Peter Barnes | Psalm 143:7-12
SERMON NOTES
A PLEA FOR HELP
Psalm 143:7-12
1. A plea for deliverance.
– 143:7, 9, 11; see 2 Tim.4:17-18
– this is a plea for deliverance from physical danger from his enemies.
2. A plea for guidance.
– 143:8; a plea for deliverance can …
Peter Barnes | John 14:18-20
SERMON NOTES
THE COMINGS OF JESUS
(Psalm 73:1-28; John 14:15-24)
Jesus gives a series of promises: ‘I will’.
1. We are promised comfort.
– 14:18; the KJV has ‘comfortless’ but the word is ‘orphans’, like Oliver Twist
– could refer to the coming of the …
Human beings are morally fragile creatures, prone to every delusion under the sun, and nowhere is this more obvious than in the celebrity cults that dominate life in the modern world, including the modern church. Back in 1956 Nikita Khrushchev denounced the cult of personality associated with Joseph Stalin. In …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 143:3-6
SERMON NOTES
HOPE IN TROUBLE
Psalm 143:3-6
1. A believer may experience times of dreadful darkness.
– 143:3-4. It is a Negro spiritual before the time of Negro spirituals: ‘Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen,/ Nobody knows my sorrow’. He is appalled (ESV) or dismayed …
Peter Barnes | John 14:16-17
SERMON NOTES
ANOTHER HELPER WILL COME
(John 14:16-17; see Romans 8:1-11)
On the last night, Jesus refers to the Spirit on five occasions (cf. 14:16-17, 26; 15:26; 16:7-11, 12-15).
1. The Holy Spirit is a divine Person like Jesus.
– 14:16-17. The ESV has ‘another …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 143:1-2
SERMON NOTES
RIGHTEOUSNESS TO THE UNRIGHTEOUS
Psalm 143:1-2
– one of the seven penitential Psalms but there is more trouble and distress mentioned than sin, except for verses 1-2.
1. Seek mercy in God’s righteousness.
– 143:1; contrast to Ps.51:1 where the appeal is to …
Peter Barnes | John 14:15
SERMON NOTES
LOVE AND LAW
(Psalm 119:97-112; John 14:15 – see 1 John 2:3-11)
Love and law are often seen as opposites today, but Jesus joins them (e.g. John 14:15, 21, 23; 15:10, 14).
1. Love needs law.
– John Robinson: ‘the only intrinsic evil …
Peter Barnes | John 10:28-30
SERMON NOTES
PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS
John 10:28-30
Augustus Toplady: As sure as the earnest is given:/ More happy, but not more secure/ The glorified spirits in heaven. Charles Wesley: Ah! Lord, with trembling I confess/ A gracious soul may fall from grace.…
Peter Barnes | John 14:12-14
SERMON NOTES
GREATER WORKS AND ANSWERED PRAYER
(Psalm 30; John 14:12-14)
(a) Christians should expect to do greater miracles than Jesus;
(b) Christians can ‘name and claim it’ in prayer, and receive what they want.
Both of those interpretations are impossible.
1. Christians will do …
The world has always been rather bewildering, but it is tempting to think that it has recently become more bewildering. The Islamist attacks in France have led to mass demonstrations of people, including European political leaders, proclaiming ‘Je suis Charlie’. In one sense, that is understandable after the brutality of …
