Peter Barnes | Ephesians 5:3-7
SERMON NOTES
Love and its Counterfeit
(Ephesians 5:3-7)
– Seneca in the first century said that innocence was not rare, but non-existent.
1. Put off all immorality, impurity and covetousness.
– 5:3-4; these are not to be named (cf. Ex.23:13)
– Calvin: ‘there are a …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 2:7-11
SERMON NOTES
THE TEST OF LOVE
Deuteronomy 24:7-22; 1 John 2:7-11
Robert Murray McCheyne: ‘For every look at self, take ten looks at Christ!’ Calvin: ‘fictitious sanctity dazzles the eyes of almost all men’.
1. Jesus commands Christians to love each other.
– 2:7-8a; …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
July 2009
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
The Bible tells us that Satan disguises himself as an angel of light (2 Cor.11:14). Therefore, when we hear of moves to press on with legislation in favour of anti- discrimination, freedom of religion, and a …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 5:1-2
SERMON NOTES
Imitating God in Love
(Ephesians 5:1-2)
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones: ‘This is the highest statement of Christian doctrine that one can conceive of or even imagine.’
1. God’s children are to imitate their Father.
– 5:1; imitate Paul (1 Cor.4:16); imitate Christ in Phil.2:5-8; …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 2:3-6
SERMON NOTES
ASSURANCE THROUGH OBEDIENCE
Psalm 40; 1 John 2:3-6
Robert Murray McCheyne: ‘For every look at self, take ten looks at Christ!’ Nevertheless, there is 2 Cor.13:5.
1. We grow in assurance by obeying God’s commandments.
– 2:3-4; John 14:15; Calvin: ‘no evil …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:31-32
SERMON NOTES
Being Kind and Forgiving
(Ephesians 4:31-32)
– general in 4:17-24, and more specific from verse 25 onwards.
1. Put off bitterness and malice.
– 4:31
(a) bitterness. Heb.12:15.
(b) rage. This comes from the word ‘to burn’.
(c) anger. See …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 2:1-2
SERMON NOTES
SIN AND THE BELIEVER
Jeremiah 23:1-8; 1 John 2:1-2
Calvin calls this ‘almost the whole gospel’.
1. We must desire holiness.
– 2:1; Calvin Coolidge: ‘He was agin it.’
– Lev.19:2 and Eph.2:8-9 together
2. We have a righteous advocate in Jesus …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:29-30
SERMON NOTES
Talk That Builds Up
(Ephesians 4:29-30)
– general in 4:17-24, and more specific from verse 25 onwards.
– Prov.12:18; 18:21; James 3:6
1. Put off unwholesome talk.
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones even suggested that Christians do not talk as much as non-Christians
– ‘rotten’ …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 1:8-10
SERMON NOTES
CONFESSING SIN
Psalm 14; 1 John 1:8-10
John Stott: ‘It is possible to be both too lenient and too severe towards sin.’
1. We all have sin.
– 1:8; this probably refers to our sinful nature
– Ps.51:5; Rom.6:23
2. We have …
Keith Noldt | Romans 3:19-26 …
