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Weekly Devotional
Welcome to Weaver Baptist Church's Weekly Devotional page, your go-to source for spiritual nourishment and encouragement straight from the heart of our faith community in Saltillo, Texas. Each week, Pastor Daniel Kurtz delivers a fresh, biblically grounded message designed to deepen your walk with Christ, foster family connections, and inspire practical application in everyday life. Whether you're seeking a quick mid-week boost or a reflective start to your Sunday, these devotionals blend timeless Scripture with relatable insights to help you grow closer to God amid life's joys and challenges.
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The Second Commandment: Worshiping God as He Commands
We often assume that sincere worship must be acceptable worship. The second commandment lovingly corrects that assumption. Westminster Larger Catechism Question 107 asks, “What is the second commandment?” The answer is: “The second commandment is, ‘You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the
Daniel Kurtz
3 hours ago4 min read
Before the Face of God: The First Commandment and the God Who Sees
The first commandment declares, “You shall have no other gods before me” (Exodus 20:3). Westminster Larger Catechism Question 105 explains the many ways we violate this commandment. Question 106 now directs our attention to two easily overlooked words: “before me.” It asks; “What are we specially taught by the words ‘before me’ in the first commandment?” The answer is, “The words, ‘before me,’ (or, before my face) in the first commandment teach us that God, who sees all thing
Daniel Kurtz
Sep 35 min read
The Sins Forbidden in the First Commandment: Guarding the Worship of the Heart
The first commandment reaches much further than a simple prohibition against bowing before a carved image. It lays claim to our worship, trust, love, thoughts, desires, and obedience. Westminster Larger Catechism Question 105 asks, “What are the sins forbidden in the first commandment?” It answers: “The sins forbidden in the first commandment are the following: atheism, in denying or not having a God; idolatry, in having or worshipping more gods than one, or any god along wit
Daniel Kurtz
Aug 274 min read
The First Commandment: Giving God Our Whole Heart
The first commandment stands at the head of God’s moral law because our relationship with our Creator shapes every other part of life. Before the Lord tells us how to use his name, keep his day, or love our neighbor, he establishes his exclusive claim upon us. Questions 103 and 104 of the Westminster Larger Catechism explain both the command itself and the wholehearted devotion it requires: Q. 103: “What is the first commandment?” “The first commandment is, ‘You shall have no
Daniel Kurtz
Aug 205 min read
Loving God Wholeheartedly: The Summary of Our Duty to God (WLC 102)
The first four commandments teach us what it means to live in faithful devotion to God. Westminster Larger Catechism Question 102 asks, “What is the summary of the four commandments that contain our duty to God?” It answers, “The summary of the four commandments containing our duty to God is to love the Lord our God with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all our strength, and with all our mind.” This is not a command to feel warmly toward God. It is a call to bel
Daniel Kurtz
Aug 136 min read
The Preface to the Ten Commandments: Grace Before Obedience
The Ten Commandments do not begin with a list of demands. They begin with a declaration of who God is and what He has done for His people. The Westminster Larger Catechism asks, “What is the preface to the Ten Commandments?” It answers: “The preface to the Ten Commandments is, ‘I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.’ In this, God manifests his sovereignty as being I AM, the eternal, immutable, and almighty God, having hi
Daniel Kurtz
Aug 65 min read
Reading the Ten Commandments: Preface, Substance, and Reasons
In our last devotional, we considered the rules that help us understand the Ten Commandments rightly. Those rules remind us that God’s law is perfect, spiritual, and searching. It addresses not only outward actions but also the heart. Westminster Larger Catechism Question 100 now helps us see how we should approach the commandments themselves: “What specific things are we to consider in the Ten Commandments?” “We are to consider in the Ten Commandments the preface, the substa
Daniel Kurtz
Jul 305 min read
Eight Rules for the Right Understanding of the Ten Commandments: WLC Question 99
The Ten Commandments are simple enough for a child to memorize, yet deep enough to examine every part of our lives. Because we are sinners, however, we are often tempted either to weaken God’s commandments or to limit them to outward behavior. The Westminster Larger Catechism helps us avoid these errors by giving us eight rules for the right understanding of the Ten Commandments. Question 99 asks, “What rules are to be observed for the right understanding of the Ten Commandme
Daniel Kurtz
Jul 235 min read
The Moral Law in Summary Form: WLC Question 98
In the previous section of the catechism, the Westminster divines sought to reinforce the continuing importance of the moral law. The law is not a means of salvation. No sinner can earn a right standing before God through obedience. Nevertheless, the moral law remains essential because it reveals the holy character of God and teaches us what He requires of us as His creatures. The usefulness of the moral law is not limited to those who are in Christ but extends to all mankind
Daniel Kurtz
Jul 166 min read
The Moral Law and the Believer: Gratitude and Obedience in Westminster Larger Catechism Question 97
