Peter Barnes | Ephesians 6:18
SERMON NOTES
‘EACH PIECE PUT ON WITH PRAYER’
(Ephesians 6:18)
– George Duffield: ‘Put on the gospel armour,/ Each piece put on with prayer’. The word ‘all’ or ‘every’ is found 4 times in verse 18.
1. We are to pray all kinds of prayers.…
Peter Barnes | 1 John 5:1-5
SERMON NOTES
VICTORY THROUGH THE THREE TESTS
Deuteronomy 30:1-10; 1 John 5:1-5
1. The rebirth comes first.
– 5:1 (cf. 3:9; 4:7)
– by nature we are dead (John 5:24-25; Eph.2:1-6), ignorant (Eph.4:18), bound in sin (John 8:34), and alienated from God (Col.1:21).
2. …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 6:16-17
SERMON NOTES
FAITH, SALVATION AND THE WORD
(Ephesians 6:16-17)
– these are all to do with the head (the understanding)
1. Take up the shield of faith.
– 6:16; this was a large shield (four feet by two and a half feet)
– Satan fires …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 4:11-21
SERMON NOTES
LOVING GOD AND HIS PEOPLE
Leviticus 19:1-18; 1 John 4:11-21
– 1 John 2:7-11 and 3:11-18 – like ascending a spiral staircase
1. God’s love comes through the gospel.
– 4:13-16; trust in Christ to receive the Spirit who brings God’s love …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
October 2009
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
Stumbling blocks are necessarily present in a fallen world, yet the person who is a stumbling block is responsible before God, and Christ pronounces a solemn ‘Woe’ upon him (Matt. 18:7). This issue actually surfaces quite …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 6:14-15
SERMON NOTES
TRUTH, RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND PEACE
(Ephesians 6:14-15)
– 1 Thess. 5:8; 2 Tim. 2:3
1. We need the belt of truth.
– 6:14a; Isa. 11:5; probably not the Scriptures as they are mentioned in Eph. 6:17
– Eph. 4:25; Ps. 51:6
– call to …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 4:7-10
SERMON NOTES
GOD IS LOVE
Psalm 31:1-24; 1 John 4:7-10
– see 1 John 2:7-11 and 3:11-18
1. God is love.
– 4:8, 16; God loves (John 3:16; Rom.5:8), but more than that, He is love
– He is spirit (John 4:24); a consuming …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 6:10-13
SERMON NOTES
THE NATURE OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE
(Ephesians 6:10-13)
– it is a war, not a picnic.
1. Be strong in the Lord.
– 6:10, 13; Solomon’s sin in 1 Kings 11:1-4 is more from weakness than maliciousness.
– William Gurnall: ‘cowards never won heaven’; …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 4:1-6
SERMON NOTES
TESTING THE SPIRITS
Ezekiel 13:1-23; 1 John 4:1-6
1. Test the spirits.
– 4:1; note Matt.24:24; Deut.18:20-22; Jer.23:16-17; Acts 20:29-30; 2 Pet.2:1 (secretly)
– Jeremiah versus Hananiah in Jeremiah 28
– 1 Thess.5:21; Rev.2:2; Matt.7:15
2. Be confident in the Spirit.
– …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 6:5-9
SERMON NOTES
MASTERS AND SLAVES
(Ephesians 6:5-9)
– William Wilberforce: ‘Moderating the insolence of power, she [i.e. Christianity] renders the inequalities of the social state less galling to the lower orders.’
1. The work of Christian slaves.
(a) They are to respect and obey their …
