Pastor Lester Bentley

Tag: Salvation

  • Romans: Salvation for All

    Romans: Salvation for All

    Living God’s Principles in Community, Part 1 Lesson 12 Romans 12:1-13:14 Therefore, In Romans 12:1 signals the beginning of the next step in Paul’s explanation of what it means to be saved. He has completed setting before us his theology. Now he is ready for its ethical implication in daily life. The “Therefore” indicates that…

  • Jews and Gentiles in God’s Plan, Part 2

    Jews and Gentiles in God’s Plan, Part 2

    Israel’s Rejection Not Final Romans 11:1-36 Romans 11:1,2 picks up the thread that Paul had begun in Romans 9:6, in which he asked if God’s promises to Israel had failed in light of the fact that most of the Jewish people and their leaders had not accepted the gospel. He had ended chapter 10 by…

  • Jews and Gentiles in God’s Plan, Part 2

    Jews and Gentiles in God’s Plan, Part 2

    Jews and Gentiles in God’s Plan, Part 2 Lesson 11 Romans 10:1 – 11:36 Romans 10 continues the theme of chapter 9, in which Paul deals with his desire to see more Jews saved. While chapter 9 focused on the fact that their rejection of the gospel was not God’s fault, chapter 10 asserts that…