by Ray Viola | Oct 2, 2025 | Communion Messages
John 3:16 For God so loved the world (so did God love the world), that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth (no exclusion but unbelief) in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Years ago, an old saint wrote these thoughts about John 3.16...
by Ray Viola | Oct 1, 2025 | Communion Messages, Contemporary Christianity, Devotionals
1Cor 11.24-26 “For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat:this is my body, which is broken for...
by Ray Viola | Sep 3, 2025 | Communion Messages
This is another one of the Psalms of David, the man after God’s own heart. Though the background of this Psalm is not revealed, in verse 3 and 4, we see that David is going through a time of difficulty, opposition or danger that was behind this declaration of faith in...
by Ray Viola | Jul 22, 2025 | Communion Messages
Luke 5.31,32 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole (healthy) need not a physician; but they that are sick. I came not to call...
by Ray Viola | Jun 11, 2025 | Communion Messages
Psalm 111 is one of the acrostic Psalms. In the acrostics of the OT, each line or verse begins with successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet, beginning with Aleph and ending with Tau. This particular psalm of praise recalls the Exodus, the wilderness wanderings, and...
by Ray Viola | Jan 17, 2025 | Communion Messages, Philemon
In a very private and personal letter, the Apostle Paul writes to the beloved Philemon to receive back a runaway slave, Onesimus, who had since come to faith in Christ. Reminding Philemon of his debt to Paul and seeking the same grace for this fugitive, Paul paint a...