Those who derive their worldview from the world can only find themselves sinking into a mire, ‘for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter’ (Isa.28:15b). Nowhere has this become more obvious than in the year that has passed since Anders Breivik bombed government buildings …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 78:1-39
SERMON NOTES
NOT LEARNING FROM HISTORY
(Psalm 78:1-39)
– second longest Psalm, after Psalm 119
1. We have a duty to teach the faith to our children.
– 78:1-8; a parable is a story (or history) with a spiritual meaning (Matt.13:34-35)
– Gen.18:19; even under …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 77:10-12
SERMON NOTES
BACKSLIDING: THE WAY BACK
(Ps.77:10-12; 1 John 2:1)
– we all fall short of God’s glory
1. Be humbly aware of your own condition.
– Charles Simeon: ‘I would have a conscious unworthiness to pervade every act and habit of my soul’. He …
Peter Barnes | Acts 20:25-27
SERMON NOTES
PREACHING THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD (Acts 20:25-27)
Ezekiel 33:1-9; Acts 20:17-38
– spoken to elders from Ephesus
1. Christians are bound together by deep affection.
– 20:25, see v.38; announcing the kingdom (cf. Matt.4:17)
– ‘again’ is not in the Greek so …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 3:22
SERMON NOTES
BACKSLIDING: THE SIGNS
(Jer.3:22; Rev.2:5)
– faith is not static (Jer.3:22; Luke 17:5; Rev.2:4-5). The heart is the key thing (Prov.4:23). Two helpful works are Octavius Winslow’s Personal Declension and Revival of Religion in the Soul (1841) and Joel Beeke’s Getting Back in …
Peter Barnes | Acts 20:22-24
SERMON NOTES
DEAD TO SELF, ALIVE TO CHRIST (Acts 20:22-24)
Psalm 27; Acts 20:17-38
– spoken to elders from Ephesus
1. We cannot know the future in detail.
– 20:22; note the prayer in Rom.15:30-32
– 1 Cor.16:7-9
2. We can expect opposition.
– 20:23; …
Peter Barnes | Romans 8:35-39
SERMON NOTES
WHO SHALL SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST?
(Romans 8:35-39)
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones; ‘nothing greater or more wonderful in the whole of Scripture’.
1. No earthly trials can separate the Christian from Christ.
– 8:35-36; the ‘us’ are those of 8:29-30; lists …
Peter Barnes | Acts 20:17-21
SERMON NOTES
THE LIFE AND DOCTRINE OF THE APOSTLE
Ezekiel 3:16-27; Acts 20:17-38
– spoken to elders from Ephesus
1. The Church is to be governed by elders/overseers.
– 20:17; note elders in Acts 11:30; 14:23; 15:4, 6
– elders are called overseers in Acts …
Peter Barnes | Romans 8:31-34
SERMON NOTES
IF GOD IS FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?
(Romans 8:31-34)
– Matthew Henry: ‘If ever Paul rode in a triumphant chariot on this side of heaven, here it is.’
1. God is restricted by no one.
– 8:31; note Ps.27:1; recall …
