Ray Bentley - December 20, 2015 - Matthew 2:1-1
Christmas is "the most wonderful time of the year" because God's gift to us fulfills our longings.
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 e...
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...