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Calvary Melbourne, Australia is also on Brighteon.com. https://www.brighteon.com/channels/inhisservice Pastor Andrew Russell preaches on Mark 16:1-8. The women went out to buy special substances as soon as the Sabbath ended at sunset on Saturday. The first opportunity to see what they were doing was at dawn on Sunday morning. They remembered that there was a heavy stone at the entrance to the rock grave. It would be too heavy for them to push back. But they arrived at the grave. Then, they discovered that there was no problem. Someone had already rolled the stone aside. They were astonished to find a young man in white clothes who was sitting on the right side of the cave. He was an angel. He told them that they were looking in the wrong place for Jesus. He had risen. They could see for themselves the empty place where his body had been. Please visit our website: http://www.calvarymelbourne.com.au

Calvary Melbourne, Australia is also on Brighteon.com. https://www.brighteon.com/channels/inhisservice Pastor Andrew Russell preaches on 1. Samuel chapter 29-31. When Saul went to this battle, he was full of fear. The Lord would not answer him. Saul knew that the Philistines would win. And Saul knew that he and his sons would die. Saul could not encourage his soldiers. Therefore, he could not be a good leader for his army. The result was that the Israelites ran away. And the Philistines killed many of them including three of Saul’s sons. Saul was still alive but had bad injuries. He was afraid of what the Philistines might do to him. In those days, people lost their honour if their enemy killed them. That is what they believed. They had more honour if they killed themselves’. Please visit our website: http://www.calvarymelbourne.com.au

Calvary Melbourne, Australia is also on Brighteon.com. https://www.brighteon.com/channels/inhisservice Pastor Andrew Russell preaches on Luke 8:1-21. A farmer sowed his seed by hand. He threw the seed across his field and he would plough it in afterwards. The path through the field would be hard because people had walked on it. The birds could eat this seed, as it lay on top of the ground. The stony ground had a thin amount of earth over the rocks and stone. Such a small quantity of soil would not contain water because the hot sun would dry up any water there. The plant would not be able to grow deep roots. It would soon die, because it had no water. Weeds grew up at the same time as the grain seeds. The weeds had many leaves so the light could not reach the young grain plants. The grain could not grow because the weeds filled up all the space. Please visit our website: http://www.calvarymelbourne.com.au

Calvary Melbourne, Australia is also on Brighteon.com. https://www.brighteon.com/channels/inhisservice Pastor Andrew Russell preaches on 1. Samuel 28:1-25. Saul was desperate. He knew that Samuel had been a great prophet. Saul wanted to hear God’s decisions from Samuel again. So Saul went against his own law and the Law of God. Saul’s servants found a medium that had escaped from Saul’s law. People recognised that Saul was the king. This was because he wore a special royal coat. So he took this coat off before he went to the medium. He visited her at night. He did not want anyone to see him. Also, mediums often worked at night. The medium suspected that the men were trying to catch her. But Saul promised her that no harm would come to her. Please visit our website: http://www.calvarymelbourne.com.au

Calvary Melbourne, Australia is also on Brighteon.com. https://www.brighteon.com/channels/inhisservice Pastor Andrew Russell preaches on Luke 7:18-50. John was in prison at the town of Machaerus by the Dead Sea. His disciples told him what Jesus had done for the servant of the Roman officer and for the widow’s son. There may be more than one reason why John doubted. He may have wondered why Jesus did not do anything to free him from prison. Perhaps he was urging Jesus to tell people that he was the Messiah. He did not know what to believe. He had warned people of God’s judgement. Perhaps he was expecting Jesus to free their country from the Romans and to punish sinners. However, Jesus was forgiving people and doing kind things. When Jesus healed people this pointed to the work of the Messiah. This would remind John of the words of Isaiah 35:5-6; 61:1. Jesus was making those words come true. Please visit our website: http://www.calvarymelbourne.com.au

