Peter Barnes: THE TEMPTATIONS OF THE SON OF GOD, Matthew 4:1-11 (22 March 2020)
John Owen: ‘How shall I stand, O Lord, if such mighty pillars have been cast to the ground? If such cedars were blown down, how shall I stand before temptation? O keep me that I do …
Peter Barnes: A RENEWED CREATION, Genesis 9:1-7 (15 March 2020)
God promised never again to flood the world, and that He would keep nature going in an orderly sequence (Gen.8:21-22).
1. Be fruitful and multiply.
– 9:1, 7. This repeats Genesis 1:28 before the Fall. Noah is a kind of …
Peter Barnes: PRIDE GRIPS A GODLY MAN, 2 Kings 20:12-21 (15 March 2020)
Hezekiah was one of the few godly kings of Judah, and he reigned
from about 715 B.C. to about 686 B.C. When William Grimshaw was dying in 1763, Henry Venn came to see him and asked …
Peter Barnes: ACovenant of Common Grace, Genesis 6:18, 8:20-22 (8 March 2020)
Adam failed – Rom.8:3. God then begins to unfold a series of
covenant, starting with a covenant of grace with Noah – Gen.6:18.
That is the first time we find the word ‘covenant’ in Scripture.
1. A sacrifice …
Peter Barnes: The Bondage of Lust, 2 Samuel 11:1-27 (8 March 2020)
Calvin says this should ‘make our hair stand straight up on end’. John
Owen: ‘Many conquerors have been ruined by their carelessness after a
victory.’
1. Sin arises first in our hearts and minds, before the act.
– …
Peter Barnes: God’s Covenant with Adam, Genesis 2:1-17, Genesis 3:1-21 (1 March 2020)
‘Covenant’ is used some 287 times in the Old Testament e.g. with
Noah (Gen.6:18), Abraham (Gen.15:18), Israel through Moses (Ex.24:8),
and David (Ps.89:3), and the new covenant through the Messiah
(Jer.31:31; Luke 22:20). Each successive covenant builds …
Peter Barnes: When Fear Leads to Sin, Genesis 20:1-18, Matthew 10:24:33 (1 March 2020)
Karl Marx: ‘The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-
contempt, abasement, submission, dejection.’ Not cowardice! We are to
be strong and courageous.
1. The temptation to repeat sin.
This is similar to Genesis 12, to …
Kevin Gladding: Book of Jonah, Part 2 (29 February) Woonona, Church Camp …
Kevin Gladding: Book of Jonah, Part 1 (29 February) Woonona, Church Camp …
Peter Barnes: God Rescues from All Adversity, Psalm 107:1-32, 33-43 (23 February 2020)
The Psalmist gives four situations where God’s people find themselves
in adversity, often through their own fault. We are also told of their
responses to these adversities, and God’s responses. All of this takes
place within a …
