by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 20, 2025 | Selah
Today’s passage teaches some important things about Christ’s sacrifical death. Jesus’ death on the cross was unrepeatable. Jesus’ death on the cross was substitutionary, and His death on the cross was reconciling. That is, Jesus died once for our sins, in our place,...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 19, 2025 | Selah
Jesus’ death on the cross was a sacrificial death. He died for sins, but not His own, for He never sinned. He was the only perfect man and the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. As Isaiah wrote: He was wounded for our transgressions . . . bruised for our iniquities and...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 18, 2025 | Selah
Submission in a Christian marriage is all about you and your relationship to God. Any relational conflicts or disturbances in a Christian marriage usually stem from disobedience to the lordship of Jesus Christ, because every time Christians are called to submit to...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 15, 2025 | Selah
In today’s society we see nearly everyone fighting for their own rights. This makes submission an unpopular idea, because society views it from a horizontal perspective rather than a vertical one. Ultimately, every time Christians are called to submit, we are really...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 14, 2025 | Selah
Submission is not an act of worship to the person in authority. We are worshiping and honoring God when we submit to His appointed leaders, whether they are in our...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 13, 2025 | Selah
Peter exhorted us to live lives of separation from carnal lusts and worldly systems. For example, we should not behave as worldly people that give more honor to the rich, beautiful, or educated than those who were endowed with less. However, we are oblidged to submit...