by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 31, 2021 | Devotionals
Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. In today’s study (Colossians 2:1-10) we’re told to “Beware”, which means to be on one’s guard. Beloved,...
by Ray Viola | Aug 29, 2021 | Devotionals
When Barnabas saw the changed lives in Antioch, he knew that the cause for the change was the grace of God. They had received, through Jesus Christ, God’s measure of grace unto salvation. Even the ability to share the gospel in a dynamic way is due to the grace of...
by Ray Viola | Aug 20, 2021 | Devotionals
Never and always are two no-no words in secular society and counsel. Once again, the Word of God and the counsel of the ungodly clash. The apostle Paul said that he always was bringing his fellow saints to God in prayer. In his second letter to Corinth we have...
by Ray Viola | Aug 15, 2021 | Devotionals
“And the Lord said, ‘Simon, Simon! Indeed Satan has desired you, that he may sift you as wheat.’ “ In reading this verse in Luke 22:3, the Holy Spirit brought to my attention a Biblical truth that hit me like a glass of cold water in the face. In that passage the Lord...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 7, 2021 | Contemporary Issues
Paul warned the Corinthian church about those who preach another Jesus (2 Corinthians 11:4). He would go on to say this about those who preach another Jesus: “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no...