by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 4, 2024 | Selah
The purpose of every church and every child of God is to worship, pray, serve, and live for the glory of Jesus Christ. Today’s passage is a divine revelation and recognition of the slain Lamb Jesus Christ, Who takes away the sins of the world. Anyone that truly sees...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 4, 2024 | Communion Messages, Devotionals
The Christian faith isn’t a hunch. Nor is it the best possible choice out of a banquet of religious options. No, Luke wrote that we “may know the certainty of those things in which (we) were instructed.” (Luke 1:4) Notwithstanding all of the questions and...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 3, 2024 | Selah
Both sin and the devil are bent on our destruction, and God sent Jesus to destroy both sin and the works of the devil on our behalf. Our Heavenly Father sent His Son, because we not only need to be forgiven and delivered from the debt of our sin, we also must be...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 3, 2024 | Devotionals
When the Bible talks about renewing the mind, it speaks of much more than memorizing or quoting Scripture. Memorizing and quoting Scripture are valuable and important. But, the place where Scripture is to be hidden is in the heart, not the head. When Scripture is...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 2, 2024 | Selah
One of the most remarkable thoughts of the Christmas season is that Jesus Christ, Who is God and is also the Son of God was manifested to pay for our sins and to destroy the works of the devil. So, the redemption of fallen man is God’s plan, not man’s....