Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5
(8 April 2018)
SERMON NOTES : BEWARE THE MAN OF SIN (2 Thessalonians 2:1-5)
– the man of sin must come before Christ returns.
1. We need to beware of deception.
– 2:1-3a. The KJV says that the day of the Lord is ‘at hand’, …
Peter Barnes: Revelation 14
(8 April 2018)
SERMON NOTES : THE SEALED IN BABYLON (Rev.14)
The chapter at least breaks into three obvious sections: the Lamb and the 144,000 (14:1-5); the three angels warning the world (14:6-13); and the Last Judgment carried out by the Son of Man (14:14-20).
1. …
Peter Barnes: Matthew 21:42
(1 April 2018)
SERMON NOTES: THE NEW TEMPLE (Matt.21:42)
The vineyard is Israel – as we can see from Psalm 80:8-9 and Isaiah 5:1-2, 7. Note Rom.11:20-22. Matt. 21:42 is from Psalm 118:22-23.
1. The Stone is rejected.
– the temple with its sacrifices for sin …
Peter Barnes: Acts 5:27-32
(1 April 2018)
SERMON NOTES : PREACHING THE RESURRECTED CHRIST (Acts 5:27-32)
Here the apostles are in trouble, as Peter exchanges words with the high priest, who was a Sadducee. Acts 3-5 should be read as a unit.
1. We must confess God’s truth against the …
One of Augustine of Hippo’s most stimulating insights concerned that of ‘disordered desires’, often translated as ‘disordered loves’. In life we sometimes battle outright temptations to commit evil deeds, but more commonly our lives consist of trying to getting our desires in the right equilibrium. Sometimes it is quite clear. …
Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 1:9-12
(25 March 2018)
SERMON NOTES: THE COMING JUDGMENT OF CHRIST : (2 Thessalonians 1:9-12)
Christ’s coming again does not appear to usher in a millennium of a thousand years of bliss on earth, but the last judgment.
1. The punishment of eternal destruction.
– 1:9; …
Tim Davis : Isaiah 6:1-7 & Hebrews 9:11-14
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Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 1:5-8
(18 March 2018)
SERMON NOTES: SUFFERING NOW AND THEN (2 Thessalonians 1:5-8)
It is not about suffering now and then, i.e. intermittently, but suffering in this life and the life to come.
1. Being steadfast in persecution enhances faith.
– 1:5. Paul is looking back …
Peter Barnes: Revelation 13
(18 March 2018)
SERMON NOTES : THE TWO BEASTS (Revelation 13)
The dragon’s two henchmen: The sea beast is political and persecutes (13:1-10); the land beast is religious and deceives (13:11-18).
1. The political beast from the sea.
– 13:1-2. He resembles a composite beast from …
Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4
(11 March 2018)
SERMON NOTES: A STEADFAST AND GROWING FAITH (2 Thessalonians 1:1-4)
– 1:1-2. B. B. Warfield on Paul: ‘God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ are not to him two objects of worship, two sources of blessing, but one object of worship, …
