by Ray Viola | Apr 5, 2022 | Selah
People are either ruled by sin or righteousness. By the power of the Holy Spirit and God’s grace, Christians can defeat sin’s rule by refusing to yield our bodies to its commands and fleshly lusts. We are to yield every part of our body to the service of the Lord as...
by Ray Viola | Apr 4, 2022 | Selah
Santification is an on-going process. When God’s grace brings a person to salvation or justification, they will start living differently. Things that once gave them pleasure will lose their appeal, though they will occasionally find themselves slipping back into their...
by Ray Viola | Apr 1, 2022 | Selah
In the first five chapters of Romans, the Apostle Paul described in great detail what God has accomplished for us through the Gospel of Jesus Christ, namely justification. Paul then proceeds to describe what God can accomplish in us through the Gospel, if we yield...
by Ray Viola | Mar 31, 2022 | Selah
Because God is holy, He could not accept sinful man by simply disregarding or ignoring his sins. To satisfy God’s justice, those sins had to be dealt with. When Jesus shed His blood on the cross, He accepted the punishment for our sins, thereby satisfying God’s...
by Ray Viola | Mar 30, 2022 | Selah
Sin separates people from God; however, after we are born again, our standing before God changes. Through Jesus Christ, God imputes righteousness to us, and we become justified by God’s grace. To be born again, a person must repent of their sin, trust that Jesus has...