Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 3:16-18
(3 June 2018)
SERMON NOTES: PEACE, TRUTH AND GRACE (2 Thessalonians 3:16-18)
1. Christ gives peace.
– 3:16. Paul’s other peace benedictions refer to God e.g. 2 Cor.13:11; 1 Thess.5:23. But here it is the Lord of peace, and ‘Lord’ invariably refers to Christ the …
Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 3:6,13-15
(27 May 2018)
SERMON NOTES: DO NOT BE WEARY IN WELL-DOING (2 Thessalonians 3:6, 13-15)
Verses 6-12 deal mainly with what idler should be doing, which has been summarised by William Neil: ‘Stop fussing, stop idling, and stop sponging.’ Now Paul turns to the congregation …
Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12
(20 May 2018)
SERMON NOTES: THE OBLIGATION TO WORK (2 Thessalonians 3:6-12)
– the leader of the Greens urged that the state provide a basic income of $20,000-$40,000 to all and sundry, with no means test and no obligation to work. Ronald Reagan: ‘Government does …
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Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 2:15-17
(6 May 2018)
SERMON NOTES: STAND FIRM AND BE COMFORTED (2 Thessalonians 2:15-17)
The context here is still the unsettlement over false teaching concerning the Second Coming – 2:1-2. In verses 13-14 Paul goes over the sweep of the gospel. Now in …
Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5
(13 May 2018)
SERMON NOTES: PRAYER FOR STEADFASTNESS IN THE WORD (2 Thessalonians 3:1-5)
– 1 Thess.5:25. John Chrysostom told his congregation: ‘I am greatly in need of your prayers.’
– 3:1-2a. ‘Finally’ does not always mean ‘finally’ …
Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 2:13,14
(29 April 2018)
SERMON NOTES: THANKSGIVING FOR SALVATION (2 Thessalonians 2:13-14)
Verses 13-14 make up what is essentially the gospel in miniature, from election in eternity past to life in the present to glory in eternity future.
1. Giving thanks for God’s past election.
– …
Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 2:6-12
(15 April 2018)
SERMON NOTES: CHRIST VERSUS THE DECEIVER (2 Thessalonians 2:6-12)
– the apostasy must come first, then the man of sin would be revealed in the temple, which is surely the Church – 2:3-4.
1. The man of sin will be restrained for …
Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5
(8 April 2018)
SERMON NOTES : BEWARE THE MAN OF SIN (2 Thessalonians 2:1-5)
– the man of sin must come before Christ returns.
1. We need to beware of deception.
– 2:1-3a. The KJV says that the day of the Lord is ‘at hand’, …
Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 1:9-12
(25 March 2018)
SERMON NOTES: THE COMING JUDGMENT OF CHRIST : (2 Thessalonians 1:9-12)
Christ’s coming again does not appear to usher in a millennium of a thousand years of bliss on earth, but the last judgment.
1. The punishment of eternal destruction.
– 1:9; …
Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 1:5-8
(18 March 2018)
SERMON NOTES: SUFFERING NOW AND THEN (2 Thessalonians 1:5-8)
It is not about suffering now and then, i.e. intermittently, but suffering in this life and the life to come.
1. Being steadfast in persecution enhances faith.
– 1:5. Paul is looking back …
