Peter Barnes | Micah 7:14-20
SERMON NOTES
FORGIVENESS FULL AND FREE
Micah 7:14-20
Samuel Davies’ ‘Great God of wonders!’:
Who is a pardoning God like Thee?
Or who has grace so rich and free?
1. Prayer for the Shepherd-Messiah.
– 7:14-15; see 5:2-4.
– Matt.9:35-36. The cause of Christ can …
Peter Barnes | John 14:15
SERMON NOTES
LOVE AND LAW
(Psalm 119:97-112; John 14:15 – see 1 John 2:3-11)
Love and law are often seen as opposites today, but Jesus joins them (e.g. John 14:15, 21, 23; 15:10, 14).
1. Love needs law.
– John Robinson: ‘the only intrinsic evil …
Peter Barnes | John 13:34-35
SERMON NOTES
A NEW COMMANDMENT
Leviticus 19:1-18; 1 John 4:7-16; John 13:34-35
– 1 John 3:14; J. C. Ryle: ‘Of all the commands of our Master there is none which is so much talked about and so little obeyed as this.’
1. A new commandment.…
Peter Barnes | 1 John 3:8
SERMON NOTES
CHRIST DESTROYS THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL
(1 John 3:8)
– behind sin is the devil (1 John 3:8a; John 8:44), although we are still responsible for it (James 1:13-15). Christ alone has no sin (1 John 3:5).
– NIV has ‘the …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 2:15-17
SERMON NOTES
DO NOT LOVE THE WORLD
(1 John 2:15-17)
– there is a right way to love the world (John 3:16; Ps.33:5), but not in its fallenness and sin.
1. It is impossible to love the world wrongly and be a Christian.
– …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 59:9-15a
SERMON NOTES
A LAMENT FOR SIN
Isaiah 59:9-15a; 1 John 1:1-10
– Isaiah 59 tells of sin as our problem (59:1-8), a lament for sin (59:9-15a), and God’s answer to sin (59:15b-21).
1. Justice and righteousness are remote.
– 59:9-10; fulfilling Deut.28:28-29
– this can …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 77:10-12
SERMON NOTES
BACKSLIDING: THE WAY BACK
(Ps.77:10-12; 1 John 2:1)
– we all fall short of God’s glory
1. Be humbly aware of your own condition.
– Charles Simeon: ‘I would have a conscious unworthiness to pervade every act and habit of my soul’. He …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 32:1-11
SERMON NOTES
A HEAVY AND SINFUL HEART
Psalm 32:1-11; 1 John 1:1-10
– Augustine died in 430 with Psalm 32 posted on his wall
1. The blessing of forgiveness.
– 32:1-2; see Rom.4:5-8;
– death by law (Lev.20:10; Ex.21:12); life by the death of the …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 5:18-21
SERMON NOTES
KNOWING WHERE WE STAND
Job 19:21-29; 1 John 5:18-21
Martin Luther: ‘Take away assertions, and you take away Christianity.’
1. We know victory over sin.
– 5:18; could be that Christ keeps the Christian (NASB, NIV; note John 17:12) or that the …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 5:13-17
SERMON NOTES
ASSURANCE IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
Mark 3:20-30; 1 John 5:13-17
1. Christians can come to assurance of their salvation.
– 5:13; note Rom.8:28-39; this concept is rejected by Islam, by the cults, and by Roman Catholicism
– need to test ourselves to …
