Peter Barnes: The Sons of David and The Son of David, 2 Samuel 7:1-17 (Sunday 10 May 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 p.m.)
– the word ‘covenant’ is not used here, but it is used later of references to it – Psalm 89:3-4. God does not need a temple to dwell …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 24
SERMON NOTES
DAVID’S CENSUS: MERCY & ATONEMENT
2 Samuel 24, part 2
– God was angry with Israel before He was angry with David and his census – 24:1. David points to Christ.
1. God’s mercy restrains His holy wrath.
– 24:15-16. There is …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 24
SERMON NOTES
DAVID’S CENSUS
2 Samuel 24, part 1
Walter Chantry: ‘David was not out of the Devil’s reach when his hair was grey.’
1. The sin of Israel and of David.
– 24:1. Why was God so angry with Israel? 2 Sam.15-18 and …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 23
SERMON NOTES
DAVID’S LAST WORDS
2 Samuel 23
– 2 Samuel 23 must be understood as David’s last words to the nation.
1. David was raised by God.
– 23:1. The NIV and ESV margin have David spoken of ‘the hero of Israel’s songs’. …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 22
SERMON NOTES
DAVID’S ROCK AND FORTRESS
2 Samuel 22
– a Psalm of thankfulness, which also appears in Psalm 18.
1. Who God is.
David extolls the excellence of God – 22:2-4.
(a) ‘my rock’ (twice); (b) ‘my fortress’; (c) ‘my deliverer’; (d) ‘my …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 21:1-14
SERMON NOTES
DAVID AVENGES THE GIBEONITES
2 Samuel 21:1-14
– this seems horrible, and lacking in much that is elevating or useful in the Christian life.
1. There are covenant curses.
– 21:1-2. We do not know the reasons for every famine, but this …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 20
SERMON NOTES
MORE REBELLION
2 Samuel 20
– more rebellion, more violence, more instability, more struggles.
1. The wickedness of rebellion.
– 20:1-2. Blaise Pascal: ‘Civil wars are the greatest of evils.’ But this is more; this is a repudiation of God’s declared will …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 19:9-43
SERMON NOTES
PICKING UP THE REINS AGAIN
2 Samuel 19:9-43
Recriminations are always an issue e.g. after World War II in Germany or after the dismantling of apartheid in South Africa.
1. Expedient mercy.
– 19:9-12. David needs to make a political appointment, which …
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 | 2 Samuel 18:1-18
SERMON NOTES
THE DEATH OF ABSALOM
2 Samuel 18:1-18
– Roger Ellsworth calls Absalom ‘one of the Bible’s most despicable characters’. Dale Ralph Davis writes of ‘The Sad Triumph’; John Woodhouse of ‘Where Love and Justice Do Not Meet’.
1. The wisdom not to …
