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Peter Barnes | Ex.20:8-11; Deut.5:12-15
SERMON NOTES
THE OLD TESTAMENT SABBATH
Ex.20:8-11; Deut.5:12-15
– the question of the Sabbath is especially dogging the evangelical Church today. Bonhoeffer: ‘the renewal of this holiday must begin with the renewal of preaching.’
1. The Sabbath celebrates the end …
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Peter Barnes | Deut.20:19-20; Ex.23:10-11; Lev.25:2-4
SERMON NOTES
CREATION CARE
Deut.20:19-20; Ex.23:10-11; Lev.25:2-4
– it is invariably linked to the issues of climate change and human overpopulation. Bob Brown in 2006 was warning that climate change had raised ‘the spectre of permanent drought’ while in …
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Peter Barnes | Deuteronomy 24:19-22
SERMON NOTES
GOD’S WELFARE POLICY
Deuteronomy 24:19-22
There is a frightening growth in welfarism (dependence on welfare) and also a growing gap between rich and poor.
1. We are to provide for the needy.
– 24:6, 10-13, 14-15
– Deut.24:19-21; …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 2:18-20
SERMON NOTES
SUFFERING AS A SLAVE
1 Peter 2:18-20
– many Christians were slaves (e.g. 1 Corinthians 7:17-24; Ephesians 6:5-8; Colossians 3:22-25; 1 Tim.6:1-2; Titus 2:9-10; Philemon). Possibly about one-third of the population of the Roman Empire consisted of slaves.
1. The slave was …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 1:17
SERMON NOTES
CALLING UPON THE JUDGE IN FEAR
1 Peter 1:17
– Peter has been exhorting his readers to live as holy pilgrims in a hostile world, pointing to a number of motives: grace (1:13); the holiness of God (1:14-16); and the judgment of …
Peter Barnes | John 17:6-8
SERMON NOTES
God’s Word to God’s People
Deuteronomy 4:15-40; John 17:6-19
1. The Father has chose a people for the Son.
– 17:6; see 17:2; 15:16, 19.
– this is a great number (Rev.7:9-10)
– God seeks us because we do not seek Him (Rom.3:11)…
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 34:8-22
SERMON NOTES
NO SALVATION THROUGH A PHONEY REPENTANCE
Jeremiah 34:8-22; Deuteronomy 15:1-18
– probably Zedekiah reneged when the Egyptians gave him hope that the Babylonians would leave (Jer.37:5)
1. Justice and mercy in the Old Testament law on slavery.
– 34:8-10; very different to the …
Peter Barnes | Matthew 11:25-27
SERMON NOTES
GOD’S GRACIOUS ELECTION
Deuteronomy 7:1-11; Matthew 11:25-27
– vv.25-27 is a prayer to the Father; vv.28-30 an appeal to the people.
1. God chooses the lowly.
– 11:25-26; see 1 Cor.1:26-29; Matt.16:16-17
– John 6:37 has election and appeal to all
– Richard …
Chris Athavle | Deuteronomy 5:16
SERMON NOTES
THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT
(Deuteronomy 5:16)
We should honour and respect our Parents.
5:16
Respect or Fear with love – Leviticus 19:3
Listen – 1 Samuel 2:22-25
Obey – Ephesians 6:1
Example of Jesus’ obedience – Luke 2:48-52
Jesus’ teaching on the subject – …
Peter Barnes | 1 Timothy 3:8-13
SERMON NOTES
THE QUALIFICATIONS OF DEACONS
Deut. 24:5-22; 1 Timothy 3:8-13
– two distinct offices: elder/overseer in 3:1-7 and deacon in 3:8-13; like two prongs on a fork, not rungs on a ladder i.e. the deacon is not a trainee elder
1. Deacons must