In our last devotional, we considered the sobering use of the moral law for the unregenerate. For those outside of Christ, the moral law awakens the conscience, exposes sin, and drives sinners to flee to the Savior — or else leaves them without excuse under God's judgment. But what about those who have already fled to Christ? If believers are saved by grace and not by law-keeping, does the moral law still have anything to say to them? That is the question the Westminster divi
Daniel Kurtz
Jul 95 min read
The Moral Law and Unregenerate People: Westminster Larger Catechism Q96
The Westminster Larger Catechism asks, “What particular use is there of the moral law to unregenerate people?” The answer is, “The moral law is of use to unregenerate people to awaken their consciences to flee from wrath to come and to drive them to Christ. Alternatively, if they continue in their state and way of sin, it leaves them inexcusable and under the curse of the law.” This is a sobering question, but also a merciful one. The moral law does not save sinners. It canno
Daniel Kurtz
Jun 256 min read
The Moral Law for All People, Seeing Our Need for Christ: WLC Question 95
In the previous question, the Westminster Larger Catechism taught that the moral law is still important, even though no one can attain righteousness and life by keeping it. The distinction is essential. The moral law cannot save us, but that does not make it useless. It cannot justify sinners before God, but it still reveals God’s holiness, exposes our sin, restrains evil, points us to Christ, and teaches believers how to walk in thankful obedience. Where question 94 gave us
Daniel Kurtz
Jun 45 min read
The Use of the Moral Law After the Fall: WLC Question 94
The Westminster Larger Catechism asks, “Is there any use of the moral law to mankind since the fall?” The answer is, “Although no person, since the fall, can attain to righteousness and life by the moral law, yet there is great use of it, in a way common to all people, and also as it particularly applies either to the unregenerate or the regenerate.” This question helps us hold two truths together. The moral law cannot save sinners, but that does not make it useless. Since th
Daniel Kurtz
May 285 min read
The Moral Law as God’s Holy Will for All Mankind: WLC Question 93
Question 92 of the Westminster Larger Catechism talked about the importance of the moral law that was given to Adam. But this brings up an important follow-up question: “What is the moral law?” This is what question 93 asks. It answers by saying: “The moral law is the declaration of the will of God to mankind, directing and binding every person to personal, perfect, and perpetual conformity and obedience to it, in the orientation and disposition of the whole person, soul and
Daniel Kurtz
May 215 min read
The Rule of Obedience Revealed to Adam: Westminster Larger Catechism Q92
In the previous question, the Westminster Larger Catechism taught us that “the duty that God requires of mankind is obedience to his revealed will.” That answer naturally leads to the next question: What did God first reveal as the rule by which mankind was to obey him? Question 92 asks, “What did God reveal to the first man as the rule of his obedience?” The answer is, “The rule of obedience revealed to Adam in his state of innocence, and to all mankind in him, was the moral
Daniel Kurtz
May 145 min read
The Duty God Requires: Obedience to His Revealed Will (WLC 91)
God has revealed himself. God has spoken. And because God has spoken, mankind has a duty before him: obedience to his revealed will.
Daniel Kurtz
May 75 min read
The Righteous on the Day of Judgment: Our Full Communion with Christ in Glory
The previous question of the catechism considered the fearful destination of the wicked on the day of judgment. It reminded us of the justice of God, the seriousness of sin, and the eternal misery of being found outside of Christ. But now the catechism turns our eyes to the hope of those who belong to Christ. Westminster Larger Catechism 90 question asks, “What will be done to the righteous at the day of judgment?” It answers: “At the day of judgment, the righteous, being cau
Daniel Kurtz
Apr 305 min read
What Will Be Done to the Wicked at the Day of Judgment?: Westminster Larger Catechism 89
The question of what happens after the resurrection leaves us with two directions. What follows goes a little bit deeper in both directions, starting with the destination of the wicked. Question 89 asks, “What will be done to the wicked at the day of judgment?” The answer is straight to the point: “At the day of judgment, the wicked will be set on Christ’s left hand, and, upon clear evidence and the full conviction of their own consciences, they will have the fearful but just
Daniel Kurtz
Apr 235 min read
What Shall Immediately Follow After the Resurrection? The General and Final Judgment - WLC Question 88
In the previous catechism question, we considered the resurrection of the dead and the hope believers have in Christ. But that raises another question: what comes next? The 88th question of the Westminster Larger Catechism asks the question this way: “What will immediately follow after the resurrection?” The answer is simple and clear: “The general and final judgment of angels and men will follow immediately after the resurrection, the day and hour of which no one knows, so t
Daniel Kurtz
Apr 164 min read
The Resurrection of the Dead We Must Believe: WLC Question 87
One of my favorite things about catechisms is the way their questions build on one another. In the previous questions, the catechism focused on death, even the death of believers. Now it turns from what happens immediately after death to the great hope of the last day. It asks, “What are we to believe concerning the resurrection?” The answer says, “We are to believe, that, at the last day, there shall be a general resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust: when th
Daniel Kurtz
Apr 94 min read
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