Pastor Lester Bentley

Category: Christian

  • The Initiative of God and Human Response

    The Initiative of God and Human Response

    The Initiative of God and Human response Romans 9:14-33 Verse 14 – 18 raise a new question. Namely is God acting unjustly or righteously in changing the rules on who the elect are? Absolutely not! Is Paul’s reply. Why? Because the question is incorrectly framed. God does not base His selection (or election or predestination…

  • Jews and Gentiles in God’s Plan Part 1

    Jews and Gentiles in God’s Plan Part 1

    Jews and Gentiles in God’s Plan, Part 1 Lesson 10 Romans 9:1-33 In romans 9-11 we come to a major shift in Paul’s presentation. The first eight chapters highlighted that all people (both Jews and Gentiles) were sinners (Romans 1:18-3:20), that the only way to be justified was through faith (Romans 3:5), and that all…

  • Proper Behavior

    Proper Behavior

    Proper Behavior guest post by Adlai A. Esteb “But if I tarry long, that thou may know how you ought to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest…