by Ray Viola | Jan 2, 2020 | Devotionals
In Revelation chapter 10, John is told to eat the scroll containing the prophetic word of the coming judgment of God. The net effect it had upon him was that it was both bitter and sweet (verses 9,10). The Old Testament prophet Ezekiel had almost the same experience...
by Ray Viola | Jan 2, 2020 | Devotionals
1 John 4.8 The person who does not love does not know God, because God is love. The fallen world system has taken the sacred things of God and twisted their meanings. In the Greek language, there are two different words that are translated into the English word love....
by Ray Viola | Jan 1, 2020 | Devotionals
John 15.1,2 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Jesus is the True Vine. He is the Source of human and...
by Ray Viola | Dec 31, 2019 | Contemporary Christianity
1 Timothy 6.17-19 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to...
by Ray Viola | Dec 29, 2019 | Devotionals
2 Tim 1.5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. What does it mean to have an unfeigned faith? It means to have a faith that is...