Peter Barnes | 1 John 3:19-24
SERMON NOTES
DEALING WITH DOUBT
Psalm 139; 1 John 3:19-24
– Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine (Fanny Crosby)
1. God’s grace is greater than our conscience.
– 3:19-20; conscience is vital but not our final authority (1 Cor.4:3-4; Prov.30:20; Luke 18:18-21)
– Augustine, Calvin, …
Peter Barnes | Exodus 21:1-16
SERMON NOTES
SLAVERY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
(Exodus 21:1-16)
– Sam Harris says that the Bible celebrates cruelty and recognises slavery which is an abomination.
1. It only lasted for six years.
– Ex.21:2 – unless the slave wanted it (Ex.21:5-6); also releases every fifty …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 3:11-18
SERMON NOTES
LOVING ONE ANOTHER
Genesis 4:1-15; 1 John 3:11-18
– what the world needs now is love, sweet love, but note Rom.12:9
1. Love is one of the proofs of regeneration.
– 3:11, 14-15, that one has moved from death to life (John …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
September 2009
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
In his Lectures to My Students, Charles Spurgeon cites the early Church Father, Ambrose of Milan as saying: ‘I adore the infinity of Scripture.’ This is a splendid saying. In dealing with the love of …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 6:4
SERMON NOTES
THE ROLE OF FATHERS
(Ephesians 6:4)
– in ancient Roman society, fathers had the power of life and death.
1. Discipline is necessary because of sin.
– Prov.22:15; Ps.51:5; Jer.17:9; Rom.3:23; Prov.29:15; Prov.13:24; Eccles.8:11; 1 Kings 1:5-6
– A. A. Neill and the …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 6:1-3
SERMON NOTES
THE RESPECT OF CHILDREN FOR PARENTS
(Ephesians 6:1-3)
– Dick Lucas: ‘Disobedient children are one of the more disagreeable and alarming signs of decay in a Christian culture.’
1. Obey and honour your parents.
– Absalom’s rebellion is all the worse because it …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 3:4-10
SERMON NOTES
THE CHRISTIAN AND CONTINUING SIN
Deuteronomy 4:1-14; 1 John 3:1-10
– like Romans 6 in that there is a definite break with sin.
1. The nature of sin.
(a) it is ‘without law’ (3:4); Shorter Catechism no.14
(b) it comes from the …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 5:25-33
SERMON NOTES
THE LOVING LEADERSHIP OF THE HUSBAND
(Ephesians 5:25-33)
– not rule well, but love (vv.25, 28, 33).
1. The husband is to love sacrificially.
– 5:25; love gives (Eph.5:2); the hymn-writer Philip Bliss in 1876 lost his life in a train wreck, while …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 2:28-3:3
SERMON NOTES
WE WILL BE LIKE HIM
Deuteronomy 7:1-11; 1 John 2:28-3:3
– the Antichrist is coming (2:18), so is the Christ (2:28); James Montgomery Boice says that the second coming is mentioned 318 times in the New Testament.
1. The Christian marvels at …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 5:22-24
SERMON NOTES
THE SUBMISSION OF THE WIFE
(Ephesians 5:22-24)
– male and female are created in the image of God (Gen.1:27), equal in sin (Rom.5:12-21) and equal in salvation (Gal.3:28) but an equality of worth and being goes with an inequality in role and function.…
