Peter Barnes: The Promise of the New Covenant, Jeremiah 31:31-34 (Sunday 17 May 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 a.m.)
– cited in full in Hebrews 8 – the longest citation from the Old Testament in the New Testament.
1. The Church is new Israel. – 31:31; Heb.8:7, 13. The promises to …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 2:16-17
SERMON NOTES
LIVE AS FREE SERVANTS
1 Peter 2:16-17
– Calvin writes of ‘a free servitude, and a serving freedom’.
1. Live as free servants.
– 2:16. It is crucial that we get this right – John 8:36; 14:15; Gal.5:1, 13. Also 2 Peter …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 52
SERMON NOTES
THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND YET HOPE
Jeremiah 52
– last words of Jeremiah in 51:64; Jer. 52 is possibly from Baruch; almost the same as 2 Kings 24:18-25:30.
1. God’s promises seem to be undone.
(a) the Davidic kingship is virtually destroyed…
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 45
SERMON NOTES
SEEK NOT GREAT THINGS FOR YOURSELF
Jeremiah 45; Matthew 20:20-28
– Baruch was Jeremiah’s secretary and suffered with him (cf. 36:17-19; 43:1-3)
1. Faithfulness means more than success.
– 45:1-3; this is worse than Jeremiah’s laments in 15:18; 20:14-18
– Robert Morrison laboured …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 42-44
SERMON NOTES
LESSONS FROM HISTORY?
Jeremiah 42-44
– this takes place after Jerusalem was destroyed in 587 B.C. George Santaya: ‘Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it’; G. W. F. Hegel: ‘The only thing that history teaches is that men …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 36:1-32
SERMON NOTES
MY WORD SHALL NEVER PASS AWAY
Jeremiah 36:1-32
– in the Great Persecution of 303-311 the Roman emperors sought to destroy all copies of the Bible.
1. How we got the Bible.
– 36:1-8; God spoke to Jeremiah who spoke to Baruch
– …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 32:1-44
SERMON NOTES
IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD?
Jeremiah 32:1-44
– Jeremiah is in prison (32:1-5)
1. Faith acts on God’s Word.
– 32:6-8; Cousin Hanamel has what Derek Kidner calls an ‘untimely proposition’.
– Livy says that Hannibal was outraged when he found …
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 | Jeremiah 31:31-34
SERMON NOTES
THE NEW COVENANT
Jeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 8:1-13
– prophecy of the Messiah in 23:5-6; now of the new covenant (31:31)
– Judah and Israel become the church in Hebrews 8; this is a covenant of grace (Jer.31:32)
1. It promises life and power …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 29
SERMON NOTES
A HOPE AND A FUTURE
Jeremiah 29:1-32; Matthew 7:7-11
– three exiles: in 605 B.C. (with Daniel); 597 B.C. (with Ezekiel); and 587 B.C. (which destroyed Jerusalem). This letter to the exiles was written after 597 B.C. Believers live as exiles (1 Pet.2:11).…
