Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 4:10-11
SERMON NOTES
USING OUR GIFTS
1 Peter 4:10-11
– there are longer sections on the same subject in 1 Corinthians 12; Ephesians 4:7-16; and Romans 12:3-8.
1. All Christians have a gift.
– 4:10. No one is useless, and no one is self-sufficient.
(a) …
Peter Barnes | Colossians 2:16-23; Acts 20:1-16
SERMON NOTES
SABBATH DAY AND LORD’S DAY OUTSIDE THE GOSPELS
1. The Lord’s Day is instituted.
– this was not instituted by the emperor Constantine in the fourth century. It is there in the New Testament – Rev.1:10. Ignatius of Antioch wrote of …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 4:7-9
SERMON NOTES
LIVING BEFORE THE END
1 Peter 4:7-9
1. The end of all things is near.
– 4:7; Jay Adams and John Brown interpret this to mean the end of the Old Testament order of things. That seems strained. See 1 Peter 1:20; …
Peter Barnes | John 5:16-18; 20:1, 19, 26
SERMON NOTES
JESUS AND THE SABBATH
John 5:16-18; 20:1, 19, 26
Many say that Jesus in essence annulled the Sabbath (Don Carson); others say that the Sabbath continues with only the day being changed (Westminster Confession); others say it continues and the …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 4:1-6
SERMON NOTES
SUFFERING FOR A TIME
1 Peter 4:1-6
1. Because of Christ, cease from sin.
– 4:1-2. Peter knows nothing of a prosperity gospel, or any ‘If it feels good, do it’ approach to life.
– Christ’s suffering in the flesh finished His …
It has long been observed that the eye sees all else but not itself. As a preacher, I am sometimes called upon to use a translator. Issues like accents and mannerisms are raised, and my default position is that I have none. It is everybody else who has an accent …
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Peter Barnes | Ex.20:8-11; Deut.5:12-15
SERMON NOTES
THE OLD TESTAMENT SABBATH
Ex.20:8-11; Deut.5:12-15
– the question of the Sabbath is especially dogging the evangelical Church today. Bonhoeffer: ‘the renewal of this holiday must begin with the renewal of preaching.’
1. The Sabbath celebrates the end …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 3:19-22
SERMON NOTES
SALVATION, SPIRITS IN PRISON AND BAPTISM
1 Peter 3:19-22
– Martin Luther: ‘This is a strange text and certainly a more obscure passage than any other passage in the New Testament. I still do not know for sure what the apostle meant.’ …
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Peter Barnes | Deut.20:19-20; Ex.23:10-11; Lev.25:2-4
SERMON NOTES
CREATION CARE
Deut.20:19-20; Ex.23:10-11; Lev.25:2-4
– it is invariably linked to the issues of climate change and human overpopulation. Bob Brown in 2006 was warning that climate change had raised ‘the spectre of permanent drought’ while in …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 3:18
SERMON NOTES
THE RIGHTEOUS FOR THE UNRIGHTEOUS
1 Peter 3:18
Some Greek manuscripts say Christ ‘suffered’ for sins (ESV, NKJV); other Greek manuscripts say Christ ‘died’ for sins (NIV).
1. Christ’s death perfectly atones for sin.
– 3:18. This means that Christ’s work is …
