by Ray Viola | Aug 8, 2025 | Devotionals
Plain and simple – anger, greed and rebellion against God stinks! Cain (Genesis 4), Korah (Numbers 16), and Balaam (Numbers 22-25) are devastating examples of people like you and me who paid a severe price for giving way to greed, anger and rebellion. Yes, the...
by Ray Viola | Aug 7, 2025 | Devotionals
As Jude gets into the meat of his epistle, he addresses the saints to contend for the faith once delivered unto them by God (Jude 3). This communicates to us the need for us to be on the offense in the realm of spiritual warfare (1 Timothy 6:12). Scripture is clear in...
by Ray Viola | Aug 4, 2025 | Devotionals
Jude purposed to write to the saints about the salvation that we all hold in common, but was led by The Holy Spirit to exhort the believers to earnestly contend for the faith once delivered unto the saints (Jude 3). The word “contend” suggests the idea of a conflict...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 2, 2025 | Prophecy
Mark 13:31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. The Lord’s Supper is a memorial meal that reminds us of the sacrifice that Jesus paid to redeem our souls from the debt and destruction of sin. It reminds us that by grace, through faith in...
by Ray Viola | Aug 1, 2025 | Devotionals
Jesus Christ and Belial have nothing in common (2 Corinthians 6:15). Neither does the doctrine of Christ (2 John 9) have anything in common with the doctrines of devils (1 Timothy 4:1). Thus, when John wrote this epistle to the church, “Whoever transgresses and...