Calvary Melbourne, Australia is also on Brighteon.com. https://www.brighteon.com/channels/inhisservice Pastor Andrew Russell preaches on 1. Samuel chapter 26 and 27. It shows how Saul kept changing his attitude towards David. Again, Saul and his army went to find David and his men and to kill them. It was stupid that Saul took so many soldiers to hunt for one man. But this time David went to find Saul before Saul found him. God allowed Abishai to tempt David. God was testing David. He had another chance to kill Saul but he refused. Abner led Saul’s army. He was Saul’s cousin (14:50-51). Abner should have protected Saul. But that night, God made everyone in Saul’s army go to sleep. And God made them stay asleep until David and Abishai had left Saul’s camp. Please visit our website: http://www.calvarymelbourne.com.au

Calvary Melbourne, Australia is also on Brighteon.com. https://www.brighteon.com/channels/inhisservice Pastor Andrew Russell preaches on Luke 7:1-17. The Roman officer was a humble man. He considered that Jesus was more important than he was. Also, he did not want Jesus, who was a Jew, to make himself ‘unclean’. This would happen if Jesus entered a Gentile’s house (Acts 10:28). He spoke from his own experience, when he requested Jesus to give an order. The officer knew what authority meant. He had to obey other officers who were superior to him. He himself could give an order to his soldiers, and they would obey him. The Roman officer’s faith astonished Jesus. It was stronger than the faith of any Jew, a member of God’s own people Israel. Please visit our website: http://www.calvarymelbourne.com.au

Pastor Andrew gives an explanation for the infrequency in doing updates and shares an encouragement to keep pressing on in the Lord.

Calvary Melbourne, Australia is also on Brighteon.com. https://www.brighteon.com/channels/inhisservice Pastor Andrew Russell preaches on Luke 6:20-49. The Jews knew God’s commandment to love their neighbours (Leviticus 18:18). Their teachers had added the words ‘and hate your enemy’. But those words are not in the Bible. Instead, Jesus said that they must love their enemies. He was not asking them to like their enemies. This love was not like the natural emotion that they had towards their own family. Christian love means that you act for the benefit of the other person. It may be difficult, but God will help us. It is not a matter of the emotions, but we should do what God wants. Please visit our website: http://www.calvarymelbourne.com.au

Calvary Melbourne, Australia is also on Brighteon.com. https://www.brighteon.com/channels/inhisservice Pastor Andrew Russell preaches on 1. Samuel 25:1-44. This story is about a wicked man and his good wife. Nabal came from the family of Caleb. David sent his young men to Nabal on the day that he had his special meal. David hoped that Nabal would be generous. David calls himself ‘your son David’. This means that David had been like a servant to Nabal. David gave Nabal honour because he was an important man. But Nabal insulted David. Nabal did not greet David’s men quickly. Nabal pretended that he did not know David. But everyone who lived in the country of Judah knew who David was. He knew that David was the son of Jesse. Nabal knew that David had been one of Saul’s servants. However, he described David as a bad slave who had run away. Nabal had prepared food for his servants but he was selfish. Please visit our website: http://www.calvarymelbourne.com.au

Calvary Melbourne, Australia is also on Brighteon.com. https://www.brighteon.com/channels/inhisservice Pastor Andrew Russell preaches on Luke 6:1-19. The disciples were not stealing. It was legal for people to pick heads of grain (Deuteronomy 23:25). The Pharisees accused the disciples that they were working on the Sabbath. When they picked the grain, they were harvesting it. They had prepared food. All these activities were work. Work was not legal on the Sabbath. Jesus reminded the Pharisees of how David and his men went into God’s holy place at the town of Nob. David and the men with him were hungry. So, they ate the holy bread that only priests should eat (1 Samuel 21:1-6). Please visit our website: http://www.calvarymelbourne.com.au

