by Ray Viola | Oct 26, 2021 | Contemporary Issues, How to Have Peace
John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Our world is like a...
by Ray Viola | Oct 10, 2021 | Contemporary Issues, Devotionals
John 11:35 Jesus wept. This is one of the shortest passages of Scripture, but it contains volumes of information about our precious Lord Jesus Christ. The context is the gravesite of Lazarus. This is a sad occasion. We also know that this entire scenario was set up...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 3, 2021 | Contemporary Issues
Colossians 3:1,2 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. The apostle Paul begins his practical application portion of his letter...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 7, 2021 | Contemporary Issues
Paul warned the Corinthian church about those who preach another Jesus (2 Corinthians 11:4). He would go on to say this about those who preach another Jesus: “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 2, 2021 | Contemporary Issues
Philippians 3:2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. Ten times our Lord Jesus gave the warning to beware. Three of the warnings were to beware of false prophets (Matthew 7:15), of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees (Matthew 16:6,...
by Ray Viola | Jul 7, 2021 | Contemporary Issues
Saving faith is not a concept that is simply theologically true. It is a divine empowerment to walk with God and obey Him. Genesis 6.5-12 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only...