by Pastor 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...
by Ray Viola | Apr 3, 2022 | Communion Messages
When Jesus instituted what we Gentiles call communion, He was actually ‘tagging on’ to the Passover feast a visible expression of the doctrine of grace through His substitutionary death on Calvary. ‘In remembrance of Me’ is the focus of communion. In John 6:48-58,...
by Ray Viola | Sep 3, 2020 | 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 | Jun 11, 2020 | 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 | May 8, 2020 | 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...