by Ray Viola | Aug 11, 2024 | Contemporary Issues
Proverbs 26:1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.Who is a fool, you may ask? According to the Psalmist, a fool by definition is a person who does not believe in God. According to the prophet Isaiah 45, there is no God else...
by Ray Viola | Aug 1, 2024 | Communion Messages
1 John 1.8 “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a...
by Ray Viola | Jun 30, 2024 | Devotionals
Proverbs 28:14 Happy [is] the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.Proverbs 28:26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.It is clear from these two proverbs that one of...
by Ray Viola | Jun 29, 2024 | Devotionals
The Bible talks about “the spirit of the world” (1 Corinthians 2:12). This “world” is not the world of nature, but is a reference to the world system of which the devil is god (2 Corinthians 4:4). When the devil tested Jesus on the pinnacle of the temple, one of the...
by Ray Viola | Jun 28, 2024 | Devotionals
Isa 2.11 “The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. 12 For the day of the LORD of hosts [shall be] upon every [one that is] proud and lofty, and upon every [one that...