’T MISS THE FINAL MESSAGE ON KINGDOM LIVING!

DON’T MISS THE FINAL MESSAGE ON KINGDOM LIVING!

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” — Matthew 7:24 (ESV) After sixteen weeks of walking verse by verse through the greatest sermon ever preached, this Sunday we’ll hear Jesus’ final words in the Sermon on the Mount. If