by Ray Viola | Nov 14, 2020 | Devotionals, Prophecy
John tells us in his first epistle that a lively awareness of The Lord’s soon appearance will cause us to walk in purity (1 John 3:3). A careful reading of the New Testament leaves us with an undeniable fact that they believed The Lord could come at any moment. Paul...
by Ray Viola | Jan 14, 2020 | Devotionals
1 Peter 4.7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. Now there’s a title for an early morning devotion; sober up. Peter is writing to brothers and sisters in Christ. They are going through a season of fiery trials and...
by Ray Viola | Jan 5, 2020 | Devotionals
I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon. Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not. O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast...
by Ray Viola | Dec 27, 2015 | Devotionals
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. We begin our last study of the year 2015 by looking at the first 3 words, and we know. The underlying idea behind these 3 words...
by Ray Viola | Sep 6, 2015 | Communion Messages
In this section of the epistle to the Romans, the implications of justification by grace through faith in chapters 1-4 are now drawn out. The transition from wrath (Ro 1:18) to grace (Ro 3:21) transforms both the status and the experience of the believer. Instead of...