by Ray Viola | Jun 1, 2014 | Communion Messages
The New Testament correlates faith and grace to make sure that we do not boast in what grace alone achieves. Faith is the act of our soul that turns away from our own insufficiency to the free and all-sufficient resources of God. Faith focuses on the freedom of God to...
by Ray Viola | Apr 16, 2014 | 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 | Mar 2, 2014 | 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 | Feb 10, 2014 | Communion Messages, Ephesians
I am going to ask you a question and then answer it for you. How about that? According to God’s Word, what is your greatest need today? The greatest need of every person here today, whether he recognizes it or not, is to have God forgive his or her sins before he or...
by Ray Viola | Feb 4, 2014 | Communion Messages, Ephesians
Being chosen, being for-known, and being adopted could only happen in one way…by the blood of Jesus! Our good works, our ceremonies, our social programs, and our religious observations could never make us “right” in the scales of God’s...
by Ray Viola | Oct 8, 2013 | Communion Messages
So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the...