Peter Barnes | 1 John 2:20-27
SERMON NOTES
THE TESTIMONY AGAINST THE ANTICHRISTS
Psalm 2; 1 John 2:20-27
– ‘anti’ means ‘instead of’
1. We are to believe that Jesus is the Christ.
– 2:22-23; note Matt.11:27; John 1:18; 14:9
– Cicero: ‘the question of the nature of the gods …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 5:21
SERMON NOTES
FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT OF THANKFUL SUBMISSION
(Ephesians 5:20-21)
– 5:18-21 is one sentence! To be filled with the Spirit is to be speaking, singing, and making music to the Lord, giving thanks to the Father, and submitting to one another.
1. We …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 2:18-19
SERMON NOTES
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEIT CHRISTS!
Ezekiel 13:1-23; 1 John 2:18-19
– focus on the right Christ
1. We live in the last hour.
– 2:18; the Old Testament looks to that day (Amos 9:11-12; Isa.2:2-4)
– Acts 2:17; Heb.1:1-2; 1 Peter 1:20; we …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
August 2009
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
Many people in the Christian Church have wondered how the Old and New Testaments are to be connected. Partly this is because of the widespread teaching of the German liberal Protestants who had no idea how …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 5:18-20
SERMON NOTES
FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT
(Ephesians 5:18-19)
– 5:18-21 is one sentence! To be filled with the Spirit is to be speaking, singing, and making music to the Lord, as well as giving thanks and submitting to one another.
1. Do not be drunk …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 2:15-17
SERMON NOTES
THE CHRISTIAN AND THE WORLD
Genesis 3:1-19; 1 John 2:15-17
– there is a sense in which the world is to be loved (John 3:16; Matt.5:44-45), but we are not to join in its rebellion against God.
1. It is impossible to …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 5:15-17
SERMON NOTES
Walking Wisely
(Ephesians 5:15-17)
– walk in holiness, not unrighteousness (4:17-32), walk in love, not lust (5:1-7), walk in the light, not darkness (5:8-14), and walk in wisdom, not folly (5:15-20)
1. The wise person redeems the time.
(a) working hard. ‘Methodists’ …
Chris Athavle | Luke 19:11-27 …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 5:8-14
SERMON NOTES
Walking as Children of Light
(Ephesians 5:8-14)
1. The unbeliever is darkness, the believer is light.
– 5:8; see 2 Cor.4:3-6; 1 Pet.2:9
– Christ is light (John 8:12), so we are to be light (Matt.5:14)
2. What we do with darkness.
(a) …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 2:12-14
SERMON NOTES
VARIOUS GRADES OF GRACE
Deuteronomy 31:1-13; 1 John 2:12-14
– one covenant community of various types. Age groups in 1 Tim.5:1-2, but probably 1 John 2:12-14 is dealing with various grades of spiritual maturity.
– Deut.31:12-13; Ralph Venning: ‘They are all in …
