by Pastor Ray Viola | Oct 1, 2025 | Selah
When Jesus died on the cross, He blotted out our bill of debt that we owed because of our sins. That means that Christ not only paid our sin debt in full, He literally erased any record that our sin debt ever even existed! What a great and merciful God we serve!...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Oct 1, 2025 | Selah
In Paul’s day, Judaizers tried to convince Gentile Christians that they needed to be circumcised to be saved. In other words, as many cults erroneously teach today, Christ’s work is insufficient in and of itself to save you. The gospel that saves is not faith in Jesus...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Oct 1, 2025 | Selah
The Apostle Paul wanted the Christians at Colosse to be rooted and built up in Christ. We should be careful to also note that, besides having sound doctrine, he also wanted them to abound with thanksgiving, because thanklessness for what God has provided will hinder...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 26, 2025 | Selah
Secular and worldly philosophies comprise the efforts of fallen men to determine, apart from the Scriptures, the ultimate causes in the earth and the universe. They seek to answer questions like, how did the universe come about? Why was I born? What is my purpose in...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 25, 2025 | Selah
Paul was a man that had a shepherd’s heart. He was driven by the love of Christ, as well as a God-given concern for the spiritual welfare of the saints in Colossae, Laodicea and for those who had never met him. Paul prayed that these believers would be knit together...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 24, 2025 | Selah
Striving for Christian maturity doesn’t mean endlessly working to make ourselves better. On the cross, Christ bore all our wicked immaturity so that, through faith, we might be clothed in His perfect maturity. True Christian maturity, then, is about learning to enjoy...