Peter Barnes: Zephaniah 3:14-20
(10 December 2017)
SERMON NOTES: SALVATION TO ISRAEL (Zephaniah 3:14-20)
– ‘I will’ is found 21 times in Zephaniah, and there are a cluster of them at the end here (3:18-20). This is applied in a number of layers: to the return after the Babylonian exile, …
Peter Barnes: Zephaniah 3:9-13
(26 November 2017)
SERMON NOTES: GOD CONVERTS THE REMNANT (Zephaniah 3:9-13)
Judgment is universal, but there will be a remnant that know the grace of God.
1. God calls a remnant.
– 3:11-13; see Matt.7:13-14; Luke 12:32.
2. Jews and Gentiles are part of the remnant.…
Peter Barnes : Revelation 2:8-11
(26 November 2017)
SERMON NOTES : SMYRNA: FAITHFUL UNDER PERSECUTION (Rev.2:8-11)
– only Smyrna (2:8-11) and Philadelphia (3:7-13) are not criticised by Christ. Smyrna was a centre for emperor worship – one had to obtain a certificate which stated one had sacrificed to the godhead …
Peter Barnes: Zephaniah 3:1-8
(19 November 2017)
SERMON NOTES: JERUSALEM SHOULD KNOW BETTER! (Zephaniah 3:1-8)
Jerusalem should know better!
1. The city of God is corrupt.
– 3:1-2. Jerusalem goes her own way, and does what she likes. Calvin called unbelief ‘the mother of all the evil deeds’ that men …
Peter Barnes: Revelation 2:1-7
(19 November 2017)
SERMON NOTES : EPHESUS: LOST ITS FIRST LOVE (Rev.2:1-7)
Ephesus was the most important city of proconsular Asia, and probably the fourth largest city of the ancient world. Paul worked there for three years (Acts 20:31); and later Timothy stayed there (1 Tim.1:3). …
Peter Barnes: Zephaniah 2:4:15
(12 November 2017)
SERMON NOTES: JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS (Zephaniah 2:4-15)
God speaks of His judgment against Israel’s enemies: the Philistine cities to the west (2:4-7); Moab and Ammon to the east (2:8-11); the Cushites (NIV, ESV) or Ethiopians (NKJV) or even the Sudan to the …
Peter Barnes: Revelation 1:9-20
(12 November 2017) : No Audio Available.
SERMON NOTES : JOHN’S VISION OF CHRIST (Revelation 1:9-20)
John was in exile on the island of Patmos (1:9), perhaps for refusing to participate in emperor worship. In early Church literature the Lord’s Day is always Sunday (1:10). Echoes …
Peter Barnes: Zephaniah 1:14-2:3
(November 5 2017)
SERMON NOTES: SEEK THE LORD BEFORE THE DAY COMES (Zephaniah 1:14-2:3)
– John 5:28-29. Zephaniah speaks of the day of the Lord, but the news is a warning more than a comfort.
1. A day of great judgment is coming.
– 1:14-18. Francis …
As Christ speaks to the seven churches of Asia in Revelation 2-3, there is a refrain: ‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches’ (Rev.2:7, 11, 17, 29: 3:6, 13, 22). In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus warns us: ‘Take care then how …
It used to be taken for granted that, by and large, many people who did not give much thought to the matter would almost instinctively agree with Peter’s words that Jesus of Nazareth ‘went about doing good’ (Acts 10:38). They might not think that this means much more than what …
