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 | Jan 26, 2014 | Ephesians
In our last post we explored the doctrine of election, and now we will look into the doctrine of predestination. As we to look that the spiritual blessings that belong to us who are in Christ Jesus, we read that we are predestinated to be adopted as children by Jesus...
by Ray Viola | Jan 19, 2014 | Ephesians
Diving deep into theological waters with eternal implications, Pastor Ray Viola shares from Eph. 1:3-5 and asks “who chooses who in salvation” With God’s sovereignty and man’s responsibility, what does the Bible say about “election and...
by Ray Viola | Jan 14, 2014 | Ephesians
Join Pastor Ray Viola from Koinonia Fellowship for our introduction to the Book of Ephesians. Paul, called to be an Apostle of Jesus Christ starts this epistle with grace and will scale the heights of theological mountains and the pastures of practical daily Christian...
by Ray Viola | Apr 13, 2013 | Colossians, Ephesians, Philemon, Philippians
Paul is completely convinced that he is in prison according to the good, perfect and acceptable will of God. Instead of moaning and crying and complaining, he is: Abiding in Christ and looking for ways to bring glory to him as long as he is there. Concerned for others...
by Ray Viola | Apr 13, 2013 | Colossians, Ephesians, Philemon, Philippians
With this post we begin a lengthy study of the Prison Epistles of the apostle Paul. What we see in these epistles (as in the rest of Scripture), is that the content of these letters are: God centered Christ exalting Spirit filled These documents are given to us by God...