Amazing Facts Oceania

13/09/2024

Happy Sabbath! 🌼

"Hallow My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God."

Ezekiel 20:20

12/09/2024

Nunawading SDA church in VIC, Australia, just completed a discipleship training class led by Bible worker Francis Branagan using the 13 lesson Amazing Disciples handbook on how to share Jesus and change your world for Christ🤩The group applied what they were learning throughout the series through personal outreach and street evangelism. (Incidentally, Francis came to faith by someone reaching him through street evangelism so we know it works!)
Around 35 young people participated over the 8 weeks.
Pictured below: The group sharing ‘God Bless’ for Pastor Doug as he begins his prophecy series in New York on Sept 21 which will be aired live through AF Oceania Facebook and YouTube.
There’s no better time to be a disciple, or to become one!💥😊🙏
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10/09/2024

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09/09/2024

Daily Devotional 📖

Balaam, Part 1

“So, the donkey said to Balaam, ‘Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden, ever since I became yours, to this day? Was I ever disposed to do this to you?’ And he said, ‘No’ ” (Numbers 22:30).

They weren’t really looking for a donkey to add to the farm. But Jon and Maria Katz had rescued other animals, and they couldn’t turn down the state trooper’s request to take an abused, weak, malnourished, nearly dead donkey named Simon.

The animal’s recovery was difficult. He needed continual care. Jon fed him by hand, read to him, took him on walks, and even talked to him as an old friend. Slowly Simon’s health improved. And then, as if to give back to Jon, the donkey revealed the true meaning of compassion—it changed the animal owner’s heart. Jon learned to understand mercy in a new light. (Jon Katz, Saving Simon: How a Rescue Donkey Taught Me the Meaning of Compassion (New York: Ballantine Books, 2014.)

Balaam had a donkey that needed to be rescued. The former prophet of God found the “wages of unrighteousness” (2 Peter 2:15) too tantalizing. When the king of Moab offered to pay the apostate man good money to curse Israel, he couldn’t resist. Though warned in a dream not to go, he pushed forward, saddling his donkey and riding to Moab.

Along the way his donkey seemed to gain a mind of her own. First, she turned off the path and went into a field. Balaam struck the donkey to get her back on the road. Then she pressed against a narrow passage and crushed Balaam’s foot. Once more his anger let loose and he whipped the beast. Finally, the animal simply sat down underneath her owner. Notice Balaam’s wicked response: “Because you have abused me. I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would kill you!” (Numbers 22:29).

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08/09/2024

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07/09/2024

Super blessed day at Romanian SDA Church last Sabbath. A team member from Amazing Facts Oceania - Ettienne McClintock - shared a powerful message, “indescribable God” - about how the hand of Jesus upholds the vast universe ✨and all things, yet He was willing to give His life as a sacrifice for you and me. 🙏The audience enjoyed beautiful music by the Qld Adventist Orchestra and Ministry in Music singers. Beautiful Song service by Ron and Katrina Milson. 🎶

07/09/2024

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Join us for a powerful sermon as we dive into the story of the feast at Bethany from John 12:1-8. Discover the profound significance of Mary's act of devotion as she anoints Jesus' feet with expensive perfume, and learn how this act foreshadows Jesus' sacrifice. We'll explore the themes of love, sacrifice, and the true worth of worship. Don't miss this opportunity to deepen your understanding of one of the Bible's most moving moments. Watch now and be inspired!

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06/09/2024

Daily Devotional 📖

Rahab, Part 1

“Now Joshua the son of Nun sent out two men from Acacia Grove to spy secretly, saying, ‘Go, view the land, especially Jericho.’ So, they went and came to the house of a harlot named Rahab and lodged there” (Joshua 2:1).

The two Israelite spies sent by Joshua to gather information at the city of Jericho tried to keep a low profile, but they were poorly disguised. By the time they checked in at Rahab’s inn, on the city wall, someone recognized them as Hebrews and immediately reported them to the king.

The wicked inhabitants of Jericho had heard stories of the Israelites and their God, and they were terrified for good reason. Panicked by the news of the spies, the king sent a message to Rahab: “Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered your house, for they have come to search out all the country” (Joshua 2:3).

But instead, Rahab defied the king’s order and risked her life by hiding the two spies among bundles of flax on the roof of her home. She then reported to the king that the men had slipped away from the city when it was dark, just before the city gates were closed. “Where the men went, I do not know; pursue them quickly, for you may overtake them” (verse 5).

