Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 2:13-15
SERMON NOTES
THE CHRISTIAN AND CIVIL AUTHORITY
1 Peter 2:13-15
1. Our general obligation is to submit to all civil authority.
– 2:13-14a. The Christian’s general duty towards those in authority is to submit. Prov.24:21-22; Jer.29:7.
– this is not absolute, and there are …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 24
SERMON NOTES
DAVID’S CENSUS
2 Samuel 24, part 1
Walter Chantry: ‘David was not out of the Devil’s reach when his hair was grey.’
1. The sin of Israel and of David.
– 24:1. Why was God so angry with Israel? 2 Sam.15-18 and …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 2:11-12
SERMON NOTES
STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS IN THE WORLD
1 Peter 2:11-12
– How is a Christian to live in this world? Work from the general to the particular – that is the right order.
1. Christians are strangers and exiles in the world.
– …
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Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 23
SERMON NOTES
DAVID’S LAST WORDS
2 Samuel 23
– 2 Samuel 23 must be understood as David’s last words to the nation.
1. David was raised by God.
– 23:1. The NIV and ESV margin have David spoken of ‘the hero of Israel’s songs’. …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 2:9-10
SERMON NOTES
NEW ISRAEL PROCLAIMS GOD
1 Peter 2:9-10
– quotes from three parts of the Old Testament – Ex.19:5-6; Isa.43:20-21; and Hosea 2:23.
1. The Church is New Israel.
(a) a chosen people. Edmund Clowney: ‘Israel is a chosen people, but not a …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 22
SERMON NOTES
DAVID’S ROCK AND FORTRESS
2 Samuel 22
– a Psalm of thankfulness, which also appears in Psalm 18.
1. Who God is.
David extolls the excellence of God – 22:2-4.
(a) ‘my rock’ (twice); (b) ‘my fortress’; (c) ‘my deliverer’; (d) ‘my …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 2:4-8
SERMON NOTES
LIVING STONES IN THE NEW TEMPLE
1 Peter 2:4-8
– The temple in the Old Testament was where the glory of God was made known – 1 Kings 8:10; where the sacrifices took place – 1 Kings 8:63. Yet it was hardly …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 21:1-14
SERMON NOTES
DAVID AVENGES THE GIBEONITES
2 Samuel 21:1-14
– this seems horrible, and lacking in much that is elevating or useful in the Christian life.
1. There are covenant curses.
– 21:1-2. We do not know the reasons for every famine, but this …
