Ray Bentley - Matthew 27: 38-50 - June 7, 2020
Study Notes: https://www.maranathachapel.org/s/MattNotes060720.pdf
Jesus took our shame and guilt upon Himself. Jesus was mocked by His own people; the Cross was a public spectcle. He was executed on a public highway, when through the day hundreds even thousands were traveling and shopping. During His crucifixion Jesus stood right in the center of sinful humanity. It is because Jesus did NOT save Himself that you and I can be saved! Love kept Jesus on the cross, not nails. He spoke three times: “My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me?” “I thirst,” and “It is Finished!" Jesus was forsaken that we might be found. "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him" (2 Cor 5:21).
Ray Bentley - Matthew 27:50-56
Notes: https://www.maranathachapel.org/s/MattNotes061420.pdf
When Jesus cried with a loud boice, "It is finished," He was saying that He had completed His mission. He had fulfilled His Father's purpose. The phrase “it is finished” is one word in Greek, tetelestai, ...
Ray Bentley - Proof of the Resurrection / Matthew 27:57 - 28:8
The importance of the guarded tomb: If it had not been for the intervention of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus, the body of Jesus would not have received a proper burial. Without realizing It, the Jewish leaders and the Roman gove...
Ray Bentley, MATTHEW 28:9-20, June 28,2020
The disciples met the risen Christ personally! When we obey the Lord, we will experience divine visitaions; that is when He comes to us. The Lord's first two appearances were to believing women. The great cover up exposes the darkness of the religious le...
