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Romans: The Heart of the Gospel – Beware of False Teachers
Peter Barnes | Romans 16:17-18
SERMON NOTES
BEWARE OF FALSE TEACHERS
(Romans 16:17-18)
– warnings against false teachers (e.g. Acts 20:29-31; Gal.1:6-10; Col.2:16-23; Tit.1:10-16; 2 Peter 2; 1 John 4:1-6; Jude). Hence Acts 17:11.
1. The right response to this kind of false teaching.
– 16:17-18. Douglas Moo may be …
Some Studies in Jeremiah, the Weeping Prophet – A Hope and a Future
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 29
SERMON NOTES
A HOPE AND A FUTURE
Jeremiah 29:1-32; Matthew 7:7-11
– three exiles: in 605 B.C. (with Daniel); 597 B.C. (with Ezekiel); and 587 B.C. (which destroyed Jerusalem). This letter to the exiles was written after 597 B.C. Believers live as exiles (1 Pet.2:11).…
Romans: The Heart of the Gospel – Affectionate Greetings
Peter Barnes | Romans 16:3-16, 21-23
SERMON NOTES
AFFECTIONATE GREETINGS
(Romans 16:3-16, 21-23)
– we are not ‘consumers’!
1. Paul’s affectionate appreciation of his Christian friends.
– 16:3-4 (perhaps referring to the riot in Acts 19), 6, 12-13; not Matt.25:21
– affection in vv.5, 8, 9, 12
– 16:16; see …
Some Studies in Jeremiah, the Weeping Prophet – True God and False Prophets
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 23:9-40
SERMON NOTES
TRUE GOD AND FALSE PROPHETS
Jeremiah 23:9-40; Matthew 7:15-23
– Derek Kidner: ‘Without justice a nation suffers, but without truth it sickens.’
1. The rot begins with false religious teachers.
– 23:9-11, 14-15
– e.g. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire
2. False …
Romans: The Heart of the Gospel – A Woman Deacon
Peter Barnes | Romans 16:1-2
SERMON NOTES
A WOMAN DEACON
(Romans 16:1-2)
– there are two ordinary offices in the church: elders/overseers (1 Tim.3:1-7) and deacons (1 Timothy 3:8-13).
1. A woman deacon.
– 16:1; note that Phoebe did not change her pagan name (the moon goddess)
– she is …
Some Studies in Jeremiah, the Weeping Prophet – The Lord Our Righteousness
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 23:5-6
SERMON NOTES
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
Jeremiah 22:1-30; 23:1-6
– the last four kings are summarised in Jer.22, and especially Jer.23:1. But the true Shepherd-King is coming.
1. The true Shepherd-King.
– 23:5; see Isa.11:1; Amos 9:11
– on the principle of 2 Cor.1:10-11
2. …
Romans: The Heart of the Gospel – Prayer for the Apostle
Peter Barnes | Romans 15:30-33
SERMON NOTES
PRAYER FOR THE APOSTLE
(Romans 15:30-33)
– note his emphasis on prayer in 1:8-10; 10:1.
1. We are to strive humbly in prayer.
– 15:30; see Col. 4:2-3; 1 Thess.5:25; 2 Thess.3:1
– prayer is vigorous – see Gen.32:24-30; Isa.65:7; Col.2:1; 4:12; not …
Assaulting Liberty of Conscience
The Westminster Confession, written in the 1640s, declares emphatically that ‘God alone is Lord of the conscience’ (XX.II). In so doing, it is merely reflecting what is stated in the Word of God. Each Christian is to be fully convinced in his own mind (Rom.14:5), knowing that each of us …