Calvary Melbourne, Australia is also on Brighteon.com. https://www.brighteon.com/channels/inhisservice Pastor Andrew Russell preaches on Luke 5:16-39. The Pharisees were strict Jews who obeyed the law of Moses. They also tried to obey all the traditions that explained the law. Many Pharisees were proud of all that they did. They were not sincere when they gave honour to God. They soon began to oppose what Jesus said and did. The teachers of the law (often called ‘scribes’) were experts. They explained the Hebrew Scriptures. They taught especially about the law of Moses in the first five books of the Old Testament. Mark says that four men carried the man on his mat (Mark 2:3). Houses usually had an outside staircase that went up to the flat roof. They made the roof from wood and mud. The men could easily make a hole in it. Please visit our website: http://www.calvarymelbourne.com.au

Calvary Melbourne, Australia is also on Brighteon.com. https://www.brighteon.com/channels/inhisservice Pastor Andrew Russell preaches on 1. Samuel 23:1-29. The town of Keilah was about 29 kilometres (18 miles) south-west of Jerusalem. And it was about 5 kilometres (3 miles) from the cave of Adullam (22:1). Keilah was in the country of Judah. King Saul and his army should have been fighting the Philistines here. But Saul spent most of his time trying to catch David. He now wanted to save Keilah. But he did not do anything until he had asked God. David knew that only God could give him success. Abiathar the priest had joined David and had brought the ephod with him from Nob (21:9). This was the special ephod for the chief priest. He wore it when he wanted to know what Gods’ decision was (see Exodus 28). Please visit our website: http://www.calvarymelbourne.com.au

Calvary Melbourne, Australia is also on Brighteon.com. https://www.brighteon.com/channels/inhisservice Pastor Andrew Russell preaches on 1. Samuel 22:1-23. Saul was sitting in the shade of a big tree. The name of this type of tree was a ‘tamarisk’ tree. Saul’s officers surrounded him. They protected and served him. Saul’s family and his officers came from the tribe of Benjamin. But Saul did not know whom he could trust. He held a spear so that he was ready to attack anyone. He did not trust even his own son. David was a popular person. Saul was probably afraid that some of his men might join David. Saul reminded his men that he had given them gifts of land. Saul had also made the men leaders. David came from the tribe of Judah. If David became king he would probably choose leaders from the tribe of Judah and not from Benjamin. Saul called David ‘the son of Jesse’. He said this to insult David. However, Saul also called David ‘one of my servants’. Saul imagined that David wanted to kill him. In fact, Saul had tried to kill David several times. Please visit our website: http://www.calvarymelbourne.com.au

Calvary Melbourne, Australia is also on Brighteon.com. https://www.brighteon.com/channels/inhisservice Pastor Andrew Russell preaches on Luke 4:14-44. The synagogue was the place where the Jews met to worship God. The Sabbath was the seventh day of the Jewish week. It was a day of rest that lasted from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday. In part of the service, someone read the Hebrew Scriptures. The officials might ask a visitor to read and then explain the words. The verses that he chose to read describe the work of the Messiah. They are from Isaiah 61:1-2. Please visit our website: http://www.calvarymelbourne.com.au

Calvary Melbourne, Australia is also on Brighteon.com. https://www.brighteon.com/channels/inhisservice Pastor Andrew Russell preaches on 1. Samuel 21:1-15 – 22:1-5. Ahimelech was the main priest at that time. He was the grandson of Eli the priest (1:9). His body shook because he was afraid to meet David. He probably thought that David came with authority from King Saul. David told him that Saul had given him a secret job to do. Ahimelech believed all that David said. The only bread that Ahimelech had came from the tent of the Lord. Leviticus 24:5-9 tells you more about this. Only the priests could eat it because they were clean and holy. But David needed food immediately. David had many men who stayed with him. Please visit our website: http://www.calvarymelbourne.com.au

Pastor Andrew share a quick briefing on the Endtimes Satanic Push And Agenda. This agenda is so obvious an in our faces today, there is no hiding it. The spiritual warfare is getting more intense in these End Times.

