by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 12, 2025 | Christmas, Devotionals
John 3:16,17 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. The...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 11, 2025 | Selah
The ancient city of Philadelphia was originally intended to be a city that would spread Hellenism to the surrounding region. However, Christ used a small church congregation in that city as a missionary outpost to spread to the Gospel to a lost and dying world. The...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 11, 2025 | Christmas, Devotionals
Jesus Christ is the gift of God that keeps giving. All the promises of God are yes and amen in Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 1:20). How vital it is for us to go back to the Scriptures as we approach another Christmas season. We all know that Jesus was not born on...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 10, 2025 | Selah
Jesus gave the Holy Spirit to the Church. Jesus wants His churches—and the people in them—to be Spirit-filled and Spirit-led, not driven by the desires of men or guided by worldly precepts. In His letter to the church at Sardis, Jesus had to rebuke them...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 10, 2025 | Christmas, Devotionals
Have you ever wondered how God can send people to hell? How can a God of love, a good God send people to hell? The answer: He doesn’t. Jesus Himself declared in Matthew 25:41, “Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into...