by Ray Viola | Jul 10, 2013 | Communion Messages
Re 19:1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God. After these things The phrase after these things refers to the events of chapters 17 and 18 and...
by Ray Viola | Jul 2, 2013 | Colossians
A lowly view Christ produces superficial Christianity. When the sinner is united with Christ in his death and resurrection through faith, he enters into a vital, living relationship with Jesus Christ, with the whole personality. The motivation for living like this is...
by Ray Viola | Jun 25, 2013 | Colossians
By Pastor Ben Hiwale These first four verses of Colossians chapter 3 are a transitional text, a bridge text connecting the front of the book with the back of the book. Paul does this quite frequently in his epistles: after writing about Christology, Doctrine of...
by Ray Viola | Jun 15, 2013 | Special Occasions
Happy Father’s Day! Today, I am addressing all the men, and in particular husbands and fathers. Psalm 128. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well...
by Ray Viola | Jun 11, 2013 | Colossians
These passages of Scripture were not only vital for the preservation of the gospel of the grace of God in Pauls’ day; they are vital for the church in 2013. For the heretical teachings that were posing a threat to the saints at Colossae and Laodicea exist today. As we...