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Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 26th March 2024.This is one bible definition of faith. Hebrews Ch 11 v 1: "Now faith is the substance of (the reality of bringing about) things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (getting results from God)". Faith is almost undefinable as an emotion or a feeling, yet it works through actions and steadfastne…
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The Bible is full of God given signs and symbols that are often used to identify prophetic truths, prophetic dates and seasons, spiritual truths and metaphors, etc. These signs and symbols are often reflected in creation itself, thus taking on a dual role of natural functionality and spiritual metaphor at the same time. There are also supernatural …
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Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 23rd January 2024.When God offers you an amazing opportunity but you do not know how to do it; make your mind up to step out in faith... then ask God how to do it.! The word 'opportunity' was a term first used by sailors of wind driven ships and had a particular application. Its main usage came when the wind change…
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Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 7th January 2024.There are many types of storms... there are those that are related to the weather: even our sun produces storms that cause havoc here on earth. There are emotional storms and relationship storms and health storms, etc. Every part of life is made up of many challenging moments... storms can appear w…
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Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 17th December 2023.The nature of gift giving in the western world stems from concepts clearly established in the bible. From the scriptural point of view, Creation, Life, Eternal life are all gifts that no one is ever worthy of. This is simply the nature of God... the giver of gifts.The gifts given to Jesus by the …
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Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 3rd December 2023.When Paul wrote his letter to the Corinthian church, he touched on many things that they were not aware of, or had missed in their priorities to serve God. Some of God's purposes were confused with their own ambitions. The following scriptures reveal a variety of scriptural truths that most people…
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Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 26th November 2023.When Paul wrote his letter to the Corinthian church, he touched on many things that they were not aware of, or had missed in their priorities to serve God. Some of God's purposes were confused with their own ambitions. The following scriptures reveal a variety of scriptural truths that most peopl…
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Delivered By Mick Milazzo on 26th November 2023.A timely reminder that we are called, in Christ, to serve others. The more we deliberately serve, getting out of our own thinking, our problems and shortcomings, the more God can use us. Our joys and fulfillments of life are found in serving. Fellowship is the best place to do this. A great example of…
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Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 29th October 2023.The temple curtain separated the Holy Spirit from the people due to their sins. Only the high priest could enter, once a year, for the sins and ongoing blessings of the people. The sacrifice of Jesus Christ gave people the ability to access the holy spirit and its blessings, without the need for s…
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Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 08th October 2023.In the 1860s, a 'dead line' within or around a prison. Prisoners would be shot for crossing the 'dead line'. However, the sense of a deadline that is most commonly found today ("a date or time before which something must be done") did not begin to see use until the early 20th century. A newer tran…
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Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 17th September 2023.Part 1. Today, we live in an age of increasing madness where just about any stupidity can be called truth... and people believe them. Lack of integrity and tested truth are obvious to many, but how many dare challenge such foolishness? God already warned the West (the descendants of Abraham) tha…
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Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 10th September 2023.Part 1. Today, we live in an age of increasing madness where just about any stupidity can be called truth... and people believe them. Lack of integrity and tested truth are obvious to many, but how many dare challenge such foolishness? God already warned the West (the descendants of Abraham) tha…
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Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 5th September 2023.The best way to get the best results is to get the best advice. One of the greatest gifts of the Spirit is wisdom. It teaches us the things we could never learn without a lot of heartache and trouble. God's wisdom empowers us to know things that are often impossible to learn and to look longer te…
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Delivered By Neil Creek on 3rd September 2023.The apostle Paul alerted Timothy that evil men will wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. Moving away from God's word is never a plan for success and Paul encourages Timothy and also Titus to hold fast to what they have been taught. We would do well to do the same today.…
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Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 27th August 2023.All of the world's great religions are based on historic and established beliefs. Not one of them offers any God powered evidence (observable evidence), of their claims. Not only is true salvation based on signs, most major events in God's creation and his plans for his people have been identified …
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Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 13th August 2023.The human race needs to know the facts about God's salvation and the positive effect that flows from it. The clarity and assurance of forgiveness needs to be the primary understanding for the church. The role of the priest has always been one of clear and precise intercession on behalf of the perso…
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Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 6th August 2023.When Jesus spoke of the fields being white unto harvest, he was using a natural agricultural reality to describe a natural truth. It is rather easy to work out when wheat is ready to harvest... the tops of the grain turn a whitish colour. Jesus then related to the spiritual harvest; the saving of so…
