Peter Barnes | John 2:1-11
SERMON NOTES
THE PURPOSE OF THE MIRACLES
(John 2:1-11)
– Jesus’ words and deeds go together; Thomas Jefferson wrote a foolish book called The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, where he eliminated all the miracles. But ‘I am the resurrection and the life’ …
Peter Barnes | Romans 1:11-15
SERMON NOTES
ENCOURAGEMENT AND OBLIGATION
(Romans 1:11-15)
1. We ought to aim to encourage one another.
– 1:11-12; see Prov.11:25; 27:17
– same word ‘to strengthen’ in Luke 22:32
– 1 Cor.12:14-15, 20-21
– 1863-7 Abraham Kuyper was at Beesd where a peasant woman led …
Peter Barnes | Hosea 6:1-11
SERMON NOTES
A FALSE REPENTANCE
Hosea 6:1-11; 2 Corinthians 7:2-12
– like Mark 15:19
– Derek Kidner says that in Hosea 6:1-3 Hosea is speaking, and that 6:4-6 shows that Israel rejected what he said. But verses 1-3 seem to come from Israel and verses …
‘Who is the Real Jesus?’ Is he the second last of the prophets, pointing to Mohammed? Or is he the divine Redeemer who came to suffer, die, and rise from the dead, in order to save his people from their sins? On 23 October 2010 at the Wiley Park Muslim …
Peter Barnes | Romans 1:8-10
SERMON NOTES
PRAYER AND EVANGELISM
Romans 1:8-10
– Paul only arrived in Rome about three years after writing Romans (Acts 28:16)
1. Paul’s gratitude to God for the faith of the Romans.
– 1:8. There is a ‘first’ but no ‘second’. Paul’s literary style lacks …
Peter Barnes | Hosea 5:1-15
SERMON NOTES
A MOTH AND A LION
Hosea 5:1-15; Hebrews 10:26-39
1. God is like a moth as Israel decays.
– 5:1 (priests, people, princes); 5:12
– decay through sexual immorality (5:3-4), pride (5:5), religious activity without faith (5:6, 7, 11; note 6:6; see too …
The Christian who holds to the Bible as God’s all-sufficient Word tends to have mixed feelings about a festival like Christmas. In the Old Testament there were three great feasts each year (Deut.16) – Passover (to celebrate Israel’s redemption from bondage in Egypt), Weeks (or Harvest or Pentecost, to celebrate …
Peter Barnes | Romans 1:5-7
SERMON NOTES
BRINGING THE GOSPEL TO THE GENTILES
Romans 1:5-7
1. Paul’s mission to all the Gentiles
– 1:5. Paul was saved in order to be the apostle to the Gentiles (Galatians 1:15-16; 2:7).
– We know how far Paul had travelled (15:18-19; Illyricum is …
Peter Barnes | Hosea 4:7-19
SERMON NOTES
LIKE PEOPLE, LIKE PRIEST
Hosea 4:7-19; Galatians 6:1-10
Because of the priests, sin is spiralling out of control.
1. The priests have come to thrive on sin.
– 4:7-9; the more priests, the more sacrifices, and the more sin (cf. Lev.6:25-26); like a …
Peter Barnes | Romans 1:1-4
SERMON NOTES
PAUL: THE MAN AND HIS MESSAGE
Romans 1:1-4
– Martin Luther: ‘The more time one spends in it, the more precious it becomes and the better it appears.’ He wanted Christians to know it by heart, as ‘the daily bread of the soul’. …
