Peter Barnes | 1 Timothy 5:3-16
SERMON NOTES
PRINCIPLES OF CHARITY
Leviticus 19:1-18; 1 Timothy 5:3-16
– the widows seem to have been helped and in turn to have helped; Calvin sees them as women deacons; note Dorcas in Acts 9:39-41
1. Widows are to be cared for.
– 5:3; …
There are times in our lives when one thing becomes almost all-consuming. In his masterful novel, Moby-Dick, Herman Melville explored the mad obsession of Captain Ahab for a great white whale – an obsession which ultimately destroyed him and virtually all his crew. In the graphic last sentences the whale …
Peter Barnes | 1 Timothy 3:8-13
SERMON NOTES
THE QUALIFICATIONS OF DEACONS
Deut. 24:5-22; 1 Timothy 3:8-13
– two distinct offices: elder/overseer in 3:1-7 and deacon in 3:8-13; like two prongs on a fork, not rungs on a ladder i.e. the deacon is not a trainee elder
1. Deacons must
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Peter Barnes | Jude 12-15
SERMON NOTES
FALSE TEACHERS EXPOSED
(Jude 12-15)
– grace is being turned into immorality (vv.3-4)
1. False teachers are within the church.
– v.12; the Lord’s Supper either was the love feast or part of the love feast (note 1 …
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Peter Barnes | Acts 6:1-7
SERMON NOTES
THE WORK OF DEACONS
Isaiah 1:1-18; Acts 6:1-7
– no deacons in the church in Acts 1-5; like no elders at Crete until Titus 1:5; but both elders and deacons in Phil.1:1
1. The Church is to be …
Peter Barnes | Jude 8-11
SERMON NOTES
THE LAWLESS ARE GRACELESS
(Jude 8-11)
– grace is being turned into immorality (vv.3-4)
1. The false teachers are immoral, selfish and arrogant.
– v.8; Jude thinks in triplets: they defile the flesh, they reject authority, and literally ‘they slander the glories’
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Peter Barnes | Jude 5-7
SERMON NOTES
THE SINS OF THE FALSE TEACHERS
(Jude 5-7)
– grace is being turned into immorality (vv.3-4)
1. God has judged unbelieving covenant people.
– v.5; repeats what they should know (Phil.3:1)
– e.g. Ex.32:1-4; Num.25:1-3; hence Ex.32:26
– not all Israel is Israel;
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Peter Barnes | 1 Timothy 3:1-7
SERMON NOTES
THE QUALIFICATIONS OF AN ELDER, Part 2
Leviticus 10; 1 Tim. 3:1-7
1. The elder must be able to teach.
– 3:2; all Christians should be teachers in some way (Heb.5:12); in 1758 John Newton’s first sermon …
Peter Barnes | Jude 1-4
SERMON NOTES
CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH
(Jude 1-4)
– Jude is almost certainly a half-brother of Jesus (Matt.13:54-56) who was not a believer until after the resurrection (Mark 3:21, 31; John 7:5)
1. A Christian is called, loved, and kept.
– vv.1-2
– called (Rom.8:29-30);
