Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 28:3-25
SERMON NOTES
Saul’s Descent Into the Occult
1 Samuel 28:3-25
This is one of the most tragic chapters in the Bible. William Blaikie compares Saul to a crippled vessel at sea.
1. Desperation leads to sin.
– 28:3-5; see Lev.19:31; 20:6, 27; Deut.18:9-14; Isa.8:19-20.…
Peter Barnes | John 17:6-8
SERMON NOTES
God’s Word to God’s People
Deuteronomy 4:15-40; John 17:6-19
1. The Father has chose a people for the Son.
– 17:6; see 17:2; 15:16, 19.
– this is a great number (Rev.7:9-10)
– God seeks us because we do not seek Him (Rom.3:11)…
Western society is beset with slogans of one kind or another. There can be few societies which have had to face so many. Not that previous generations have not had to respond to them. Virgil spoke to the ancient world of ‘Eternal Rome’, and people were meant to be grateful …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 27-28:2
SERMON NOTES
David, the Philistines, and the Mix of Life
1 Samuel 27:1-28:2
David here has what the older evangelical writers used to call a ‘fainting fit’. We are pmeant to see how mixed life is, and to treat David both critically and sympathetically.…
Peter Barnes | John 17:3-5
SERMON NOTES
This is Eternal Life
Daniel 9:20-27; John 17:1-19
– What is eternal life?
1. Eternal life is knowing God in Christ.
– 17:3. The only God who will save us and give us eternal life is the God who has made Himself known …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 26
SERMON NOTES
Mercy Repeated
1 Samuel 26
– similar to 1 Samuel 24
1. Faith means we need to learn again and again.
– we repeat sins e.g. Gen.12:10-13 & 20:1-2
– we need to be reminded again and again (Phil.3:1; 2 Pet.1:12)
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Peter Barnes | John 17:1-2
SERMON NOTES
Jesus Prays for Glory
Matthew 6:5-15; John 17:1-19
– J. C. Ryle calls John 17 ‘one of the most wonderful chapters in the Bible’; Jesus prays for Himself in vv.1-5, for His disciples in vv.6-19, and for all believers down through the ages …
Peter Barnes | John 16:29-33
SERMON NOTES
Peace in a Hostile World
Isaiah 54; John 16:23-33
– Jesus rebukes and comforts His disciples
1. A true confession from weak believers.
– 16:29-30; the disciples know or think they know
– 16:31 – the emphasis is on the ‘now’; the next …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 25
SERMON NOTES
God curbs David’s sinfulness
1 Samuel 25
– the most dangerous time in the Christian life may come immediately after a victory e.g. Elijah in 1 Kings 18, then 19.
1. The selfish boorishness of Nabal.
– 25:2-3, 9-11, 17; ‘Nabal’ must …
