by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 25, 2022 | Devotionals
To “put on the new man” (Col 3:10,12-14) is the same as being conformed to the image of Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit is the One who sanctifies us in order that we may be vessels of honor, prepared for the Master’s use. Having been saved by grace through faith, we are...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 24, 2022 | Devotionals
The Christian life is both a death and a resurrection. Although we live in this physical world, we are no longer citizens of this world. “Just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” By faith in...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 23, 2022 | Devotionals
Something in our self-righteous flesh convinces us that salvation is earned by good conduct, or by observing religious practices like keeping ‘holy days’ or other rituals. Grace and human effort do not provide forgiveness of sin. Salvation is not the result of the law...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 22, 2022 | Contemporary Christianity
Acts 15.36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do. 15.37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. 15.38 But Paul...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 21, 2022 | Contemporary Christianity
Acts 16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. John 4:23,24 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the...