Peter Barnes | Luke 15:11-32
SERMON NOTES
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
2 Chronicles 33:1-17; Luke 15:11-32
Dostoevsky, dying in 1881, wanted it read to his children.
1. The wild sinner repents.
– 15:11-13, 30, 14-16; a Jew in a pigsty! (Lev.11:7)
– sin promises pleasure and delivers misery…
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
November 2008
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
In a sermon delivered in 1933, Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones asserted quite vigorously that all sins are equal in God’s sight: ‘All sin is sin to God and miserliness is no worse than drunkenness. Both are equally …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 1:15-23
SERMON NOTES
Prayer for Growth
(Eph. 1:15-19a)
– prayer in chapters 1, 3, 6.
1. What is a Christian?
– 1:15; faith in the Lord Jesus and love to all the saints (written to a Gentile Church)
– Luke 6:32; Martyn Lloyd-Jones rested on this …
Peter Barnes | Ecclesiastes 12:1
SERMON NOTES
Remember Your Creator in the Days of Your Youth
Eccles. 12:1-14; 1 Cor.15:12-19, 29-34
Joseph Conrad: ‘the feeling that I could last for ever’.
1. There’s something wrong with everything.
– 1:2 – vanity or futility or meaninglessness – 36 times
(a) wisdom …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 1:13, 14
SERMON NOTES
Sealed by the Spirit
(Eph. 1:13-14)
– already and not yet idea in Rom.8:23; Heb.2:8; 1 John 3:2
1. We become Christians through believing the gospel of Christ.
– 1:13a; 1 Thess.1:9-10; John 16:8, 14
2. A Christian is sealed with the …
Peter Barnes | John 4:1-42
SERMON NOTES
Knowing the Saviour of the World
John 4:1-42
1. The desire of a new Christian to make Christ known.
– 4:28-29; ‘the expulsive power of a new affection’ (Thomas Chalmers); she begins simply by asking questions
– she acknowledges her sin (4:29, 39)…
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 1:7-12
SERMON NOTES
Redeemed Through the Son
(Eph. 1:7-12)
– God is rich in grace and mercy (1:7; 2:7)
1. Christians are redeemed in Christ.
– 1:7a; see Deut.7:8; Rev.5:9
– 1 Peter 1:18-19; Thomas Goodwin: ‘Thou needest not bring one penny. God is rich enough.’…
Peter Barnes | Luke 11:24-26
SERMON NOTES
The Dangers of a Half-Conversion
1 Samuel 16:14-23; 18:1-16; Luke 11:14-26
– Luke 11:24-26; 2 Peter 2:20-22
1. We can experience some blessing from God without being converted.
– John 3:1-3; Nicodemus expected some improvement
2. In the long-term, the half-converted are worse …
Dan Swan | Ruth 4 …
Wayne Richards | Matthew 6:10 …
