by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 20, 2023 | Devotionals
As we saw yesterday, the very first promise of the incarnation of the Messiah was given in Genesis 3:15: “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” This prophecy of...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 3, 2023 | Contemporary Christianity
Matthew 26.28 For this is my blood of the New Testament (covenant), which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 2 Corinthians 3.6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Oct 17, 2023 | Devotionals
Although we live in the dimension of time, it is important for us to think beyond the hands on the clock and the dates on the calendars. As disciples of Jesus Christ, we now have everlasting life.1 That is more than an endless quantity of life; it is a quality of life...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Oct 13, 2023 | Devotionals
The answer to our need for power to live the Christian life is the filling of the Spirit of God.1 We can have willing spirits, but our flesh is weak.2 Jesus promised us another Comforter (Helper) who would dwell within us forever.3 This Comforter of course is God the...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Oct 5, 2023 | Communion Messages
When Jesus instituted what we Gentiles call “communion”, He was actually “tagging on” to the Passover feast a visible expression of the doctrine of grace through His substitutionary death on Calvary. “In remembrance of Me” is the focus of communion. In John 6:48-58,...