Peter Barnes: The New Covenant in Christs’ Blood, Luke 22:20 (Sunday 24 May 2020 Evening Service, 6.00)p.m.
The Passover meal was supposed to have had four cups, and Darrell Bock is one of a number of scholars who says that verse 20 refers to what is probably the Passover’s third …
Peter Barnes: Enter His Gates with Praises, Psalm 100 (Sunday 24 May 2020 Morning Service, 9.00 a.m.)
William Kethe has given us the Old Hundredth: All people that on earth do dwell,/ Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice, while Isaac Watts revamped it (with some improvements by John Wesley) …
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: Arise, O LORD, in Dark Days, Psalm 74 (Sunday 17 May 2020 Morning Service, 9.00 a.m.)
In Psalm 73 the Psalmist, Asaph, envied the prosperity of the wicked, until he entered the sanctuary (Psalm 73:16-17). But in Psalm 74 the Psalmist could not go into the sanctuary because …
Peter Barnes: The Sons of David and The Son of David, 2 Samuel 7:1-17 (Sunday 10 May 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 p.m.)
– the word ‘covenant’ is not used here, but it is used later of references to it – Psalm 89:3-4. God does not need a temple to dwell …
Peter Barnes: The Dangers in Blessings, Psalm 30 (Sunday 10 May 2020 Morning Service, 9.00 a.m.)
The word in the superscription is actually ‘house’, for the temple as such was not built until Solomon’s day. It could be referring to 2 Sam.7:1-2 or 2 Sam.24:16-18.
1. Grateful praise for God’s …
Peter Barnes: Law and Promise Fitting Together, Galatians 3:15-18 (Sunday 3 May 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 p.m.)
The Sinaitic covenant obviously has some similarities with a covenant of works (cf. 2 Cor.3:6-9; Heb.8:9), yet it is not.
1. The promise comes first. – for over 430 years God’s covenant people …
Peter Barnes: When Evil Dominates, Psalm 12 (Sunday 3 May 2020 Morning Service, 9.00 a.m.)
Perhaps this Psalm came from the time when David was on the run from Saul, or perhaps from the time of Absalom’s rebellion, where the way was paved by Absalom’s deceptive and self-serving words. Yet …
Peter Barnes: The Blood and Book of the Covenant with Moses, Exodus 24:1-11 (Sunday 26 April 2020 Evening Service)
– about 1450 B.C. we again read the language of covenant – Ex. 19:5-6; 24:7-8.
1. Our sin means that we need a mediator. – 24:1-2. God’s presence is holy – …
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.…
