by Ray Viola | Oct 26, 2021 | Selah
Peter exhorted us to live lives of separation from carnal lusts and worldly systems. For example, we should not behave as worldly people that give more honor to the rich, beautiful, or educated than those who were endowed with less. However, we are oblidged to submit...
by Ray Viola | Oct 25, 2021 | Selah
As Christians, we belong to Jesus, and we are His ambassadors to a lost and dying world. Therefore, our lifestyles should be easily distinguishable from the lifestyles of those that are dying around us. Not so that we can claim moral superiority, but so that we may...
by Ray Viola | Oct 22, 2021 | Selah
Life is so short, and we are citizens of heaven. We are here today and gone tomorrow. Therefore, try to spend the bulk of your time on things that matter. We should also heed Peter’s advice to abstain from fleshly lusts that war against our souls. This will either...
by Ray Viola | Oct 21, 2021 | Selah
In the Church, every believer is not only a saint, but a priest also. The Latin word for priest means bridge builder. Is your life building bridges that make it easy for others to see Christ and desire to know Him, or is your life turning people away from Jesus? A...
by Ray Viola | Oct 20, 2021 | Selah
The Church is an ever-growing collection of living stones surrounded by construction scaffolding. For these stones to be fitly joined together into a single, beautiful edifice, Jesus, the Master Builder, must knock off our rough edges as He shapes us into images of...