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Delivered By Pastor Arthur Marshman on 23rd July 2023.When God created mankind he gave them dominion over the world he created. A result of this is that each individual has dominion over their own life.Just like when we choose a car, we have options to choose from. How we live our lives is determined by the options we choose. God gives us the optio…
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Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 16th July 2023.To get a change from your circumstances, something a lot more than being aware needs to happen. Prayer, fellowship, the gifts, witnessing, all need to occur by changing... they require steps of faith and momentum. Thoughts and desires need to be activated. Most people don't realise that every prayer …
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Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 16th July 2023.To get a change from your circumstances, something a lot more than being aware needs to happen. Prayer, fellowship, the gifts, witnessing, all need to occur by changing... they require steps of faith and momentum. Thoughts and desires need to be activated. Most people don't realise that every prayer …
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Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 12th July 2023."Trivia" comes from a roman god of the same name, who was very fond of sprouting random and irrelevant facts. He was named Trivia because he was the god of the intersections of three roads, and that's where he would waylay travellers with his useless knowledge. Three roads, hence the name tri-via, La…
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The law of unintended consequences refers to the idea that actions or decisions can have unforeseen and unintended consequences, often in ways that are not immediately apparent. This can occur because complex systems often have multiple interconnected parts, and a change of one part of the system can have ripple effects that are difficult to predic…
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Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 2nd July 2023.The human race is able to enjoy all of God's natural and Spiritual creation without charge. Everything we see and love, every person we know and care about, are all created by God as a free demonstration of who he is and what he stands for. He is the giver of life and gifts. Nothing God gives us is ab…
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There are many examples in the scriptures which identify differing relating to the bread from heaven. These notes will focus on one aspect which is clearly detailed and explained in the scriptures. We will continue from the theme "The Threshing Floor", where the concept of separation and purification is also established. One of the primary themes i…
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The threshing floor in scripture is used as a strong metaphor as a place of separation and revelation. A place where God's harvest is prepared by separating the grain from the useless straw and husk (natural body and its failings)... by threshing (pressure) and the wind (the spirit of truth). The concept of threshing and separation are used to desc…
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Our conscience forms a reaction to ethical, moral and spiritual values and gives us directions for our thoughts and life actions. For Christians our conscience has had an extra element added to it by the input of the Holy Spirit. This not only gives us a far different perspective to life, it also adds a few unwanted confusions between natural and s…
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A famous saying is that we must "pass on the mantle". Few realise that it comes from the bible story of Elisha taking over the ministry from Elijah. Even fewer realise that it was a prophecy of Jesus taking over the mantle from John the Baptist, and he then passed it on to us. As Jesus' disciples, we now carry the of his ministry. Go forth and prea…
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The way of the Lord was initially prepared by John the Baptist who identified Jesus and the anointing of the spirit. After the death of Jesus, it was needful that someone would prepare the way of the church and lead them into developing the powers and uses of the Holy Spirit... Paul (Saul) did theat. This talk expands those thoughts and reveals tha…
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The bulk of God's complaints about the priests related to their indifference and unscriptural behaviour towards the weak, the poor, and the sinners. God often directs us to observe the actions of a good shepherd, who often has a completely different mindset than the priest. All animals are important to the shepherd. He will make real efforts to sav…
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If God were to give professing believers a quiz on Christianity, many of us would score well. They would be able to answer "Yes, it's true" to questions as:Did Christ die for your sins?Did He rise from the dead?Is the Holy Spirit essential?Do true believers speak in tongues?Is He coming back to earth?Many of us grow up saying yes to these types of …
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The bulk of God's complaints about the priests related to their indifference and unscriptural behaviour towards the weak, the poor, and the sinners. God often directs us to observe the actions of a good shepherd, who often has a completely different mindset than the priest. All animals are important to the shepherd. He will make real efforts to sav…
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The parable of Lazarus and the rich man contains certain scriptural truths that need to be worked out by comparing spiritual truths with the contents of the parable. The parable contains revelations the being rich is not a guarantee of success with God and being poor doesn't prevent God's great blessing. In the parable the tables are turned with th…
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This is one bible definition of faith. Hebrews Ch 11 v 1: "Now faith is the substance of (the reality of bringing about) things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (getting results from God)". Faith is almost undefinable as an emotion or a feeling, yet it works through actions and steadfastness for those filled with the Spirit. Faith is not …
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The love of God is much more than our version of love and is far bigger than feelings and expressions. Everyone craves love and longs to be loved. It is highly improbable that there is anyone on earth who would avoid love. We can be also sure that there are lots of people that don't feel lovable. Perhaps they don't know how to love, and therefore, …
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Qualifier.... This talk and these notes in no way support or allude to the 'secret rapture' nor any other futurist concepts.Part 1 of this talk was delivered by Pastor Brad Smith on Sunday 5th March 2023. Part 1.2 of this talk was delivered by Pastor Brad Smith on Tuesday 7th March 2023. Please listen to these talk prior to listening to this one.…
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