by Ray Viola | Apr 10, 2016 | Corinthians
On the Day of Pentecost, (Acts 2:4, 6, 8) speaking in tongues (glossa) refers to individuals who spoke in dialects or languages other than their native tongue or language. That would be like me starting to speak in French or Arabic right now. The people who heard them...
by Ray Viola | Feb 21, 2016 | Corinthians
As we explore these passages of Scripture this morning, I’d like us to ponder them in light of Jesus prayer in John 17 that He and His body would be one. That prayer is not only the desire of the heart of Jesus for KF. It is the prayer and desire of the heart of Jesus...
by Ray Viola | Feb 14, 2016 | Corinthians
This chapter is not an exhaustive list of spiritual gifts (see Romans 12.3-8; Ephesians 4.7-12; 1 Peter 4.10,11 for more examples). There are many gifts; people have different gifts; some people have more than one gift, and one gift is not superior to another. The...
by Ray Viola | Feb 7, 2016 | Communion Messages, Corinthians
11.23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: 11.24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do...
by Ray Viola | Jan 31, 2016 | Contemporary Christianity, Corinthians
The Lord’s Supper is an ordinance of the church that is meant to be a visible representation of the death of Christ as the once and for all sacrifice for our sins. When we observe The Lord’s Supper, oftentimes the emphasis placed upon the process of Jesus’ death...