Peter Barnes | Revelation 22:16-21
SERMON NOTES
COME, LORD JESUS!
(Revelation 22:16-21)
– last words of the Bible
1. The King and Saviour is the God-man.
– 22:16; root and offspring, source and descendant
– Matt.22:41-46; Rev. 2:28; 5:5
2. All are freely invited to come to Christ.
– 22:17; …
Peter Barnes | Revelation 22:12-15
SERMON NOTES
WASHING OUR ROBES
John 20:19-31; Revelation 22:12-15
– this is all based on the resurrection
1. We will be judged according to our works.
– 22:12; Eccles.12:14; Matt.7:21-23; 16:27; Rev.20:12-15
– this is meant to be a frightening prospect
2. The judge will …
As Isaac Watts surveyed the wondrous cross, he was overwhelmed by what it meant for the eternal Son of God to become a man and die the death of a criminal. The Prince of glory died that sinners might live! So, wrote Watts,
Were the whole realm of nature mine,…
Review of Rosaria Champagne Butterfield, The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert, Pittsburgh: Crown & Covenant Publications, 2012.
It is all too rare that we read a book wherein there is so much refreshment and encouragement. Until her conversion, which she describes as a train wreck, Mrs Butterfield was Dr …
Peter Barnes | Romans 11:23-26a
SERMON NOTES
ALL ISRAEL WILL BE SAVED
(Romans 11:23-26a)
Martyn Lloyd-Jones called it ‘one of the most remarkable prophecies in the Bible’.
1. God is more readily able to convert Israel.
– 11:23-24; sounds odd.
2. Paul reveals a mystery to keep Gentiles from being …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 61:4-9
SERMON NOTES
BLESSING FOR ZION
Isaiah 61:4-9; Revelation 22:1-16
– Jesus is the one prophesied in Isaiah 61 (see Luke 4:21)
1. Zion will see restoration and joy.
– 61:4, 7; 65:17-19
– this is too much for the restoration after the exile in the …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 61:1-3
SERMON NOTES
THE YEAR OF THE LORD’S FAVOUR
Isaiah 61:1-3; Luke 4:14-30
– Jesus is the one prophesied in Isaiah 61 (see Luke 4:21)
1. Here is the Spirit-anointed Servant.
– 61:1; see 11:1-2; 42:1
– the apostles pointed to Christ (2 Cor.4:5); Christ points …
Peter Barnes | Romans 11:21-22
SERMON NOTES
THE KINDNESS AND SEVERITY OF GOD
(Romans 11:21-22)
Robert Haldane: ‘Men generally form in their imagination the character of God according to their own inclination. It is the duty of the Christian to take God’s character as it is given by Himself.’
1. …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 60:10-22
SERMON NOTES
THE NATIONS HONOUR ZION
Isaiah 60:10-22; Revelation 21:1-8, 22-27
– this is the new Zion which culminates in the new heaven and the new earth (Gal.4:25-26, 31; Heb.12:22-24; Rev.21:2).
– Glorious things of thee are spoken,/ Zion, city of our God (John Newton)…
