Peter Barnes | Romans 10:9-10
SERMON NOTES
WHO IS SAVED?
(Romans 10:9-10)
– Modern evangelicalism invariably begins with Jesus as Saviour, contrary to Acts and to Romans 10:9-10
1. Believing and confessing Jesus as Lord.
– 2 Cor.4:5; Acts 16:30-31; Luke 6:46
– Jesus is your Lord before He is …
Peter Barnes | Judges 16 & Colossians 2:8-10
SERMON NOTES
JESUS AND THE JUDGES
(Judges 16 & Colossians 2:8-10)
– Luke 24:44-45. Alec Motyer: ‘Old Testament history is one long cry for something better, for a true king who would satisfy his people’s aspirations for peace and safety, reigning in …
Peter Barnes | Romans 10:5-8
SERMON NOTES
WHERE IS THE WORD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS?
(Romans 10:5-8)
– Paul is arguing a case – hence the ‘for’ in verses 2, 3, 4, 5 (only in verse 2 in the NIV)
1. Righteousness by the law demands full obedience.
– 10:5; Cranfield says …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 40:1-2
SERMON NOTES
COMFORT IN PARDONED SIN
Isaiah 40:1-2; Matthew 11:20-29
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones: ‘The greatest tragedy in the world today is the view that the average person takes of God.’
– Isa.40-66 looks beyond the Babylonian exile to the coming of the Messiah
1. God …
Recent decades in the Western world have certainly witnessed in our communities an increase in the amount of what we might call Christophobia, or a paranoid fear of Christ. Indeed, some quarters exhibit more of a fierce hatred. Any lingering post-Victorian respect for Christ, even if somewhat vague and incoherent, …
Peter Barnes | Romans 10:3b-4
SERMON NOTES
CHRIST AS THE END OF THE LAW
(Romans 10:3b-4)
– Israel fails to see her divine crucified Messiah (9:32b-33); she possesses zeal without knowledge (10:2); and she misses the righteousness of God in Christ (10:3). The righteousness of God revealed in Ex.33:20 drives …
Peter Barnes | 2 Kings 20:12-21
SERMON NOTES
FOOLISH PRIDE
2 Kings 20:12-21; Luke 18:9-27
– Hezekiah shows a lack of discernment
1. The folly of pride.
– 20:1-13; Hezekiah falls for this; the man who walks with God (see 18:3-7) is naïve here (20:14-15)
– Spurgeon kept his head …
Peter Barnes | Romans 10:1-3a
SERMON NOTES
PRAYER, FALSE ZEAL, FALSE RIGHTEOUSNESS
(Romans 10:1-3a)
– Israel fails to see her divine crucified Messiah (9:32b-33); she possesses zeal without knowledge (10:2); and she misses the righteousness of God in Christ (10:3).
1. Earnest prayer for Israel’s salvation.
– 10:1; Paul reiterates …
Peter Barnes | 2 Kings 20:1-11
SERMON NOTES
PRAYER FOR HEALING
2 Kings 20:1-11; Acts 12:1-17
– must be dated just before 701 B.C. (note vv.1, 6)
1. The mystery of prayer.
– 20:1, 2-3; at first glance this seems self-righteous, but it is there in 2 Sam.22:21-25 (cf. Ps.18)…
Peter Barnes | Romans 9:30-33
SERMON NOTES
WHERE DID ISRAEL GO WRONG?
(Romans 9:30-33)
– Rom.9:6-29 deal with God’s election; 9:30-10:21 look at it from the human side.
1. Gentiles attained righteousness but Israel failed.
– 9:30-31; not dealing with the exceptions like Rahab and Ruth
– by the time …
