Peter Barnes | Psalm 51:13-19
SERMON NOTES
THE SACRIFICE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD
Psalm 51:13-19
1. Plead for renewed usefulness.
– 51:13. Like Peter in Luke 22:31-32. After they were restored, they could both say to sinners: ‘Look to the Lord for grace and mercy.’
– this is not to say …
Peter Barnes | Micah 6:1-7
SERMON NOTES
WE HAVE NO DEFENCE
Micah 6:1-7
– this is an indictment.
1. God calls us to account.
– 6:1-2. God is speaking to Micah as His prosecutor. See Deut. 4:26; 30:19; 32:1; Psalm 50:4-6; Isa.1:2-3. Even the mountains and hills can see that …
The order in which we do things is very important, as any man has discovered in the morning if he has put his shoes on and then tried to pull on his trousers. This is true also for what we first tell people about God. To most modern Christians, this …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 51:7-12
SERMON NOTES
RESTORING THE JOY OF SALVATION
Psalm 51:7-12
– David sees the depths of his sin before a holy and just God, but yet there is forgiveness – Ps.130:3-4.
1. Plea for holiness.
– 51:7. Hyssop was a plant that was used in the …
Peter Barnes | Micah 5:5-15
SERMON NOTES
GOD DELIVERS A REMNANT
Micah 5:5-15
– Micah has spoken of the coming of the Messiah (5:2). Now he writes of the Messianic people, the remnant whom God preserves.
1. God preserves a remnant.
– 5:5-6. This specifically refers to the events of …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 51:1-6
SERMON NOTES
A HEART BROKEN IN REPENTANCE
Psalm 51:1-6
– there is a kind of progression: David pleads for pardon (51:1-2); he acknowledges God’s righteous character (51:3-6); a renewed plea for mercy (51:7-12); David’s resolve to serve God (51:13-17); his prayer for the welfare of …
Peter Barnes | Micah 5:1-5a
SERMON NOTES
THE COMING MESSIAH
Micah 5:1-5a
– Alec Motyer: ‘Old Testament history is one long cry for something better’. B. B. Warfield said that the Old Testament is a room ‘fully furnished but dimly lit’.
1. Affliction comes first.
– 5:1; like Job 16:10. …
