Ray Bentley - September 24, 2017 - Matthew 5:1-7
The key to Kingdom living: To be poor in spirit is to recognize our spiritual bankruptcy before God. Those who mourn understand our Savior, the fellowship of His sufferings (Philippians 3:10), and the Man of Sorrows who was acquainted with grief (Isaiah 53:3).
Ray Bentley - October 1, 2017 - Matthew 5:8-12
Jesus continued teaching the Beatitudes and the blessings of a pure heart, of being a peacemaker, and even the blessing of being persecuted for His sake. The Day of Atonement, one of the Seven Feasts of the Lord, is a picture of Jesus.
Ray Bentley - October 22, 2017 - Matthew 5:13-20
We are salt and light. Jesus didn't tell us to become salt or light. He said we are salt and light. We are either fulfilling or failing in that calling in the world at large.
Believers are like salt becasue we have value, and have a preserving infl...
Ray Bentley - November 5, 2017 - Matthew 5:21-48
Jesus takes the Law and goes deeper into our heart with eternal truth which is eternal life. Both love and murder begin in the heart. When the devil makes us mad at God, at others, and even ourselves, we are being deceived! A Kingdom heart loves o...
