Ray Bentley

Today, pastor Ray Bentley points out, the small book of Jude is big on passion and urgency. Jude is saying agonize. Don't let the basic truth of the gospel be changed. Don't let it be twisted. Don't let it be perverted. Don't let it be lost. The simple message of the gospel. The world needs Christ. They need Jesus Christ. Spreading news.

Pastor Ray Bentley on the message contained in the New Testament book of Jude and why it's so relevant to us today. Why did you write this letter? The purpose of the book is to address the apostasy that was creeping into the early church. And it's also, by the way, one of the great signs of the last days is that there would be much falling away from the faith of the simple gospel of Jesus Christ spread.

Today, pastor Ray Bentley points out, the path to happiness involves sanctification and holiness. Sanctification brings satisfaction, and the role of the Holy Spirit who dwells in you is to sanctify you and to make you more and more holy, and therefore more and more satisfied, and more and more like Jesus and the whole here we become, the happier we will be spread.

Today, pastor Ray Bentley brings us insight on the divine purpose of prayer. Prayer is God's way of solving every problem. You got a problem? Just pray. What should I pray? Just pray. God's will is done. It'll all take care of itself. Because God turns every problem into a blessing. When we pray, put it another way. God is on your side.

Some think effective prayer is praying with all our might and ultimately praying hard enough to change God's mind. Today on Maranatha Radio, pastor Ray Bentley corrects that perspective. Prayer does not change God's mind. It realigns us with his perfect will. So putting it another way, the purpose of prayer is not to get your will done. The purpose of prayer is to get God's will die spreading.

Our problems won't last forever. Pastor Ray Bentley points out, nothing that happens in this world is permanent. There's a joy that comes when you know that you're going to heaven, and that you're spending eternity with the Lord, and you can have heaven now on your way to heaven. So Jesus, he is our perfection. He is our holiness. He is our joy because he abides in us.

Who is Jesus? The answer is pivotal. Pastor Ray Bentley gives us the answers straight from God's Word. Christ means anointed One. Jesus came and he was born miraculously born of a virgin. He was God, manifest in the flesh. He was God, literally coming down to seek us and to save us. In him all the fullness of the Godhead dwelt bodily.

Something. The Christian life is one of rules frustration and stifled enjoyment. Pastor Ray Bentley says not true holiness is happiness. It is impossible to be holy and be a miserable, critical, judgmental, grumpy person. Holiness brings joy. Holiness bears the fruit of the spirit, which is love and peace and joy. It is an abundant life spreading. You see all of these people coming down before the King.

How do we grow in our faith? Is it through hard work and perseverance? Today on Maranatha Radio, pastor Ray Bentley answers that question. Many well-intentioned mistakenly think that Christianity is trying and trying harder and harder, and I want to erase that. I want to erase that from your minds and from your heart. It is not about trying or trying harder.

Pastor Ray Bentley says love magnifies our relationship with God. When you are growing in love, not just sentimentality, not just feeling, not just, oh, I feel bad to them. But when you are doing something practical as giving or doing something personal as in visiting, you have more confidence and your whole relationship with God. You experience this deep respect for your father in heaven and not a tormenting fear spread.