by Ray Viola | Feb 10, 2014 | Communion Messages, Ephesians
I am going to ask you a question and then answer it for you. How about that? According to God’s Word, what is your greatest need today? The greatest need of every person here today, whether he recognizes it or not, is to have God forgive his or her sins before he or...
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 | Sep 28, 2013 | Philippians
In our study this week we are made aware that self-centeredness was a problem that existed in the congregation in Philippi (see also Phil 4.2,3). The Holy Spirit mentions words like strife and vainglory to describe the attitudes that existed within this local church...
by Ray Viola | Sep 15, 2013 | Special Occasions
Jer 29:11-12 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and...