Peter Barnes | Ezekiel 16
SERMON NOTES
A HISTORY OF JERUSALEM
Ezekiel 16
– This is graphic and confronting
1. God loves the unlovely.
– 16:1-14; God finds Israel as an abandoned baby girl; exposure of infants and abortion are signs of a decadent culture
– God speaks the word …
Peter Barnes | Judges 10:6-18
SERMON NOTES
GOD REBUKES HIS PEOPLE
(Judges 10:6-18)
– something like 2:6-3:6 in explaining the cycles
1. Sin tends to spiral downwards.
– 10:6; like 3:12; 4:1; 6:1, only worse
– more than a drift (Heb.2:1)
2. Remorse is not the same as repentance.
– …
Peter Barnes | Acts 16:29-34
SERMON NOTES
WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN?
Psalm 32; Acts 16:16-34
– Paul in gaol, and an earthquake strikes
1. A Christian is one who becomes convicted of sin, death, and judgment.
– 16:29-30; he trembles (see 2:37)
– Charles Simeon after a drunken man was …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
February 2010
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
Is the minister of a church to be seen as akin to a CEO of a company? Should he be a public relations expert? Should each local church have a Finance Department? Should we aim at …
Peter Barnes | Judges 9
SERMON NOTES
ABIMELECH: A FAILED KING
(Judges 9)
– Shakespeare: ‘The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.’
1. Beware of cunning appeals.
– 9:1-6; false religion and violence together
– cream rises to the top but …
Peter Barnes | Ezekiel 13
SERMON NOTES
FALSE PROPHETS AND WHITEWASHED WALLS
Ezekiel 13; Matthew 7:1-6, 13-23
– test all things (1 Thess.5:21); Ezekiel deals with false prophets (13:1-16) and false prophetesses (13:17-23)
1. False teachers make up their own message.
– 13:1-3, 6-7; Jer.23:21-22
– like jackals (13:4-5; Song …
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Peter Barnes | Judges 7
SERMON NOTES
THE WEAK CONFOUND THE STRONG
(Judges 7)
– like David and Goliath; the key text is 7:2b.
1. God uses the weak to confound the strong.
– 7:1-2; note Deut.8:11-17
– originally 32,000 versus 135,000 (7:12; 8:10)
– 7:3 (see Deut.20:8); 7:4-8 looks …
Peter Barnes | Ezekiel 10
SERMON NOTES
THE GLORY DEPARTS FROM THE TEMPLE
Ezekiel 10; Revelation 2:1-7
– Moses’ desire for God’s presence and glory (Ex.33:14-20)
1. The glory of God appears in Christ.
– 10:1-2, 9-17; reminiscent of the vision in Ezekiel 1
– Isa. 6:1-2 refers to Christ …
