Ray Bentley - June 23, 2019 - Matthew 20:29-34
Jesus has the power to open blind eyes. He stops to heal those who cry out persistently. Two desperate men, realizing that the last hope of seeing would soon depart, shouted at the top of their lungs, not caring who heard them as long as Jesus did. Jesus told them “Go your way, your faith has made you well.” Healing blindness was a picture of the incredibly more wonderful healing of spiritual blindness. He can open the eyes of the soul!
Ray Bentley, June 30, 2019, Matthew 21:1-11
The coronation of the Messiah, on what we consder Palm Sunday. The Bible is really a love story, between God and us. The Church is called “the bride of Christ" In the New Testament for good reason. We have a covenant relationship with the One who forg...
Ray Bentley, July 7, 2019, Matthew 21:12-17
The most important purpose of the Temple is prayer. Jesus came to the Temple looking for prayer, but found instead merchandise and trade. Jesus shook the Temple to its very core. When Jesus calls the Temple “My House” He is affirming that He is God. Wh...
Ray Bentley, July 14, 2019, Matthew 21:18-22
God's will is to produce fruit in our lives. The Fig tree became a symbol of the nation of Israel. A barren fig tree represented a spiritually barren Israel, its leaves representing outward religion but no fruit or life. Jesus used the fig tree as a p...
