Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
October 2008
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
Where the Christian revelation is despised, there will be a consequent decline in our apprehension of beauty, goodness and truth. In other words, ungodliness will lead to moral decay, and the result will be a greater …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 1:1-6
SERMON NOTES
Predestined in Love by the Father
(Eph. 1:1-6)
– probably a circular letter, ‘in Ephesus’ in verse 1 is not in all manuscripts
– Eph.1 – the Father elects (vv.1-6), the Son redeems (vv.7-12), the Spirit seals (vv.13-14)
1. The Father has predestined …
Peter Barnes | Mark 6:14-29
SERMON NOTES
Hearing Gladly Yet Hostile
Jeremiah 38:1-28; Mark 6:14-29
Herod Antipas divorced his wife to marry the wife of his half-brother Philip.
1. Herod recognised that John was righteous.
– 6:19-20
– the Kremlin feared Solzhenitsyn
2. Herod is moved by John’s preaching.
– …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 61:4-11
SERMON NOTES
Favour for God’s People
(Isa. 61:4-11)
– this is an everlasting covenant (61:8)
1. Grace and justice in place of shame and dishonour.
– 61:4-9; grace and justice will be reconciled after the shame of the exile
2. The Gentiles will be called …
Peter Barnes | Matthew 22:12
SERMON NOTES
No Wedding Garment
Proverbs 9:1-12; Matthew 22:1-14
– kingdom like a wedding feast (22:1-2)
1. God calls all to His kingdom.
– 22:3-4, 8-10
– Matt.11:28; John 6:37; Acts 17:30; Rev.19:7, 9
2. People reject God in various ways.
(a) indifference – 22:5; …
Dan Swan | Ruth 3 …
Peter Barnes | Luke 17:20-37
SERMON NOTES
The Kingdom will Come
Psalm 37:1-17, 34-40; Luke 17:20-37
– two stages to the coming of the kingdom; ‘when?’ in v.20; ‘where?’ in v.37
1. God’s kingdom has come in lowliness.
– 17:20-21 – probably ‘in the midst of you’ rather than ‘within …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 61:1-3
SERMON NOTES
The Year of God’s Favour
(Isa. 61:1-3)
Barry Webb and Allan Harman call this the fifth Servant Song. Jesus says it is fulfilled in Him (Luke 4:21) – contrast to John Alexander Dowie who thought he was Elijah III.
1. Here is the …
Peter Barnes | John 3:19, 5:44
SERMON NOTES
Barriers to Belief
John 3:1-21; John 5:31-47
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones claimed in 1931 that modern preaching was so innocuous that it did not even annoy people.
1. The light has come.
– 3:19; this is Christ (John 1:4, 9; 8:12)
– Eph.5:8-14…
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
September 2008
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
People who claim to believe the Bible can still manage to draw false deductions from it. Over the centuries there have been some strange efforts in this regard. Sometimes the result is almost amusing – except …
