by Ray Viola | May 3, 2022 | Selah
Some people think that, because the Jewish people rejected Jesus as their Messiah, God’s promises to Israel are somehow null and void. This is the basis for what is called Replacement Theology, which claims that the Church inherited the blessings rejected by Israel....
by Ray Viola | May 2, 2022 | Selah
After his discussion of God’s sovereignty, predestination, and election in Romans chapter nine, Romans ten emphasizes the phrase: Whosever will. God’s election of His saints and man’s free will are not mutually exclusive nor contradictory ideas in Scripture. They are...
by Ray Viola | Apr 29, 2022 | Selah
Faith, not works, saves a person from their sins. Briefly stated, if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, then you shall be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness;...
by Ray Viola | Apr 28, 2022 | Selah
In today’s passage, Paul will lay the responsibility for the lack of righteousness squarely on the shoulders of the individual. God is not responsible for an unbeliever’s lost condition. It is futile to try to hide behind divine sovereignty and the doctrine of...
by Ray Viola | Apr 27, 2022 | Selah
What Christians call the New Testament is really just an explanation of the Old Testament. God’s plan of salvation has been in place since the beginning, even before He created the universe, and salvation has always been available by faith in Christ, not through the...