Peter Barnes | John 17:20-21
SERMON NOTES
UNITY IN THE WORD FOR MISSION
Ephesians 2:14-18; 4:1-6; John 17:20-26
– Jesus now prays for the Church down through the ages (17:20-26).
1. We are to believe in Christ through the apostolic Word.
– 17:20; note 14:26; 15:27. Also John 21:24.
– …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 31:1-13
SERMON NOTES
SAUL EMBRACES DEATH
1 Samuel 31; Matthew 27:1-10
– Saul is like Shakespeare’s Othello – 1 Chron.10:13-14; Heb. 9:27.
1. The tragic duty of Jonathan.
– 31:1-2.
– Philip Henry used to cite the Puritan saying: ‘Duty is ours, events are God’s.’ …
Peter Barnes | John 17:17-19
SERMON NOTES
SANCTIFIED IN THE TRUTH
Psalm 119:33-48; John 17:6-19
– Jesus turns from prayer for being kept to being sanctified.
1. Christ sanctified Himself that we would be sanctified.
– 17:19; note Deut.15:19-21. The word ‘sanctify’ has two meanings: ‘to be set apart’ (1 …
Book banning is usually associated with Germany in the 1930s or, perhaps more pertinently, with the prohibition of the publication of D. H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover in the United Kingdom, from its writing in 1928 until the famous court case of 1960. Yet on 6 May 2015 readers of …
Peter Barnes | John 17:13-16
SERMON NOTES
JOY, FAITH AND HOLINESS IN A HOSTILE WORLD
Daniel 1:1-21; John 17:6-19
1. Joy in a hostile world.
– 17:13; see 15:11; 16:22.
– Ps.19:8; 144:15; Prov.16:20; Luke 2:10-11; Rom.14:17; Phil.4:4.
– at the age of eight, Fanny Crosby (who was blind) wrote:…
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 30:1-31
SERMON NOTES
DAVID AS A LEADER OF MEN
1 Samuel 30; Matthew 20:1-16
David has to face a number of issues in rescuing his people from the Amalekites.
1. Leadership in difficult circumstances.
(a) Facing a demoralized and angry people.
– 30:1-4, 5, 6a,b. …
Peter Barnes | John 17:11-12
SERMON NOTES
Kept to the End
John 10:22-30; John 17:6-19
The disciples were looking to the future with dread, and were wondering if all their hopes were going to fall apart. Thomas Manton preached six sermons on verse 11 but we will stick with just …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 29:1-11
SERMON NOTES
GOD’S OVERRULING PROVIDENCE
1 Samuel 29; Matthew 10:16-31
This is almost a humorous story; the Scylla and Charybdis situation – the sailor who faced a rock on one side and a whirlpool on the other.
1. God uses the ungodly.
– 29:1-5. …
Peter Barnes | John 17:9-10
SERMON NOTES
Prayer for Perseverance
Psalm 62; John 17:6-19
1. Jesus prays for His people.
– 17:9; there are some prayers to Christ in the New Testament e.g. Acts 7:59-60; 1 Cor.1:2
– we can pray for all in a general sense (e.g. 1 Tim.2:1; …
