The Power of God for Salvation (Romans 1:16-17)
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Tolerance In Church And Society (Rom.14:1; Eph.4:15; Rev.2:20)
2 Corinthians 10:3-5 and 1 Chronicles 12:32.
- Tolerance by itself undermines both truth and love.
- Eph.4:15. George Orwell hit the mark near the end of Nineteen Eighty-Four where Winston is told: ‘You must love Big Brother. It is not enough to obey him: you must love him.’ G. K.
The Heart and Soul of The Believer (Rom. 12:9-21)
Shane Gooch brings us the message this morning from Romans 12.…
David and the Kingly Line of the Messiah – The Death of Absalom
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 …
1 Peter: God’s Pilgrim People in a Hostile World – Joy in Trials
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 1:6-9
SERMON NOTES
JOY IN TRIALS
1 Peter 1:6-9
– Psalm 30:5; 2 Cor.4:17.
1. We are tested in this life.
– 1:6-7; James 1:2-3. Job (Job 1-2), Abraham (Gen.22), and Peter (Luke 22:31-32) were all tested.
– Luke 8:13; Thomas Case: ‘Affliction is a …
David and the Kingly Line of the Messiah – If No Justice, Then Revenge
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 13:20-39
SERMON NOTES
IF NO JUSTICE, THEN REVENGE
2 Samuel 13:20-39
– Ps.94:1-12. Then justice and mercy will be seen together, but here David flounders.
1. Ineffectual justice makes for more injustice.
– 13:21; Lev.20:17; Eccles.8:11.
– also 13:30-39.
Why was David so ineffectual?
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Micah: Prophet of Judgment, Peace and Pardon – What Does the Lord Require of Us?
Peter Barnes | Micah 6:8
SERMON NOTES
WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE OF US?
Micah 6:8
– a memory verse. God is good, and we are to be good because that reflects His character (Mic.6:8a; Mark 10:18; 1 Pet.2:3).
1. We are to do justice.
– 6:8b. The NIV says …
David and the Kingly Line of the Messiah – Sin Has Consequences
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 12:7b-15
SERMON NOTES
SIN HAS CONSEQUENCES
2 Samuel 12:1-15a; Romans 4:1-12
This chapter, together with Psalm 51 which flows from it, shows us that sin is no light matter. Bonhoeffer warned against cheap grace, and Dale Ralph Davis even writes of ‘the fury of grace’.…
The Last Night (John 13-17) – Another Helper Will Come
Peter Barnes | John 14:16-17
SERMON NOTES
ANOTHER HELPER WILL COME
(John 14:16-17; see Romans 8:1-11)
On the last night, Jesus refers to the Spirit on five occasions (cf. 14:16-17, 26; 15:26; 16:7-11, 12-15).
1. The Holy Spirit is a divine Person like Jesus.
– 14:16-17. The ESV has ‘another …