Hurrying back to the roof, Rahab made a deal with the spies. She explained that everyone in the region was frightened because of the Israelites and their God. But her next words hinted at the newly formed faith within her heart: “For the Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath” (verse 11).

Rahab pleaded with the spies, because of her kindness to them, to spare the lives of her entire family when they came to take the land. Grateful for her help, the men readily agreed. Hebrews 11:31 confirms it was faith that saved her: “By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace.”

Merciful Father, although we are undeserving, thank You for sparing our lives through faith in Your Son.

For Further Study: Joshua 2:1–22; Romans 3:21–26; Eph. 2:8

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06/09/2024

Happy Sabbath! 😊

"For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved."

John 3:17

03/09/2024

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02/09/2024

Daily Devotional 📖

Joshua, Part 2

“And the Lord said to Joshua: ‘See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valour’ ” (Joshua 6:2).

He never saw his supreme bridge-building achievement. When John Roebling was commissioned to design and construct the Brooklyn Bridge, one of the greatest engineering projects of his time, he died while it was still being built. His son Washington took over the job as chief engineer in 1869, making several improvements on his father’s original designs.

While he was working in a large, watertight structure used to construct the foundations of the bridge piers, Washington got decompression sickness and eventually had to leave the jobsite. Though in poor health, he continued to direct the work through his wife, Emily Warren Roebling. She took over much of the chief engineer’s duties and daily went to the site to communicate his instructions. Never in history had someone conducted such a large project in absentia.

God was invisible to the children of Israel. Joshua was their visible guide, and he took orders from the Commander of the Lord’s army— Christ. As the workers trusted Emily Roebling to represent Washington, the Israelites had to believe in the direction of Joshua.

The instructions for destroying Jericho deeply tested their loyalty to God. Marching around a city was a strange way to conquer this key stronghold leading into the Promised Land. Each day they marched one time around the well-fortified walls, for a total of six days. But on the seventh day they advanced seven times around the city and then were ordered to give a shout. And the walls came tumbling down.

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02/09/2024

What are the benefits of Singing?

Singing can benefit your health! A 2017 study showed that after people sing, they have measurably lower levels of the hormone cortisol, which indicates lower levels of stress. A 2004 study compared antibodies of people who sang with those who merely listened to music. The singers had higher levels of immunoglobulin A, an antibody that fends off infections. Other studies reveal that singing can increase your pain threshold, improve your lung function, help you cope with grief, and improve your mental health.

After the children of Israel crossed the Red Sea, escaping the armies of Pharaoh, the waters covered their enemies and God's people were saved. When the Israelites saw the power of God in rescuing them, they burst into song. Led by Moses, their joyful praise poetically recounted God's saving act. This is the earliest recorded song in the Bible.

Today's Bible promise connects singing with strength. "The LORD is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation." After the Israelites witnessed God's saving act at the Red Sea, they couldn't help but praise Him for His strength. They spontaneously burst into a song that exalted the Lord.

Do you struggle with a fear of the future? When you look to the past and review the ways God has led His people to safety and victory, when you remember the stories of the Lord's wonderous saving acts toward Israel, and even when you think about the providential ways God has led in your life, it will strengthen your faith and inspire you to sing to the Lord.
If you need a lift, lift up your voice in praise to God!
Lord, I praise You for the many ways You've led me and protected me from the enemy.

For further study: Exodus 15:1-18; Ephesians 5:19; Revelation 15:3,4

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01/09/2024

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31/08/2024

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31/08/2024

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31/08/2024

SABBATH MADE FOR MAN

He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath." Mark 2:27-28

"The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath," Jesus said. The institutions that God has established are for the benefit of mankind.…. The law of Ten Commandments, of which the Sabbath forms a part, God gave to His people as a blessing. "The Lord commanded us," said Moses, To do all these statutes, to fear the Lono our God, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive." Deuteronomy 6:24. And through the psalmist the message was given to Israel, "Serve the LORD with gladness: come before His presence with singing. Know ye that the LORD He is God: it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise." Psalm 100:2-4. And of all who keep "the Sabbath from polluting it," the Lord declares, "Even them will bring to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer." Isaiah 56:6, 7.

"Wherefore the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath." These words are full of instruction and comfort. Because the Sabbath was made for man, it is the Lord's day. It belongs to Christ. For "all things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made." John 1:3. Since He made all things, He made the Sabbath. By Him it was set apart as a memorial of the work of creation. It points to Him as both the Creator and the Sanctifier.

