Peter Barnes | John 14:4-6
SERMON NOTES
THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE
Proverbs 8:22-36; John 14:4-6
1. We are naturally ignorant of spiritual truths.
– 14:4-5; see 11:16; Thomas is like Peter
– see Mark 9:30-32; we are born spiritually dull, even dead.
2. Jesus makes absolute claims.…
Peter Barnes | Luke 1:31-35
SERMON NOTES
JESUS THE SON
Luke 1:26-38
1. The son of David.
– 1:32-33. See 2 Sam.7:12-16. Individual kings from the line of David would fail miserably, but one king would be forever.
– Isa.9:6-7; Luke 2:4; Matt.9:27.
…O come, strong Key of David, come/
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 1:4; Romans 9:16
SERMON NOTES
UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION
Eph.1:4; Rom.9:16
By nature, we do not seek God – Rom.3:11.
1. God has a real but not a saving love of the whole world.
– John 3:16; Ezek.33:11; Mark 10:21; Matt.23:37. There is a love of God for …
Peter Barnes | John 14:1-3
SERMON NOTES
COME TO THE FATHER’S HOUSE
Joshua 1:1-9; John 14:1-11
– the disciples are troubled; Jesus speaks of the cross first, then the Second Coming
1. Peace comes through faith in Christ.
– 14:1; see Ps.56:3 and Josh.1:9 applied to Christ
– could be …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 2:1; 1 Corinthians 2:14
SERMON NOTES
TOTAL INABILITY
Eph.2:1; 1 Cor.2:14
TULIP stands for Total Depravity; Unconditional Election; Limited Atonement; Irresistible Grace; Perseverance of the Saints. It constitutes a defensive doctrine, and is not really a summary of Calvinism.
1. Human nature can do some limited …
Peter Barnes | John 13:36-38
SERMON NOTES
KNOWING OURSELVES
John 13:31-38; 18:15-27
– Jer.17:9 is foundational for understanding ourselves
1. We are ignorant of the depths of our own sin.
– 13:36-38; Peter’s question is the first of four from the disciples (14:5, 8, 22)
– not unlike Matt.16:15-17, 21-23.…
Peter Barnes | Psalm 137
SERMON NOTES
WEEPING IN BABYLON
Psalm 137
– Imprecatory Psalms (58, 68, 69, 79, 109, 137, 139). Psalm 137 written about the exile in Babylon after the Babylonians had destroyed Jerusalem in 587 B.C.
1. Christians may experience terrible misery.
– 137:1-4. The slaves in …
Peter Barnes | 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; Psalm 119:9-11; Matthew 4:1-11; 22:34-40
SERMON NOTES
THE NEED FOR A CREED
1 Cor.15:3-4; Ps.119:9-11; Matt.4:1-11; 22:34-40
Apparently there are about 780,000 words in the Bible.
1. We need to summarise the Bible.
All doors need a key, and the Bible is a door …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 34:15-22
SERMON NOTES
THE LORD IS NEAR TO THE BROKENHEARTED
Psalm 34:15-22
– for context, see 1 Samuel 21.
1. God delivers the brokenhearted righteous.
– 34:15-18; see Ps.51:17; Isa.61:1
– not deliverance from afflictions (see 34:19)
– Bernard Gilpin was saved in 1558 because he …
How faith relates to reason, and how the spiritual world relates to the physical are issues that lead to much angst and confusion these days. Back in the seventeenth century, in defending the Copernican view that the earth revolves around the sun and not vice versa, Galileo made the claim …
