by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 14, 2022 | Devotionals, Mark
Isaiah 40:3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. The prophet Isaiah identified John the baptizer as The Voice of one crying in the wilderness. What was this voice...
by Ray Viola | Jun 17, 2022 | Devotionals
Scripture speaks of the doctrine of baptisms, plural. One of those baptisms is by immersion into water, following one’s profession of faith in Jesus Christ. First believe and then be baptized in water is the sacred order. It’s important to realize that...
by Ray Viola | Mar 5, 2022 | Devotionals
Romans 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Paul appeals to Scripture as the final authority, not church history or church tradition. When was Abraham declared righteous? Was it when he was...
by Ray Viola | Oct 17, 2021 | Special Occasions
ACTS 2:14-41 The people to whom Peter is preaching in Acts 2 are attending The Jewish Feast of Pentecost. This was one of the 3 required major Jewish Festivals along with the feasts of Passover/Unleavened Bread and Tabernacles. They are observing a religious tradition...
by Ray Viola | Apr 17, 2021 | Devotionals
One of the most sobering doctrines taught in Scripture is the doctrine of hell (Matthew 5:22, 18:9) and eternal punishment (2 Thessalonians 1:9). Liberal “scholarship” finds this teaching of Scripture so offensive that they have sought to turn this literal place,...