by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 15, 2025 | Selah
Why was Jesus born? According to Scripture, the Incarnation of Jesus Christ, often celebrated as Christmas, is the proclamation of the Gospel, which is the good news that God the Father sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for our sins. Through God’s grace, sinners who...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 15, 2025 | Christmas, Devotionals
Revelation 4:8-10 … the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, … And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 14, 2025 | Christmas, Devotionals
Psalm 130:7,8 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. One of the great mysteries of Scripture is that God became a man (1 Timothy 3:16) in order that He,...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 13, 2025 | Christmas, Devotionals
2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, Who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. The very glory of God is revealed in The Lord Jesus Christ. The writer to the...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 12, 2025 | Selah
Jesus often spoke of the reason for His first coming for our sin, but He actually said much more about His second coming to usher in a new kingdom, wherein dwells righteousness. Our prayer for you this year is that the real meaning of Christmas would be much more than...