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30/08/2024

Daily Devotional 📖

Jethro

“So, when Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did for the people, he said, ‘What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit, and all the people stand before you from morning until evening?’” (Exodus 18:14).

Stress kills! According to the American Institute of Stress, three out of four doctor visits in America are for stress-related ailments. Forty- four percent of Americans feel more stressed than they did five years ago. One in five experience “extreme stress” (shaking, heart palpitations, depression), and work stress causes 10 percent of all strokes. Stress is the basic cause of 60 percent of all human illness and disease.

Moses was under a lot of stress. After God’s deliverance of Israel through the Red Sea, the leader had his hands full as the people entered the wilderness. During this time, Jethro, his father-in-law, came to visit him. The Midianite rejoiced in hearing the remarkable stories of God’s work and worshiped with his son-in-law.

The next day, however, Jethro observed Moses’ exhausting work of judging people who came to him with their disagreements. From morning until evening, Moses sat listening, counselling, and teaching. Nobody assisted him. Jethro could see that Moses was overloaded. “So, Moses’ father-in-law said to him, ‘The thing that you do is not good. Both you and these people who are with you will surely wear yourselves out. For this thing is too much for you; you are not able to perform it by yourself’” (Exodus 18:17, 18)...

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30/08/2024

Happy Sabbath! 😊

"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."

Philippians 4:6-7

29/08/2024

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29/08/2024

No More Tears Forever

I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God." Revelation 21:3

Said the prophet Isaiah: "Awake and sing. ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead." "Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise." "He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of His people shall He take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it. And it shall be said in that day. Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation." Isaiah 26:19; 25:8, 9.

And Habakkuk, rapt in holy vision, beheld His appearing. "God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of His praise. And His brightness was as the light." *He stood, and measured the earth: He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hill did bow: His ways are everlasting." "Thou didst ride upon Thine horses and Thy chariots of salvation." "The mountains saw Thee, and they trembled: ... the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high. The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of Thine arrows they went, and at the shining of Thy glittering spear." "Thou wentest forth for the salvation of Thy people, even for salvation with Thine anointed." Habakkuk 3:3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13. (The Great Controversy, 300-301)

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26/08/2024

Daily Devotional 📖

Jannes & Jambres

“Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, disapproved concerning the faith” (2 Timothy 3:8).

Stage magic is a performance art that entertains people by creating illusions that seem impossible. A magician uses tricks to, for instance, pull rabbits out of hats. Some will make a red handkerchief turn into a white one or cut a rope and then “restore” it. But none of this is super- natural and all of this type of magic can be explained.

Not all magic is based on tricks, however. Some magicians are involved in the supernatural. The Bible clearly states that Christians will never collaborate with evil spirits for any reason. God never wants His people to dabble in games involving contact with devils. Today such forbidden activities, include Ouija boards, tarot cards, horoscopes, and other forms of the occult and witchcraft.

God warned Moses that Pharaoh would ask him and Aaron to perform a miracle to prove that they were sent by heaven. The Lord instructed Aaron to throw down his rod and it would turn into a serpent. This was neither an illusion nor black magic. It was a divine miracle from heaven. When this happened, Pharaoh called in his magicians, Jannes and Jambres, who threw their staffs to the ground and seemed to cause more snakes to appear.

Yet Satan has no power to create serpents from sticks of wood. Thus, God caused the real serpent to swallow the phony reptiles to demonstrate His superior power. But Pharaoh’s heart only became harder. He believed Moses and Aaron were using sorcerer’s magic that was equal to his own. He refused to believe in a genuine miracle.

The apostle Paul warned Timothy that people who resist truth are like Jannes and Jambres, opponents to the ways of the Lord. May God give us the ability to discern between the wondrous works of heaven and the sinister deceptions of hell.

Heavenly Father, thank You for warning me to be aware of Satan’s deceptions in the last days.

For Further Study: Exodus 7:8–13; Matthew 24:23–25; 2 Timothy 3:5

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25/08/2024

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24/08/2024

24/08/2024

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23/08/2024

Daily Devotional 📖

Moses,

“So, when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him” (Exodus 34:30).

They called him the “Green Man” because his skin supposedly had a green glow. As a boy, he wanted to see into a bird’s nest. When he climbed an electric pole, he shocked himself and fell to the ground. Eventually he lost his eyes, nose, mouth, one ear, and one arm. The burns were said to have given his skin an almost glowing green colour. But most of the stories about “Charlie No Face” are legend.

