Pastor Lester Bentley

Tag: Spirituality

  • Romans: Salvation for All

    Romans: Salvation for All

    More Lesson on Transformed Living Romans 13:1-14 A fourth aspect of transformed living has to do with a person’s relationship to government in Romans 13:1-7. The Bible makes it clear that Christians should strive to obey the government, since ever a poor government is better than chaos. But scripture also points to limits. That is…

  • The Curse of the Fig Tree

    The Curse of the Fig Tree

    Mark: According to Part 56 Mark 11:12-22 The Curse of the Fig Tree 12 Now the next day, when they had come out from Bethany, He was hungry. 13 And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it,…

  • 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…