Peter Barnes | Hosea 10:1-15
SERMON NOTES
ISRAEL’S HEART DIVIDED
Hosea 10:1-15; Revelation 6:1-17
– two images: of a vine (10:1) and a heifer (10:11); the general idea is that we reap what we sow (10:13; Gal.6:7)
1. God wants our hearts.
– 10:1-2; Israel’s heart is divided (NKJV), deceitful …
Peter Barnes | Romans 1:24-25, 28-32
SERMON NOTES
ABANDONED TO WICKEDNESS
(Romans 1:24-25, 28-32)
– some textual variants but there are something like 21 vices listed in verses 29-31. Paul is not saying that all Gentiles did all these things all the time, but this is where idolatry heads.
1. …
Deception is something we hate but something we cannot avoid, for there is deception everywhere. When sin entered the world, Eve explained: ‘The serpent deceived me, and I ate’ (Gen.3:13). Satan is called ‘the deceiver of the whole world’ (Rev.12:9) – no more so than when people do not believe …
Peter Barnes | Romans 1:21-23
SERMON NOTES
THE WICKED FOLLY OF IDOLATRY
(Romans 1:21-23)
– context of Rom.1:20. Calvin sees wonder in our fingernails. We have no defence.
1. All people know God in a sense.
– 1:21; see Acts 14:17; that is why the atheist can be so virulent…
Peter Barnes | Hosea 9:1-17
SERMON NOTES
ISRAEL IN EXILE
Hosea 9:1-17; Numbers 25:1-9
– God promised Abraham a promised land and a great nation, but Israel has descended into idolatry and immorality (9:10). The glory has gone (9:11a, 12b).
1. Exile from the Promised Land.
– 9:1-6; in 9:3 …
