by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 7, 2025 | Selah
Today’s passage concerns the birth of the Church on the day of Pentecost. On the Feast of Firstfruits, a priest would wave a sheaf of grain before the Lord, but on Pentecost, he presented two leavened loaves of bread to Him. In the the Bible, leaven indicates the...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 6, 2025 | Selah
To replace the vacancy left by the death of Judas, the remaining apostles chose out two men that had been with them from Jesus’ baptism by John until His ascension. After casting lots, Matthias was numbered with the eleven. That is the last time in Scripture that we...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 6, 2025 | Selah
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 6, 2025 | Communion Messages, Devotionals
Hebrews 10:1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. The Old Covenant sacrifices reminded the people of...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 3, 2025 | Selah
While waiting for the promised empowering of the Holy Spirit, the apostles and other disciples gathered in prayer for ten days. During this time, Peter told them that Scripture foretold that the vacancy left by Judas would be filled, and they took action to appoint a...