Calvary Melbourne, Australia is also on Brighteon.com. https://www.brighteon.com/channels/inhisservice Pastor Andrew Russell preaches on Luke 4:1-13. Jesus returned after John had baptised him in the river Jordan. The devil appears to Jesus in the wilderness. Jesus is hungry. So, the devil suggests that Jesus could use his power to turn the stones into bread. The hot, flat stones look like bread. Also, Jesus could do the same to show his sympathy for the hungry crowds. The Jews believed that, when the Messiah came, he would give them bread from heaven (John 6:30-31). Jesus knows that to satisfy someone’s need for food will still leave that person hungry for God. Jesus refuses to do what the devil suggested. Jesus uses words from Deuteronomy (8:3). Those words mean that life is more than being alive. People need more in life than food for their bodies. Please visit our website: http://www.calvarymelbourne.com.au

Calvary Melbourne, Australia is also on Brighteon.com. https://www.brighteon.com/channels/inhisservice Pastor Andrew Russell preaches on Luke 2:1-52. The Passover feast was in April and it lasted for a week. This feast reminded the Israelites how God rescued them from Egypt. They had been slaves there (Exodus 12:24-27). Every Jewish man was supposed to go to Jerusalem for three important feasts: A Jewish boy became a man, a ‘son of the law’, when he was 12 years old. This was probably Jesus’ first visit as a boy to the Temple in Jerusalem. At the end of the week, people travelled home together in large groups. Mary and Joseph did not worry about Jesus until the evening of the first day’s journey. Mary and Joseph took a day to travel back to Jerusalem. They looked for Jesus in the city on the second day. They found him on the third day. The court of the Temple was a place where the rabbis taught. It was usual for students to ask and answer questions. Jesus had joined a group. He was asking questions. He also answered the questions that the teachers asked him. He astonished them because he knew and understood so much. Please visit our website: http://www.calvarymelbourne.com.au

Pastor Andrew shares an article that talks about how Christian Persecution Higher Than Ever in 30yrs.

Pastor Andrew talks briefly about How do you Handle or Deal with those Who Have A Different View when it comes to Eschatology.

Calvary Melbourne, Australia is also on Brighteon.com. https://www.brighteon.com/channels/inhisservice Pastor Andrew Russell preaches on Luke 1:26-80. Nazareth was a small town, a few miles from the south of the Lake of Galilee. It was very serious when a man and woman agreed to marry. Such an agreement could only end in an act of divorce. If the man died before the marriage, the woman considered herself as a widow. Mary wondered how she could have a son before she and Joseph had married. God’s power, through the Holy Spirit, would make it possible for Mary to have the son. When Mary accepted what God wanted, she was taking a great risk. Perhaps Joseph would be angry. She would probably have public shame. People in the village would certainly gossip about her. A girl who promised to marry should be loyal to her future husband. If she was not loyal, she broke God’s law. Yet Mary did not doubt the angel’s message. Luke, with his sympathy for women, may have received this story from Mary herself. Please visit our website: http://www.calvarymelbourne.com.au

Pastor Andrew does a Brief look at the Signs of the Times. We look as some of the different categories and how we can discern the times we are living in.

Calvary Melbourne, Australia is also on Brighteon.com. https://www.brighteon.com/channels/inhisservice Pastor Andrew Russell preaches on Luke 1:1-25. This member of the Herod family was Herod the Great. He was king of all the land of Israel for 33 years. Herod the Great was great as a builder, but not great in character. He was jealous and cruel (see Matthew 2:1-18). The event that Luke is going to describe happened about one year before Herod died. Zechariah belonged to one of the 24 groups of priests (1 Chronicles 24:10). Each group worked in the Temple in Jerusalem. Twice a year they were on duty for a week. If a wife had no children, Jews thought that God was punishing her and her husband. The woman would feel both sad and ashamed. Other women, who had children, would think of her as a wife of no value. Please visit our website: http://www.calvarymelbourne.com.au

Pastor Andrew shares a Quick Snapshot Overview of The End Times. This is a very brief glimpse of what is next in bible prophecy. There is so much in looking at end times, but having a general understanding helps keep things in perspective.