Peter Barnes | Genesis 35:22; 39:1-23
SERMON NOTES
WHEN TEMPTATION COMES
Genesis 35:22; 39:1-23; 1 Cor.6:12-20
Alexander Pope:
…Vice is a monster of so frightful mien
As to be hated needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Perhaps most Christians have had the experience of listening to a sermon and thinking: ‘I agree with what he is saying, but I am not sure he is explaining the text rightly.’ This is not what Peter complained about in his second epistle when he spoke of the ignorant and …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 6:13-23
SERMON NOTES
RIGHTEOUS OVERMUCH
2 Samuel 6:13-23
– Ecclesiastes 7:16; 1 Thessalonians 5:19.
1. The joy of the Lord.
– 6:14-15. Calvin: ‘we may find this very strange indeed’, but when J. G. Paton printed his first book in the Tannese language, he was …
Peter Barnes | Genesis 19:1-25; 34:1-31
SERMON NOTES
DESTROYING ALL BOUNDARIES
Genesis 19:1-25; 34:1-31
– Jonathan Edwards compared physical desire to a fire in a house: ‘very useful while kept in its place, but if left to take possession of the whole house, soon brings all to destruction.’
1. Sexual …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 6:1-15
SERMON NOTES
BRINGING THE ARK TO JERUSALEM
2 Samuel 6:1-15
– the ark of the covenant was a box which contained the Ten Commandments, Aaron’s rod which blossomed, and some manna from the exodus. It signified God’s presence.
1. The dangers of casual worship …
Peter Barnes | Genesis 23:1-20; 29:15-30:2
SERMON NOTES
TRIALS IN MARRIAGE
Genesis 11:30; 16:1-2; 23:1-2
– ‘for better, for worse; for richer, for poorer; in sickness and in health’.
1. Childlessness.
– Gen.1:28; then .3:16, and then Sarai in 11:30.
– Sarai handles it badly – 16:1-2. Jacob and Rachel …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 5
SERMON NOTES
DAVID, THE KING OF ALL ISRAEL
2 Samuel 5
– Gen.49:8-12 to Acts 5:31; yet there is sin (5:13-16; Deut.17:17)
1. The king obtains his kingdom.
– 5:1-5; cf. 1 Chron.12:23-38.
The other tribes acknowledge David as one with them (5:1b), and …
Peter Barnes | Genesis 4:1; 9:20-27; 4:19
SERMON NOTES
BLESSING, SHAME, DISTORTIONS
Gen.4:1; 9:20-27; 4:19
– Before the Fall, sex was created good, and designed to be expressed within a heterosexual, monogamous, and lifelong union.
1. Some blessing still remains.
– 4:1; recall 3:15. Yet it is not only labour …
