Peter Barnes: Put Off The Old Evil, Put on The New Righteousness, Ephesians 4:22-24 (Sunday 26 April 2020)
You can only do this if you are actually in Christ. ‘Let us all be good Americans’ assumes we must be Americans in the first place.
1. Put off the old man.…
Shane Gooch: Ephesians 4:25-32
(22 April 2018)
Sermon Notes: Blessing God by Blessing Others (Ephesians 4:25-32)
Zechariah 8:16,17 ; Exodus 20:16
“It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentional lying, that there is so much falsehood int he world” – Samuel Johnson
“Truthfulness does not demand our telling …
Shane Gooch : Ephesians 4:17-24
(22 April 2018)
Sermon Notes: Out with the Old, In with the New (Ephesians 4:17-24)
“The Ephesians Christians were marginalised in a pluralistic culture of many things but not of the Christian gospel or the church which proclaimed it” – Sinclair Ferguson
Ephesians 2:8-10
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 13:1-22
SERMON NOTES
LUST AND LOVE
2 Samuel 13:1-22
– the positive side in Proverbs 5 and the Song of Songs. D. L. Moody referred to lust as ‘the devil’s counterfeit of love’.
1. Recognise lust for what it is.
– 13:1-2. Amnon may be …
Peter Barnes | John 17:20-21
SERMON NOTES
UNITY IN THE WORD FOR MISSION
Ephesians 2:14-18; 4:1-6; John 17:20-26
– Jesus now prays for the Church down through the ages (17:20-26).
1. We are to believe in Christ through the apostolic Word.
– 17:20; note 14:26; 15:27. Also John 21:24.
– …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 5:25-26
SERMON NOTES
LIMITED ATONEMENT
Ephesians 5:25-26
1. The possibilities regarding the atonement.
(a) Universalism. Christ died for everybody and everybody is saved – John 3:36.
(b) Arminianism. Christ died for all but not all are saved.
(c) Amyraldianism. The Father predestines a people to be …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 1:4; Romans 9:16
SERMON NOTES
UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION
Eph.1:4; Rom.9:16
By nature, we do not seek God – Rom.3:11.
1. God has a real but not a saving love of the whole world.
– John 3:16; Ezek.33:11; Mark 10:21; Matt.23:37. There is a love of God for …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 2:1; 1 Corinthians 2:14
SERMON NOTES
TOTAL INABILITY
Eph.2:1; 1 Cor.2:14
TULIP stands for Total Depravity; Unconditional Election; Limited Atonement; Irresistible Grace; Perseverance of the Saints. It constitutes a defensive doctrine, and is not really a summary of Calvinism.
1. Human nature can do some limited …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 59:15b-21
SERMON NOTES
GOD’S ANSWER TO SIN
Isaiah 59:15b-21; Ephesians 6:10-18
– Isaiah 59 tells of sin as our problem (59:1-8), a lament for sin (59:9-15a), and God’s answer to sin (59:15b-21).
1. Only God can save us.
– 59:15b-16; note Ps.143:2; Rom.3:20; Gal.2:16
– this …
