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Peter Barnes | Deuteronomy 24:19-22
SERMON NOTES
GOD’S WELFARE POLICY
Deuteronomy 24:19-22
There is a frightening growth in welfarism (dependence on welfare) and also a growing gap between rich and poor.
1. We are to provide for the needy.
– 24:6, 10-13, 14-15
– Deut.24:19-21; …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 3:15b-17
SERMON NOTES
GIVE A GOOD DEFENCE
1 Peter 3:15b-17
– this is part of 1 Peter 3:13-17.
1. Give a defence of your hope with gentleness.
– 3:15b. Has to be read with Luke 12:11-12. They are not to be seen in terms of …
Peter Barnes | Exodus 23:1-9
SERMON NOTES
JUSTICE FOR ALL
Exodus 23:1-9
– the whole approach to anti-discrimination is wrong.
1. No partiality versus no discrimination.
– Ex.23:3, 6, 9; Lev.19:15; Deut.1:17. The NKJV has ‘no partiality’; the NIV has ‘no favouritism’.
– even the king had to obey …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 3:13-15a
SERMON NOTES
HONOURING CHRIST IN PERSECUTION
1 Peter 3:13-15a
In 1 Peter 3:13-17 Peter deals with how a Christian is to respond to suffering brought about by persecution.
1. Christians are often not persecuted.
– 3:13. Has Peter forgotten what had happened in Acts …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 3:10-12
SERMON NOTES
SPEAKING, DOING AND PRAYING
1 Peter 3:10-12
What do we want out of life? 1 Pet.3:10a, citing Psalm 34. Note Deut.30:15-20. Augustine says in his Confessions: ‘All men are united by one purpose, temporal happiness on earth, and all that they …
On reading the book of Joshua recently, I was struck by the number of times that God ordered His people to set up reminders of what He had done for them. I tend to write reminders on bits of paper, but others will use their smartphones or their computers. In …
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Peter Barnes | Ex.22:16-21; Lev.20:10-16
SERMON NOTES
LAWS ON SEXUAL RELATIONS
Ex.22:16-21; Lev.20:10-16
– based on the seventh commandment (Ex.20:14).
1. Modern moral confusion.
– It is a common view today that nothing sexual is wrong; it is all a matter of identity. We promote …
