Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 31:1-13
SERMON NOTES
SAUL EMBRACES DEATH
1 Samuel 31; Matthew 27:1-10
– Saul is like Shakespeare’s Othello – 1 Chron.10:13-14; Heb. 9:27.
1. The tragic duty of Jonathan.
– 31:1-2.
– Philip Henry used to cite the Puritan saying: ‘Duty is ours, events are God’s.’ …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 30:1-31
SERMON NOTES
DAVID AS A LEADER OF MEN
1 Samuel 30; Matthew 20:1-16
David has to face a number of issues in rescuing his people from the Amalekites.
1. Leadership in difficult circumstances.
(a) Facing a demoralized and angry people.
– 30:1-4, 5, 6a,b. …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 29:1-11
SERMON NOTES
GOD’S OVERRULING PROVIDENCE
1 Samuel 29; Matthew 10:16-31
This is almost a humorous story; the Scylla and Charybdis situation – the sailor who faced a rock on one side and a whirlpool on the other.
1. God uses the ungodly.
– 29:1-5. …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 28:3-25
SERMON NOTES
Saul’s Descent Into the Occult
1 Samuel 28:3-25
This is one of the most tragic chapters in the Bible. William Blaikie compares Saul to a crippled vessel at sea.
1. Desperation leads to sin.
– 28:3-5; see Lev.19:31; 20:6, 27; Deut.18:9-14; Isa.8:19-20.…
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 27-28:2
SERMON NOTES
David, the Philistines, and the Mix of Life
1 Samuel 27:1-28:2
David here has what the older evangelical writers used to call a ‘fainting fit’. We are pmeant to see how mixed life is, and to treat David both critically and sympathetically.…
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 26
SERMON NOTES
Mercy Repeated
1 Samuel 26
– similar to 1 Samuel 24
1. Faith means we need to learn again and again.
– we repeat sins e.g. Gen.12:10-13 & 20:1-2
– we need to be reminded again and again (Phil.3:1; 2 Pet.1:12)
…Tell
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 25
SERMON NOTES
God curbs David’s sinfulness
1 Samuel 25
– the most dangerous time in the Christian life may come immediately after a victory e.g. Elijah in 1 Kings 18, then 19.
1. The selfish boorishness of Nabal.
– 25:2-3, 9-11, 17; ‘Nabal’ must …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 24:1-22
SERMON NOTES
Blessed are the Merciful
1 Samuel 24:1-22
– David does better in a dark cave in Engedi than he does later on the roof of the royal palace in Jerusalem.
1. Be merciful.
– 24:1-7; David resists the temptation to be governed …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 23:1-29
SERMON NOTES
Encouragement Amidst the Trials (1 Samuel 23:1-29)
1 Samuel 23:1-29
David protects the city of Keilah (23:1-5), then would be betrayed by its inhabitants (23:6-14). Jonathan encourages David (23:15-18), and then God thwarts Saul and the Ziphites (23:19-29).
1. David is guided …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 22:6-23
SERMON NOTES
THE MURDEROUS HEART OF SAUL
1 Samuel 22:6-23
Evil is unleashed.
1. Saul’s murderous heart.
– 22:6-8. Saul is paranoid here, and manipulative.
– he plays the victim and acts the bully (22:11-16)
– even his servants (‘runners’) hesitate to obey him …
