Peter Barnes: Psalm 50:16-23
(2 June 2019)
SERMON NOTES: RELIGION THAT WILL NOT SAVE (Psalm 50:16-23)
On his journey, Bunyan wrote of Formalist and Hypocrisy. Every seven years, the whole law of God was to be read to the Israelites (Deut.31:10-11). Alec Motyer says that this Psalm would fit just …
Peter Barnes: Exodus 32
(2 June 2019)
SERMON NOTES: APOSTASY! (Exodus 32)
– 1 John 5:21.
1. The nature of sin.
– 32:1-6. Calvin refers to their ‘detestable impiety’ and their ‘monstrous madness mixed with stupidity.’
– What is faith? Heb.11:1, 27. We see the result of God’s work, not …
Peter Barnes: Psalm 50:15
(26 May 2019)
SERMON NOTES: CALL TO THE LORD IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE
(Psalm 50:15)
Spurgeon: ‘Oh, blessed verse!’
1. This life has trouble.
– Job 21:30; Ps.27:5; Jer.16:19-20; Nah.1:7; Hab.3:16; Ps.20:1; Prov.24:10; 25:19; Jer.51:2; Obad.14.
The day of trouble may be the diagnosis of …
Peter Barnes: Exodus 24
(19 May 2019)
SERMON NOTES: THE BOOK AND THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT
(Exodus 24)
O. Palmer Robertson: a covenant is ‘a bond in blood sovereignly administered’. Exodus 24 is something of a parallel with the Transfiguration: ‘This is My beloved Son, with whom I am …
Peter Barnes: Exodus 25-31
(26 May 2019)
SERMON NOTES: THE TABERNACLE FOR WORSHIP (Exodus 25-31)
Arthur Pink: ‘We have now arrived at the longest, most blessed, but least read and understood section of this precious book of Exodus.’ It is all meant to be a shadow of something greater – …
Peter Barnes: Psalm 25:16-22
(12 May 2019)
SERMON NOTES: PRAYING FOR GRACE AND REDEMPTION (Psalm 25:16-22)
David faces internal and external distress. W. S. Plumer: ‘Whoever has one distress has others.’ Calvin dates this to Saul’s threats; Thomas Scott says the threat was Absalom, which is more likely.
1. Affliction …
Peter Barnes: Exodus 23:20-33
(12 May 2019)
SERMON NOTES: THE CONQUERING ANGEL (Exodus 23:20-33)
It is common to hear claims that God as Trinity appears suddenly in the New Testament, but there are hints all through the Old Testament.
1. The presence of Christ.
– 23:20-21. What do we make …
Peter Barnes: Psalm25:8-15 NO AUDIO
(5 May 2019)
SERMON NOTES: THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD (Psalm 25:8-15)
David begins this acrostic Psalm with a prayer for vindication (25:1-3), guidance (25:4-5), and forgiveness (25:6-7). In the next section, from verses 8-15, David mixes his prayer with a number of affirmations about …
Peter Barnes: Exodus 21-23
(5 May 2019)
SERMON NOTES: THE CIVIL LAW OF GOD (Exodus 21-23)
The moral law of God is summarised in the Ten Commandments (Ex.20), while the ceremonial law is recorded later (Ex.25-31, 35-40). The Westminster Confession, XIX.4 refers to what it calls judicial laws given to …
Peter Barnes: Phil 3:20,21
(21 April 2019)
SERMON NOTES: CITIZENS OF HEAVEN (Phil.3:20-21)
Our attitude is determined by the heavenly character of the commonwealth to which we belong.
1. The Christian’s citizenship is in heaven.
– 3:20. The KJV has ‘conversation’, but it is ‘citizenship’ (ESV, NIV), ‘colony’ (R. P. …
