by Pastor Ray Viola | Nov 3, 2022 | Devotionals
Scripture reveals an amazing audience observing the activity of man upon the earth. Hebrews speaks about a great cloud of witnesses. The unequally yoked wife is being observed by her unsaved husband. Our employers, both saved and unsaved are watching. The devil is...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Nov 2, 2022 | Devotionals, Prayer
If Paul was left to minister according to his own understanding, I doubt he would have been as fruitful as he was. Paul was convinced that if anybody could reach his fellow Jews, it was he. After all he had the top notch Rabbinic Scholar as his mentor. Nobody could...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Nov 1, 2022 | Devotionals
Scripture speaks of the doctrine of baptisms, plural. One of those baptisms is by immersion into water, following one’s profession of faith in Jesus Christ. First believe and then be baptized in water is the sacred order. It’s important to realize that baptism, in and...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Oct 31, 2022 | Devotionals
When Barnabas visited the church at Antioch, he saw the grace of God and was glad (Acts 11:22,23). Obviously, for the grace of God to be visible, their faith was alive and evidenced by good works. Remember how the four men brought their hurting friend to Jesus? The...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Oct 9, 2022 | Devotionals
For one whole year, Barnabas and Saul spent time with the saints in Antioch teaching them the Word of God. To ‘feed sheep’ is what Jesus commanded Peter to do. This same exhortation is what Peter was commanded to write by God the Holy Spirit. This is also what Paul...