Peter Barnes | John 13:34-35
SERMON NOTES
A NEW COMMANDMENT
Leviticus 19:1-18; 1 John 4:7-16; John 13:34-35
– 1 John 3:14; J. C. Ryle: ‘Of all the commands of our Master there is none which is so much talked about and so little obeyed as this.’
1. A new commandment.…
Peter Barnes | Psalm 34:8-14
SERMON NOTES
TASTE AND SEE!
Psalm 34:8-14
Derek Kidner calls this a ‘glowing Psalm’; for context, see 1 Samuel 21.
1. Experience the living God.
– 34:8; this is a wonderful invitation (see 1 Peter 2:1-3)
– Ps.16:11; 119:103; we are not to describe honey …
Peter Barnes | John 13:31-33
SERMON NOTES
A STRANGE GLORY
Psalm 24:1-10; John 13:31-33
– glory on the cross?
1. The glory of the Son of Man and God is certain.
– 13:31. In the Greek, it is the aorist tense, or past tense.
– like John 17:4; Romans 8:29-30; …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 34:1-7
SERMON NOTES
PRAISE BASED ON EXPERIENCE
Psalm 34:1-7
Derek Kidner calls this a ‘glowing Psalm’. It is an acrostic (like Psalms 9-10 together, 25, 37, 111, 112, 119, 145)
1. We are to praise the name of the Lord.
– 34:1-3; ‘Religious joy cannot be …
Peter Barnes | John 13:21-30
SERMON NOTES
AND IT WAS NIGHT
Psalm 55; John 13:21-30
– this is the power of darkness (Luke 22:53)
1. Jesus in distress and in control.
– 13:19, 21 – the two things are true together
– trouble or agitation – same word in John …
Peter Barnes | Joel 3:1-21
SERMON NOTES
IN THE VALLEY OF DECISION
Joel 3:1-21
There are probably a few layers of meaning:
(a) the destruction of Jerusalem in 587 B.C. by the Babylonians, the exile that followed, and the restoration after 539 B.C.;
(b) the calling in of the Gentiles;…
Peter Barnes | John 13:18-20
SERMON NOTES
HOW TO KNOW THE TRUTH
Psalm 41; John 13:18-20
1. Not all the Church is the Church.
– 13:18; the Lord knows those who are His (2 Tim.2:19)
– John 6:70-71; not like a football club which buys a disappointing player
– not …
Don Watson has called this the age of ‘weasel words’, although the term is not exactly new, as Theodore Roosevelt saw it as an established expression when he used it back in 1916. Hardly anything now means what it is supposed to mean, and so there are clichés and jargon …
