Peter Barnes | Ephesians 3:9-13
SERMON NOTES
Making Known God’s Eternal Purpose
(Ephesians 3:9-13)
1. God’s eternal plan is now revealed.
– 3:9-11; the manifold or variegated wisdom of God, before a mystery, is now made known
– God does not zig-zag His way through the Bible as Dispensationalism teaches…
Peter Barnes | Psalm 103 (part 2)
SERMON NOTES
Grace to Fragile People
Psalm 103; Luke 15:11-32
– vv.1-5 are personal and in the singular; vv.6-22 are more general and in the plural.
1. God righteous mercy.
– God is righteous (v.6; note Ps.130:3) but merciful too.
(a) His mercy …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
February 2009
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
One of the more ludicrous ecclesiastical efforts of 2008 came in September when the Church of England bishops apologised to Charles Darwin (1809-82). What Darwin made of this is unknown as he had been dead for …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 3:1-8
SERMON NOTES
The Unsearchable Riches of Christ
(Ephesians 3:1-8)
1. Paul as a person.
– 3:2-5 – he magnifies his person; 3:8 – he emphasises his own unworthiness, ‘the leaster of all the saints’
– 1 Cor.15:9; 1 Tim.1:15; John Bunyan’s autobiography is Grace Abounding …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 103 (part 1)
SERMON NOTES
Bless the Lord, O My Soul
Psalm 103; Revelation 4
– Paul Little used to read it when depressed, although note Prov.25:20; Matthew Henry: ‘This Psalm calls more for devotion than exposition.’
1. We need to remind ourselves to praise the …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 3:1-7
SERMON NOTES
The Mystery Revealed
(Ephesians 3:1-7)
– notice the ‘For this reason’ in verse 1 which looks back to chapter 2, but is then interrupted and only picked up again in verse 14.
1. Grace leads to costly evangelism.
– 3:1. Nero put Paul …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 88
SERMON NOTES
Down in the Dumps
Psalm 88; Psalms 42-43
– Grimaldi in 1808; Woody Allen: life is divided between the horrible and the miserable.
– Michael Wilcock: Psalm 88 is ‘one long, desperate cry’; Calvin refers to the ‘unadvised words’; note Bunyan’s Slough of …
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