Peter Barnes | Romans 11:5-6
SERMON NOTES
THE ELECTION OF GRACE
(Romans 11:5-6)
1. God sets apart a remnant to be saved.
– 11:5; like survivors in 2 Sam.21:2; 2 Kings 19:4
– same idea in Rom. 9:27 although it is a variation of the word; the remnant may be …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 59:1-8
SERMON NOTES
SIN IS OUR PROBLEM
Isaiah 59:1-8 (p.527); Romans 3:9-26
– Isaiah 59 tells of sin as our problem (59:1-8), a lament for sin (59:9-16), and God’s answer to sin (59:16-21).
1. God has the capacity and the readiness to save.
– 59:1; even …
Peter Barnes | Romans 11:1-4
SERMON NOTES
PAUL, ELIJAH AND THE REMNANT
(Romans 11:1-4)
– privileges for the Jews in John 4:22; Rom.9:4-5. But Israel seemed to have sinned these privileges away (Rom. 9:30-32; 10:1-3, 21; Matt.8:11-12; 21:43).
1. God has not rejected Israel.
– 11:1a; ‘certainly not’ is the …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 40:27-31
SERMON NOTES
GOD’S SOVEREIGN PURPOSES
Isaiah 40:27-31; 2 Corinthians 2:12-3:3
– God makes wonderful promises (40:1-11) and He can fulfil them (40:12-26). But will He?
1. We are prone to complain.
– 40:27; not the fierce anger of Psalm 2:1-3
– more a complaint and …
Mark Twain is supposed to have quipped that ‘No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.’ The situation may be even worse if there is a Senate Committee trying to drum up work for Anti-Discrimination Boards. At present, Australia has a Senate Committee looking …
Peter Barnes | Romans 10:21
SERMON NOTES
GOD’S DESIRE FOR OUR SALVATION
(Romans 10:21)
– Paul cites Isa.65:2. How does it fit in with election?
1. God both loves and hates the non-elect.
– Lloyd-Jones and Augustine both say love the sinner, hate the sin. That is not entirely wrong …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 40:12-26
SERMON NOTES
SOVEREIGN CREATOR AND COUNSELLOR
Isaiah 40:12-26; Revelation 4:1-11
– A. W. Tozer: ‘The Church has surrendered her once lofty concept of God and has substituted for it one so low, so ignoble, as to be utterly unworthy of thinking, worshipping men. The low …
