Peter Barnes | Psalm 150
SERMON NOTES
Praise the Lord!
Exodus:15:1-27; Psalm 150
– the Psalter goes from obedience to the Word (Ps.1) to praise of the Lord (Ps.150).
1. Who is to praise the Lord?
– vv.1, 6. Calvin says verse 1 refers to heaven twice; Derek Kidner says …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
May 2009
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
From 1831 to 1836 Charles Darwin was involved in the voyage of the Beagle, which surveyed South America and the Pacific Ocean. This was a momentous voyage for Darwin himself. After the publication of his …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:21-24
SERMON NOTES
Put On the New Life
(Ephesians 4:21-24)
– general in 4:17-24, and more specific from verse 25 onwards.
1. Beware of an empty profession.
– 4:20-21 (same expression as in 3:2); The ESV has ‘assuming’; NKJV has ‘if indeed’.
2. Put off the …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 147
SERMON NOTES
Praise the Lord for Everything
Psalm 147; Luke 4:14-30
– probably to be dated after the exile to Babylon in the 6th century B.C. (note v.2)
1. Praise the God who shows gracious kindness.
– vv.3, 6, 10, 11-14
2. Praise the God …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:17-20
SERMON NOTES
Put Off the Old Life
(Ephesians 4:17-20)
– general in 4:17-24, and more specific from verse 25 onwards.
1. It is necessary to put off the old life.
– 4:17; not ‘insist’ (NIV) but ‘testify’
– Hodge: ‘Truth .. has moral beauty.’
2. …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 146
SERMON NOTES
Praise the Lord, not Princes
Psalm 146; Luke 1:46-56
– one of the final ‘praise’ Psalms; Col.3:16
1. We ought not to put our hope in man.
– vv.3-4; no Thousand Year Reich, etc; the Scottish Presbyterians should not have trusted Charles II …
Chris Athavle | Luke 19:1-10 …
Wayne Richards | Philippians 3:10,11 …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 2:21-24
SERMON NOTES
CHRIST – OUR EXAMPLE AND OUR SUBSTITUTE
(1 Peter 2:21-24)
– addressed specifically to slaves (2:21)
1. Christ our example.
(a) He is sinless. 2:22; 1 John 2:6; Acts 10:37-38; 2 Cor.5:21
(b) He did not retaliate. 2:23a. Charles Simeon: …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:13-16
SERMON NOTES
GROWING INTO CHRIST
(Ephesians 4:13-16)
1. We are to seek to mature together in Christ.
– 4:13-14; already is unity in 2:14; 4:3
– ‘mature’ is the same Greek word for ‘perfect’ but ‘mature’ fits better here.
– 1 John 3:2
– like …
