by Ray Viola | Jan 7, 2025 | Devotionals
Colossians 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. God is Self sufficient. He has no need for the help of mortal man to exist or operate. The Lord our God is the God of all things. It is The Lord our God Who creates, sustains and upholds all...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 6, 2025 | Communion Messages, Devotionals
Hebrews 10:1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. The Old Covenant sacrifices reminded the people of...
by Ray Viola | Jan 5, 2025 | Devotionals
Our next section of the Sermon on the Mount deals with the very important subject of forgiveness. The subject of forgiveness includes a Godward, vertical aspect as well as a human, horizontal aspect. In the Godward sense, we read that it is “in (Jesus Christ) we have...
by Ray Viola | Jan 4, 2025 | Devotionals
The next subject that Jesus teaches us about is the 7th commandment, which is, “You shall not commit adultery.” (Matthew 5:27; Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18). Sexual immorality is one of the easily besetting sins of mankind. Once again, The Lord Jesus tells us the...
by Ray Viola | Jan 3, 2025 | Devotionals
We are now entering the section of Scripture where Jesus is beginning to explain to us what He means by having a righteousness deeper than that taught by the religious leaders of the day (Matthew 5:20). These words of Jesus are vital for us to understand as...
by Ray Viola | Jan 2, 2025 | Devotionals
At this juncture in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:17-21), Jesus is going to be revealing to us the true interpretation and intention of the law of God. By this point in time in the history of the nation, the rabbinical and oral interpretation of the law had...