Peter Barnes | John 16:33
SERMON NOTES
CHRIST HAS OVERCOME THE WORLD
(John 16:33)
– in the context of confusion and sorrow, and the disciples’ being scattered (16:32); verse 33 is virtually Jesus’ last word to the disciples before His crucifixion.
1. We must expect tribulation in the world.
– …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 36:1-32
SERMON NOTES
MY WORD SHALL NEVER PASS AWAY
Jeremiah 36:1-32
– in the Great Persecution of 303-311 the Roman emperors sought to destroy all copies of the Bible.
1. How we got the Bible.
– 36:1-8; God spoke to Jeremiah who spoke to Baruch
– …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 2:15-17
SERMON NOTES
DO NOT LOVE THE WORLD
(1 John 2:15-17)
– there is a right way to love the world (John 3:16; Ps.33:5), but not in its fallenness and sin.
1. It is impossible to love the world wrongly and be a Christian.
– …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 32:1-44
SERMON NOTES
IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD?
Jeremiah 32:1-44
– Jeremiah is in prison (32:1-5)
1. Faith acts on God’s Word.
– 32:6-8; Cousin Hanamel has what Derek Kidner calls an ‘untimely proposition’.
– Livy says that Hannibal was outraged when he found …
Peter Barnes | Leviticus 18:1-30
SERMON NOTES
ISRAEL AND THE ABOMINATIONS OF CANAAN
(Leviticus 18:1-30)
1. Follow God’s Word, not the world.
– Gen.15:16; Lev.18:1-5; Rom.12:2; Lev. 18:24-30; for 18:5, Gordon Wenham translates: ‘He will enjoy life through them.’
2. No incest.
– 18:6-18. The sexual drive is like a …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 34:8-22
SERMON NOTES
NO SALVATION THROUGH A PHONEY REPENTANCE
Jeremiah 34:8-22; Deuteronomy 15:1-18
– probably Zedekiah reneged when the Egyptians gave him hope that the Babylonians would leave (Jer.37:5)
1. Justice and mercy in the Old Testament law on slavery.
– 34:8-10; very different to the …
Peter Barnes | Romans 16:25-27
SERMON NOTES
GLORY TO GOD THROUGH CHRIST
(Romans 16:25-27)
– one long sentence (although Paul has written longer!)
1. God is able to strengthen us.
– 16:25a; NKJV and NIV have ‘establish’ but it is more like ‘strengthen’ as in Rom.1:11
– God is able …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 31:31-34
SERMON NOTES
THE NEW COVENANT
Jeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 8:1-13
– prophecy of the Messiah in 23:5-6; now of the new covenant (31:31)
– Judah and Israel become the church in Hebrews 8; this is a covenant of grace (Jer.31:32)
1. It promises life and power …
In July-August 1944, while in Tegel prison, Dietrich Bonhoeffer outlined a proposal for a book, and made the comment that ‘the air is not quite fresh, even in the Confessing Church.’ Yet in 1933 as the Confessing Church had been forced to split from the German Christians who supported Hitler, …
Peter Barnes | Romans 16:19-20
SERMON NOTES
ENCOURAGMENT, DISCERNMENT, AND VICTORY
(Romans 16:19-20)
Context is the coming of the false teachers in 16:17-18.
1. Be encouraging.
– 16:19. Having warned against flattery (16:18), Paul is encouraging (see 1:8; 15:14).
– remember that Rome was not Paul’s child, as it were. …
