Peter Barnes: 2 Cor 2:5-11
(2 September 2018)
SERMON NOTES : GRANTING FORGIVENESS (2 Cor.2:5-11)
Martin Luther once described human beings as like a drunk trying to get on a horse – first he falls off one side, then he falls off the other. It is surely the incestuous man …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 18:19-19:8
SERMON NOTES
DAVID’S GRIEF: PRESSING ON WHEN DEVASTATED
2 Samuel 18:19-19:8
David’s grief is so excessive that he came closer to doing more damage to his position as king than Absalom ever could.
1. David’s terrible grief.
– 18:19-33. Weeping is allowed; it is …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 17:1-30
SERMON NOTES
David and Goliath
1 Samuel 17:1-30; 2 Corinthians 10:1-6
– representative combat; look to David as one who points to Christ but also as our example
1. God’s enemies can appear very imposing.
– 17:4-7, 8-10, 16
– looks frightening and sounds …
Peter Barnes | 2 Corinthians 4:3-4
SERMON NOTES
THE DEVIL AND THE UNBELIEVER
(2 Corinthians 4:3-4)
– how to explain Acts 13:44-45; 14:19; 17:32; 19:8-9; and how to explain Paul himself before his conversion (Acts 8:1-3; 9:4-6, 10-19).
1. Unbelievers are blind and perishing.
– 4:3-4; this extends what Paul …
Peter Barnes | John 3:6; 1 Corinthians 15:22; 2 Corinthians 5:17
SERMON NOTES
A NEW CREATION
(John 3:6; 1 Cor.15:22; 2 Cor.5:17)
– there are two realms
1. Being in the flesh means …
(a) we cannot save ourselves.
– John 3:6; Adam improved is still Adam in sin and …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 40:27-31
SERMON NOTES
GOD’S SOVEREIGN PURPOSES
Isaiah 40:27-31; 2 Corinthians 2:12-3:3
– God makes wonderful promises (40:1-11) and He can fulfil them (40:12-26). But will He?
1. We are prone to complain.
– 40:27; not the fierce anger of Psalm 2:1-3
– more a complaint and …
Peter Barnes | 2 Kings 18:26-37
SERMON NOTES
THE MOCKERY OF UNBELIEF
2 Kings 18:26-37; 2 Cor. 11:1-15
– the Rabshakeh continues his mocking speech.
1. We ought not to be unnerved by the world.
– 18:26-27; the request in v.26 is naïve as v.28 shows
– the enemies of …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 16:1-13
SERMON NOTES
SAMUEL ANOINTS DAVID AS KING
1 Samuel 16:1-13; 2 Corinthians 10:1-11
– Saul is rejected (15:26). David is anointed privately here. Later he would actually reign as king over Judah (2 Sam.2:4), then all Israel (2 Sam.5:3).
1. The wicked may forfeit …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 15:1-35
SERMON NOTES
BETTER TO OBEY THAN TO SACRIFICE
1 Samuel 15:1-35; 2 Corinthians 7:2-12
1. The strict justice of God.
– 15:1-9; see Deut.25:17-18; 1 Sam.15:33
– no salvation without judgment – Isa.35:5-6, 4; 61:1-3
– this is not primitive religion, but God’s justice…
Peter Barnes | Hosea 7:1-16
SERMON NOTES
A LESSON NOT LEARNT
Hosea 7:1-16; 2 Corinthians 4:1-6
– not unlike Matt.23:37
1. God is more ready to heal and restore than we are to repent.
– 6:11b-7:2; Israel is complacent (see Psalm 10:4, 6, 11)
– 2 Cor.5:10 is behind the …
