by Ray Viola | Jan 6, 2015 | Devotionals
Acts 2.23,24 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it....
by Ray Viola | Nov 24, 2014 | Galatians
10For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. 1Th 2:4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our...
by Ray Viola | Aug 31, 2014 | Philemon
Many bible scholars believe that this epistle was written at Rome during Paul’s first imprisonment, nearly four years after his arrest at Jerusalem (Ac 21:33), during all of which time he had been in bonds, but permitted to preach. See Ac 28:31. Philemon was one...
by Ray Viola | Jun 22, 2014 | Ephesians
5.1 Be ye therefore followers (imitators) of God (copy Him and follow His example), as dear children; The Christian has no greater calling or purpose in life than that of imitating The Lord Jesus Christ. As believers, we are called to imitate the example of Christ in...
by Ray Viola | Jun 1, 2014 | Ephesians
Why does Jesus give gifts to the His Church? Is it for our own personal enjoyment? Paul say NO! The gifts Jesus gives are for God’s glory, for the building up of the Church, to unite us, to mature us, and to be rooted in love. Be encouraged by this truth as we...