by Pastor Ray Viola | Nov 12, 2024 | Prophecy, Selah
Actions speak louder than words. Listening to and understanding a sermon is not the same thing as putting its key elements into practice in one’s own life. Jesus likened hearing His word but not doing it, to building a house on sand. Forebearing one another in love...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jul 21, 2024 | Devotionals, Prophecy
Matthew 24:32-34 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This...
by Pastor Ray Viola | May 11, 2024 | Prophecy
Just as Joseph was not known and accepted by His brothers until the second time they saw him in Egypt, Jesus Christ will not be recognized and accepted as Messiah by the nation of Israel as a whole until His Second Coming. Scripture is filled with prophecies...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 24, 2023 | Prophecy
Any study on Bible prophecy that is simply intellectual or emotional is incomplete. Prophecy always demands a practical response by the people to whom it applies. For example, anticipating Jesus’ imminent return carries along with it the need for born again believers...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jul 30, 2023 | Devotionals, Prophecy
It never ceases to amaze me, when I see newscasts from or about the Middle East, how rapidly prophecy is coming together. Interestingly enough, the average person on the street also displays ‘antenna ears’ when he/she hears about the Israeli-Arab situation. The...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 13, 2022 | Contemporary Issues, Prophecy
We are seeing and reading on a regular basis now about the human atrocities in places like Syria and Afghanistan. It wasn’t that long ago when the same horror was going on in Kosovo and Somalia. My sister-in-law tells me about the ethnic wars that she and her family...