Raymond Robinson did suffer a childhood accident that left his face severely disfigured. He did not like to appear in public since his abnormal looks caused panic. He lived with relatives and made doormats, wallets, and belts to sell. Because of his appearance, Ray often took walks at night along a road using a walking stick to feel his way. Over the years stories grew about him, most of which were not true. He died in 1985 at the age of seventy-four.

The Bible tells the story of a man whose face also caused great fear. After Moses spent forty days and forty nights with the Lord, the “skin of his face shone” (Exodus 34:29). People were afraid to come near him, not because he looked deformed, but because the brilliant glory of God reflected in Moses’ countenance.

Jesus said, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8). When we draw close to God and put away sin, His likeness becomes our own. We display His holiness in our lives. Just as a guilty person has a difficult time looking into the face of an honest person, so the one who lives in sin does not want to see God or His representatives.

Moses is a type of Christ. He veiled his face in the same way Jesus veiled His divinity when He became a man and walked among people. Someday we will behold the unveiled glory of God, face to face.

Heavenly Father, remove sin from my life that I may more fully be changed into Your likeness.

For Further Study: Ex. 34:29–35; Numbers 6:22–27; 2 Cor. 3:7, 8, 18

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23/08/2024

Happy Sabbath! 😊

"Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made."

Genesis 2:3

23/08/2024

A Crisis of Buying and Selling

"The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe" (Proverbs 18:10).

Today's world is increasingly dependent upon digital currency. Sweden, Finland, and China are just a few of the many nations pushing toward a cashless society. Even the United States is now in the process of creating what is known as a Central Bank Digital Currency, or CBDC, which is a digital version of the country's fiat currency. While the abandonment of cash has led to a deecease in certain crimes, such as bank robberies, it hasn't led to any greater security for those reliant upon it. A simple power outage is all it takes to bring transactions to a halt or render one's bank account useless. Cyberattacks are also increasingly common, as well as governments taking it upon themselves to freeze digital assets for dissent and other reasons.

Our verse today is contrasted by the verse that follows it, "The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his own esteem" (v. 11).
Many are, day by day, trusting to their wealth for future security and safety.
Fortunately, God's watchcare is not so fleeting. The most valuable treasure we can possess is the knowledge of God.

Money will fail you, but "God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:19). He who fed millions of Israelites in the wilderness outside of Egypt is still the same God today.
Whether by raven, by angel, by friend, or by foe, God is our loving Father, and He promises to be your provider and protector.

Have you come to know the name of the Lord? Do you know by experience that He is "merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth"? (Exodus 34:6). Cast your cares on Him today, "for He cares for you" (1 Peter 5:7).

Oh God, my Father, thank You for Your precious promises to provide for my needs.

For Further Study: Exodus 16:35; Psalm 50:10-12, 15; Matthew 6:33

22/08/2024

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20/08/2024

Intelligence or Wisdom

"That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge" (Colossians 2:2, 3).

Many believe that the smartest man who ever lived was William James
Sidis, whose IQ was reported to be 100 points higher than Einstein's. At 18 months old, Sidis was able to read The New York Times. He began attending Harvard when he was just 11 years old. He also learned to speak twenty-five languages. Yet he died a penniless recluse.

The point? Intelligence is not the same as wisdom. We live in the Information Age, a time when, with a few keyboard strokes and clicks of a mouse, we can get fed a lot of data. But all this information has not made the world wiser-has it?
Look at some of the keywords in today's passage: "understanding,"
"knowledge," "wisdom." This isn't knowledge about the world but about God,
"both of the Father and of Christ." In fact, Proverbs tells us that "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding" (9:10).

There are those who read the Bible clinically, for information alone.
But today's verses urge us to know God personally, experiencing His self-sacrificing love, in order to attain wisdom. This involves not only reading the Bible but meditating on it; praying, learning to talk with God; service and submission, habitually surrendering our will to the Holy Spirit's leading.

This kind of knowledge actually builds up faith in God, a "full assurance” that He will fulfil every promise He makes. Those who gain this wisdom indeed see God's promises actualised in their lives.

Lord give me Your kind of wisdom that I may experience Your love, grow in faith, and trust in your promises.

For Further Study: Job 28:28; Psalm 111:10; John 17:3