Peter Barnes | Micah 7:8-13
SERMON NOTES
GOD’S PEOPLE WILL ARISE
Micah 7:8-13
– a strange principle which drives the whole Bible – 2 Cor.4:9-10. Calvin: ‘Though heaven and earth should collapse, we will remain unscathed.’ Micah is prophesying the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians, and then the restoration …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 15:1-18
SERMON NOTES
HOW POLITICS WORKS
2 Samuel 15:1-18
Absalom attempts to seize the throne from David, his own father.
1. The politics of deceit.
– 15:1; note Deut.17:14-17.
– 15:2-3. He plants insinuations, sows dissatisfaction, and agrees with everybody.
– 15:4. It is a …
Peter Barnes | Micah 7:1-7
SERMON NOTES
HOPE IN THE MIDST OF DISINTEGRATION
Micah 7:1-7
Micah describes eighth century B.C. Israel as like a gleaned crop where there is nothing left (7:1).
1. Sin causes disintegration in society.
– there is violence and corruption (7:2-3).
– it is the law …
Since 1960 there have been Australian of the Year Awards which have been handed out mainly to entertainers, sports people, and social engineers of one kind or another. The award is invariably accompanied by speeches about how this represents Australia’s growing maturity as a nation (despite all the evidence to …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 14:1-33
SERMON NOTES
MERCY OR WEAKNESS?
2 Samuel 14
– David longs for Absalom – 13:39; 14:1. Dale Ralph Davis says that David’s heart was against Absalom. The two emotions can co-exist in the one heart, so there is no real need to decide between …
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Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 13:20-39
SERMON NOTES
IF NO JUSTICE, THEN REVENGE
2 Samuel 13:20-39
– Ps.94:1-12. Then justice and mercy will be seen together, but here David flounders.
1. Ineffectual justice makes for more injustice.
– 13:21; Lev.20:17; Eccles.8:11.
– also 13:30-39.
Why was David so ineffectual?
(a) …
Peter Barnes | Micah 6:9-16
SERMON NOTES
INTERPRETING RUIN
Micah 6:9-16
– 6:9; to fear God is sound wisdom.
1. God chastens His wayward people.
– 6:9. The rod is surely Assyria – Isa.10:5. The God of the Bible chastens His people. Heb.12:5-11.
Calvin: ‘Don’t wait for God to strike.’…
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 13:1-22
SERMON NOTES
LUST AND LOVE
2 Samuel 13:1-22
– the positive side in Proverbs 5 and the Song of Songs. D. L. Moody referred to lust as ‘the devil’s counterfeit of love’.
1. Recognise lust for what it is.
– 13:1-2. Amnon may be …
Peter Barnes | Micah 6:8
SERMON NOTES
WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE OF US?
Micah 6:8
– a memory verse. God is good, and we are to be good because that reflects His character (Mic.6:8a; Mark 10:18; 1 Pet.2:3).
1. We are to do justice.
– 6:8b. The NIV says …
