Occasional Sermon – Vijai Tagore
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How Often Should We Celebrate the Lord’s Supper?
The Bible is quite specific with regard to the Lord’s Supper that ‘For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes’ (1 Cor.11:26). However, it does not directly tell how often we are to celebrate it; we know more …
Romans: The Heart of the Gospel – The Gospel to the Gentiles
Peter Barnes | Romans 10:18-20
SERMON NOTES
THE GOSPEL TO THE GENTILES
(Romans 10:18-20)
– Paul cites Psalm 19:4; Deut.32:21; and Isa.65:1
1. The gospel has gone to the ends of the earth.
– 10:18; to Jews or Gentiles? Lloyd-Jones says to both
– Paul applies the natural revelation of …
Isaiah 40: The Majestic God – The Good Shepherd
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 40:9-11
SERMON NOTES
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
Isaiah 40:9-11; John 10:11-21
– the ESV and NKJV in v.9 say that Zion proclaims the good news to Jerusalem, but the NIV has Zion and Jerusalem receiving the good news (i.e. it is a case of parallelism).
1. Behold …
Romans: The Heart of the Gospel – How Do We Receive the Word?
Peter Barnes | Romans 10:14-17
SERMON NOTES
HOW DO WE RECEIVE THE WORD?
(Romans 10:14-17)
– Charles Simeon of Cambridge: ‘The truth is not in the middle, and not in one extreme; but in both extremes.’ It is the doctrine of election and evangelism, not the doctrine of election or …
Isaiah 40: The Majestic God – God’s Word is Forever
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 40:6-8
SERMON NOTES
GOD’S WORD IS FOREVER
Isaiah 40:6-8; 1 Peter 1:10-25
– contrast between us and God’s Word
1. We are unreliable and mortal.
– 40:6-8; perhaps in the month of May
– the Bible often tells us this (Ps.90:5-6; 103:15-16)
– or clay (Isa.64:8) …
Romans: The Heart of the Gospel – Who is Called to Believe?
Peter Barnes | Romans 10:11-13
SERMON NOTES
WHO IS CALLED TO BELIEVE?
(Romans 10:11-13)
– ever wondered if someone waving in your direction was actually waving at you? Some read the Bible like that.
1. The gospel is declared to all.
– God saves the elect (Rom.9:18) but He calls …
Isaiah 40: The Majestic God – A Voice Declares the Glory
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 40:3-5
SERMON NOTES
A VOICE DECLARES THE GLORY
Isaiah 40:3-5; Luke 3:1-189
– Isaiah looks ahead to the coming of John the Baptist and the Messiah (see Luke 3:3-6)
1. Prepare by repenting.
– 40:3-4; this is a kind of new exodus (Ps.68:7)
– prepare for …