The Messiah’s Mission (Matthew 10-12) – Elijah, Then the Lord Comes
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Romans: The Heart of the Gospel – Being Loving
Peter Barnes | Romans 12:9-10
SERMON NOTES
BEING LOVING
(Romans 12:9-10)
Love is all you need, sang the Beatles. No, it is not.
1. Love is sincere.
– 12:9a; ‘without a mask’. See Luke 22:47-48
– love can easily be disguised selfishness; love can hurt at times (Prov.27:6)
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Faith and Reason
In the minds of many people today, faith and reason are polar opposites. Richard Dawkins, for example, maintains that ‘Faith is an evil precisely because it requires no justification and brooks no argument.’ We are meant to believe that no Christian has any reason to be a Christian; it is …
Romans: The Heart of the Gospel – Making the Most of Our Gifts
Peter Barnes | Romans 12:8
SERMON NOTES
MAKING THE MOST OF OUR GIFTS
(Romans 12:8)
The seven gifts mentioned in Romans 12:6-8 do not seem to be in any particular order.
1. The gift of encouraging.
– 12:8a; this can also be translated as ‘exhorting’ (NKJV, ESV, Cranfield, Martyn Lloyd-Jones)…
The Messiah’s Mission (Matthew 10-12) – Receiving Our Reward
Peter Barnes | Matthew 10:40-42
SERMON NOTES
RECEIVING OUR REWARD
1 Kings 17:7-24; Matthew 10:40-42
– there is a descent in terms of prominence – from apostles in v.40 to the prophets and righteous ones in v.41 to the little ones in v.42.
1. To receive the apostles is to …
Romans: The Heart of the Gospel – Making the Most of Our Gifts
Peter Barnes | Romans 12:6-7
SERMON NOTES
MAKING THE MOST OF OUR GIFTS
(Romans 12:6-7)
1. The gifts are from God’s grace.
– 12:6a; from God, Christ (Eph.4:7), and the Spirit (1 Cor.12:7-11)
– the word for ‘grace’ is related to the word for ‘gifts’
2. The gift of prophecy.…
The Messiah’s Mission (Matthew 10-12) – Losing Our Life to Find It
Peter Barnes | Matthew 10:38-39
SERMON NOTES
LOSING OUR LIFE TO FIND IT
Daniel 3:1-30; Matthew 10:38-39
– verse 38 continues from verse 37 (hence the ‘and’)
1. The gospel is about acquittal and discipleship.
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer: ‘The justification of the sinner in the world degenerated into the justification …