by Ray Viola | Mar 2, 2023 | Communion Messages
Nahum 1:7 The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee...
by Ray Viola | Feb 25, 2023 | Communion Messages
The Lord’s Supper is the time when the church is to remember the sacrifice that Jesus paid for our sin. No words could ever possibly describe the agony and suffering that Jesus experienced from the Garden of Gethsemane to the cross on Calvary. This plan of God to save...
by Ray Viola | Sep 18, 2022 | Communion Messages, Devotionals
Jesus Christ came to this earth to provide forgiveness of sin by offering Himself up on the cross as payment for our iniquity. The bread and the cup remind us of His sacrifice for us as the Lamb of God. Yes, there is our personal need to search our hearts in...
by Ray Viola | Sep 4, 2022 | Communion Messages, Devotionals
In Romans 5 verse 8, Paul writes that the love of God is being demonstrated for us in that while we are yet, or still sinners, Jesus Christ died for us. Charles Spurgeon wrote: “The heart of the gospel is redemption, and the essence of redemption is the...
by Ray Viola | May 7, 2022 | Communion Messages, Devotionals
Hebrews 9:11-12 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the...
by Ray Viola | Apr 21, 2022 | Communion Messages, Devotionals
When Jesus gave us the ordinance that we call communion, He said that it was to be observed in remembrance of Him. There is the responsibility on our part for self examination, and it is important that we allow God’s Spirit to search our hearts for any areas of...