Life of Moses: The Song of Moses

Peter Barnes: Exodus 15:1-21

(3 March 2019)

SERMON NOTES: THE SONG OF MOSES (Exodus 15:1-21)

– the first song in the Bible, and it centres on God and His victory over His enemies. Exodus 14-15 is like Judges 4-5. Moses’ song is a victory song, celebrated again in Psalm 106:8-12 …

Feminism, Chivalry and Violence

Today we are being confronted with more domestic violence, and more angst
about what to do about it. Increasingly it is being claimed that gender equality is the
key to ending the scourge of violence against women. Feminists have become strident
that the solution to this sexual violence is to …

Life of Moses: Stand Still and See the Salvation of the Lord

Peter Barnes: Exodus 14:13

(24 February 2019)

SERMON NOTES: STAND STILL AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD (Exodus 14:13)

The crossing of the Red Sea – which may have been originally called the Reed Sea – is referred to and celebrated in many parts of Scripture – Joshua 2:10; …

Isaiah: God’s Second Exodus

Peter Barnes: Isaiah 11:6-16

(17 February 2019)

SERMON NOTES: GOD’S SECOND EXODUS (Isaiah 11:6-16)

Twice in this chapter, the coming of the Messiah is spoken of as a new exodus (11:11, 16).

(a) After 539 B.C. when the Persians allowed the Jews in captivity in Babylon to return and rebuild …

Life of Moses: Redeemed, Remember, Guided

Peter Barnes: Exodus 13

(17 February 2019)

SERMON NOTES: REDEEMED, REMEMBER, GUIDED (Exodus 13)

From Exodus 13-18 we have recorded the first two months of the Exodus (cf. Ex.19:1). Heb.11:28-29.

1. Redeemed by the lamb.

– actually the third time that Moses gives regulations regarding the Passover and the week-long …

Isaiah: The Righteous Branch Will Come

Peter Barnes: Isaiah 5:1-11

(10 February 2019)

– Isa.7:14; 9:6-7. Assyria will be chopped down, and not rise; Judah will be chopped down and yet from it will rise the coming King.

1. The Messiah will rise as the royal Branch.

– 11:1. Jesse was David’s father. David became king, …

Life of Moses: Salvation Through the Passover Lamb

Peter Barnes: Exodus 12

(10 February 2019)

SERMON NOTES: SALVATION THROUGH THE PASSOVER LAMB (Exodus 12)

  • 1 Cor.5:7; John 1:29. Calvin: ‘For what could be more childish than to offer the blood of an animal as a protection against the hand of God, or to seek from thence a ground

Civil Days and Holy Days

It just so happens this year (2019) that Easter Sunday and Anzac Day fall near one another – on the 21 April and 25 April respectively. Given that the New Testament does not over-emphasise days (Gal.4:10-11), one is still meant, as an Australian, to appreciate Anzac Day in some kind …

Change – A Virtue Or A Slogan?

In an age of shallow thinking, it has become all too easy to pass something off as a value – when virtue is what is meant – and sweep the population along in a certain way of thinking – or non-thinking. An example of this is ‘change’. It is like …

Isaiah: The Return of the Remnant

Peter Barnes: Isaiah 10:20-34

(3 February 2019)

SERMON NOTES: THE RETURN OF THE REMNANT (Isaiah 10:20-34)

1. The remnant lean on the Holy One.

– 10:20-23. John Oswalt calls the emphasis on the remnant here ‘perhaps the most apt summary of the whole book.’ The remnant may be a minority …