2 Thessalonians: Stand Firm and be Comforted

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Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 2:15-17

(6 May 2018)

SERMON NOTES: STAND FIRM AND BE COMFORTED (2 Thessalonians 2:15-17)
The context here is still the unsettlement over false teaching concerning the Second Coming – 2:1-2. In verses 13-14 Paul goes over the sweep of the gospel. Now in …

2 Thessalonians: Prayer for Steadfastness in the Word

Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5

(13 May 2018)

SERMON NOTES: PRAYER  FOR  STEADFASTNESS  IN  THE  WORD (2  Thessalonians 3:1-5)

–  1 Thess.5:25.  John  Chrysostom  told  his  congregation:  ‘I  am  greatly  in  need  of  your  prayers.’

  1. Pray for  the  spread  of  the  gospel.

– 3:1-2a.  ‘Finally’  does  not  always  mean  ‘finally’  …

More Than We Could Ask or Think

About  mid-way  through  his  epistle  to  the  Ephesians,  Paul  pauses  to  utter  a  doxology:  ‘Now  to  Him  who  is  able  to  do  far  more  abundantly  than  all  that  we  ask  or  think,  according  to  the  power  at  work  within  us,  to  Him  be  glory  in  the  church  and  in  Christ  …

2 Thessalonians: Thanksgiving for Salvation

Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 2:13,14

(29 April 2018)

SERMON NOTES: THANKSGIVING FOR SALVATION (2 Thessalonians 2:13-14)
Verses 13-14 make up what is essentially the gospel in miniature, from election in eternity past to life in the present to glory in eternity future.
1. Giving thanks for God’s past election.

– …

Psalm 78: A Shepherd Like David

Peter Barnes: Psalm 78:72 – Elders Ordination sermon

(29 April 2018)

SERMON NOTES : A SHEPHERD LIKE DAVID (Psalm 78:72)
Throughout the Old Testament, leaders of God’s people – elders, priests, and especially the kings – are often referred to as shepherds. In addition, there are prophecies of a great …

Ephesians 4: Blessing God by Blessing Others

Shane Gooch: Ephesians 4:25-32

(22 April 2018)

Sermon Notes: Blessing God by Blessing Others (Ephesians 4:25-32)

Zechariah 8:16,17 ; Exodus 20:16

“It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentional lying, that there is so much falsehood int he world” – Samuel Johnson

“Truthfulness does not demand our telling …

Ephesians 4: Out with the Old, In with the New

Shane Gooch : Ephesians 4:17-24

(22 April 2018)

Sermon Notes: Out with the Old, In with the New (Ephesians 4:17-24)

“The Ephesians Christians were marginalised in a pluralistic culture of many things but not of the Christian gospel or the church which proclaimed it” – Sinclair Ferguson

Ephesians 2:8-10

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2 Thessalonians: Christ versus the Deceiver

Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 2:6-12

(15 April 2018)

SERMON NOTES: CHRIST VERSUS THE DECEIVER (2 Thessalonians 2:6-12)

– the apostasy must come first, then the man of sin would be revealed in the temple, which is surely the Church – 2:3-4.

1. The man of sin will be restrained for …

Revelation: The Song of the Redeemed

Peter Barnes: Revelation 15:1-8

(15 April 2018)

SERMON NOTES: THE SONG OF THE REDEEMED (Revelation 15)

C. S. Lewis: ‘God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains; it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.’ Revelation 15-16 concentrate on …

The Religion of Diversity

If  love  and  marriage  go  together  as  a  horse  and  carriage,  so  too  do  diversity  and  progressive  thought.  To  counter  any  opposition  to  anything,  all  one  has  to  do  is  to  claim  that  it  promotes  diversity  –  and  no  one  dares  to  speak  against  it.  Everything  is  now  about  diversity  …