Pastor Lester Bentley

Tag: God

  • Like a Grain of Mustard Seed

    Like a Grain of Mustard Seed

    Like a Grain of Mustard Seed Matthew 13:31, 32; Mark 4:30–32; Luke 13:18, 19. In the multitude that listened to Christ’s teaching there were many Pharisees. These noted contemptuously how few of His hearers acknowledged Him as the Messiah. And they questioned with themselves how this unpretending teacher could exalt Israel to universal dominion. Without…

  • Words to Close July With

    Galatians 5:13-15 gives us this advise.  Use your God-given freedom to serve one another and avoid bitter strife. For you were called to freedom, brothers.  Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.  For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love…

  • A Strike On The Cheek, A Black Eye, and Missing Tooth

    A Strike On The Cheek, A Black Eye, and Missing Tooth Matthew 5:38-41 38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to…