Peter Barnes | Micah 3:1-12
SERMON NOTES
MORE LIGHT, MORE JUDGMENT
Micah 3:1-12
Leaders are judged more harshly because they can do more damage – James 3:1.
1. Confronting unjust leaders.
– 3:1; Deut.1:16-17.
– 3:2-3. They have carried on like cannibals.
– 3:4; Prov.21:13. Prayer is not automatic.
2. …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 11:1-13
SERMON NOTES
ONE SIN UPON ANOTHER
2 Samuel 11:1-13
Calvin says that this story should ‘make our hair stand straight up on end’. John Owen: ‘Many conquerors have been ruined by their carelessness after a victory.’
1. We must always guard our hearts.
– …
Peter Barnes | Micah 2:1-13
SERMON NOTES
OUR WAYS AND GOD’S WAYS
Micah 2:1-13
– Micah 2 focuses on two main sins: covetousness and false preaching.
1. God condemns covetous profiteering.
– 2:1-2. There is a contrast between the godly man and the covetous man – Ps.36:4; 63:6. Calvin comments …
Recent events have revealed – to those with eyes to see – how deep is the morass into which Western societies have fallen. There are conflicting views as to what should take place, and the prevailing impressions left are those of moral confusion and disarray. The West seems to be …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 8-10
SERMON NOTES
DAVID AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS POWERS
2 Samuel 8-10
– David from two angles: (1) as an example of a Christian; and (2) as a type of Christ.
1. David as our example.
(a) his conflicts. Frances Ridley Havergal: ‘Chosen to …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 7:18-29
SERMON NOTES
DAVID’S PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
2 Samuel 7:18-29
– God made an everlasting covenant with David. David’s house would last forever; his kingdom would never perish.
1. Wonder at God’s grace.
– 7:18. Usually, Jews would stand to pray with their arms spread …
Peter Barnes | Genesis 33; 44:30-45:15
SERMON NOTES
DEALING WITH CHILDREN
Genesis 33; 44:30-45:15:4
– the book of Genesis is such a modern book.
1. Siblings grieve each other.
– 4:8; 21:8-9; 37:4.
– Jacob and Esau in 27:41-46. Sin has painful consequences even in this world.
2. Children grieve …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 7:11b-17
SERMON NOTES
DAVID’S SONS AND GOD’S SON
2 Samuel 7:11b-17
– David thought of building a house (temple) for God but God would build a house (dynasty) for him.
1. God’s covenant promises are sure.
– 7:8-11. This is God’s covenant with David, spoken …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 7:1-11
SERMON NOTES
MORE THAN WE ASK OR THINK
2 Samuel 7:1-11
Strangely enough, both the kingship (1 Sam.8) and the temple (2 Sam.7) appear to start off as human ideas that God then transforms. It will remind us of God’s promises in Ephesians 3:20-21.…
