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  1. rockytopva

    On Board With Billy Graham

    How long did you stay on board with Billy Graham? I can remember my great grandmother supporting his ministry. It was also nice to visit old folks and find them tuned into the broadcast. In the 1970's I use to feel a great deal of conviction behind his message. It was also nice to hear a...
  2. rockytopva

    God is light, and in him is no darkness at all

    And what a Happy Day when we are transfigured to like energy and light! Taken form my motorcycle....
  3. rockytopva

    God is light, and in him is no darkness at all

    Behold! The Lord came to Saint Paul in great light and energy! 1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, 2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were...
  4. rockytopva

    God is light, and in him is no darkness at all

    This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. - 1 John 1:5
  5. rockytopva

    God is light, and in him is no darkness at all

    If you read the book of Judges you will find the interactions of light and darkness... 1. Awakening - The Lord sends a judge which leads the people to repentance 2. Revival - They break the yoke of bondage and enjoy the fruits of the land 3. Prosperity - They enjoy a season of prosperity 4...
  6. rockytopva

    God is light, and in him is no darkness at all

    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. - Galatians 5:22-23 Nothing here on intelligence, doctrine, wisdom, or knowledge. That is because Spirit is not knowledge, When I was out in the world...
  7. rockytopva

    God is light, and in him is no darkness at all

    If E = mc2 then we can divide and conclude that... Mass (m) = Energy (E/c2) And there are three varieties... Natural E/c2 - All mass is basically cooled plasma Mental E/c2 - Mentally, A mathematical formula, but this has chemical and spiritual properties as well. Spiritual E/c2 - E...
  8. rockytopva

    God is light, and in him is no darkness at all

    But God is light! Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God. - Isaiah 50:10 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you...
  9. rockytopva

    The Theological Cemetery

    “In Bible college, I sometimes heard professors and chapel speakers say that a Christian college was the easiest place to backslide. What they said about Bible college applies as well to the ministry. The emphasis is simply that serving Christ cannot be a substitute for fellowship with Christ...
  10. rockytopva

    God is light, and in him is no darkness at all

    The Bible lays the lack of spirituality directly at the feet of sin and the party life... Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. - Hosea 4:11 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. - Matthew 24:12
  11. rockytopva

    Complicating Salvation

    what I was looking for was something simple...... 8 ... The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead...
  12. rockytopva

    Saturday is the 7th day - the Bible Sabbath

    The Sunday service was started by the Apostles.... And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. - Acts 20:7 Upon the first day of the week let every one of...
  13. rockytopva

    God is light, and in him is no darkness at all

    I would also say that the mystery of darkness is is working its way back into the church.
  14. rockytopva

    God is light, and in him is no darkness at all

    Read the book of Judges. The children of Israel would only live in light for a single generation.
  15. rockytopva

    KJV is well loved and used

    I have two Thomas Nelson Open Bibles in the KJV. Wore out the first one and now on the second!
  16. rockytopva

    God is light, and in him is no darkness at all

    My dad is dating a Jewish Catholic lady. When talking about spiritual light she referred to some rallies in Egypt where people jumped up and down shouting, "Truth! Truth! Truth!" in Arabic. After the conversation I began to think that the Holy Spirit light is something best experienced and...
  17. rockytopva

    God is light, and in him is no darkness at all

    Is darkness a result of the absence of light? Maybe he withdrew his light and energy and darkness and absolute zero was the result of it.
  18. rockytopva

    Complicating Salvation

    It was almost as though they were giving him a catechism of the church. I feel a simple sinners prayer is enough for salvation. The catechism can come later.
  19. rockytopva

    Complicating Salvation

    And one more on the old Southern Methodist way of receiving God... David Sullins, “Recollections of an Old Man – Seventy Years in Dixie” Testimony I was converted in my twelfth year, in the old log church in the town of Athens, Tn. Our place of worship was two miles in the country at Cedar...
  20. rockytopva

    Complicating Salvation

    After we went home I tossed on the bed before going to sleep and wondered why God did not do for me what he had done for mother and what he was doing in that meeting for those young people at the altar. I could not understand it. But I resolved to keep on trying, and so dropped off to sleep. The...
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