by Ray Viola | Aug 2, 2015 | Communion Messages
Now that the first missionary journey of Paul and Barnabas has been completed. The churches, which God established through them in the Galatian country, are nearly 100 percent Gentiles. This presents the church with its first great crisis. Here is the crux of the...
by Ray Viola | Jul 21, 2015 | Corinthians
4.1 Let a man so account of us (consider us), as of the ministers (servants) of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. 4.2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. 4.3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of...
by Ray Viola | Jun 27, 2015 | Corinthians
Although the subject of motives in serving The Lord is very important and will be the subject matter at the Judgment Seat of Christ.The immediate context of our study this morning in verses 10-15 is directed to leaders, and their pure or impure motivation behind the...
by Ray Viola | Apr 26, 2015 | Corinthians
The church at Corinth was dealing with sexual immorality, believers taking one another to court, marital problems and the subject of marriage, believers stumbling one another in regards to eating meat offered to idols, people questioning Paul apostolic authority,...
by Ray Viola | Mar 24, 2015 | Galatians
As we have seen, Paul sent the epistle of Galatians to a church that had been victimized by the leaven of false teaching and legalism. The glorious gospel of the grace of God and the cross of Jesus Christ was being attacked by proponents of a religious system who were...