Peter Barnes | Psalm 7
SERMON NOTES
A GOOD CONSCIENCE BEFORE ONE’S ENEMIES
(Psalm 7)
– 7:1-2; possibly written when Cush from Saul’s tribe of Benjamin was accusing David of seizing the throne
1. The blessings of a good conscience.
– 7:3-5; see Acts 24:16; 25:11; Job 31:5-8
– 7:8; …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 9:1-27
SERMON NOTES
SAUL AS THE PEOPLE’S KING
1 Samuel 9:1-27; John 18:28-40
– Tony Blair called Lady Diana ‘the people’s princess’, and Saul was ‘the people’s king’.
1. God endorses the people’s king, for a time.
– 9:1-2; Saul looked like a king in …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 5
SERMON NOTES
GOD AGAINST ALL EVILDOERS
(Psalm 5)
– a morning prayer (5:3)
1. Take time to call upon God in prayer.
– 5:1-3
– this is personal (‘my King and my God’) and he waits for an answer in verse 3;
– he prays …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 8:1-22
SERMON NOTES
WHO IS THE KING OF ISRAEL?
1 Samuel 8:1-22; Luke 19:11-27
– like David’s plan for a temple, in that God overrules for good.
1. Disobedience invariably appears reasonable.
– the three reasons given for asking for a king seem reasonable:
Samuel’s …
When I was involved in the dispute over the banning of corporal discipline in schools, I was once asked by the Melbourne radio announcer, Derryn Hinch, to be interviewed. I consented, and he rang and launched into his first question: ‘Do you think that Jesus went around Jerusalem bashing children?’ …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 4
SERMON NOTES
EVENING PRAYER IN A DAY OF TROUBLE
(Psalm 4)
– seems to be written at the end of a troubled day (4:4, 8), perhaps during Absalom’s revolt (as in Psalm 3)
1. Turn to the Lord in prayer.
– 4:1; NIV only has …
Peter Barnes | 1 Timothy 4:15
SERMON NOTES
DILIGENCE AND PROGRESS IN THE ELDER
(1 Tim.4:15)
1 Timothy 3:1-7; 1 Timothy 4:1-16
– 1 Timothy is a Pastoral Epistle – see 1:3; 4:14
1. We are be diligent about ourselves and our teaching.
– the NKJV says ‘meditate’; the ESV …
Peter Barnes | Romans 4:23-25
SERMON NOTES
ABRAHAM’S FAITH AND MINE: RESURRECTION
(Romans 4:23-25)
– ‘Self-desperate, I believe’ (Charles Wesley)
1. Faith gives glory to God.
– 4:20; Calvin: ‘no greater honour can be given to God than by sealing His truth by our faith.’
– opposite to Rom.1:21-23; fulfilment …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 7:2-17
SERMON NOTES
GOD, THE ARK, AND THE PHILISTINES
1 Samuel 7:2-17; 1 Peter 5:1-11
1. We are to be serious in seeking the Lord.
– 7:1-4
– conviction of sin (as in Acts 2:37-38) and only the worship of the true God.
2. Signs …
Dr Barnes’ introduction from the Eucharist debate with Tim Staples. …
